tntmo
Well-Known Member
I'm probably in the minority on my opinion on these bikes, but here's my experience:
I had always wanted a TW200 until I borrowed one for a weekend riding in the desert with my family, my daughter's bike was broke down so it was her temporary fill in. She is a decent rider but not aggressive at all so it should be a good fit, right?
I had figured that the big rear tire was going to be great, floating over the soft sand areas. Yeah, it didn't float over anything, it just plowed. The engine has no power to help get that rear tire to do much else other than plow through stuff. The suspension was bottoming out with a small teenage girl on it. And for a small bike it was pretty heavy, so she got sick of picking it up. If we stayed on flat hard packed stuff it was pretty good, or if we went slow through bumps it was amusing enough.
I understand the appeal for some people, it's a low seat height non-threatening machine for people to putt around on. If you want to go at any sort of pace quicker than that it will leave you disappointed. At least the resale value is great.
People love this bike, but not I. As usual, my tastes are not in the majority and I'm ok with that!
I had always wanted a TW200 until I borrowed one for a weekend riding in the desert with my family, my daughter's bike was broke down so it was her temporary fill in. She is a decent rider but not aggressive at all so it should be a good fit, right?
I had figured that the big rear tire was going to be great, floating over the soft sand areas. Yeah, it didn't float over anything, it just plowed. The engine has no power to help get that rear tire to do much else other than plow through stuff. The suspension was bottoming out with a small teenage girl on it. And for a small bike it was pretty heavy, so she got sick of picking it up. If we stayed on flat hard packed stuff it was pretty good, or if we went slow through bumps it was amusing enough.
I understand the appeal for some people, it's a low seat height non-threatening machine for people to putt around on. If you want to go at any sort of pace quicker than that it will leave you disappointed. At least the resale value is great.
People love this bike, but not I. As usual, my tastes are not in the majority and I'm ok with that!