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Today we’ve got for the review a machine made by legendary ussr factory Degtyarev.
They produced various weapons during the SWW and now one of their fields it is producing
various vehicles including this one.
This ATV is called ZID Barchan.
Today we will make thorough tests of these machine and look at it in detail.
You may have already seen some similar atvs on our channel, but most of them were homemade.
This time it is interesting to review such atv, but made by a serious factory.
And first of all I would like to say a word about the exterior.
Yes it is rather rough at a first glance, but if we look at it in detail we can notice
that everything is done quite neatly and the whole design is rather effective.
But now lets look how it is built.
The whole construction is a classic trike.
First of all we notice here huge low pressure wheels.
The diameter of the wheels is 1020 mm and 420 mm width.
Look at the wheel disks.
They have these sticking out metal parts.
Due to them it is very easy to equip the wheels with chains to provide better traction on
offroading.
The front wheel has a suspension system.
But there is no any suspension at the rear.
The trike is equipped with a motorcycle engine Lifan.
It is 200cc 4 stroke, water cooled engine 12 hp.
It works with a mechanical gear box with 5 ranges.
Besides there is a reducer that provides low and rear range.
And finally we have here a parking break.
The rear axle is driven by a double strengthened chain.
There is no differential at the rear axle, but one of the wheels can be switched off
by this gear.
In this way it is easier to steer on a good road and asphalt.
The readiator is mounted at the rear.
There are two durable trunks, that can sustain quite weighty loads.
There are some old school lights the same handle bar and probably the most minimal dashboard
I’ve ever seen.
And finally the engine can be started both by electric starter and by a kick starter.
Well lets try to ride it!
First of all you should know that the steering is the same like on an old school motorcycle
with a manual gear box.
So if you have never ridden such bikes, be prepared to spent some time to get the hang
of the steering with a mechanical gear box.
Actually the cvt transmission would be easier for handling but as we know any cvt is not
good for real offroading.
As to the comfort when riding.
Well front suspension definitely works, but there is no any suspension at the rear, so
sometimes it feels quite tough for riding.
Thanks to the huge low pressure wheels, that somehow soften the roughnessess.
The engine in general is powerful enough, cause there is a reducer that provides good
torque.
And if we switch to the low gear, there is enough torque to move even without pushing
throttle at all.
Well that were my very first impressions of the machine, now we let more skilled rider
to show us everything this atv can do.
One of the main advantages of this trike is low pressure on the ground.
It is even possible to ride over a man lying on the ground, but actually we didn’t manage
to find any volunteers to test it.
The whole weight of the machine is 330 kilos.
But due to the huge low pressure wheels the atv doesn’t damage the ground at all.
It is both good for offroading capabilities and for environment.
The
ground clearance is 340mm.
That allows to overcome quite a rough surface of the ground but you should remember that
all the trikes don’t like side rolls, so be careful when riding along the slopes.
Than I should mention, that Barchan is definitely not very fast.
According to the official specs the maximum speed is 40 kmh, but in fact the maximum comfortable
speed is about 30.
On the other hand the trike has a good torque for moving on loose grounds like sand swamp
and snow.
Well lets test these abilities of the atv.
We found the decent swamp and first of all lets try to ride across the swampy carpet.
As we can see it is snap a for the Barchan to move here.
Big heavy offroaders most probably would get stuck here, but we are able to get over this
swamp without any difficulties.
Well lets try to cross the deep swampy lake.
Actually we are sure that the ATV can float on water due to the big wheels, with the load
up to 150 kilos on board the nachine.
But the question is if it is able to move here?
Frankly speaking we had some doubts about it, cause in fact it is a real wheel drive
machine.
But to my surprise Barchan moves here….yes it moves quite slow, but it moves.
But definitely it is a matter of practice.
Only experienced rider can get over such obstacle.
The point is that you need to choose a proper speed of rotation of the wheel to provide
the maximum traction in these conditions.
After all we managed to cross this lake but the problem is to get out from water to the
ground.
The only way to do that is to move backwards.
In this way it is much easier for the atv to solve this task.
Well we tested the atv on swamp, but what about the clean open water?
Lets try to test this machine in the lake.
And again to my surprise the atv manages to show us quite a decent speed moving on water.
We tested numerous amphibious atvs, and I should say we see here a really good result
especially taking into account that Barchan is a rear wheel drive machine.
Moreover it also has quite efficient ability to maneuver on water.
Actually it is a rare feature for the amphibious atvs.
Well and now lets get back to the ground.
And now our traditional topic – the prices.
And here there are two variants.
If you don’t need to register this machine its price is 2500 dollars without documents.
But if you need to register it the price will be 3000 dollars with all the necessary documents.
Well lets call it a day know, please post your comments with your opinions about this
atv.
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