GWM Souo 2000 touring motorbike Malaysian preview

Getting a shock reveal on the current Mforce Mid-Autumn Gala dinner was the Souo GWY 2000 touring motorbike. Designed as a direct rival to the Honda Goldwing, and different touring bikes such because the Harley-Davidson Road Glide Extremely and the BMW Motorrad K1600LT, the Souo 2000 may have a provisional value in Malaysia of RM188,000, although that is as but unconfirmed.

Distinctive to the Souo is its engine, the one manufacturing motorbike to return with a flat-eight engine configuration with twin camshafts per cylinder financial institution. Displacing 1,999 cc, the flat-eight engine, or opposed-eight in the event you desire, produces 151.5 hp at 6,000 rpm and 190 Nm of torque at 4,500 rpm.

Energy goes by means of an eight-speed DCT (DualClutch Transmission) gearbox, with shaft drive to the rear wheel. An electrical reverse gear aids car parking zone manoeuvres whereas high pace is claimed to be 210 kmh with a gas consumption of 5.9-litres per 100 km.

The flat-eight engine and DCT gearbox is mounted low within the body to decrease the centre of gravity. The body itself is a welded die-cast aluminium unit, assembled with out the usage of screws or bolts.

The Souo 2000 additionally comes with a novel entrance suspension, a Hossack design girder fork with twin entrance wishbones whereas each the entrance and browse ends get electronically managed suspension with variable damping. As befits a touring mtoorcyle, three instances are supplied, a high field and two aspect instances, giving 118-litres in storage capability.

Electronics options prominently within the Souo 2000, with a 12.3-inch TFT-LCD digital instrument cluster powered by a Qualcomm Snapdragon 8155 SoC (suite on chips) and supporting over-the-air updates. This permits for voice management of the varied capabilities, alongside the same old buttons, switches and joysticks situated on the handlebar pods, which could make this the world’s costliest cell phone.

Driving conveniences embrace heated seats and handlebar grips, energy adjustable windshield, a 360-watt eight-speaker sound system, hill begin help, cruise management, rear parking sensors, and digital parking brake. Driving aids embrace ABS, traction management, lane change help, blind-spot monitoring, rear-collision warning, rear cross site visitors alert, and emergency calls.

From the specs sheets, the Souo 2000 ideas the scales at 461 kg, with a gas tank capability of 26.2-litres and a seat top of 740 mm. The Souo 2000 is produced by Nice Wall Souo Moto, a sub model of Nice Wall Motor (GWM) with growth was led by Nice Wall chairman Wei Jianjun, who considers it his ardour mission.