Personal channel with things I find interesting, entertaining or helpful to others. Vlogs, rants, touring, how to videos, product reviews and what ever else I can come up with mainly centered around bikes, cars or anything with an engine.
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surely gonna be my next upgred after using 400i since 2014.whats your opinion for its agility.due to wheelbase different from kymco 400i
Very useful gadget
Tbilisi looks cool, I think I’d like to visit?! Donnie wins the traffic race, (so funny)!👍🏻Good lord, can’t believe how far away from home you are / were?! Funny, cops are cops & park in the same places everywhere in the world?!😳 Best, Rola (Oregon / USA).
Expensive,weird looking,heavy,and underpowered. I rather get an XMax even used or some Honda Forza. Bigger SYMs like Cruisym and also the 125cc SYM look more good to be honest.But everybody have their choices.
For long distance touring and off road neither of the ones listed above can hold a candle to the ADX. It's a specialized tool not a just a regular city scooter. It's like a special wine, you either get it or it's not for you and that's ok.
1:17:43 Genau das ist der Punkt. Man muss es einmal verstanden haben. Ich habe den ADX auch neu und kann alle Punkte, Fahreindrücke und Vergleiche nachvollziehen. Ich komme von einer 750er Honda mit dem geilen DCT und wollte unbedingt wieder eine Automatik, habe aber nur wenig Geld. Mit dem ADX habe ich einen klasse Ersatz gefunden und bin zudem total überrascht, wie gut und intuitiv alles funktioniert. Das Licht, Zentralfederbein und der Sitzkomfort sind verdammt gut! Preis/Leistung ist super!
Thanks for the review Alex, very well done. What would you recommend for the Zontes m310 - the 5" or the 7" version? What will fit better? Thanks
For the M310 the 5 inch would fit better.
Better ‘n watching NETFLIX! I love your riding comments, makes me have a laugh now & again?! Beautiful ride, historical settlement, great flexible riding attitude! Lucky you passing all those tractor trailer trucks!👍🏻Border / visa / gas station insurance education👍🏻(doesn’t get better than that)‼Sweet Georgia indeed! Your riding spirit reminds me so much of my wife & I & our travels through life “on a budget without all the frills”, good for you! Great riding advice in “foreign” night time driving on unfamiliar roads! Can NEVER have enough FUEL!! Good for you having a reserve👍🏻Surviving is the key‼👍🏻Good for you…Rola & Candace Cook (Oregon / USA).
Prefer this part of Turkey for beauty, (at least from your cameras?), beautiful! As for a riding partner in a foreign land making questionable off road decisions(?), I have learned to make my own decisions to do what is safe for me regardless of whether we remain friends or not? Adventure is fine, getting into trouble is not! (Thanks for listening). Good ride. Rola (Oregon / USA)
Loved the cultural comments to go along with the Turkish traffic flow and it being a different weather pattern in Turkey during early summer?👍🏻Was pulling hard for Donnie on those hills, sweet little thing was trying hard to get you where you wanted to go?! Great ride video. Rola (Oregon / USA)
This video need more views.This man,crossed countries with his tiny scooter.These videos prove to me that SYM make comparable bikes like Japan.And I am gonna buy one!
Check out the iron butt video, 1700km in 24 hours on this little thing :D
“Generally speaking”(?), no matter where you are in the world, often times we see bits & pieces of “home” while traveling. That’s what helps bond us all together for some common ground even in our differences. Cold & wet is no fun, empathize with you completely! Carry on. Rola (Oregon / USA).
Is 5'4 height super tiptoe sir???
You have to test it for yourself, I think it would be.
Interesting ride? Love your honesty at the end of the day.👍🏻Working through weather, national & co-rider problems, etc., all add to the character of life. Late once again to “the party” but understand completely what you went through. Carry on. Rola (Oregon / USA).
Finally made it to the trans Eurasia road trip, this is a good one 😁
Too expensive. Two good blindspot mirrors would solve the issue for less than 10% of this price.
That is one way to solve the blind spot problem :)
Is 5'4 height super tiptoe sir??
You have to try it for yourself but I think you would tip toe.
i completely admit i kept trying to sneak up on it.
😂😂😂 Kinda hard to sneak up anywhere when you're riding the Panzer Glide
Sweet! I'm also doing a review on this product soon! INNOV sent the BSD unit to me just before my last road trip, so I haven't made the video yet. 😉👍 --QM
Curious to see your opinion, I really like it and it's staying on :D
@RideWithAlex I received the same version you did with the two mirror indicators. I think the "watch face" display would be better for my Rebel 1100 and other bikes with folding bar-end mirrors. I'll try to get that review video finished SOON! 😉👍 --QM
With a Chigee as well that's double blind spot monitoring, although did you fit the chigee camera's?
I got the chigee play which doesn't have blind spot monitoring or cameras but is less expensive, but yes you can combine a lot of systems in the chigee lite
Looks to be well made and well thought out, I can see why you like it.
Good product, safety don't have a price I think it's worth it.
Imagine you are in a city and you play some nice relaxing music on your cardo, and constantly music will be interrupted with annoying beeping. Or listening turn by turn navigation and here it comes constant beeping. It will drive me mad. Even in the cars you don’t have sound for blind spot monitoring system so I do think that will be bad idea. Maybe just as option were you can turn it off if you want. Just my 2 cents.
Of course if it would have an app I asume you could adjust the volume or turn off the sound completely. Even now you can turn off the sound completely.
Hello there Alex! Interesting gadget, I'm glad you like it. However in my point of view this beeping noise would drive me mad after a few minutes, but that's me. For beginners it might come handy, thx for the review! Be bad!😊
While riding I don't hear the noise but I can see the lights.
Nice unit. However, 300 dollars is way too expensive for it. 100 euros is a maximum value for it.
Considering how well it's built it's worth more then 100 euros
At this rate,pretty soon,poor Donnie will have so many things mounted on him,that his 169cc engine wont be able to move him.😅
Neah only 2 more things going on but he's running fine 😁
@@RideWithAlex Ok,couse if not,you will have to cut down on those eclairs, to lighten the load 😜.
@@CristiBucerzan that is a plan I am yet to begin 😂
Thanks for acceleration test.
Using this method can you still operate the music & telephone functions directly on the Carpuride or do you have to then operate them on your Cardo & your phone instead?
Yes you can, you can operate it on the touch screen.
Nice video, Alex ! I was not aware until I've seen this clip about the high frequency of blind spots exposure while ridding. Good to know that this type devices used usually on cars, are now available for scooter & motorbikes. Thanks for all the advices given to us in your videos.
It's amazing how useful I find it after all these years riding through the city.
Consumption is kinda dissapointing.
Tbh it's on par with how I was riding. Since then it has gone down. I've done a trip with a pasanger on the back, weekend trip, so much more laid back riding kept it between 90-110 and the fuel consumption was 3.76l/100km
Great review! Love your excitement! Haha! I'm considering the CBR650R as my next bike, OR the Apriia RS660.
To turn on/off heated grips, you hold the button for 3 secs - sure you hold it enough?
held it for 3-5-10----- 2 minutes :)). They came back to life on the second day, it was magic.
Excellent and very fair comparison video in spite of the nearly 200cc difference in displacement & cost between the two scooters? We all got to see for ourselves & feel the differences. Love you comments and thoughts. All the best, Rola (Oregon / USA).
Thanks ✌️
Once again, excellent visual & rider review of a new product, (Zontes 310M), that we do not enjoy in the US, (unfortunately)? Best, Rola (Oregon / USA)
In the future Zontes should enter the US market at some point.
Hi Alex congratulations for your video I would like to ask you how is it the seat for a guy 185 m high for zontes m125 ???? We can find it at sym dealer????
This weekend you can find it and test ride it. Check out the Motosfera social media (Facebook and Instagram)
Thx
How often oil change in 125cc Symphony? Every 3000 km?
I recommend 2500
@@RideWithAlex Are they fast same as Yamaha XMax 125.They have same power to Weight ratio.This will deliver power more easily being lighter,I think!
@@EndritBs the Xmax is heavy. Compare it to the Nmax
90% of the vehicles in this video were stolen in Germany, Spain and Italy.
🤦Yea sure 90% so basicly all cars in Romania are stolen from the west, especially in the capital. I'm sorry but you've got problems. Go watch something else please.
Just received a FACO mid size windshield for my incoming Symphony ST. Unfortunately, I couldn't find a clear one, so it is smoked. And I am not sure it would fit on the ST easily, as the label on it says it is for Symphony 2020. But I have no worries. I would make it fit on the ST.
2020 is the euro 4 version. You're probably going to have to do some mods to it to make it fit.
@@RideWithAlex Does the Euro version have something to do with the headlight shape? Anyway, what a couple of power tools can't do...
@@1zanglang yes it does the euro 4 is the old model with the halogen front light.
@@RideWithAlex It doesn't matter what kind of lamp is inside. From what I can see, I figure out, the upper handlebars fairing has the same shape on both models. But, there is the saying: Ce pot face două mâini dibace?🤣🤣🤣🤣
Congratulations! I'm from Texas and heard about your channel from QuasiMotard. Thanks for the entertainment and great scenery. I hope to see you on the 2025 Scooter Cannonball.
I hope so too :D
Great video, I bought mine 2 years ago and the dealership didn't know or explain anything about my AK550
Partikip!
Great info, ABS thoughts, ZEN riding philosophy, small cc mantra! Keep going! Best, Rola (Oregon / USA)
Thank you! :D
Can a 6’2 foot guy ride it please
You have to try it out for yourself.
@@RideWithAlex thanks for the reply 👍
Alex: It is so much fun “riding” & being with you, (2 years after the parade)?! Your enthusiasm for riding scooter / motorcycles & camaraderie is infectious, (good for you & all those around you)! Was a fun video to watch for all the right reasons, (2 wheel transportation)! Looking so forward to seeing you June ‘25 for a few minutes in time in Seaside. All the best, Rola (Oregon / USA).
Fingers crossed for 2025 :D
Alex: Yes, I am a fan or yours, (with good reason). NOBODY does a product / scooter / bike review like you do, (NOBODY)! I am absolutely captivated by your love of the ST200, (which I know nothing about?), but believe in your thoughts & experience with it! I’ve actually begun to reassess my thoughts of smaller cc bikes / scooters? As always, wishing you the very best. Rola (Oregon / USA).
There's something special about traveling on a small cc bike.
Fun to watch you riding / comparing the differences with the Sym small scooters. As a good man told me once upon a time when I was a boy, you can never have enough power or hp in any vehicle, simply because it’s there when you need it! Cheers, Rola (Oregon / USA)
Hi. Do you have experience with bmw c650 or suzuki burgman ? How would you compare Kymco with them?
I don't have experience with them.
Very good review! Got all the answers after this video. Keep going😁👌
Awesome! Thank you!
Sorry I missed this, hopefully next time!
I'll try to do them more often, it was fun 😁
You're wrong, the space under the seat is for your helmet and mine doesn't fit underneath this scooter, so I won't be buying it.
It's a storage space you do whatever you want with it. If you don't buy this because your specific helmet doesn't fit, by all means buy something else, you didn't understand the point of this scooter and it's not for you.
WOW Alex?! Another great video & fair comments to consider for both products, it’s a win / win all the way around. Great ride test for us to see for ourselves, doesn’t get any better. Rola (Oregon / USA)
Thank you! :D
Have you ever thought about participating to Elefantentreffen in Germany with your scooter?
Yes but it doesn't really attract me.