Five liters of tank??And that also a full on bike with just the bones? Will it run well?
These were some of the understatements you might have heard regarding the MadAss motorcycles. Here in Nepal we can hear these sorts of ignorance when it comes to motorcycles or any preliminary products. It’s more of a understatement and I can state why.

This is the impression of the changed heart as well. Ofcource who am I to be any exception?The MadAss has a aged history with me, well the bike wedged my attention from a foreigner acquaintance and her photograph posted somewhere in the instagram. The bike is an eye catcher and that is the very advantage of having a exceptional bike like these. It is a matter of minimalism and belief that its actual design is an advantage to have a skeletal motorcycle chasse wrapped around a powerful 125cc’d engine. You could call it the nominal naked street bike you’ve ever seen. You could also call it 

the largest, manual shifting moped. The MadAss design draws a good bit of inspiration from an early family member, a 1939 moped called the Presto Saxonette. After 70 years here we have a new design that has built quite a intense following since its inception back in 2004.

What is the Sachs MadAss ? Maybe it’s just the coolest, most economical two wheeler to come down here!  With a lower center of gravity than anything else on the market, the Sachs MadAss carves corners and navigates narrow city streets with ease. Stopping on a jiffy with the massive disc brakes, and heavy duty suspension of the Sachs MadAss is easy too. Illuminating road ahead of you with blazing 55 watt H.I.D. headlights, and blast through potholes on 16" cast alloy wheels and that too in action is all in the package. This bike handles today’s urban tarmac without a whimper. It’s just another way of being modest that the bike is just the frame of a bicycle power-driven with a petrol engine. 

Upon the display area visit Mr. Prabal Shakha the proprietor was more than hospitable to us and that made the getting to know the bike more enhanced. The bike was the ideal import stated Mr. Sakha. The fact that the suspension which is made by SACHS has its own story how SACHS has been making the Ducaties dodge the obstacles that road throws on to them with their sate of the art suspensions. Regardless of some skepticism this bike delivers the punch and we could see the conviction in those eyes. Our team was psyched to review the motorcycle yet some were in confusion so as to what theme this bike will be reviewed. The fact remains that this bike can also be seen as the off road bikes as well. Later we decided to go 50/50 which now seems a pretty decent idea. The irony is that in this particular review we had the most queries and public interaction so far, which means how MadAss craves for attention. 

In some parts of the world MadAss can also be bought in 50cubic centimeter engine as welllet’s not stop it there the Sachs MadAss 125 is a prime example of minimalist motorcycle design, and a true German engineering marvel. With the exclusive Sachs frame design, the banana swing arm, the rear mono shock, and main frame all run parallel to each other. This allows jolts from the rear wheel to be sent forward into the front suspension, and not up and into the rider. Fuel is carried in the frame, and together you get an incredibly light and nimble machine weighing just 100 kg. We can call it the motorcycle distilled to its purest form. Powered by 124cc, 4-stroke, 4-speed engine the MadAss is capable of reaching 60 kmph right out of the box. A skeletal MadAss is definitely no speed demon, but we found the riding performance to be fine for navigating the cityscape. Connecting to a preload adjustable mono shock, connecting to the bike’s frame all in a single, narrow plane its best in its class as well. The front suspension is a standard hydraulic fork set up and nothing special there. 

On the case of fuel, it holds the 5.4 ltr fuel tank in the bike’s tubular, steel frame. When the tank is empty, you get the sputter warning (remember there’s no fuel gauge) which tells you to switch over to the point four reserve, at which point you've got 20 odd kms to find a fuel pump. When you finally do pull over and unlock your aircraft styled fuel cap to begin refueling you'll stand a pretty good chance of hearing someone say “Wow! That thing is cool!” or “Whoa, what is that?” People know fun when they see it. The 55w stacked projector beam headlights are straight out of modified Bike Builder’s handbook. I prefer a wider field of view and found the low beam lighting to be a bit insufficient for my ride. This gives me an excuse to begin customizing, if I’d get one for me that is. Sticky set of 16” tubeless tires mounted on alloy rims to oversized set of front and rear hydraulic discs makes the ride promising and safer

For me the experience was worthwhile and our crew loved it too. Hope for its good future here. Hope to see her around.