REVIEW Kawasaki 150 RR : The Legendary KIPS

     Hi! Hello! I come here again, with my another review. And this time I gonna review my friend's bike, the Kawasaki 150 RR KIPS. This is a bit different with others review. This is the first time I review a two stroke machine. From what I have heard, this is much faster than four stroke. A 150 cc of two stroke can be faster than 150 cc of four stroke. They even said that 150 cc of two stroke, can beat 250 cc of four stroke. This could be right. But still I wanna find to figure it out, let's do some review of this bike.

      So now, what do we know about this Kawasaki KIPS? We all know that this is 150 cc of displacement and using 2 stroke engine. But not many of us knows that this bike also known as Kawasaki ZX150R.  You know like others Kawasaki ZX2R, ZX6R and ZX10R, the name of ZX150R means racing spec. In other words, it is among the fastest in its class.

     Not much people know that this 2 stroke machine is using liquid cooler! Single cylinder with Kawasaki’s patented SUPER KIPS (Kawasaki Integrated Power Valve System), will ensure continuous and usable power delivery across the entire power band. For experienced rider, the Super Kips powered Ninja KRR ZX150 will not disappoint. On paper, the engine provides massive power at 29.6ps for a bike that is only 124.5kg of curb weight. That's super light, and super fast.

      This is the owner for Kawasaki KIPS that I review today. His name is Mohd. Ehsan. You can call him San. He's sure playboy! Hahaha. Kidding bro! He is the member of Kinabalu Leperians and KZMC. San has been riding this machine for years and rode for thousands of mile age. So he is here to share some of his experiences about this Kawasaki KIPS 150 RR for helping me to complete this review. Thanks to him.So here we go to the Pros and COns about Kawasaki KIPS 150 RR!

PRO

1. SPEED
       You know its two stroke engine system. And you know it ts racing spec. Than you know how fast this bike can goes. Its much faster that Yamaha RXZ and Honda NSR, and can be arc rival for Yamaha TZM! This could be the good choice for 150 cc of 2 stroke bike!
   
2. SUPER LIGHT
        Yeah this is a small bike as you can see. Its much smaller compared to its rival, the Yamaha TZM. The curb weight is 125.4 KG, allow you to take advantage in acceleration. Also can gives you passion during taking cornering..
   
3. RELIABLE
       This bike has long year from it starts produced back in 1988, and you can still see this bike still riding in our town. Even the first model are still can be seen on the road. Kawasaki has been great job making a long life of motorcycle.
    
4. NICE LOOK
       Even this is not a super bike, but this this bike has full fairing and makes it look like a mini super bike. RIding a full fairing bike can attract a lot of attention on crowd!
   
   
   
   
   

CONS

1. MAINTENANCE AS USING OLD ENGINE SYSTEM
       Yes, two stroke machine is old engine system. That is not much rider using this kind of engine. The maintenance is too high. You need to refill the 2t fuel every two weeks, at least. Unless you know how to maintain this bike there will be no problem.
   
2. POLLUTION
      Of course Kawasaki KIPS is not really a green planet bike, again a two stroke engine causes more smoke than four stroke. Two stroke also have loud sound, especially when they go full throttle with full modification on their exhaust. So overall, this bike causes both air and sound pollution.
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3. CONSUME MUCH FUEL
      Kawasaki KIPS is still using carburetor. SO it consumes more fuel than fuel injection bike. Of course the tank is not too big big if you looking for fuel saver bike, Kawasaki KIP is not one of them.

      That is all about my review on this bike. Overall I can say is, this is a good bike for those who for looking a fast 2 stroke bike. But its more difficult to maintain compared to four stroke ones. If you looking for fuel saver bike, this is not your right choice.

     

     But if you looking a bike that can defeat Yamaha RXZ, and not lose to Honda NSR, and Yamaha TZM? I suggest you this bike since this is the fastest 150 cc of two stroke bike that I ever ride. 

   So that's all for my review. And thanks to San for sharing his experiences with Kawasaki KIPS, and also allow me to review his bike! As a big token, here some of his photos during riding with Kawasaki KIPS 150 RR.

(The time when we riding to Benoni Village) 

(And his time when he was at Lawas Bike Event)

  That's all mates! Thanks for reading. Yeah before I leave you here some photo a hot girl with Kawasaki KIPS. Remember, she is NOT San's girlfriend!

P/S: San! Can you do this? Hahahaha. Thank you all of you. Have a nice day and see you next ride. Happy Sunday!

REVIEW Virago 750: The Ghost Rider

     Holaaa. how was you been? And oh, by the way, I wish all of you Happy Chinese New Year. Hahaha. Gotta lot of ang pow this year. So for the Chinese New Year, I give you my next review, the Yamaha Virago 750.

         This is Yamaha Virago 750. It also known as Yamaha XV750. This cruising bike is belongs to Mr. Hazizul Budin Al-Zaifah. He lives in Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia. He is the member of Kinabalu Leperianz and KZMC. He owns this Virago for a long time, so I decided to ask him sharing his experiences and knowledge about this bike and thanks to him to agree allow me to review his bike.

(This is Mr Hazizul Budin, The Ghost Rider)

    About Yamaha Virago 750, its a cruiser bike that using Yamaha V-Twin engine system. This bike's production is from 1981 before ended at 1998. This Virago 750 is one of Yamaha Crusier bike. From the internet all they said that Virago 750 can easily reach 110 mph, or 180 kph. The Yamaha Virago is the  first  Yamaha Cruiser with V-Twin system and share the body frame and most of her component parts with bigger Yamaha Virago, which one of its is Yamaha XV1100. Here some quick spec about Yamaha Virago 750.

(And this is the first chassis of Yamaha Virago when its first introduced.)

      About the review, this pro and cons are came direct from the owner, Mr. Hazizul and me as well.Riding the bike for fisrt time is so cool. Riding its forever makes you the true ghost rider. Haha! So he the pro and cons about Yamaha Virago 750.

PRO

1. ACCELERATION
      This Virago has good torque. Your hand must be fit to handle the Yamaha Virago. Acceleration is quite good. You can feel the vibrations that come from the engine.
      During convoy and riding long distant, Yamaha Virago has no problem keeping along others Four-Inline Super Bike.
      The V-Twin Engine System gives more power, since the power delivery are separated for every Piston Block. This much different than 4-inline superbike engine where they are sharing four pistons in one block.
   
2. COMFORTABLE
         What can I say, all cruiser are comfortable for long distance. They are designed for that anyway. But the Yamaha Virago 750 good for both relaxed ride or fast ride.
   
3. GOOD CONTROL
          Yamaha Virago has good weight to keep this cruiser stable and sticks on the road, either while taking cornering or closing the top speed.

CONS

1. OLD DESIGN
        Yeah. Even the owner said this. The Yamaha Virago's design is too old from its time. Even the production is from 1981 until 1998, the Virago 750 still using the 70's cruiser motorcycle's design.
   
2. NOT MUCH TO CUSTOMIZE
        The handle are too small makes the owner having hard time to upgrade it to higher handle. Changing to higher handle makes it less durability. If you still wish to change to higher handle, you gonna need to change a lot of parts. You have to change the stater bowl switch,signal lamp, brake pump and clutch lever to bigger. Its gonna cost you some money here.

     That's all about the review. To me, this Yamaha Virago has her own legendary. Everyone knows Yamaha Virago. To the owner, Hazizul, VIrago is like his lifetime partner. He even share his experiences to us with his Virago 750.

(You can say this Virago has round whole Sabah)

(Guess what, Yamaha Virago also can perform sharp corner. We call it here is 'meleper')

       So that's all for today. Again big thanks to brother Hazizul for allow me to review his Yamaha Virago. Until we meet again, have a nice day~

WAIT!  What? No... No... There is no hot girls with bike today. Hahahaha.