Dave travels to Pottsville Pa to pick up another mythical Spanish 2 stroke, a 2023 RIEJU MR RANGER -- Visit Bullpen Cycles at bullpencycles.... Check us out on Facebook: / 104396968085405 Video produced by Dave at Bullpen Cycles
Congratulations on your purchase! You are gonna love it! The rubber o-ring is a kickstand holder. The real reason for the cable-operated choke was in racing enduros you can richen up the carburetion on high-speed transit roads so you don't blow it up. A lot easier to reach for a lever on The handlebar than trying to find the choke lever underneath the gas tank somewhere.
That makes sense, the lever. I'm not an enduro racer but the lever might be helpful running on Macadam between trails. I'm also gonna have to add bark busters and hopefully find a rear rack. I should be able to plate it where its going
Rieju use to market a 125cc 2-stroke sports bike here in the UK. But I went down the Italian route with Aprilia RS125's & a Cagiva Mito. But I loved the 2002 Gas Gas 450 FSE that I owned 15yrs ago, boy could she fly. Keep up the interesting vids Dave 👍
😂 looks like fun here in Illinois at halls Ducati gas gas they had a black one it was beautiful, I call it rye joo some others do as well The rubber strap I believe is for the kickstand for tough jumps / terrain
32:1?! These call for 50:1 if you’re using synthetic. 40:1 with conventional. I have a Rieju 300 racing. Absolutely love it. Would have bought the ranger but got a good deal on a barely used one. Kick start them when cold. Only use the starter when it’s warm. The rubber hanger is for the kick stand when the spring back breaks 😂
I think that bike looks much better than the “cookie cutter” off road bikes currently coming out of Japan. It definitely looks like it has more than enough power!! Thanks for Sharing!!!
I really love the beach tho, and there are so many more places to ride, one can ride for hours, but yes. It is pretty up here when its green. List price was 8799 + 475 freight. They was a 750 rebate. I think the price went up for 2024. The other models might be a bit more.
If I was the king of Rieju I'd change the name from Rieju to Kickass-ass. because it is kickass and if you say ass again at the end it reminds you of gas gas.
How do you like it compared to the X Trainer. I'm 60 also and vertically challenged. I was looking for a ranger 300 awhile back but couldn't find any close. I ended up with a Gasgas ex350f. Great bike but still interested in a 2 stroke. Thanks and be safe
I have more riding to do with it for sure, but my first impressions are, suspension is much better than the stock Xtrainer, the throttle response/delivery is less friendly which maybe tunable and personally, I like the oil injection on my Beta, but I understand some folks remove it anyway. And the linkage on the Ranger is adjustable for even more vertically challenged riders.
That rubber piece you fiddled with is for your kickstand to keep it from potentially getting knocked down while riding. Question.... what did you mean by a safety switch on the clutch?
