Varadero 125

[Guest simone]

eh deh u selling ya bike ah waaaaa !!!!!!!!!!!!. The new owner must be happy with the upgrades u did. Upz for ya sale bro! Nice bike indeed!

[visual]

Originally posted by DaNiYaL@Jun 9 2005, 11:22 PM

Friday Meet Up

10 06 2005

8.30Pm

Adam Food Corner

 

I make it at Adam food corner...coz KTM will be packed with people....

Nazrin - Where exactly is this Adam food corner?

 

And ....

Reading about simons 'adventure with the law' got me thinking,... altho it sucks to get fined... but i think, its better to get caught for speeding then ...(1 got 2 so far)

 

1) parked at a pavement (the road was single zig-zag yellow line) i didint parked on the road by pavement... i got 'parking in a demerit point zone' got me a wopping $240 + 4 Points. (didint even get to see the TP)

 

2) was exiting (AYE) toward alexendra, then relized i forgot to put in my cashcard (so i stopped at the road sholder placed cash card and ride off (all in less then 1 minute) ... in a few days.. got a letter (stopping on expressway. $140 + 4 points) again, never saw the tp officer...

 

total $380 (can buy front fender + taller windshield) *sigh*

 

also

Nazrin (you were saying this new 125cc korean bike that HUGE and looks like GS) whatsthe brand and model name of the bike....

[DaNiYaL]

Whats Up DaWgZ!!

 

Friday Meet Up

10 06 2005

Kampung Glam

8.30pm

 

ehehehh...sorry brothers...itchy fingers....Kampung Glam....at Bussoroh street...those who do not know how to go there...here i have attached the map....

 

http://www.streetdirectory.com.sg/singapor...&masterid=15538

 

visual>>> the GS look a like...is Kymco Styker!...ehehehheeh.....

[visual]

Model: Kymco Styker

Cooling system: Air

Gearbox: 5-speed

Dry weight: 142.0 kg (313.1 pounds)

Overall height: 1,300 mm (51.2 inches)

Overall length: 2,120 mm (83.5 inches)

Overall width: 910 mm (35.8 inches)

Front brakes: Single disc

Rear brakes: Expanding brake (drum brake)

 

 

http://www.leos-suzi-shop.de/kymco/stryker125offroad.jpg

http://www.bike-connection.de/printable/images/200212161531591cols2.jpg

 

'pretty interesting review'

"This bike LOOKS cool as: mad styling, massive size, looks more like a 400 than a 125, big chunky tyres..wow. Then you ride it. This bike is rubbish. It is geared so low that it impossible to get more than 55 or so out of it, (and I'm light), the tyres are so slippy they are dangerous, it is so upright it is deadly boring to ride. Any work on it at all means having to remove the ENTIRE fairing... even just to change the speedo cable, (which breaks incessantly). The design of the nose means that at night a shadow is cast right in the centre of your headlight beam, so you can't actually see where you are going, and even if you could the beam is so weak it wouldn't make much difference. Uprate the bulb, and the battery goes flat in no time. Then you realise why they put on the extra kickstart. The kill switch does the exact opposite, and makes the rev counter go off the scale, while having no effect at all on the engine. The mud guard is pathetically useless, and allows all that salt off the road to blast the flimsy exhaust pipe which will then start to rust for England. Oh, and the handy space for putting a top box says that you can't put bigger weights than 5kg on it. Great, so you can put a topbox on, but you can't carry anthing in it. Oh yeah, and your insurance goes up because its 'offroad'. The plastic fairing rattles around like anything, and the bolts rust out so you can't get the thing off.

The few good points about this thing? It looks way cool. It turns heads everywhere. It is unbeleivably economic, and will easily do 130mpg, and it is very reliable, although I bumped into other owners who say different, it's never let me down. It's just very badly thought out."

 

 

 

ANother proper {detailed] Review .

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Kymco Stryker 125

September 17, 2001

 

MOST "sixteener" 125s, particularly those from the Orient, are built small and light to get the best performance possible out of their small motors. Which is fine for Oriental teenagers but South African kids often come in larger sizes.

 

Kymco of Korea is best known here for its range of neat and nippy scooters but also produces a range of 125 cc motorcycles, among them a husky dual-purpose machine called the Stryker.

 

It's a full-size dirt-digger, built to carry the kind of youngsters who play first-team rugby without looking dwarfed. It's solid but not agricultural, with smart graphics and enough high-tech features to give it all the schoolyard cred it needs

 

It's a full-size dirt-digger.

.

 

Let's start at the top. Fling a leg over Kymco's trailie and you realise this is a big bike; with a seat height of 845 mm, tall even for adults, kortbums need not apply. The handlebars are wide, low and braced, with two decent mirrors and neat, chunky switchgear. Ahead of them is a distinctive shark-nosed nacelle, mounted on a rigid tubular steel subframe and featuring an unusual wrap-around headlight.

 

This houses a clean, almost minimalist, dash panel which is an object lesson in what good design can do with a limited production budget.

 

The all-plastic unit is so simple it looks almost toylike, but it's moulded in a crack-resistant polymer and includes speedo, rev-counter, resettable tripmeter, the usual warning lights - even a fuel-gauge!

 

The flight deck is topped off with flexible handguards and a short windscreen, blacked out streetfighter style

 

The flight deck is topped off with flexible handguards.

. The next thing that intrudes on your consciousness is the saddle, which is too hard for comfort.

 

The upholstered section, however, extends all the way to the aircraft-style filler cap. This, together with the (fake) radiator covers, completely covers the fuel tank, obviating the need for a cosmetic finish on the tank.

 

All the bodywork is self-coloured plastic, with the exception of the few panels which are sprayed metallic silver; they also feature the only graphics, which renders the bike largely scratchproof, as well as substantially reducing finishing costs - another bit of clever design.

 

The tough little casting which frames the tail-light also includes a grab-rail and a smart little carrier.

 

All of this rides on a solidly engineered tubular steel frame, neatly sprayed in silver; rather a pity, then, that some of the welding is below par. It's strong enough - this thing is built like a bridge - but there's enough spatter around the rear engine mount to start a guano farm. The swing-arm is also steel, a no-nonsense rectangular item with snail-cam chain adjusters.

 

The only disappointment on the frame is the motocross-style steel footpegs; these have not been properly jigged before welding and they droop very slightly below the horizontal. It's a small thing, but it just feels wrong and makes longer rides on the Stryker a little uncomfortable.

 

Now for the big surprise: this budget bermblaster has an automatic choke and an electric starter. There's also a neatly cranked kick-start for backup but the push-button ignition works every time for seriously cool home runs.

 

The motor it lights up features the same sort of robust engineering that characterises the whole machine. It's a pushrod OHV vertical single, moderately oversquare at 56.5 x 49.5mm, with a conservative 9.2:1 compression ratio.

 

Its power output of just under nine kilowatts at 9 000 rpm is distinctly underwhelming, its 9.5Nm maximum torque equally so. The Stryker is no lightweight at 142kg dry and it accelerates gently up to a maximum of around 110km/h.

 

The motor vibrates sharply above seven and begins to sound a little stressed, so I mostly cruised around at about 80, where the motor seemed happiest.

 

The rest of the go department is just as straightforward; the cable-operated clutch is as light as a 125's clutch should be, and stood up to a fair amount of off-road abuse without becoming grabby. The five-speed gearbox is notchy and neutral proved elusive at the beginning of the test; how much of that was due to a very low-mileage test machine and how much to rider unfamiliarity is difficult to say, but this aspect improved markedly during the course of the test.

 

Braking effort is provided by a 275 mm front disc with a natty little twin-piston floating calliper; this proved strong enough to elicit complaints from the "trials universal" front tyre under hard braking but has enough feel to be used (carefully) on the dirt.

 

The preferred retardation in the rough comes from the single leading shoe rear drum, which is powerful enough to lock the back wheel on steep descents and sensitive enough to use in sand.

 

It's rod-operated, a little unsophisticated to modern eyes perhaps,but it's a doddle to adjust and, like most good designs, it's reliable because there's very little to go wrong.

 

The suspension, chunky 35 mm forks and a monoshock with a fabricated steel rising-rate linkage, lacks any type of adjustment and seems stiff, even harsh, on the street at traffic speeds. Allied to the hard saddle, this gives a pretty bumpy ride, but the bike is stable and predictable at any speed it can get up to. Even ridden flat out on fast sweeps, it refuses to wiggle and the front end dives very little under braking. The 21" front wheel steers accurately and turns in like a terrier after a rabbit, as well it should with handlebars 880 mm wide supplying the leverage.

 

The firm ride pays dividends in precise and surprisingly nippy handling on tar, while in the rough the stiff shocks refused to bottom. I took the Stryker across my favourite green belt, strewn with builder's rubble and knee-high scrub, and while it lacks the compliant ride of some pukka enduro tackle, it remains perfectly controllable in first gear at little more than walking pace.

 

Kymco's full-size, dual-purpose 125 has distinctive styling and a lot of street-smart features on a very tough, genuinely capable chassis.

 

The hard saddle and low-tech suspension make long rides tedious but that's not what this bike was designed for; it copes admirably with any terrain except thick mud.

 

With more grunt it would be an adequate enduro tool; as it stands, it's admirable transport for the huskiest of teenagers.

[SHAHRUL]

simone>>>>>yah bro thinking of stickers too....but no tym lah to think on how to design it....n now i got irrited by ppl who given comments like ( eh bro ur bike FZ buang already ah what a waste...) my heart pain they dont know.....hahahahaha

[Wild 1]

Well it is official, Irene is gone from my life. It was a lil heart wrenching to see her ride away but i am comforted to know that she couldn't have gone to a better owner. I know he will definitely continue looking after her as i have. Enjoy the ride as I did bro

 

Even without my ride, one thing is for certain, i am still a part of the Outriders and that will never change. I have shared many laughs and trips with the Outriders and I must say there are a quite a few stand up guys in this group.(You know who you are)

 

Cheers Outriders.

[Pro Dero]

simone

 

gd enuf he didnt check u throughly since ya aft pubbing or even worse senario dude....i reckon ya case unlikely can be appeal cuz of solid evidence against u....ride safely man....

 

btw i juz came back from ah wah some dude on a kr wif illegal pipes was $500 den only now he ask ah wah to put back da stock one back....not even leo vince juz very loud & smokey....wat a waste of $$$$

 

den my black stickers when u want?

 

 

pingsters

 

i tink its wasnt u cuz he mentioned blue super waxed v125, u black liao....who cud it be? got volt meter & etc...i gotta see dat....hehehe!

 

 

 

visual

 

ya phoenix is m5 35 watt 12 volt halogen or not? btw how much u bought there? i can get from ah boy $4 a pc or ah wah $5 wif installation....heheheh!

 

eh dei ya parkin & cashcard 1 can appeal liao....can help u peng 1 cuz all i ever kena den scot free....hehehe!

 

$240 + 4 Points & $140 + 4 points is very severe dei?

 

[VaraStormer]

Well, I saw the Kymco bike during the fair at Parkway side. I wasn't too impressive on the rear drum brake. And if you really take a close look on the bike, the joint is not that well done... can see from the material they used. Also, it's not testing in SG road. It's more for offroad usage, as if you change the tyres... then the bike will looks funny... no offence..

 

Just that with the comparison, seat wise.. surely won't be as comfort as ours. Outlook wise.. you guys better go and look at it closely personally... For my 2cents, it's that it's only 25cc more.. but does it give the comfort and the "power-look" with our bike...

 

Only one word to say, Vara still "power" :cheer:

 

I have not regret taking this bike, no doubt having some problem with the bike and also owning a ST13, doesn't mean that I look down on vara.

[VaraStormer]

Ok, I will be checking on a new service shop at AMK Ind Park 2A -- NTrust Enterprise. Most probably will go down tomorrow for a look. Will update their service and whatever they can do for our vara.. heehee of cos for my ST too heehee

[Pro Dero]

varastormer

 

dude so u own a vara125 & st13 care to share ya sincere experience bad & goods can? even other bikes u ever own so we all can learn from u & save $$$ on getting a dream bike but not da BMW K1200LT of course....hehehe! pocket not deep enuf ah

 

dakar

 

dat time u mention abt ya spark plug blow often wats da cause cause me hv da same prob now....

[VaraStormer]

Originally posted by Pro Dero@Jun 10 2005, 10:04 PM

[dakar

 

dat time u mention abt ya spark plug blow often wats da cause cause me hv da same prob now....

Spark plug problem.. did you install any booster or any mod to your bike to increase power?

[Azliano]

hola brothers...

 

i heard u guys goin to kulai (on the 17th of july) wit the scrams....juz wanna share sumthin wit u all....a member of my family juz passed away dis morning at kulai... he was riding and was knocked down by a car...while overtaking a car, another car hit his bike frm behind....heard a singapore car was involved...details yet to be confirmed.....sadly, he's a married man wit 4 small kids...2ppl died..the other one probably the pillion..where ever u are where ever u go....juz be careful yahz...tink bout ur loved ones...life is short...ride safely.

[DaNiYaL]

Whats Up DaWgZ!!

 

Dear brothers...what Azliano said is true...the accident happen at NSH....before Machap RSA....2 riders died....let this be a reminder to all....Ride safely....you can be the safest rider but your fate is in God's hands...Juz a piece of advice to share...never ride to your maximum potential....coz you will need it when the situation arises....

 

On the behalf of the Outriders...we offer our condolences to Azliano for the loss of his family members...For all muslim brothers...together we sedekah Al-fatehah....To all...lets observe a minute of silence before you post anything in the forum....

 

Meet Up

I would like to suggest...from now on....we will have our regular meet up on 2nd and the 4th week Friday of every month....On top of this suggestion...i would to add...maybe on the 4th week Friday...we go JB....explore bit by bit...

 

other than that....nothing from me....but Keep it coming brothers!....

 

Last...if there is anyone...who wish to voice out something...be it good or bad...I do welcome those feedback...you can call me, pm me or msg me....Lets make this place better and better...but do not post in the forum...I greatly appreciate your feedbacks...Thank you....

[Rideliquid]

well sad to hear the bad news bout the bikers...my condolences to the families of the bikers...

 

btw...it was great to meet the bros juz now esp those that i havent met b4 like visual n keropoz...till sun bros...ride safe...always...

[Azliano]

DaNiYaL>>thanx dude...

 

and thanx to all......

 

i get different stories frm so many different ppl....sorie to say dat the details dat i posted up earlier may not be accurate....for full story...u can read it frm today's strait times or berita harian...

[Niti]

Originally posted by Azliano@Jun 10 2005, 11:28 PM

hola brothers...

 

a member of my family juz passed away dis morning at kulai... he was riding and was knocked down by a car...while overtaking a car, another car hit his bike frm behind....heard a singapore car was involved...details yet to be confirmed.....sadly, he's a married man wit 4 small kids...2ppl died..life is short...ride safely.

The late Aswad used to be in my team many years back. Many frens shocked bout the news...

 

Deeply saddened

 

Rest In Peace....

[Chow]

Hi Bros,

Long time no talk.....been busy.

Does anyone know where to find the bulbs other than BS, the ones that lights up the speedo and odo?

BS has no stock, i have checked. Now my dashboard is an one-eye jack !

 

Wild-i

Hey, make sure you join us on the Outriders trip in future when you buy your next beau. Is it a Harley ?

 

Cheers

[Azliano]

i juz got back frm the funeral....

 

wat actually happen was they were on their way to genting/kl...first few bikes of the group overtake dis sporean sports car...the driver wasnt happy after being overtaken, so he kinda blocked the rest of the convoy and drove dangerously....one of the victim E-brake, threw his bike and landed on the railings...he died on the spot....his bike swept the neighbouring bike and caused a chain reaction...2 more bikes collided.....the driver of the sports car got away without a trace.

 

frm dis incident....there are so many things we can learn frm it....courtesy might juz keep u alive....and pls dun ride too close if ur goin at a very high speed.....i wud suggest a staggered formation like we always do in the SAF....

[ABATTORY]

HAIL BROS ....

 

Bro Azliano ...... my deepest condelances to you and the families of the victim . The late Aswad dad , Mr Ahmad is my colleague at my werkplace ... a Harley rider . Never had the chance to meet Aswad but from the stories his dad told me ... the late Aswad is a very experience rider and if im not mistaken he had just bought a brand new CB1300 .... sad to say our fate lies to the HIGHER authority . This kind of incident is very depressing to hear but all we can do is to " sedekah " AL-FATEHAH to both the late bros .

[LTC]

Anyone going to fit the chain oiler from chris525?

I'm interested cos getting lazy to oil the chain but hopefully there's a dual injector for both sides.

[yem_paul]

Daniyal

 

Got the safety vest with me , will pass it to you on the next meet up ... total 3 piece ...

[DaNiYaL]

Whats Up DaWgZ!!

 

WWooHHHooOO!!!!...Yo brothers!...now we have total 4 safety vests!...courtesy of Yem_paul!!!!.... ..Yo go baboya!!!!.....

 

To all brothers who did the escort today....Well Done!..Keep it up!... ..tell you...it was fun!...ehehehe...espeacially the honking tonking time....my virgin escort....didnt know that we have to horn and make some noise.....next time...i want to fix horn that is loud and horn the "lacukaracha x2 la la la" tune!.......not like today..."kwek kwek" like duck only....i believe there is room for improvement....for visual escort...muz be garang...muz make some noise when we enter carpark AND DUN FORGET TO BRING CAMERA!!!!!.......joking only....you know who you are... ~kiak kiak kaik~

Azhar>>> Congratulationz to you bro!....May you have a happily marriage life......you were lucky today bro...almost wanted to give you "Silat Motor"...think again...we will spare you....eheheheheh....

 

Other than that....keep it coming brothers!.....

[Niti]

Kuang Kuang Kuang......

 

I am very upset with the bugger who never bring the camera.... Of all the days, why must it be today that he forgot tho bring the camera... Paisey siaaa...... Today my virgin escort also. Like DaNiYal, I also dunno must horn and make lots of noise when we came into the carpark

 

It was fun still, and my sleeping hours that I gave a miss was well spent. Nex time when we do another one for Visual, I believe it would be better

 

And dun forget to tell the bugger to bring his camera ah dey!!!

[DaNiYaL]

WhAts Up dAwGZ!!

 

To the bugger who forget to bring camera>>> ahahahhahha...kiak kiak kiak.... ..... forget to bring never mind....volunteer to be outriders official cameraman...some more!...ahahahahhaha....joking bro...next meet up...teh cino on me!...

 

Check out this webbie!...

 

http://www.bikez.com/brands/index.php

[unknown]

Wild_I: Hmm.....top secret has been leak eh??? It's a sexy one beb. Gone Irene, Come the ????

 

ProDero: Bro come support us for visual's big day also leh. Abt the headlight protector, actually i was referring to my "mystic" (hehe, yes like Wild_I, i also had a name for my vara ) Back then wanted to buy one for mystic, but no one sells. Maybe the bros here might be interested. (but take note, it's very easy to kana stolen)

 

ALL Bros

May i suggest the meet up to be on somewhere near the 10/7/05, so as to get the confirm list??? Btw, for today, I had a great time riding with u guys today. So sorry i just disappear like tat , i need to rush to somewhere. But now looking forward to Visual's Big Day, The more riders the merrier I too hope i can get hold of some of my friends to assist in this. But as of now here's the list bros.

 

Visual Escort 10 July 2005

1) Unknown 91453745

2) Dakar

3) Al-Simmons

4) F.O.R

5) Azliano

6) Niti

7) Daniyal

8) Rideliquid

9) Keropoz

10) Wild I

11) Simon

12) Byteblock!

13) Wady

14) Vara_fy