Suzuki VanVan 200

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First glimpse of wife's new VanVan 200

being collected on Saturday

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[UnknownStuntm...]

Nice, let us know how it compares to the tiddler then...

[Matt B]

But Mission Motorcycles....
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[arry]

[Pigeon]

Was considering one of these for a replacement for my commuter, because could take it off-road / green-laning over winter.

Or more accurately the Sky-team version because 50% cheaper and has a kickstart (both more appropriate for dropping / crashing in muddy lanes).

[Matt B]

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Here it is.

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and here is what it just replaced;

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I have not ridden it, for reasons to boring to go into I am not insured to ride it and won't be until later in the summer.

It vibrates a lot more than the 125cc, even with bar ends on. The old !25cc lost it's bar ends when it had heated grips fitted.

The bars seem different, but maybe the whole bike just felt slightly different cos its new. The 200cc has some sort of oil radiator on the front of the frame. The little tail pack is cheap and nasty. We took the tool kit out already, but it's a poorly made pack. Think poundland, rather than Kriega.

The 200cc has five gears.
The 125cc had six gears.

Rides almost the same, but a bit better, according to the wife. So, just the ticket for her. I think it's the sort of bike that might get fixed to the back of a big camper van.

[recman]

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They let me test ride a CRF250L, though they did ask I didn't take it down a byway.


So, the vanvan 200cc.

I rode it round a carpark, 1st gear is so much nippier and quicker to pull away.

The fuel range is less than that of the 125cc, the reserve light came on at about 80 miles today, when I was sitting pillion, we had about 99 on the clock when we got to the bike shop.

Apart from fuel range, it's just like the 125cc, except slightly better all round.

[Oldie]

Get a vid onto youtube - there are no English language reviews on there. All that everyone wants to know is how fast it is

(my guess is 69 mph)

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2,600 views in one month

[arry]

How many miles has it done now?

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not had it's 600 mile service yet, I exchanged a few e-mails with a journo via a TRF contact, who is riding one to Cornwall and back this weekend, and taking it green laning (poor little bike ) so might be a proper review around soon


it's not really my bike it is my wife's so I won't ride it that much

I've got about 15 hours on my beta now

[Suntan Sid]

This is a genuine question, not a pisstake!
What are the tyres/wheels on a Van Van all about?
Why are they big and fat and what purpose do they claim to serve?
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