In a special media preview in Shah Alam, Selangor, Malaysian motorcycle manufacturer AFAZ revealed a prototype 150 cc super moped. With assembled media denied use of smartphones, cameras and other recording devices, this article will not being showing you ay photos or videos of the new AFAZ super moped.
It doesn’t have an official market name as yet, but does have the working title “A03”. This means it will be the third product AFAZ will produce, as a local manufacturer, using AFAZ designed components mated to a Suzuki GSX-R 150 engine.
In case you’re wondering where “A02” is, it is currently in development, and containing greater local content than the AFAZ Kencana Sport 115, which is, logically “A01” in the AFAZ product development programme. Tasking for development and engineering is given over to AMITec Technology, a wholly owned AMI subsidiary.
This means the rolling chassis and frame design of A03 are wholly the brain child of AMITec, with a view of entering local and perhaps regional competition. What sets A03 apart from its super moped competition in Malaysia is its frame, a welded trellis frame assembly that harks back to the Ducati 851/888 racers, and holding the GSX-R 150 engine as a stressed member.
Keeping the silhouette of a moped, or kapchai, A03 packs things in tight, and there is no wasted space. When advised fuel tank capacity was around 5-litres, and asked if there was a possibility of a bigger tank, the reply we got was, “it will be very difficult,” with the engineer pointing to the lack of clearance between the frame rails, as well as the location of the monoshock, rather longer than normal to allow for more suspension movement and ground clearance.
The swingarm is a massive unit, a mix of cast, machined and extruded sections by kapchai standards(though this may change as the A03 approaches production) belying the racing intentions of the A03. The wheelbase is short, making the A03 more of a sportsbike than a Grab rider’s steed.
In any case, the AO3 is a classic case of taking an engine, and shoe horning it into a frame it was not meant to fit, a time and tested hot rodder’s method. We have been promised by AFAZ that more information on developments will be released as A03 nears its production date in six months.
“With assembled media denied use of smartphones, cameras and other recording devices, this article will not being showing you ay photos or videos of the new AFAZ super moped.”
You can draw or sketch just like what they did in court proceeding then.
expect motoring journalists to be trained artists?
we are seeing more local automotive engineers coming into real product development and mass production. good!!! . engine technology even small engine technology may take awhile to master and mass production technology also not our strength yet.
it’s a good thing to see this development. Way to go to the team..