Chinese bikes

[fergie]

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chinese bikes are crap, end of story. I'm not saying they will always be crap, but right now and for at least the next 5- 10 yrs they will be. the engine tooling is not old honda tooling that is a myth. they are simply cheap knock offs and don't share any common parts. think about it, do you really think they could sell those pocket bikes for $299 new if they were not the cheapest of cheap materials. wake up people. buy from the big four and you wont be dissapointed. you will eventually be able to sell it, and you wont have the headache of fixing it all the time. one day china may get there act together and build a quality machine but right now they are junk. for those of you that are old enough you may remember when "made in Japan" meant that it was garbage (pre 1970's) now they are the best. yes they may be producing bikesand other products in other countries but they have strict quality controll and use high quality materials. they don't just let the other countries use whatever materialsthey feel like using. that would be foolish and quickly put them out of business. anyone with a couple of hundred bucks can become a dealer of the chinese bikes right from their basement. That right there shows you how much they care about their product!

 

[tomohle]

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Hi. I just bought and assembled a TMS 200xy dirtbike. I cannot get the electric start to work. Is there something to connect to make it work? Hope you can help.

Thanks in advanced.

Tom Ohle

email [email protected]

 

[Jim]

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fergie, they arent all that bad.

tomohle, check out chinariders.net for help

 

[ulendo]

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ifits like the panterra I had to deal with the other day, there are several connections under the front of the tank that need hooking up to make the electric start work - has to do with the fact that the bikes are shipped with the bars folded flat, adn the wires wont reach in that coinfiguration. lift the tank, look for the ignition coil just below the backbone/steering head joint. should be 2 wires there, and 2 coming down form teh wiring harness on the handle bars.



other suggestion would be to check the battery - lots of places dont make sure they're charged on cheap bikes.

 

[pittiepride]

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In all we have assembled 4 of these bikes (ITR GY250-C) dualsport model and one of the 200 model. We have ridden them and really like them. We are new riders and for us it was an affordable way to get into the sport. My husband has put maybe 1000 offroad k on bike with absolutely no problems. We have a local dealer of Lifans here and the parts are easy to come by.

Stock we found the bikes terribly slow, so we drilled out the muffler, jetted the carb, changed the sprocket, and now have just enough power.

I really like the soft suspension and the ability to lower the bike. As a woman of 5'3, I would have a hard time riding the stock size of the 250. But with the lowered version, my bike is great and I can easily handle it.

Perhaps the imports are not for everyone, but for the new rider, women riders and people who just want to get out, they are a great affordable option. We bought ours form a private importer for $2500 for two! Now no papers, so not insurable. But still a great deal. The one we have now is insured and we paid $2500 for it (originally posted $1900, hubby lied to make wifey happy he wasn't spending too much money, lol). Still a very affordable way into the biking world IMO.

Kara

 

[Sparkle]

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In the beginning there was two ways to go...you could buy a big American bike or a British bike. Those of us that were afraid of tattoos tried to find an old BSA, Triumph or Norton twin, put a knobby on and rattle around pretending to be "desert racers", with oil squirting up our pantleg, parts falling off, lights flickering, running on one cylinder or the other. We made sure we never got so far away we couldn't push the bike home. And we had a BLAST.

Later there were cheap European bikes slightly better. I had a CZ250 from Checkslovakia that looked like the welding was done by an apprentice in a tractor factory, but it worked, and took me to a thousand neat places.

In those days everyone knew the Japanese didn't know anything about motorcycles, but in the early 70's I discovered that a cheap Suzuki 125 Duster or a 120 Kawasaki could takeme over Grey Creek pass and back without loosing any parts, with lights blazing, and after a hose off looked brand new again. And, there was still gas left to takeme to work in the morning.

But they were cheap...just knockoffs of some other "good" bike... we all knew they wouldn't last. I noticed that the other day when I put collector plates on my 1981 Yamaha; the paint is already starting to fade. Damn!

Truth is, us bushriders/enduro/dualsport guys take our riding where we can get it...It's not the bike, it's the fun that's waiting over the next ridge.

You can spend you time dreaming of the perfect bike....or you can ride!



Sparkle (but you can call me mike)

 

[Guest]

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This Bike was assembled by H20skinaked (DSBC member) I took it apart and finished His concept..Mini DS Rocket What a blast to rip around the block with all the kids and there pocket bikes..Guess who's Kid smokesem :clap:

It's A 73 Honda frame with a Konker 110 ATV engine

4 speed auto with tall gears.....if I only had a plate..







I just hope to hell the motor doesnt explode one day. :shock: