Put this Kymco (Nikita/Downtown) on a dynometer, please

[maunaloa]

Do you believe a claim by Kymco of 33 hp from 299cc?

Introducing the Downtown 300i. "Kymco USA's President Eric Bondy called it a 'GSX-R, except it's a scooter.'"

The article is about Kymco's US models for 2010. The best line in the article: "The Quannon gets up to 45 mph as quickly as most cars (as long as they don't know they're racing you)."

Motorcycle Daily has never written a negative review, TMK. Call them "moto journo junket junkies"

[nazmikarakoc]

I want to see that. Almost like a burgman 400cc from suzuki.

[Stian]

Do you believe a claim by Kymco of 33 hp from 299cc?

33hp from 299cc yes. From a 4 stroke it's doable, with the current restrictions on emissions it would be hard.
Is there any bike shops with dyno in Taipei or Taiwan at all?

[smellybumlove]

not possible sorry!.
I say 22bhp

[nazmikarakoc]

CPI SM250 is 250cc and 24hp right?

[maunaloa]

The factory claims 24 hp @ 8000 rpm, but I've not seen a dyno plot.

The Zook DRZ400 engine was designed by Yoshimura, and produces about 33 hp in stock form, and there are plenty of dyno plots to confirm that. I don't see how Kymco's engine design skills can surpass those of Yoshimura.

[urodacus]

Taiwan horses are smaller and less powerful, so I can see those numbers adding up.

[sibi]

Do you believe a claim by Kymco of 33 hp from 299cc?

Introducing the Downtown 300i. "Kymco USA's President Eric Bondy called it a 'GSX-R, except it's a scooter.'"

The article is about Kymco's US models for 2010. The best line in the article: "The Quannon gets up to 45 mph as quickly as most cars (as long as they don't know they're racing you)."

Motorcycle Daily has never written a negative review, TMK. Call them "moto journo junket junkies"

The Kymco Downtown 300i has the new G5 Kymco engine. It's specifications are: 298.9cc, max horsepower 32.78/8000 ps/rpm, max torque 24.5/6500 Nm/rpm. On a dyno run in Greece it performed 32ps on wheel on the first run and after 3 more runs it performed 31,3 ps on wheel. It can do 0-100 in 7,5 seconds, it reaches 140 km/h easily, 150 km/h with patience and can hit 160km/h in downhill.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BiAdnd4O4jo

[redwagon]

Do you believe a claim by Kymco of 33 hp from 299cc?

Ummmm...... No. Although, they do not have a record of publishing false claims AFAIK. When it's too embarrassing, they usually don't publish anything at all.

[smellybumlove]

Do you believe a claim by Kymco of 33 hp from 299cc?
Introducing the Downtown 300i. "Kymco USA's President Eric Bondy called it a 'GSX-R, except it's a scooter.'"
The article is about Kymco's US models for 2010. The best line in the article: "The Quannon gets up to 45 mph as quickly as most cars (as long as they don't know they're racing you)."
Motorcycle Daily has never written a negative review, TMK. Call them "moto journo junket junkies"

The Kymco Downtown 300i has the new G5 Kymco engine. It's specifications are: 298.9cc, max horsepower 32.78/8000 ps/rpm, max torque 24.5/6500 Nm/rpm. On a dyno run in Greece it performed 32ps on wheel on the first run and after 3 more runs it performed 31,3 ps on wheel. It can do 0-100 in 7,5 seconds, it reaches 140 km/h easily, 150 km/h with patience and can hit 160km/h in downhill.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BiAdnd4O4jo

Looking at the speedo im saying 20bhp, if it had over 30bhp it would fly to 100 not crawl like that!.
My Z-125 (272cc) is faster than that and weighs 130kg's+

G5 kymco engine.......... hmm kymco make a scooter called a G5 which uses a larger GY6 engine with a 4 valve head, its EXACTLY a GY6 but its similar in dimensions at the bottom end and cvt.
That engine can be bored and stroked to 300cc+............ I wonder.