I have a kove 500x, that uses the exact same engine. I have done 50.000km in 3 years and i push it, cause i am always in a hurry (commuting to work and back through highways). I had zero problems, the engine is bulletproof and its' average consumption of 4-4.5l/100km reasonable. I have seen less than 3l/100km while doing 60-80km/h and up to 5,3l/100km, which i observed 2-up, while loaded with 3 cases and doing 140km/h+ against strong winds. If anyone feels worried about reliability, i can tell you that there is nothing to worry about with this engine. For the record, the rest of the motorcycle has been equally trouble-free and it sees daily use throughout the whole year.
Happy birthday, Smokey. So you could do the run-in on one tank of fuel, that's fantastic. For most people who don't need 160bhp, 50 is plenty, it didn't stall on the trail. You could either just fill the front, or rear, gas tank, or half fill both, that's brilliant 👏. The headlight looks good too. I waited for over an hour on a car park yesterday for my buddy to show, that big screen would have been great to watch TH-cam on to keep me entertained .. Great video as usual 👌 👍 👏 😀....
The screen display linked to your phone allows you to use your phones GPS and map app on the motorcycle. That is a good feature. No reason or need to buy a separate GPS unit. All TFT displays should have that feature.
Not at all. The Transalp is lighter, more powerful and a lot more fun. Different class. Considering this, the Transalp is a bargain. Fantastic bike. And there is not the slightest doubt about Honda's reliability. In Europe Rieju will not come anywhere close to the Transalp's sales numbers with this model.
@@GCTO239Which Transalp is lighter? None from the specs that I have read. If you have never rode the Rieju how do you know the Honda is a lot more fun? Have you even rode the Honda? Do not forget that Rieju own Gas Gas so know a thing or two about off road bikes. Maybe try being a little bit more open minded
One small info. The footpegs and the gear changer is made from billet. A company known to dirt riders for quality aftermarket parts for many many years. Sorry for my bad english :)
happy birthday smokey ! This bike has my interest it really does and i look forward to seeing this in the new version so i can decide to buy or not, we know this is a super reliable engine, adjustable suspension (others take note FFS), it is a good looker, huge range and covered in protection from the shop - what more could we ask? Please get the Kove 800x and 500 and the CFmoto 800 and 450 when you can.
Agreed. The EU/UK A2 licensing rules have really ruined the 500cc class. One of my first bikes was a Kawasaki GPZ500. It was the fastest of the 500cc parallel twins and made around 60hp. Now 500cc bikes are neutered to below 47hp or less just to incase someone with an A2 licence wants to buy one.
@@defylifeadventure Why they can't sell limited versions to A2 riders and offer opened ones for A category riders? With that capacity and today tech, we can have 65hp from that engine....
@@CptSlow89 I've got no idea, that is what Triumph did with the tiger 900 (before the power update), and KTM even had a special slightly lower powered engine in the 890 adventure L that could be restricted for A2 use.
The CB500 engine is limited in power potential Cam profiling, exhaust diameter, engine architecture all are designed for mid range torque and efficiency. Want 65hp? Forget the 3.5-4l/100km economy The old carbed CB500 with 56hp revved all the way to 10k rpm, so there is that
Feliz cumpleaños desde España, me ha gustado mucho la prueba. Ya tiene un suscriptor nuevo y pondré el video en un foro de rieju España. Saludos desde Sitges, Barcelona.
Merry Christmas mate , and happy birthday. How blood come you have illuminated switched gear and the latest GSA still hasn’t incredible bike value for money.carl uk 🇬🇧 7:47
Happy birthday Smokey. I would be happier if when doing these test of Chinese and bikes of other manufacturers, You could add two more things to your reviews. First one: is the engine tending to overheat excesively, and secondly: what are the service intervals compared to the the bigger brands. I can imagine that the answers to these questions, for some could be a deal breaker
Absolute beast. I dream to buy one, unfortunately is not elegible in Italy. Dunno why really.. Seems more because it disrupt the market. This bike, at this Price
Watching TH-cam is nice. But is it possible to use Google Maps on the screen? Would be nice so you dont need an extra navigation system. Nice bike. I am very interested.
Screen mirroring means everything on your phone will be on the screen 😁. But it's illegal and I should not have shown that option. They are working on fixing the TH-cam and Netflix part 🙈
@@LifeofSmokey hell yeah!! i am really looking forward to this specific one. i have a KTM 1290 super adventure S model that i do slight offroad and i like it so much but i m looking to get a smaller one just for offroad and the cfmoto 450MT, as soon as i saw it and the price here in belgium...oh man i think i ll have two bikes starting this year...
Why they can't sell limited versions to A2 riders and offer opened ones for A category riders? With that capacity and today tech, we can have 65hp from that engine....
Om mijn kanaal op normale snelheid te laten groeien probeer ik nieuwe kijkers via search & discovery naar mijn kanaal te krijgen. Het aantal mensen dat ik zou aantrekken met een video over een 2017 MT07 tov een 2024 MT07 is enorm groot. Het zou kunnen lukken hoor daar niet van , maar video's maken vraagt tijd en geld. Maak ik de verkeerde video's dan ga ik failliet 😅
190kg dry and with a lot of scope to reduce weight if the owner wants. The bike comes with 13kg of add-ons that are included in that weight. Also dual front discs. Going down to a single would save nearly 5kg, the swapping out the battery, another 2.5kg, pillion pegs (if not taking a pillion, is another 1kg. So that's over 20kg weight reduction without even trying, which makes it lighter than the new CF Moto 450MT. Probably about the same weight if don't similar things to the CF Moto. Personally, I'd like to see longer travel suspension, and those blue backlights are hideous. It's also a little expensive in Spain.
@@BoogieBubblea little cheaper. We pay €7.499 but then you guys get the CF Moto 450MT for €500 less than us. I think at €6.499 the Rieju sells well, but at €7.499 it's only going to appear to those who can really make use of the extra features, and that's not many of those people prefer something lighter.
Kan je misschien content maken voor Yamaha de tenere series hebben veel mooie opties om te reviewen. Is eerder omdat ik een tenere rijder ben en u graag er content over zou zien maken hahaha. Nee zou wel echt graaf zijn.
Paar keer contact met Yamaha gehad en gebeld....onlangs nog 2 mails gestuurd. Gewoon niks reactie terug , geen bericht , geen mail , meermaals geprobeerd maar is echt vermoeiend zo 😂🙈
@@LifeofSmokey you sound like you have the tenacity to grind them down.. once the door's open 😎👌.. likkin the channel .. BUT .. the resolution of this video at least .. is horrible .. ytube says "video quality" setting's not available.. it is for others 🤕😷🤧 .. belated happy BDay from 🇳🇿🇳🇿🇳🇿nz 💕 .. sub'd
iI is the the double gas tank very much making the balanced feeling of the subtotal weight, notably while off-roading. Finally a cheap and reliable "European make"; hence, a rather solid value for money (I got it for less than eur7K brand new "fully equipped"';-). It goes from A to B very smoothly and cheap! We did an km8K Scandinavia tour with my sun last summer, his fuel costs were less than half of mine on my new 1300GS while he easily kept with me load and speed wise as well... plus he had to stop for gas 9 times only while me...oh... man, it was just excruciating compared to his freedom...so, that's all about the foolish marketing theory that joy is possible only on big rigs!
Thought the 500 are CB500 engines with 30cc or so more Kawasaki didn't really have a modern 500cc ptwin till the eliminator 500/ninja 500 came to market
I have a kove 500x, that uses the exact same engine. I have done 50.000km in 3 years and i push it, cause i am always in a hurry (commuting to work and back through highways). I had zero problems, the engine is bulletproof and its' average consumption of 4-4.5l/100km reasonable. I have seen less than 3l/100km while doing 60-80km/h and up to 5,3l/100km, which i observed 2-up, while loaded with 3 cases and doing 140km/h+ against strong winds. If anyone feels worried about reliability, i can tell you that there is nothing to worry about with this engine. For the record, the rest of the motorcycle has been equally trouble-free and it sees daily use throughout the whole year.
Happy birthday, Smokey.
So you could do the run-in on one tank of fuel, that's fantastic.
For most people who don't need 160bhp, 50 is plenty, it didn't stall on the trail.
You could either just fill the front, or rear, gas tank, or half fill both, that's brilliant 👏.
The headlight looks good too.
I waited for over an hour on a car park yesterday for my buddy to show, that big screen would have been great to watch TH-cam on to keep me entertained ..
Great video as usual 👌 👍 👏 😀....
Looks nice, love the two tanks at each, end. Good work Smokey!👍🏻
The screen display linked to your phone allows you to use your phones GPS and map app on the motorcycle. That is a good feature. No reason or need to buy a separate GPS unit. All TFT displays should have that feature.
These bikes are giving the big manufacturers a run for their money, seems a potential competitor to a Honda Transalp 🤯
Yes by creating their clones 😂
Hi Smokey , will you be doing a review on the chinese Kove 450 rally?
Not at all. The Transalp is lighter, more powerful and a lot more fun. Different class. Considering this, the Transalp is a bargain. Fantastic bike. And there is not the slightest doubt about Honda's reliability. In Europe Rieju will not come anywhere close to the Transalp's sales numbers with this model.
@@GCTO239 Transalp is not bargain at all, expensive and not giving anything of extra gear for the money.
@@GCTO239Which Transalp is lighter? None from the specs that I have read. If you have never rode the Rieju how do you know the Honda is a lot more fun? Have you even rode the Honda? Do not forget that Rieju own Gas Gas so know a thing or two about off road bikes. Maybe try being a little bit more open minded
One small info. The footpegs and the gear changer is made from billet. A company known to dirt riders for quality aftermarket parts for many many years. Sorry for my bad english :)
I love the idea of two fuel tanks on this bike.
I'm impressed Smokey, 1000km yes😊
Happy Birthday,I waited 7 days to be sure you get older ,because motorbikes keep us always younger😂🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉
Happy Easter Smokey 🐰🐣🐇 Merry Valentines and happy returns for the days gone by.
Funny as always. Love your work.
Happy Birthday Smokey 🎉
I love golden Rimms. Nice Bike without snicksnack. 👍🏻
Nice Taillight.
happy birthday smokey ! This bike has my interest it really does and i look forward to seeing this in the new version so i can decide to buy or not, we know this is a super reliable engine, adjustable suspension (others take note FFS), it is a good looker, huge range and covered in protection from the shop - what more could we ask?
Please get the Kove 800x and 500 and the CFmoto 800 and 450 when you can.
Happy Birthday from Pawleys Island South Carolina USA. Looks like a perfect day to celebrate.
Hey smooth sneak peak after the running lady at 12:26 😆
Superb content and the bike looks very interesting against the Voge 525 DSX
Gefeliciteerd jongen!!blijf zo doorgaan met content.:)
Happy Birthday Smokey.
Happy birthday to Smokey !
This bike with like 75hp and heated grips and I would go right away and buy it!
Agreed. The EU/UK A2 licensing rules have really ruined the 500cc class. One of my first bikes was a Kawasaki GPZ500. It was the fastest of the 500cc parallel twins and made around 60hp. Now 500cc bikes are neutered to below 47hp or less just to incase someone with an A2 licence wants to buy one.
@@defylifeadventure Same thing, also had gpz500s.
@@defylifeadventure Why they can't sell limited versions to A2 riders and offer opened ones for A category riders? With that capacity and today tech, we can have 65hp from that engine....
@@CptSlow89 I've got no idea, that is what Triumph did with the tiger 900 (before the power update), and KTM even had a special slightly lower powered engine in the 890 adventure L that could be restricted for A2 use.
The CB500 engine is limited in power potential
Cam profiling, exhaust diameter, engine architecture all are designed for mid range torque and efficiency.
Want 65hp? Forget the 3.5-4l/100km economy
The old carbed CB500 with 56hp revved all the way to 10k rpm, so there is that
Smokey is the Best!!! 👍
Happy Birthday Smokey 🎉
hetzelfde
Thanks guys!
Happy 🎉birthday🎉 Smokey from Finland
Happy birthday Smokey , your rieju pronunciation is improving 😂
Great review, and love your content!
Feliz cumpleaños desde España, me ha gustado mucho la prueba. Ya tiene un suscriptor nuevo y pondré el video en un foro de rieju España. Saludos desde Sitges, Barcelona.
That's awesome thanks m8! 😁👌
cool bike .. lets hope it comes down in price and goes up in legendary status :)
Happy Birthday 🎉🎉 Smokey
please test kove 800 x rally
Happy birthday smokey 🇩🇰🇩🇰🇩🇰
Hey Smokey! Great to see you on an adventure bike! Come to Texas and ride my Honda CRF1100L4 and do some videos just for Honda!
Grattis 🎂
Happy bday smoko 👊 from new zealand.
Happy Birthday buddy!
Happy B day !!
Happy Birthday Smokey. Little late I know.. Hope the wife gave you another present :)
Happy bday! 🥳
Happy birthday 🥳
Happy Birthday 😎👍
Can't wait to get my first bike 🔥🔥
mooie motor en te tankinhoud wauw . ik vraag me af of deze ook een op dertig kan halen benzine verbruik .
So basically this is a great little adventure bike... Please get QJ SRT 700 X PRO for test.
Happy birthday to you.🎉🎉🎉
Merry Christmas mate , and happy birthday. How blood come you have illuminated switched gear and the latest GSA still hasn’t incredible bike value for money.carl uk 🇬🇧 7:47
happy birthday from California. this bike is intriguing, id consider it if it where in the US.
Will there be a cfmoto 450MT test ride?
Zalig pasen Smokey 🥳🎉
Happy birthday Smokey. I would be happier if when doing these test of Chinese and bikes of other manufacturers, You could add two more things
to your reviews. First one: is the engine tending to overheat excesively, and secondly: what are the service intervals compared to the the bigger brands. I can imagine that the answers to these questions, for some could be a deal breaker
Great point!
Nice video. 🙋🏻♂️ In Romania, at least last year... It was 7450€ 😁🤙
Same in Greece. Started at 7.5 and now is 8k....
Happy birthday, I remember turning 21 🤣.
Uncle smokey , bring back the big bikes
Coming no worries....making connections now 😎
I've lived in Spain for 5 years and never heard of this. It seems excellent. What's the warranty period?
Absolute beast. I dream to buy one, unfortunately is not elegible in Italy. Dunno why really.. Seems more because it disrupt the market. This bike, at this Price
This Bike Has Had A Recent Price Increase In China. From Apr $6500 USD To Now $9000.
Watching TH-cam is nice. But is it possible to use Google Maps on the screen? Would be nice so you dont need an extra navigation system. Nice bike. I am very interested.
Screen mirroring means everything on your phone will be on the screen 😁. But it's illegal and I should not have shown that option. They are working on fixing the TH-cam and Netflix part 🙈
Nice bike. Will it come to Mexico?
Happy birthday
Happy birthday! Actually today is also my birthday!
Happy birthday!
Well now I’m SUPER CURIOUS for the cfmoto 450 mt
And the Kove 800 super adventure, twin, less than 190kg wet weight.!?
Coming soon 😎
@@LifeofSmokey hell yeah!! i am really looking forward to this specific one. i have a KTM 1290 super adventure S model that i do slight offroad and i like it so much but i m looking to get a smaller one just for offroad and the cfmoto 450MT, as soon as i saw it and the price here in belgium...oh man i think i ll have two bikes starting this year...
Happy Birthday
Why they can't sell limited versions to A2 riders and offer opened ones for A category riders? With that capacity and today tech, we can have 65hp from that engine....
Merry Christmas or what not
1000km? I would love going 1000km without stopping once
Misschien een idee om ook wat oudere motoren te reviewen? Wel redelijk nieuw zoals 2017 ofzo. Is ook betaalbaarder voor de meeste kijkers denk ik.
Om mijn kanaal op normale snelheid te laten groeien probeer ik nieuwe kijkers via search & discovery naar mijn kanaal te krijgen. Het aantal mensen dat ik zou aantrekken met een video over een 2017 MT07 tov een 2024 MT07 is enorm groot. Het zou kunnen lukken hoor daar niet van , maar video's maken vraagt tijd en geld. Maak ik de verkeerde video's dan ga ik failliet 😅
190kg dry and with a lot of scope to reduce weight if the owner wants. The bike comes with 13kg of add-ons that are included in that weight. Also dual front discs. Going down to a single would save nearly 5kg, the swapping out the battery, another 2.5kg, pillion pegs (if not taking a pillion, is another 1kg. So that's over 20kg weight reduction without even trying, which makes it lighter than the new CF Moto 450MT. Probably about the same weight if don't similar things to the CF Moto. Personally, I'd like to see longer travel suspension, and those blue backlights are hideous. It's also a little expensive in Spain.
How much is it in Spain amigo? In Greece it is 8k
@@BoogieBubblea little cheaper. We pay €7.499 but then you guys get the CF Moto 450MT for €500 less than us. I think at €6.499 the Rieju sells well, but at €7.499 it's only going to appear to those who can really make use of the extra features, and that's not many of those people prefer something lighter.
@@defylifeadventure Thank you for the reply my friend. It started at 7.499 in 2023 here and now is 8k.
Merry Christmas 😅
I don't think that's what your wife meant whe she said 'You could do anything with her' 😅
Happy Birthday Smokey 🎂☺️
So like 3,6L/100km about 1111 km range ...and speed max ~160km/h 48ps and 44Nm ..okay but not that much for 230kg with full fuel tanks
Did he say the preroad is adjustabre?
😂😂😂
If I pronounce words like that someone will call me racist again 😂
Why does it look skinny?
is that 120 miles or klm ?
47 hp, guess
Hbd🎉
Happy Birthday Smokey🧁
Nice video
Kan je misschien content maken voor Yamaha de tenere series hebben veel mooie opties om te reviewen. Is eerder omdat ik een tenere rijder ben en u graag er content over zou zien maken hahaha. Nee zou wel echt graaf zijn.
Paar keer contact met Yamaha gehad en gebeld....onlangs nog 2 mails gestuurd. Gewoon niks reactie terug , geen bericht , geen mail , meermaals geprobeerd maar is echt vermoeiend zo 😂🙈
@@LifeofSmokey you sound like you have the tenacity to grind them down.. once the door's open 😎👌.. likkin the channel .. BUT .. the resolution of this video at least .. is horrible .. ytube says "video quality" setting's not available.. it is for others 🤕😷🤧 .. belated happy BDay from 🇳🇿🇳🇿🇳🇿nz 💕 .. sub'd
the height sit.
6:26 Spent like 5 minutes looking for the mosquito in my bedroom 🤦🏻🤣
iI is the the double gas tank very much making the balanced feeling of the subtotal weight, notably while off-roading.
Finally a cheap and reliable "European make"; hence, a rather solid value for money (I got it for less than eur7K brand new "fully equipped"';-).
It goes from A to B very smoothly and cheap! We did an km8K Scandinavia tour with my sun last summer, his fuel costs were less than half of mine on my new 1300GS while he easily kept with me load and speed wise as well... plus he had to stop for gas 9 times only while me...oh... man, it was just excruciating compared to his freedom...so, that's all about the foolish marketing theory that joy is possible only on big rigs!
Whe you gonna unpackt augusta superveloce s ?
Busy next week , but asap 😅🙈
really super nice wife (a day in the year ), ho sorry we were speakinq about moto ;isn't it !
🎉
Your fuel calculation is wrong. The overall weight should be around 220kg, not 235 kg.
Yeah I'm pretty bad with numbers 😅
@@LifeofSmokey no worries, mate! ;)
Maybe you were distracted by your own videos😂
The engine is not half Chinese it is a Yamaha engine, Ree-yay-hoo use Yamaha in all their bikes
Thought the 500 are CB500 engines with 30cc or so more
Kawasaki didn't really have a modern 500cc ptwin till the eliminator 500/ninja 500 came to market
Is nothing Spanish in this bike....only Chinese good stuff 😁
The Rieju stickers 😂
@@LifeofSmokey even the stickers are fitted in China 😁😁😁
HengJian GS ADV Dahaidao 500 ... gr500 .... kovi ADV 500 .... and sp on .....
Yeah some names I knew , some I forgot haha 😂🙈. Anyway....fun bike tho haha
Superb content and the bike looks very interesting against the Voge 525 DSX
Happy Birthday Smokey.
Happy Birthday Smokey