Today we’ve got these two machines for test with the certain permission.
We can test their reliability by any methods we want.
So…I think today we will see the toughest tests.
Let’s go!
Hi guys as usually its me just a voice over and you are watching review machines.
Today we have for the review two so called motor dogs.
We’ve already made several videos about them you can find them at our channel, and
I should say that these machines are becoming extremely popular nowadays.
They are very capable for off roading, so compact – you can put it into your trunk,
and besides you don’t need any driver license to move on them.
And one of the most important – motordogs are quite cheap.
That is why people love them so much.
But many people think they can be used only in winter!
Not at all!
These little machines are quite capable even without snow.
Today we have two popular models of motordogs and we are going to put them to the hardest
offroading test on dirt, so its going to be interesting.
But before we start our tests lets look slightly at the specs and details of our machines.
By the way blue one is called Muzhik and another is OPti.
The construction of all the motordogs is very similar and simple.
We see here the same engines – Chinese Lifan 15 hp working together with CVT transmission.
The frame is made of steel, it seems to be very durable.
But here I see the first drawback.
The engine is mounted hard right to the steel plate without any spacer.
Its not very good for the whole construction that may suffer from vibrations.
The track and the suspension are also the same.
The length of the track is 2800 mm and the width is 500 mm.
There is a chain drive, and we see that Opti has slightly bigger sprocket, it means that
it should have more torque but less speed.
The steering is very simple – there is just a handlebar with a throttle and some buttons
to switch the lights.
All the maneuvers are done manually by turning the machine with the handlebar.
Well guys, its high time to do some practice, isn’t it?
Our riders now are preparing for the competition and we meantime lets talk a little about the
forthcoming tests.
The point is that all the motordogs are considered mainly as purely winter transport.
But we want to test these machines now – without snow on a hard ground.
In this way we have now the severest conditions for the motordogs.
There is no any grease without snow for the tracks, so its going to be tough.
So the main purpose of todays tests is to test the reliability of the machines.
Lets start with drag racing!
We want to know who is the faster.
But the road here is not very plain, so it is quite hard to show here the maximum speed.
But lets try.
As we can see Opti motordog takes off significantly faster than its competitor.
It is interesting taking into account that there are same engines.
Most likely the matter is in different cvt transmission settings, and Opti has better
settings for speed.
Then lets check how reliable the transmission is.
We will to break it by towing the vehicle.
Releasing the parking brake and trying!
The weight of the vehicle is more than 2 tons and the motordog weighs about 120 kilos, that
is why we need here some additional load.
We see Opti move the vehicle and then towing it.
And the same result with Muzhik motordog.
Of course it is a stress test for the both machines, you don’t need to do that in a
normal life.
But to our surprise we haven’t noticed any damages caused by this test, so we can make
a conclusion that the transmission is quite heavy duty.
Now lets try to climb quite a steep ascent.
We see that Muzhik copes better with this task, but its worth saying that its rider
is significantly lighter.
Then we found a really plumb slope, what if we try to overcome it?
The application shows almost 45 degrees of inclination and its really hard to climb here
on foot.
Opti tries the first!
Well not very successful try, but our rider decided to make another attempt.
And that was quite skillfully.
Now Muzhik tries.
Well at least that was spectacular show.
And the sound at the end was awesome, wasn’t it?
In fact at the bottom of the ditch there was an old TV and our motordog bumped directly
into it.
To tell the truth it was quite a dangerous moment for our rider, thanks God without any
consequences for the health.
And what about the machine?
Seriosly scratched and rumpled but we got it started again without a problem.
This time we decided not to make another try cause it was dangerous not only for the machine
but also for a rider.
Nevertheless the both machines are ready to continue this competition so lets move on!
We found another quite steep ascent lets try our motordogs here.
Certainly these machines are not designed to be used in such conditions.
But we wanted to see them moving on a very rough terrain.
We were so absorbed in the process that our cameraman found himself in the dangerous position!
Meantime it was almost dark outside but we still were too enthusiastic to stop our test.
Moreover we found some dirt!
Of course you know what it means.
Lets try our machines in dirt!
And while our riders are getting fun I want to say that it is clear now – the both motordogs
survived our tests.
Quite hard test.
So I have every reason to say that these machines are quite reliable and heavy duty.
Of course they are cut out to be used in winter.
But I think there are no reasons to keep them in the garage in other seasons.
Their durable construction allows to use them on the ground without snow.
And lets look at our heroes what we have after our tests.
Of course Muzhik was damaged more seriously.
Fuel tank is bent, many scratches and the chain is damaged.
Nevertheless the both machines survived the tests and still are able to move.
By the way guys every winter we arrange an interesting event.
The grand battle of similar motordogs and another winter machines like atv, sleds and
2x2 motorbikes.
We already have on this channel several videos about this event, I put the links at the end.
And by all means there will be new videos about grand battle in the forthcoming season.
So please consider subscribing the channel if you liked this video and want some more
materials about this topic.
Thanks for watching guys, stay with us, its going to be interesting, good bye!