Adventure in Ohio?

It's not bad though. Good portions and decent prices.

Russian? Yeah, I'll let someone else early-adopt that. They can produce robust and elegant designed vehicles, and absolute shit piles I wouldn't wish on someone I hated.

It's a cool idea, tho. I'm a fan of small adventure scoots.

its a heavy bastard though...155 kg = 341 lbs

dunno if thats wet or dry, but either way its a lot of weight for a 250

I thought it said that was dry... But it includes the luggage and racks, crash bars, and 4 gallon gas tank (albeit empty); a wrr or crf would weigh the same if set up similar.
I like the idea, but not so much the execution. I'd like it a touch more off roady. This has an 18" front tire... Wtf is that? Let's see a wrr with a similar front end and tail end.

I think you're right, I bet my WRR weighs every bit of that as it is set up. Better wind protection on this for sure. I see a market for it with smaller/beginner riders that would rather have this than a Ninja 250 or CBR 250. Then again just like those I see a lot of owners wanting more motor within a year. I wish the rumored KTM 350 Adventure would land here.

I wonder if it's their engine or sourced from someone?

From what I read in Thumpers it is a rebranded Loncin motorcycle.

I can believe that, it lacks the typical Russian 1940's industrial tech look

Go figure, considering they built the BMW 650 motor for a while.

Thought that was Kymco?

Heh, I thought it was Lifan. They all look the same to me.

Makes sense, couldn't see a Russian start up producing all that on their own...just too much manufacturing, for too small a profit margin.

What are you talkin about, there's probably a 10,000 Ruble margin on it!

More thoughts...
1. agree on the 555...Not that great.
2. If its not too early in the spring, take 26 off of 800 below Woodsfield to Rt 7.
3. Do not take Rt 18..its torn up pretty well. Instead take Rt 16 all the way thru WVA. and down into Virginia thru Hungry Mother SP. and over Mt Rogers (they call this the BACK of the dragon)..then on to Rt58 (the highlands parkway) thru Damascus. From there you can head down the SNAKE...at Shady Valley and to Mountain City...kinda like the Dragon, but with more elevation changes..and less cops!
http://www.421thesnake.com/
4. Do not take Rt 250 into northern WV...the fracking outfits have the road torn to hell...and the resulting truck traffic is horrendous...plus 250 has town after town after town.


This route will TAKE TIME, but is awesome. The route mentioned in the previous post above will take you very far east and out of your way.

Also...the Ferry crossing mentioned above goes from Fly, Ohio to Sistersville WV, and is called the Sistersville ferry. Its privately run, so its sometimes hit or miss whether its operational.

Ride safe!

According to a post in the Minimalist Touring Thread, it's a rebranded Zongshen RX3. The Deluxe Editon includes the luggage, and has an MSRP of 20,800 Chinese Yuan, which at current exchange rates is $3,432.56 USD.

A 25hp touring machine.
You can find a used 650 Vstrom for that kind of price.

They are marketing to people under 5 ft tall and 120 lbs. In other words 8th grade girls.

Like pretty much all small bikes, I'm sure it was built for Asia... so yes.

Interestingly WRRs aren't too cramped. I only had to raise the bars about 2.5". The Honda CRF250L I sat on felt much smaller. The TW is small, but in a fun way, like a midget hooker.

Thanks for the suggestions guys.....gonna sit down with google maps soon and figure out our route.