The protagonist we interviewed today is more special, he is a knight who succumbs to life and family, but he is a player who has been addicted to retro cars from beginning to end, and he is self-deprecating. Without further ado, there is a request for the protagonist to share his experiences, his story.
"Ten Years Journey"
Motorcycles are already an inseparable part of me, as early as ten years ago when I was a student, I began to play with cars, the earliest was to play ni oki Honda dio, and then I came across a Suzuki AX100 known as the god modification (now I think it is really ugly), and it was from that time that I began to discover the fun of retro cars and started to play with the rags.
When I first started with vintage cars, I didn't understand the style at all, and I knew that changing a farm car to this way simply subverted my understanding of motorcycles. In order to realize the dream of wearing x (handsome) when I was young, I plunged into the pit of the retro car and have not yet landed. But in the early years, there would not be so many network resources, and you could only go to INS and other foreign websites to learn by yourself and understand the style.
There are many folk gods in particular, I don't know if it is the simplicity of the people or why, good things are always shared. Continuous learning, constantly trying to modify it myself, let me understand the vintage car more and more deeply. Maybe it is a little tired of playing with cars for too long, there is not much freshness, many cars are sold after changing, and many cars have been placed for a long time without interest in hands-on.
Vespa, which has been riding, has been unable to change, suddenly there is no interest, although the scooter is comfortable but there are still many limitations, and the pedal is also just for the need to take children to and from school and buy vegetables. Then came up with the idea of buying a car, of course, for the car purchase goal is still very clear must be a retro car, street car imitation is not my dish. Before, because I have been playing with some old cars that cannot be licensed, to be honest, it does not mean much now, I can't get on the road, I can only change my appearance and feel the fun in the process. The big trade car is very stressful for a person who has to pay his salary to his daughter-in-law and raise a child, so he only considers domestic cars.
In the end, the reasons for starting the Secolong RE3 are the following points. First of all, after playing too many old cars, I am very interested in the modern retro style that is currently hot both imported and domestic, and it is also an area that I have not been exposed to, most of the imported models of the same style are 10w+, and the displacement of domestic cars is either too small or generally worked. RE3 bought this 250 displacement, work and family reasons let me ride too little opportunity to ride, can only be the city commuting ride a ride, too big for me does not mean much, and this is also convenient for daughter-in-law to ride a bicycle.
The workmanship of this car gives people a very solid feeling, the appearance is also very solid and thick, I prefer compact models, because many domestic cars in order to make the car appear very "atmospheric", it uses the extended wheelbase and other riot operations, at first glance mighty tall and outrageous to the extreme, close to look at the displacement of 125, not interesting at all, the engine part is particularly empty, really can't bear to look directly. The workmanship of the frame has been carefully examined, and the level of manufacturing and welding process is good and smooth. Opening the seat cushion to see the wiring and other assemblies is also more regular.
On the age, the car rides too much, for the passion, the sense of speed to tell the truth has a certain immunity, more attention is still whether it is good to ride this piece. Simply put the power feeling, first of all, the 250 displacement will not give you too many surprises, but it is definitely enough to use in the urban area, I think the low torque is not enough compared with the head speed of the single cylinder car, but the advantage of this is that the low speed will be more comfortable, there will not be too much drag. The speed of the medium and high speed is very good, the overtaking is simple, 5,000 revolutions will produce resonance, after the vibration becomes smaller, the speed is also increased very quickly, and even a pull to the oil.
Even if the RE3 is a modern retro car, speed is not the most important thing, it is the most important thing to ride and control better than the classic car. The old car is relatively backward in design and technology, and it is simply 0 to modify it, and the RIDing experience of the RE3 is much better. The first car is very integrated, riding is not divergent, which has a lot to do with the design ratio of the wheelbase center of gravity, and the second is that the steering flexibility is better, and it is very useful to slip through the cracks when traffic jams in urban areas.
Finally, let me tell you how I understand the modification of this car. There are not many cars playing modern style, and I dare not say that there are any unique insights, but from the bottom point of view, the modification space of this car is very large, presumably the manufacturer in the research and development stage is to refer to the retro car those body lines. The smooth body line makes the modification direction of this car not limited to Cafe Racer, it should be said that Cafe is the best style to achieve. In the original factory state, replacing the handlebars and instruments is the most basic modification project.
In the other direction, I think it is not impossible to take the Street Scrambler route. Replace the tire with an all-terrain tire, simplify the lamps and meters, replace the handlebar with a goose handle or lift the lower off-road wide handle can produce a good form, attention, I want to emphasize here is Street this, RE3's shock absorption trip is still for street design after all, street climbing is also playing with the appearance, do not have to worry about whether you can open up the soil. Of course, the car is not long in hand, not in a hurry to modify, wait until the winter is cold and then start it is not too late, and finally here is also to advise friends who have ideas to play modification, do not worry about changing the car, slowly step by step, change a little to consider the overall style and then start.