Good day to all.
I have a goal to tell you about my journey to two seas on a Chinese maxi-scooter CFMOTO JetMax 250 paired with my beloved Welcome under cut Part one Part two Part three So, on May 28, 2016, waking up at 4 am, we started collecting things... which, of course, We should have collected it the day before, but it was too much. We collected everything: things, laptops, chargers, cables (which came in handy, by the way). They collected everything, took it outside to load the bike... while my wife was loading everything, I ran for the rest of the things and started installing the navigator, and immediately discovered that the power cable I had inserted did not provide voltage to the navigator... this is sad. After suffering for half an hour, I decided that it doesn’t matter, let’s go like this for now, 2-3 hours should be enough. We started screwing the tent and foam under the “spider” and then it turned out that due to the presence of a backpack with my wife, all this stuff was stupidly out of pocket... we decided to leave the foam and take only the tent (looking ahead to the future, I will say that the tent also rode well at sea, we have never used it). We moved on... First stop: I must say that there are absolutely no roads in Tatarstan and the surrounding area. We drove briskly... The first goal was the city of Saratov, the longest journey (almost 700 km). On the way to Saratov it was very hot, I was riding in a fairly warm jacket, but my wife looked for a turtle, thanks to our BKE motorcycle school (we ordered a turtle from Ali, but it didn’t arrive before leaving, as did my phone, which I wanted to use in as a navigator, having bought Navitel with maps of Russia, therefore I took the navigator at work, which works on Windows CE, with Navitel installed, the maps of which I wisely updated to the latest ones). On the way we stopped, I decided to fix the lack of charge on the Navigator, and therefore I stupidly changed the cable, actually soldered, to a “Nokiev” miniUSB: In the Ulyanovsk area, my head light went out... completely. Only the dimensions were on. Well, I think we’ve arrived... and I didn’t expect to be overwhelmed by Chinese technology so early. At the gas station, I decided to resolve the issue, already latently suspecting that I would have to disassemble the face (and this is not easy and not quick)... in the end, an accident helped... I opened the cover of the fuse box, and saw a slightly melted fuse housing... I pulled it out, it turned out, that the fuse itself is intact and the contact just came off, so it didn’t contact, which caused it to heat up and melt the fuse body, and over time it came off completely, and my head light went out. I put the contact in place, replaced the fuse, just in case (I have a number of spare ones in the block), and everything worked. The culprit is no longer in place: Everything is on fire: We moved on. I note that the roads are being actively repaired, and in fact, this was the only setback along the way (well, the asphalt was still removed before the repair site, or after it), we had to stand for 10-20 minutes until they let us in. But the motorbike has an advantage, we drove through the entire convoy and became the first, in front of all the trucks. I was resting in the shade, I really wanted to sleep, we stopped at a cafe, and we needed gas, but I didn’t stop at their gas station, the equipment there was from the 1960s. wow, something was weird: We arrived at some no less muddy gas station - we filled up with gasoline and (as always happened further along the road, after refueling at a muddy gas station) after 20 km we saw Lukoil. In short, I decided to go all the way to Saratov so that all this ugly gasoline would burn out and just before Saratov we would refuel at Lukoil... I must say that after the highway, at the entrance to Saratov, the road becomes a route for practicing maneuvering . There are a lot of potholes and bumps... and we approached the Hostel off-road. We arrived in Saratov (the photos were taken in the morning, because I didn’t really want to take pictures after 13 hours at the wheel): Everything looks scary... but the room was completely fine: As the administrator confessed, they are just doing repairs. We were allowed to place the mot in an internal guarded yard. At the time of our arrival there was some kind of celebration (housewarming, as I understand it) The guys walked until 3 in the morning, but we were tired enough for the first transition to sleep despite the slight noise . In the morning we had breakfast: What we noticed is that their kitchen is extremely soulful , everything is very home-made and extremely tasty. And the employees are very friendly. Next we went to the CFMOTO dealership, which is in Saratov. But there was one problem... the city of Saratov is almost 90% closed on SUNDAY... therefore, it was not my destiny to do TO2 with the “officials”. But we did not despair... a motorbike drove by and stopped at McDolnads opposite the center, we had to pester these people (Peter, Olga, thank you very much for your help and support!). The guys drove us around the city looking for a turtle for me (well, it was very hot in my jacket, and I’m not a fool to take it off on the highway). There were good ones, but the prices were from 8000 rubles, and I didn’t spend money, I went as is. Then we went to Peter’s garage, where I myself did a full maintenance, since he had all the tools, and I took the oil with me from Kazan, since I poured a rather specific oil into my device for the break-in period... although there are dealers in Saratov Motul, so probably there was no need to strain. In the process of maintenance: Having finished the maintenance, we moved to Volgograd, the journey is short, about 450 km, in comparison with Kazan-Saratov. We left the city for a long time, on the way out we refueled at the “Sunflower” aka Rosfneft, ate there and... got caught in the rain, albeit a little We had raincoats with us, but Nastya almost always correctly predicted the need to put them on. This time we didn’t put them on, we got a little wet, but then dried out, because, I spent all my money at 120 km/h, which is for a 250 cc scooter record almost. As practice has shown, it “can” tumble up to 130 km/h when overloaded, not according to its speedometer, of course, but according to a very sober GPS... Stop on the way to Volgograd: Beloved Nastya Here I’m trying to fit an inflatable cushion on the seat, because my butt gets VERY tired No the topic went, I removed the pillow These are the repairs on the way to Volgograd, we are waiting, sir green: In Volgograd we spent the night in the so-called homestay... that is, a room in an apartment... we were not alone in the apartment, but in general, everything was more or less normal was;
there was Wi-Fi, a toilet, a shower, and for the price of 900 rubles per night - that’s good: Cute cats: What was quite puzzling was that in Volgograd there was simply an infernal number of mosquitoes, flies and the like... while I was putting the moto on parking lot, I had to run away from the motorcycle twice... and I didn’t even take off my helmet, because there are a lot of mosquitoes there. The roads, by the way, aren’t all that great either... the track for motorcycle gymkhana is straight. In the morning we had breakfast at McDonald’s (fastpic doesn’t show the orientation, that’s why the photo is upside down): Then we We went to the local CFMOTO officials because the rear brake was failing. A friendly friend turned out to be there, but they don’t have a repair area, so I had to roll 250kg straight into the salon along a plank. Unfortunately, the problem was not eliminated, they only tightened the rear wheel (it was removed back in Kazan, since I changed the tires to better and higher ones) While the motorcycle was in the service, we went to the main attraction of Volgograd - the monument “The Motherland Calls” " Therefore, a few banal photos. At this point I figured out how to flip photos Okay, in general, we left Volgograd, the weather had already become cloudy, and therefore I felt comfortable driving in my warm jacket. The road lay in Rostov-on-Don and here I was extremely fed up with the side wind... all the way I was driving at an angle of 20 degrees to the left... overtaking trucks was another trick . In general, there is nothing more to say about this transition... At the entrance to Rostov I felt what cool roads in the city. It was a working day, but no one was in a hurry, no one was interfering between the rows... everyone was driving calmly. I once blunted the needle (which Nastya noticed) and, you won’t believe it, not a single car behind me even honked... in Kazan they would have already shit themselves, damn it))) And it so happened that I moved, but there wasn’t enough space, so I drove forward to stand in front of the left traffic, and it turned out that as soon as I approached the first car, the green light turned on, everyone started moving, and at that moment I turned to the left, in front of this very car, that is, I cut it off... however, again, no one honked, everyone saw everything in the mirrors and forgave me for this maneuver... I apologized to the emergency lights (thanks to the Chinese engineers for installing this cool button) and drove on... Rostov is a beautiful city. Still impressed! When we arrived at the hostel, I was completely blown away... such a courtyard, with an automatic gate, such a building, purely southern flavor. The apartment is also nothing for two: As soon as we settled down, we went to the store (by the way, the people who work there are also very kind), it started to rain... we went into the room and it wasn’t just rain, but a hellish downpour: To be honest, I’m still impressed from Rostov and I want to go there again, and specifically to this hostel, and specifically in the rain. I remember very well how I was sitting on the bed, the window was open, it was raining, and I was drinking beer (by the way, Yarpivo, which is not available in Kazan) ... an indescribable atmosphere! After Rostov, we were categorically no longer lucky with the weather. We took the M4 in the morning (as everyone knows, this is a very good route), stopped at a gas station at the exit, and got caught in a little rain, got wet, dried out again, and drove normally for a while. But at the entrance to Krasnodar, things began to get rough, we caught up with the front and it began to rain... we dressed in raincoats (but this, as it turned out later, did not help, we were all wet anyway) under one of the bridges and drove on. We stopped at the Sunflower gas station because we were a little cold, ate something hot, drank, and decided to move on. We drove out onto the highway, I started to accelerate (and we actually drove through water, the depth was about 10 cm) and then I felt that something was slowing me down... namely, water! It was just flying forward from the front wheel... I started accelerating the bike, and felt that the front wheel was simply “scouring” around o_O Well, water hammer, in fact... I began to analyze the amount of water on the TRACK (and there was a lot of it... a lot, it didn’t have time to drain onto the side of the road)… in general, I had to turn on the emergency lights and drive 30-40 km/h. We stopped and tried to wait out the rain, but nothing worked out... if we left a gas station in a light rain (where we waited out the rain), then after 10-15 minutes we caught up with the main front, and again drove on emergency lights... as I realized later, the standard front the tires (I changed the rear ones to Michelin ones back in Kazan) can’t drive in a downpour, since the tread doesn’t extend outside the rubber, it’s purely internal... my steering wheel controls were flooded, and the high beam flashing button was short-circuited, so it turned on by itself, mostly on fire We were sitting at the Sunflower gas station, waiting out, like, rain: In general, somehow we “swimmed” to Krasnodar... at the entrance, we realized that there was no rain AT ALL in Krasnodar!
Because it was dry there... but we ran into a traffic jam, although it was still practically a highway... we stood somewhere, drove somewhere... since our friends lived in the private sector, we had to turn left and drive along Rossiyskaya Street until the left turn ... it would seem cool, but... there were traffic jams all along the street, which even on a motorbike you can’t really get through. In the end, we got to the point from where we were going to ride Finally, we ate crayfish. It so happened that upon arrival in Krasnodar It started to rain, so we couldn’t go to the seaside, so we spent almost a week in Krasnodar itself, walking - with the help of our friends - around the city, shopping centers and parks. So Nastya dragged me onto the Ferris wheel... and I’m hellishly afraid of heights: Sights: This ends the first part! There will be a second one - wait!
Scooters, scooters, mopeds from Japan
The CFMOTO company presented its new product - the maxi scooter CFMOTO JetMax 250.CFMOTO is known primarily as a manufacturer of reliable, powerful and at the same time fairly inexpensive ATVs. Less than a year ago, the company introduced its flagship - the CFMOTO X8 ATV, which became the first Chinese ATV on the Russian market. The new product was received very warmly by Russian ATV riders - just like the previous models.
With the CFMOTO two-wheeled motor vehicles, the situation was somewhat more complicated. Scooters and motorcycles of this brand have long been successfully sold in China and some other Asian countries, but the company did not dare to bring them to the Western and Russian markets for quite a long time. This is probably due to the difficulties in creating a service and sales network - motorcyclists and scooter riders have their own stores and it was not easy to place a full set of spare parts for the new brand of equipment in them. CFMOTO dealers, in turn, focus mainly on selling ATVs, and therefore the premiere in their showrooms might not have gone as planned.
All these and many other difficulties were resolved only this winter, when new motorcycles and scooters were officially presented in Russia. Today, three models are available to Russian motorcyclists – the lightweight CFMOTO Leader 150 motorcycle, the powerful road CFMOTO 650NK and the CFMOTO Jet Max 250 maxi scooter. We’ll talk about the latter.
The first thing you notice when you see the CFMOTO Jet Max 250 scooter is its design. The design of the scooter demonstrates a level - not only of design skill (although it is at its best), but also of general technology. Many solutions used in the development of body kit elements can only be achieved by manufacturers with a strong technological base or good partners. CFMOTO has both.
Probably the main task that the designers set for themselves was to make the appearance of the Jet Max 250 expensive. They succeeded in this to the fullest extent. You can buy a CFMOTO scooter for only 135,000 rubles, but nothing in its appearance suggests such a modest budget. It looks not just expensive, but very expensive. There is no shame in parking such a car near an office center between two premium SUVs - it will look more than organic there.
Engine
Everything inside the scooter is also fine. The single-cylinder, four-stroke, liquid-cooled engine produces power up to 22.5 horsepower at 8,000 rpm. This vivacity is ensured by electronic fuel injection. It also allows you to reduce fuel consumption to a minimum.
Gear shift
As with any other maxi-scooter, gear shifting in the Jet Max 250 is carried out using a V-belt variator. This means you don't have to think about shifting while trying to navigate city traffic.
Brakes
There are hydraulic disc brakes on both wheels. The front brake is double-disc, disc diameter is 240 mm. At the rear there is one disc with a diameter of 220mm.
Equipment
The manufacturer did not skimp on a good instrument panel with an LCD display and an excellent audio system with an MP3 player, a USB port and four speakers. In addition, mention should be made of the blower system, which can supply warm air from the movement to the driver. This will be extremely valuable in cold weather - especially since you hardly want to part with this scooter even in winter.
