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Re: Chinese tourer with 8-cylinder boxer engine
« Reply #25 on: May 24, 2024, 09:56:36 PM »
At least you'd be able to afford "security" to beat them off with a stick!   :spank
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Re: Chinese tourer with 8-cylinder boxer engine
« Reply #26 on: May 25, 2024, 04:31:00 AM »
Plenty of sticks around there too.
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Re: Chinese tourer with 8-cylinder boxer engine
« Reply #27 on: May 28, 2024, 04:07:26 PM »
Yet another YouTube video...https://youtu.be/qA6hqEAvMPo?si=r7Sixy3fpocVyhch

I was interested in the power & torque figures quoted but did wonder about their accuracy when the guy said the SOUO was a 2000cc inline 4!  :rofl

GWM SOUO            *216.9nm @4500rpm   180hp
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HONDA GOLDWING *169.4nm @5500rpm   125hp

* I converted the figures from ft lb to nm as the figures quoted meant nothing to me...  :grin

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Re: Chinese tourer with 8-cylinder boxer engine
« Reply #28 on: May 29, 2024, 11:53:31 AM »
Quote from: ruSTynutz on May 28, 2024, 04:07:26 PM
I was interested in the power & torque figures quoted but did wonder about their accuracy when the guy said the SOUO was a 2000cc inline 4!  :rofl

Well it is, if you look at just one side of the bike.  Maybe he didn't realise there's another bank of cylinders on the other side...
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Re: Chinese tourer with 8-cylinder boxer engine
« Reply #29 on: May 29, 2024, 12:17:40 PM »
Quote from: Biggles on May 29, 2024, 11:53:31 AM
Well it is, if you look at just one side of the bike.  Maybe he didn't realise there's another bank of cylinders on the other side...

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Re: Chinese tourer with 8-cylinder boxer engine
« Reply #30 on: January 10, 2025, 11:17:26 AM »
Some more info/pics of this beastie... :popcorn

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Re: Chinese tourer with 8-cylinder boxer engine
« Reply #31 on: January 10, 2025, 11:32:26 AM »
Amusing to see the multiple references to it as a 'car' and a 'station wagon'.
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Re: Chinese tourer with 8-cylinder boxer engine
« Reply #32 on: January 10, 2025, 11:45:42 AM »
I wonder how they will price it if it comes to Aus.  288,800 RMB for the top model converts to $63k AUD per the exchange rate. I don't think that's going to work against a GoldWing.
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Re: Chinese tourer with 8-cylinder boxer engine
« Reply #33 on: January 10, 2025, 08:47:26 PM »
Quote from: CallMeSteve on January 10, 2025, 11:32:26 AM
Amusing to see the multiple references to it as a 'car' and a 'station wagon'.

Yes, something got lost in the translation, me thinks...  :rofl

Quote from: CallMeSteve on January 10, 2025, 11:45:42 AM
I wonder how they will price it if it comes to Aus.  288,800 RMB for the top model converts to $63k AUD per the exchange rate. I don't think that's going to work against a GoldWing.

I doubt it very much too...
If it makes it to OZ, I reckon it would have to be somewhere around the Goldwing pricewise to even get a look in...  :think1
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Re: Chinese tourer with 8-cylinder boxer engine
« Reply #34 on: January 10, 2025, 09:34:10 PM »
Just need to price it against EV options
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Re: Chinese tourer with 8-cylinder boxer engine
« Reply #35 on: January 10, 2025, 10:54:26 PM »
I don't think there are many EV options to compare it against...  :grin
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Re: Chinese tourer with 8-cylinder boxer engine
« Reply #36 on: January 11, 2025, 07:17:07 AM »
Quote from: CallMeSteve on January 10, 2025, 11:45:42 AM
I wonder how they will price it if it comes to Aus.  288,800 RMB for the top model converts to $63k AUD per the exchange rate. I don't think that's going to work against a GoldWing.

Actually it's 21,880 RMB, ie. is around AU$48K, and despite being way outta my range, there'll likely be the odd (in more ways than one) buyer around here and OS.





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Re: Chinese tourer with 8-cylinder boxer engine
« Reply #37 on: January 11, 2025, 01:45:37 PM »
I think there is probably a market for it in Australia.
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Re: Chinese tourer with 8-cylinder boxer engine
« Reply #38 on: January 11, 2025, 06:00:35 PM »
Quote from: Williamson on January 11, 2025, 07:17:07 AM
Quote from: CallMeSteve on January 10, 2025, 11:45:42 AM
I wonder how they will price it if it comes to Aus.  288,800 RMB for the top model converts to $63k AUD per the exchange rate. I don't think that's going to work against a GoldWing.

Actually it's 21,880 RMB, ie. is around AU$48K, and despite being way outta my range, there'll likely be the odd (in more ways than one) buyer around here and OS.

218,800 is the bottom end model without the topbox and probably also missing some other fancy bits, so probably it would face off against the bagger version of the Wing. Either way, I reckon I’d take the Wing for proven reliability and for a front view that doesn’t scare kids. That radiator cowl is something else. 
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Re: Chinese tourer with 8-cylinder boxer engine
« Reply #39 on: February 11, 2025, 02:05:20 PM »
The look of the Souos has grown on me, especially in white...
Oh, and I just love the sound of that engine!  :thumbs

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Re: Chinese tourer with 8-cylinder boxer engine
« Reply #40 on: February 11, 2025, 06:54:42 PM »
Souo S2000 Shown at CES (Consumer Everything Show) in Las Vegas...

https://www.cycleworld.com/motorcycle-news/souo-s2000-shown-at-ces/  :popcorn
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Re: Chinese tourer with 8-cylinder boxer engine
« Reply #41 on: February 11, 2025, 10:11:41 PM »
461kg curb weight, add rider and pillion - more than 600kg. Might as well buy a Mazda MX5 ($43K) - at least one can travel in comfort in winter and still have the wind in your face in summer.
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Re: Chinese tourer with 8-cylinder boxer engine
« Reply #42 on: February 11, 2025, 10:33:53 PM »
It's a monster, I'd like to see one in person...

I'll still stick with the Honda though :runyay
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Re: Chinese tourer with 8-cylinder boxer engine
« Reply #43 on: February 11, 2025, 11:44:29 PM »
Quote from: Shiney on February 11, 2025, 10:33:53 PM
I'll still stick with the Honda though :runyay

I probably would too, assuming I had the cash...
But, the Souo does makes the Wing look a bit behind the times, especially when it comes with blind spot monitoring, a 12.3-inch touchscreen and over-the-air updates plus it eats the Wing for breakfast when it comes to horsepower and torque...
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Re: Chinese tourer with 8-cylinder boxer engine
« Reply #45 on: May 19, 2025, 03:41:30 PM »
Well "GWM- Go With More"

makes better sense than

"BYD- Build Your Dream"!   :grin
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Re: Chinese tourer with 8-cylinder boxer engine
« Reply #46 on: May 19, 2025, 05:21:18 PM »
I thought BYD was Burn Your Dollars...  :whistle
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Re: Chinese tourer with 8-cylinder boxer engine
« Reply #47 on: May 19, 2025, 06:00:49 PM »
Yesterday I learned that Versys was short for Versatile System despite owning for a decade.
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Re: Chinese tourer with 8-cylinder boxer engine
« Reply #48 on: May 19, 2025, 07:58:44 PM »
2c worth.
GWM was "Great Wall Motors". That I think was the first time around.
BYD, as I understand it, is "Bring Your Dil#o". You can guess the rest.

Major pass on both, though.

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Re: Chinese tourer with 8-cylinder boxer engine
« Reply #49 on: May 19, 2025, 08:41:27 PM »
Quote from: Nigel on May 19, 2025, 07:58:44 PM
Major pass on both, though.

In the early days I can remember Dad and an uncle saying something similar about Jap Crap, and many of our generation saying something similar re. Korean cars. 

Dad always bought Ford Zephys and Falcons and would probably turn in his grave everytime someone in the family bought a Japanese or Korean car.  On the otherhand Uncle Jack bought one of the original 1964 Datsun Bluebirds for my aunty to zip and town, then a Gen 1  Honda Civic.  Dad and Uncle Jack would argue about cars, they both won.

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