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Keeway Dorado 250 cruiser Vs Lifan LF250B custom |
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Anonymous: Me | ||||||||
In this thread we compare and contrast the Keeway Dorado250 cruiser Vs Lifan LF250B custom based on first hand experiences and real knowledge only. |
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The best way to compare two motorcycle is to compare them with the specification found in the user manual. For both the Lifan LF250-B and the Keeway Dorado 250 cruiser we have the English user manual, you can find them here Lifan LF250-B English Manual and the Keeway Dorado 250 English manual. |
Active Member Group Comfort Level:: +32 Registered: 08/27/07 |
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Flying Squirrel | ||||||||
I'm not a cruiser gut but the Keeway looks better to me. The pipes are better looking etc. But this needs closer inspection because I have seen a V-Twin in a showroom and the exhaust exiting the rear cylinder is hidden under a chrome cover. Oh it looks all cool and large but under the cover is a small diameter piece of manky mitred welded pipe that would not pass Briggs and Stratton's lawn mover QA inspection. |
Active Member Group Comfort Level:: +5 Registered: 04/23/10 |
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Active Member Group Comfort Level:: +32 Registered: 08/27/07 |
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Flying Squirrel | ||||||||
Quote by: news
It makes it much easier to talk about something that we can see, so hereby pictures of both motorcycles
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Active Member Group Comfort Level:: +5 Registered: 04/23/10 |
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Thanks for the replies I'm glad to read them To keep this post a bit short I can say that the Lifan and Keeway have the exact same 'engine' specs and therefore also the same engine performance as the Yamaha V-Star 250 [/p]
Currently the price of the Lifan and the Keeway are very similar... The biggest difference between the two is that Keeway offers 3-year warranty, and Lifan has 2-years warranty for its motorcycles in Thailand.[/p]
Is that worth the extra 20,000 baht? [/p]
Lifan has spoked wheels which are easier to repair if you hit a large pot hole. [/p]
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Newbie Group Comfort Level:: +2 Registered: 10/24/12 |
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Okay I just called the dealer in Chiang Mai, its near the bus station arcade. The Keeway only exists in black, he does not have one but he has just ordered it and it will be there within 2 weeks and he does not know what the price will be... |
Newbie Group Comfort Level:: +2 Registered: 10/24/12 |
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Spoked wheels are amazingly flexible, they can absorb great forces without damaging, aluminum alloy wheels are much less flexible and an impact with a pothole can serious damage an alloy wheel, sure you can repair an alloy wheel but only for a few times and as long the problem did not happened on the same location. |
Active Member Group Comfort Level:: +32 Registered: 08/27/07 |
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Flying Squirrel | ||||||||
The Yamaha compression ratio is 10.0:1 the (Keeway is 9.4: 1)
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Active Member Group Comfort Level:: +5 Registered: 04/23/10 |
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Oh and Lifan says more than 100 kph! According to my rough calculations you should get 127 kph which is confirmed by your 130. The windshield on the Keeway may actually help in that regard. [/p]
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Flying Squirrel | ||||||||
Quote by: Me
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Active Member Group Comfort Level:: +5 Registered: 04/23/10 |
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I seen it! So there are actually 2 Keeway dealers in Chiang Mai, one said he will be getting it in in a couple of weeks and the other has one in god awful orange and won’t let me take it for a test drive. |
Newbie Group Comfort Level:: +2 Registered: 10/24/12 |
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Anonymous: GB | ||||||||
I just bought a new Keeway 250 Dorado and I have a problem shifting into first gear after stopping. If you pull the clutch and try to shift in to first from neutral it will not always shift. You must pull the clutch a second time then it will engage. I have taken it back to the dealer 5 times and they have never been able to fix the problem. They seem to think having to pull the clutch twice sometimes is no real problem. I believe there must be a problem in the gear box. Has anyone else had this problem on a new bike and what did they do to fix it? |
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Anonymous: Danny | ||||||||
Quote by: GB
I just bought a new Keeway 250 Dorado and I have a problem shifting into first gear after stopping. If you pull the clutch and try to shift in to first from neutral it will not always shift. You must pull the clutch a second time then it will engage. I have taken it back to the dealer 5 times and they have never been able to fix the problem. They seem to think having to pull the clutch twice sometimes is no real problem. I believe there must be a problem in the gear box. Has anyone else had this problem on a new bike and what did they do to fix it?
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Flying Squirrel | ||||||||
Answers to a similar question posed about a BMW.
What we all do is pull up on the lever with foot, let out clutch slowly, there will be a clunk, and you are in first.
Becomes automatic after a bit.
Or hold the shifter down and ease the clutch out slowly. Accomplishes the same thing.
...the way I get into gear at a standstill is that I shift into first as I'm pulling in the clutch. That way the shaft is still spinning a little bit from the momentum even though the clutch has just become fully disengaged. It doesn't clunk and now it's second nature.
Sometimes I'll just pushed the bike back lightly with my right foot and it'll go in to gear too.
As others have said - perfectly normal! Let the clutch out and back in, then shift into first within 1/2 second or two while trans shafts are still turning. It will go easily.
Bottom line: the transmission has spun down to a stop and the engagement dogs on the shift collar are not alligned with the holes in the gear you're trying to select. Applying a slight drag to the clutch spins up the transmission just enough to align the dogs and holes.
When mine does that is just let the clutch out a little or don't pull it in as far, and it goes into first.
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Active Member Group Comfort Level:: +5 Registered: 04/23/10 |
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