REVIEW Naza Blade GTR 250 TBR

       Alright. Meet my friend's superbike. The Naza Blade 250 GTR. This Blade comes with TBR version is belong to a biker Raflan Ludah. TBR stands for Twin Brother Racing, so this TBR bike comes different decals and accessories. Way more better looks than the normal Blade.

      This Blade originally known as Hyosung 250 GTR, but introduced by Naza in Malaysia. Naza is a well known dealer. Besides Hyosung, Naza also introduced Ferrari, Porsche and others super car. Naza also focusing not just selling, but sales after service. So no worries about spare parts. Now you can have it in any authorized dealer. 

(So, let's begins the REVIEW!)

Going out!

And.. DONE!

      So, after a 10 minutes plus riding, here my review:

PRO:

1. Big Chassis
          Well, if you are 175 cm and above, this is your bike. This chassis is really close to 600 cc size. The fuel tank is 18L capacity, make its the biggest bike for 250cc sportbike. 
2. Good Accelaration
           V-Twin really not dissapoint whoever seeking for speed. Even though this bike is heavy, but the weight doesn't slow the accelaration!
3. Good Riding Position
         Handle of the bike is at the good position, so riding doesn't make you tired, no matter long ride or city ride. It's just confortable to ride around.
4. Stable At High Speed
         When I reach 100 kmh, the bike still stable. No vibration, no sight of lossing control. But I just manage to ride up to 135 kmh, since highway at Kota Kinabalu is not so long. But this Blade can goes more than 135 kmh.
5. Best Price
       What I can say more? Look at mudah.my.. They offer Naza Blade for RM16,000.00, and Rm21.000.00 for Blade 650. The TBR version a bit expensive but still this V-Twin 250 cc is the best price among it's class. 

CON

1. Too Heavy for 250cc
         Ok, for your information, this is the heaviest 250 cc sportbike. 18L of fuel tank does make your bike look nice, but remember, bigger bike can make you tired if you are smaller person.
2. Expensive Parts
        All those spare Parts are original. Easier to get. But the price is somehow expensive than most Kawasaki and Yamaha Parts. For example, the original Oil Filter is costing you RM 70. But, some parts, you can use others brand, as long as it fits on this Blade 250 GTR.

Thanks For Reading. Have A Safe Ride Everyone!

REVIEW Benelli TNT 300: Passion Comes Standard

     Hi there. Well, its time for another review. The Benelli TNT 300.  For Australian and European, its known as BN 302. With official tagline 'Standard Come Standard', we know that Benelli focusing their product to look it awesome as in standard mode. No upgrading parts are required. This is the first Malaysian 300 cc  twin cylinders!

      First introduced at Sepang Circuit in 2014, this bike received a lot of inquiries. The most is when this bike arriving in showroom. That is the first time this bike introduced in Malaysian Motorsport. Let's see what you think about this bike.

           

GENERAL INFORMATION
Bike Category (cc)	250 cc-500 cc
Type	Naked/ Street Fighter
Price	RM 18,000.00
Official Tagline	Passion Comes Standard
Shades/Colors	Nero Black, Rossa Red, Bianco White,
Warranty	Two year unlimited kms
Frame/Chassis	Steel Trellis
Exhaust/Muffler	With two catalytic converter and two oxygen sensor
ENGINE, POWER & TORQUE
Displacement	300 cc
Maximum Power	37.73 Horspe Power @ 11500 rpm
Maximum Torque	26.5 NM @ 10000 rpm
Engine Description	4-stroke, 8 valves, DOHC, liquid cooled, In-line 2 cylinder
Fuel System	Electronic injection with twin ø 38 mm throttle bodies
Ignition	DELPHI MT05
Lubrication	Wet sump
Compression Ratio	12:1
Bore	65 mm
Stroke	42.5 mm
Number of Cylinders	2
Spark Plug Model Type	RG4HC
TRANSMISSION
Gearbox	6-speed
Clutch	Wet
Gear Ratios	1° – 13/37, 2° - 19/37, 3° - 18/28, 4° - 24/32, 5° - 21/25, 6° - 24/26
Primary drive	44/82
Final Drive	Chain drive, ratio 14:43
Gear Pattern	1 - Down, 5 - Up
BRAKES
Front Brake	260 mm Twin disc
Rear Brake	240 mm Single disc
SUSPENSION
Front Suspension	Benelli 41 mm upside down forks with 115 mm stroke
Rear Suspension	Benelli shock 120 mm stroke with adjustable preload rebound

WHEELS & TYRES
Front Tyre	120/70 - 17 (P), 110/70 - 17 (M), (P) - Pirelli Tyres (M) - MRF Tyres
Rear Tyre	160/60 - 17 (P), 150/60 - 17 (M), (P) - Pirelli Tyres (M) - MRF Tyres
Front Wheel	E 17”xMT3.5 DOT-D
Rear Wheel	E 17”xMT4.5 DOT-D
Alloy Wheels	Yes (Aluminum)
DIMENSIONS, WEIGHT & CAPACITIES
Overall Length	2130 mm
Overall Width	800 mm
Overall Height	1120 mm
Seat Height	795 mm
Ground Clearance	160 mm
Wheelbase	1410 mm
Dry Weight	185 kg
Kerb /Wet Weight	196 kg
Fuel Tank Capacity	16 litres
Reserve Fuel Capacity	3 litres
Oil tank capacity	4 litres
Permitted Total Weight	370 kg
PERFORMANCE & MILEAGE fuel consumtion
0-60 kmph	3.41 secs
0-100 kmph	8.38 secs
Top Speed	154 kmph
Mileage (City, approx.)	24 kmpl
Mileage (Highway, approx.)	32 kmpl
Mileage (Combined, approx.)	28 kmpl
INSTRUMENT CONSOLE
Speedometer	Digital
Tachometer	Analogue
Trip Meter	Digital
Odometer	Digital
Clock
Fuel Gauge	Digital
COMFORT & CONVENIENCE Features
Electric Start
Engine Kill Switch
Pillion Grab Rail
Pass Light
Pillion Footrest

        Love the spec of the bike? If you are beginner bikers, and you looking for a bike from 200 cc to 500 cc, this should be one of your list. In fact, if you looking for best sound, this is the bike that you looking for. Why? Because this bike is just 2 cylinders, but has sound like 3 cylinders of bike. Watch this.

(Video Credit: Vikas Rachamalla)

      After spending hours watching 10+ video again and again, I come oout with my own passion about this bike.

PROS:

1. SOUND
        No doubt, this is the best 2 cylinders sound ever. It has 3 cylinders sound. And with right exhaust, this bike can be same as 4 inline (Except not loud as 4 inline).
   
2. RELIABLE BRAND
       This Benelli is the oldest motorcycle company in Italy. Even thought the company is own by  China firm, but the productions and materials are came all the way from Italy.
        Also, this Benelli has good review too. Even from Awie said this bike is quite reliable to riders.
    
3. PRICE
       This is the part that I love most. RM 18,800.00, this bike is way cheaper than  Kawasaki Z250. Where else you can get 300 cc of of bike with this price?
   
4. BOTH CITY AND LONG RIDE
       Built to handle high temp, this bike is suitable for long distant ride, also a city cruising. So, it doesn't matter if you wanted for a weedays ride, or a weekend ride, this bike will do for you.

CONS

1. SPARE PARTS
        Well, this is the worst part when you need and ASAP parts when your bike in trouble. Not much spare parts here in Malaysia. Even the air filter and oil filter can be use Kawasaki's, but some major parts like engine or electronic stuff require you to order it. You won't get it easily from store, or dealler.
   
2. NO GEAR INDICATOR
       This is not a porblem espacially for most experienced riders. But this is 300 cc bike. It means, more newbie beginner riders are using this than the expereinced one. So the gear indicator are might be important to them. Even myself prefer a bike that has gear indicator.
   
3. NO ABS
        For most cases, ABS does save lives! ABS makes you able to control your bike when you hit brake hard. Too bad this bike is not featuring ABS. SO to stay safe, don't ride faster than you can stop.

Limited Edition: Green Color of Variant.

(Cafe street version from Thailand)

Thanks for reading. Have a nice ride~

REVIEW Yamaha YZF R25: The Everyday Superbike

 

   You know, it is very rare to see any Yamaha R25 in my place, Sabah. Maybe it is a brand new brand. But there are many riders asking about how good this bike is.  have been searching the bike since few weeks ago and still din't catch any.

  So when they ask me about it, I can't give any pro and cons based on my experience, but I still can give info about it when I do the research via internet.  So here we go.

   Yamaha YZF R25: The Everyday Super Bike. That is official tag line for this bike. It means you can use ii in daily ride, to go work, and city ride where there are a lot of traffic jammed. She also comes with three different colours; Red, Blue and Black

Technical Spec:

• Engine Displacement: 250 cc
• Engine Type : Twin Parallel Cylinders, & valves DOHC Four Stroke, Liquid Cooling.
• Maximum Power: 32.5 Horse power
• Maximum Torque: 22.1 NM
• Top Speed: 171 KPH (Claimed by Yamaha Malaysia)
• Fuel Tank: 14.3 litters
• Kerb Weight: 166 kg
• Transmission: 6 gear manual
• Frame: Diamond Tubular Frame
• Fuel System: EFI 

PROS

1. Powerful
           A 250 cc bike with 35 horse power? Its quite fast to me even it claimed can only reach 171 kph, but I personally think that this Yamaha YZF R25 can go more than 171 kph. This super bike even qualified in Moto GP 3 Racing.
   
2. Good Facelift
          Good speed must comes with good look. This nice facelift is totally different with R15, R6, and R1. She has her own beauty. And one more thing, girls do love it.
   
3. Reliable
          Its Yamaha, man. Yamaha is known to their quality that build for lifetime. And the spare parts are ready stock too. So you don't have to worry about it.
   
4. Good Price
          The price is just RM 19,000.00 OTR. She is much cheaper than Kawasaki Ninja 250R, and same price with Honda CBR 250r and Kawasaki Z250. but compared to these two bikes, Yamaha R25 is much more worthy.
   
5. Super Light
          The new designed lightweight, compact and slim chassis, Yamaha R25 is just 177 kg of kerb weight, makes her among the lightest bike of 250 cc twin cylinders.
   
6. Daily Use
        During the lunching in mid 2005,and asked them what they say about YZF R25, the Yamaha replied "A super bike for everyday." It means this bike designed to handle the traffice jammed's pressure, and can be used everyday to go work.
   
   
   
   (The Yamaha R25 lunching (Left) together with Yamaha R6 (right)
   
   

CONS

1. Poor Accelerations.
       Even she is powerful in top speed, but in acceleration, she's a bit slower compared to her rivals, Kawasaki 250R, and Hyosung /Naza Blade GTR 250,
   
2. Low Brightness
       Her headlamp could be has some problem with the brightness. This is projector headlamp, it suppose to brighter than bulb. I hope Yamaha could fix this.

     So I hope is can help you guys if you gonna purchase this. Remember those info comes from internet. I cannot give you my opions about this since I never ride this yet. But for sure, this is one good bike for starter, or experienced riders too.

Have a nice day, people!

REVIEW: BMW GS1200- The 'Bring Me Women' Superbike

     Wow! A hot girl with hot bike. Its BMW touring bike. The GS 1200 is a touring bike from BMW, for off road and long distance ride as well. I have been ride this bike. It was too tall. This is the biggest bike I ever ride so far. Riding in 30 minutes give me a lot of informations to share. This information is from myself. For those who ride this more than a year, might have  different reviews. But if you planning upgrading to this bike, I have the pro and cons for you. One more thing, this bike in on list of Top Ten Best Motorcycle Carrying Passenger.

          But before we go to pros and cons, Let's have a quick specification about this bike. This BMW that I reviewed is a 2013 model. It has four stroke engine system. Two cylinders horizontally opposed BOXER, DOHC, 4 valves per cylinder,and has liquid cooling system. The dry weight is 205 kg but a wet height is around 238 kg. Seriously a very heavy bike. The fuel tank is 20 litters with 4 litters of reserve. And the top speed claimed reach 218 kph. But so far I only reach 178 kph at Coastal Highway, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah. Now, let's move to the pro and cons!

PROS

1. Very Stable
         While you riding fast either in the street or off road. These bike are heavy makes it easier to control while taking corner. By changing to right tyre while off road, this bike is very stable even in dirt, or mud or across small river.
   
2. Reliability.
         You know. Its BMW. Expensive spare parts but give you peace in mind, The quality of those parts are awesome. Make sure you purchase original parts if you want your bike to last long.
   
3. Comfortable.
       Simple: Relaxed. Comfortable. Yet exciting to ride.
   
4. Good Height.
        With this kind of bike, it can handle a big guy, or a tall guy like me.
   
5. Good Fuel Consumption
         Full tank can makes you travel at least 400 km to 500 km before your next stop. So you do the math.

CONS

1. Engine Technical Error
        While riding, I don't encounter any problems, at all. But before this, the owner told me that this bike has missing the big flywheel, off-idle torque of the Air Head. I don't know how bad was this error but he manage to fix it, so it should be no problem.
   
2. Very Expensive
        Compare to another hyper motard bike, this could be much expensive compared toKTM 1190 Adventure R, or Ducati Hyper Motard, or Kawasaki Versys 1200.

           So that's all about my review today. Big thanks to the owner for allowing me using his bike to review. So I hope that my review could give you some guides if you planning to purchase this BMW GS 1200 soon. Have a nice day!

Proud of our Sabahan Sumandak

REVIEW: Kawasaki Ninja 250r

   Happy Sunday every one! How was you been? Although I have been non stop busy most of time, I still have time for blogging, posting, riding and most of all, having fun. And today, I giving another review for another super bike. Kawasaki Ninja 250r. This super bike is belongs to my friend Nasrun. And this review also came from his experience with his own Kawasaki Ninja 250r.

    Before we begins, here a little bit information about Kawasaki Ninja 250r. First of all, we all know that this is the bike that top seller of 250cc in Malaysia, and most of another countries. Kawasaki Ninja is made in Japan but the factory are based on Indonesia and Thailand. There is no factory in Malaysia but we do have a lot of Kawasaki Service Center. So no worries about getting your spare parts. Kawasaki Ninja 250r has been arc enemy of Yamaha R25, Honda CBR 250r and Naza Blade 250r. So, here we go to the specifications.

SPEC:

1. Engine:
       Kawasaki Ninja 250r using Twin Parallel Cylinders. Four Stroke Machine and has Liquid Cooling System.  So this kind of engine types suits enough for hot temperature like Malaysia.
       The displacement for the engine is 249cc, and has high horse power, which is 32 HP. So Kawasaki Ninja 250r is the fastest among 250cc super bikes.  Not to forget, Kawasaki Ninja has 6 gears of transmission.
   
2. Dimension:
   -Width : 715 mm
   -Height : 1,400 mm
   -Seat Height: 775 mm
   -Length  : 2,085 mm
   
3. Others::
   -Tank : 18 L
   - Tyre : 110/70-17 (Front)
               130/70-17 (Rear)
   -Dry Weight: 153 KG.
   -Price : RM 24,000 onward.

     Enough for simple specifications. Now we go to the Pros and Cons about Kawasaki Ninja 250r. Not to forget this review is came from the owner of the bike, Nassrun, that has ridden this bike for at least two years.

PRO :

1. Fuel Save for 250cc engine. Has bigger tank makes you less worries about long distance of ride.
2. Good cornering. If you looking a bike for fast corner, Kawasaki Ninja 250r should be on your list. You will take corner much faster, much safe and much funner. But again to not taking it recklessly.
3. Spare parts are stock ready. You should not worry if you looking for spare parts. Quiet expensive but the quality also the best!
4. Has nice face lift. Every one knows Kawasaki Ninja. The face lift and design are awesome. If you ridding this in city center, you gonna get a lot and a lot of attentions.
5. Better sound. Well, Its two cylinders bro. You know the sound is better than Honda CBR 250, SYM T2, or others single cylinder bike.

CONS

1. The parts are so expensive. You know a cheap parts are not good. And a good parts are not cheap. SO you do the maths.
2. This bike is quit slow when it comes to convoy or long distance. But still much faster than other 250cc bikes with single cylinders.
3. This is the most expensive bike for 250cc. Even that, the quality are the best so you can use this for another 10 years!

( Leading another bikes)

(Before and after)

   Thanks for reading my review. And big thanks to the owner of this Kawasaki Ninja 250r, Nassrun. He completes this review by sharing his experiences with Kawasaki Ninja 250r. And big thanks to you who reads and supporting my blog. Have a nice day! And before I leave you, here's some cool photos of Kawasaki Ninja 250r.

   OK ENOUGH! Hahaha. So fun with the girls, right. Okey.. See you next ride!

Good job Kawasaki Ninja!! Hahaha