Before riding the Lifan KPS150 aka Micky Mouse for the past 3 months I used a Yamaha Fazer (2011) courtesy of my mechanic for near about 3 months to ride on the highway. This was the first time I was actually riding a Fazer on the highway & after riding it for a long time (5000 km) I understood why many top senior bikes over the past years stated that Yamaha Fazer is the best touring bike in Bangladesh!
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I will straight get to the point, the bike I used to tour these places was a bike from 2011, although it’s speedo says it did 21,000 km but me & Sahin knew it was fake! Yes the absence of rear disc brake does create an issue when you are at a speed of over 100 kmph under emergency braking.
DuSai Resort
But after few days riding it I realized this bike wasn’t made to do 100 kmph on the straight or even thinking about out dragging a bike on a 0-100 kmph sprint, in fact it was made to go faster then anything in it’s class around a corner! Kaptai, Bandarban, Sreemongol, Sylhet, all these places throws you corners along with gradient changes.
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This is where the Fazer comes alive as if the front owl shaped headlight wants to eat the line on the road like a pacman does in a video game. This was possible due to the rear suspension, the wider rear 140 section tyre & finally front body kit which does spread the air around you when you travel at speed around 70-80 kmph.
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As I was a riding a inferior bike there were some issues but you have to remember this is a machine which is older than my bike riding experience & wasn’t maintained that properly as it wasn’t ridden by my mechanic more then 20 km a day & being an old carburetor engine also the top end was good but mileage figure was poor, even though the bike returned a mileage of 38 kmpl. The only key issue I faced during this time was my starter motor stopped working.
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One key disadvantage which I faced (due to my bad fitness level) was once coming back from Bandarban on a cold winter evening, I was tired & was sleepy so I felt asleep for I guess around 4-5 sec, the good thing was I was on a straight piece of road on Dhaka Chittagong highway & my speed was under 80 kmph! Seems like it is not only best for touring but a bit comfortable one as well :P.