Steel cradle frame. Steel tank. Air and oil-cooled engine. Fuel injection, but no throttle by wire—it’s a good old cable-driven throttle body.
241 kg of weight and a lazy twin engine. No traction control, no quick shifter, no nothing.
It’s a 2023 product, but what’s 2023 about this bike are the LED bulbs, the ByBre brakes and ABS, and the mini screen to connect your smartphone. That’s about it.
And it even has some rust spots on the frame… err…
I was like “meh” when I saw it, but when I got a ride on it…
Dang. It’s kinda fun, though! It won’t scare the shit out of you when you give it full beans. The engine revs with a rough throat and lazy torque, but you can feel what the bike is telling you.
It’s an archaic bike, but being archaic is what gives this Meteor its character. There’s no major flaw in ergonomics, the gears and clutch are okay, no unpleasant vibration from the handlebars, and the brake feedback is good too.
Full throttle, the engine putters and putters. There’s no RPM gauge, so you gotta hear the engine sing. When it stutters, you change gears. When you slow down, it cracks a few pops.
Next thing I know, I am riding it faster and faster, laughing harder and harder.
