Rebel. The Honda will be better in just about every way. The Lifan looks really cool but looks are personal preference. I also haven't seen a video of this bike where it doesn't struggle to get to 60mph. I'm no speed demon, but it looks slow in an unsafe way. If it will hit 80, I'd love to see it.
@@jlmcgrot it's geared well enough that 60 is no problem. 80 is definitely a stretch. I had to have plenty of room and get tucked down. The moment I had to go uphill, it dropped to about 65mph and held that up the hill.
Subbed and liked. Following your progress. I am getting the same bike. Get a mic so we can hear you speak, lol. Love the bike and that combo sounds great!!!!
Thank you, Rydazim! Nice review of the bike. I have been looking at the KPM 200 for awhile now. Love the exhaust setuo on yours. May I ask, six months out since your post, how has the bike been working out for you? Any feedback would be appreciated. Thanks again!
I bought a Lifan xpect after seeing one in person, it's my 3rd street legal bike and it really makes me question why tf I was ever going to dealerships just to be completely screwed over price and maintenance wise. My Lifan is comparable in quality to a 2000-2010 Honda motorcycle, but with fuel injection, a better dash, a better seat, more features all around, better suspension, etc. Ride quality is the same as most honda's or straight up better than the super low end hondas like the navi or XR150L. If Honda built the bike they'd charge at least 6K for it. Lifan has me sold. Easier to find parts for this than a 20 year old bike as well.
I recently order this bike from Orion Powersports online. When it arrived it was immediately giving a check engine light flash indicator related to the oxygen sensor. The battle that I'm having now is getting parts to do the repair myself. The downside is the distributor will only send parts to an authorized dealer, and the closes one to me is 98 miles. It's a fun bike to ride, but if parts start going bad, you may find yourself between a rock and a hard play like me.
I’ve become quite disillusion with motorcycle dealerships. I went to buy a bike a couple of times actually a scooter is really all I want it I’ve got two other litre motorcycles I just wanted something to Putz around town fun stuff. The extra add-on cost the BS knowing that they’re screwing you and then I bought motorcycles from them before just infuriated me. I think you’ll be happy with your purchase drop your oil out a couple of times while it’s new if you can find a magnetic drain plug put one in if not just put a super magnet you can order a whole package of them off Amazon for a few bucks put that on your drain plug I don’t know if it has an oil filter but I always put one on my oil filter as well. Use a good synthetic don’t beat the hell out of it and keep your chain clean and lubed You’ll get a hell of a lot of miles out of it. I’ve travelled and lived all over the world and you rarely see motorcycles over 250 cc and you will see two adults two children and possibly a goat strapped on. Good luck nice review wear a helmet!
80 mph is nice, did you do any other mods besides the exhaust? New air filter? My top speed is 73mph but that was with the wind to my back and I'm 177lbs.
Decently well. The high beam is focused more directly ahead, but it's still diffused to the sides ok. It has a passing light button that illumates both the high beam and low beam at the same time. That gives the absolute best visibility. I'd like to rewire the controls to have both lights come on at the same time.
@@ryangillam451 sorry it took so long to reply, I finally got my wife to ride with me. She 5'6" and 125lbs. It pulled us around no problem and she said she was plenty comfortable.
I agree. Doing the exhaust and the snorkel delete freed up a lot of power. Prior to that it struggled to hold 65 uphill. After I could actually accelerate going uphill.
@@buck9739 I guess you haven’t seen my more recent videos. Unfortunately I sold that bike almost a year ago. It’s really easy to do though. Just take the seat off and you have access to the intake. The snorkel pops right off.
I was definitely wondering how the registration process was like thanks for speaking on that!
Great review man. Been looking at this one or the rebel 300
Rebel. The Honda will be better in just about every way. The Lifan looks really cool but looks are personal preference. I also haven't seen a video of this bike where it doesn't struggle to get to 60mph. I'm no speed demon, but it looks slow in an unsafe way. If it will hit 80, I'd love to see it.
@@jlmcgrot thanks brother! For saving money, this is a good pick it seems like. Looking forward to more input on this bike.
@@jlmcgrot it's geared well enough that 60 is no problem. 80 is definitely a stretch. I had to have plenty of room and get tucked down. The moment I had to go uphill, it dropped to about 65mph and held that up the hill.
Subbed and liked. Following your progress. I am getting the same bike. Get a mic so we can hear you speak, lol. Love the bike and that combo sounds great!!!!
Thank you very much! Yea the audio isn't great, I'll look into getting a mic. I've got a couple updates on the bike that I will make a video of soon.
Thank you, Rydazim! Nice review of the bike. I have been looking at the KPM 200 for awhile now. Love the exhaust setuo on yours. May I ask, six months out since your post, how has the bike been working out for you? Any feedback would be appreciated. Thanks again!
I bought this bike. It is great. At a gas station, another MC rider saw it. Wanted to know where I bought it, he wanted one too.
I bought a Lifan xpect after seeing one in person, it's my 3rd street legal bike and it really makes me question why tf I was ever going to dealerships just to be completely screwed over price and maintenance wise. My Lifan is comparable in quality to a 2000-2010 Honda motorcycle, but with fuel injection, a better dash, a better seat, more features all around, better suspension, etc. Ride quality is the same as most honda's or straight up better than the super low end hondas like the navi or XR150L. If Honda built the bike they'd charge at least 6K for it. Lifan has me sold. Easier to find parts for this than a 20 year old bike as well.
I recently order this bike from Orion Powersports online. When it arrived it was immediately giving a check engine light flash indicator related to the oxygen sensor. The battle that I'm having now is getting parts to do the repair myself. The downside is the distributor will only send parts to an authorized dealer, and the closes one to me is 98 miles. It's a fun bike to ride, but if parts start going bad, you may find yourself between a rock and a hard play like me.
I’ve become quite disillusion with motorcycle dealerships. I went to buy a bike a couple of times actually a scooter is really all I want it I’ve got two other litre motorcycles I just wanted something to Putz around town fun stuff. The extra add-on cost the BS knowing that they’re screwing you and then I bought motorcycles from them before just infuriated me. I think you’ll be happy with your purchase drop your oil out a couple of times while it’s new if you can find a magnetic drain plug put one in if not just put a super magnet you can order a whole package of them off Amazon for a few bucks put that on your drain plug I don’t know if it has an oil filter but I always put one on my oil filter as well. Use a good synthetic don’t beat the hell out of it and keep your chain clean and lubed You’ll get a hell of a lot of miles out of it. I’ve travelled and lived all over the world and you rarely see motorcycles over 250 cc and you will see two adults two children and possibly a goat strapped on. Good luck nice review wear a helmet!
80 mph is nice, did you do any other mods besides the exhaust? New air filter?
My top speed is 73mph but that was with the wind to my back and I'm 177lbs.
Just the exhaust. I GPS verified my speed and the speedometer is off by about 3 miles per hour. So I really only hit 77 mph.
Remove the snorkel under the seat and after 1000miles and I hear changing the sprockets can change it in two different ways too
Also lifan or Venom are making a gen.2 version of the kpm200 and I’m guessing you can easily throw the gen.2 onto the gen.1 for more hp and etc..
How well does the headlight illuminate the rod at night?
Decently well. The high beam is focused more directly ahead, but it's still diffused to the sides ok. It has a passing light button that illumates both the high beam and low beam at the same time. That gives the absolute best visibility. I'd like to rewire the controls to have both lights come on at the same time.
I really want to get this bike. I am 6 foot on the dot, will I look too big riding it? Is the bike small?
It's a full size bike. I'm exactly 6 foot as well.
@@rydazim thanks!!
@@rydazim my wife is about 5 feet tall, could she fit on the back of this bike comfortably?
@@ryangillam451 sorry it took so long to reply, I finally got my wife to ride with me. She 5'6" and 125lbs. It pulled us around no problem and she said she was plenty comfortable.
How much does it cost you to register this bike at DMV? in your state?
In North Carolina it cost me about 200 with taxes.
@@rydazim thank you for response 😃 and is registration every year ?
@@rickydua7585 yes yearly. It won't be that much everytime because I won't be paying taxes on it.
@@rydazim thanks for the info on the registration cost. I’m in NC as well, looking into getting a street bike myself.
You're supposed to carry a plug kit in your motorcycle so you can easily plug a puncture hole.
Would someone who is 5'3" be able to ride this comfortably?
I'm 6'0" and I flat foot pretty comfortably. I'd guess at 5'3" you'll be on your toes, but that is fairly common
I am looking at getting this bike, I am 6 foot on the dot. Will I look too big on this bike? Is it small??
I’m 5 and I ride it I do be on my toes but it’s not bad
So would I need to get both Muffler and pipe separate
To have this setup, yes. But the guy that sells the the header sells a full exhaust as well
@@rydazim yeah I was seeing that so I was a bit confused about which one
@@rydazim would you mind sharing the link? My bike is getting delivered on the 5th!
@@GouthamSelladuraiMBBS the links are in the description
Once you break the bike in more your should keep averaging higher mpg
At 600-ish miles, I'm seeing about 80 mpg. I guess we will see as I rack miles up.
The pipe is sooo much better. It was the weak point
I agree. Doing the exhaust and the snorkel delete freed up a lot of power. Prior to that it struggled to hold 65 uphill. After I could actually accelerate going uphill.
@@rydazim I didn’t do the delete. I guess I got to wait till your next video to show me how. Hint hint
@@buck9739 I guess you haven’t seen my more recent videos. Unfortunately I sold that bike almost a year ago. It’s really easy to do though. Just take the seat off and you have access to the intake. The snorkel pops right off.
@@rydazim thanks I will look it up. Your all right keep it up.