MyChinaMoto.com is pleased to bring you the 2010 Indianapolis Dealer Expo Video Report!
Inside, we've got a quick sneak-peek at the new CFMoto Jetmax250 scooter and quick interviews with representtitives from Lifan America describing their prototype Lifan 250 GY7 as well as Johnny Tai from Bennche and his Megelli250 S, M and R. Checking out some custom style bikes, we've also got an interview with Jeremy at IceBearTrikes sporting their new 250 V-twin "Road Warrior" and a glance at the Cleveland Cycles "Heist".
Photos by Carl Parker and Skip Smith
The motorcycle market is down and nearly every corner of the industry has been rocked by the recent financial slump. Magazines are giving away subscriptions, businesses are closing and many major manufacturers are bringing few, if any, new models to the US for 2010. Although generally scaled down from previous years, the North American Chinese motorcycle industry showed promise at this year's Dealer Expo with a few new models and a healthy mix of inspired riders literally producing their dreams through access to low-cost manufacturing
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The Bikes: 2009 Shineray GY-7. A Chinese built 200cc bike with a 21L fuel tank, 16hp engine and a nice set of racks. Total Bike cost delivered to your door in China is 8800 RMB.
The Luggage: 3 Adlo boxes per bike. Total box cost, 360 RMB per bike
The Players: Marcus, Lynn (Marcus’ girlfriend), Mike (me) and Lisa (my wife).
The Budget: 250 RMB a day including fuel, bike maintenance, food, ho
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Ok so the project begins.
Today I removed all the pesky plastics to get down to the business of the bike, and see what's going to need to be fixed prior to putting this bike on the track.
After dumping the plastic this is what it looks like.
First spot of trouble I found after the first run around on the bike was a leaky float bowl gasket. Not a major issue but needs to be repaired on a new bike. No pics of the leak but here's the carb, a Jing Ke. Never heard of that one before??? Once I verify the bore size is the same as the CRF150F a Kehin will be replacing this one.
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With all the discussion on the GY7 I decided that it was the "long range" enduro I was looking for. With some searching I found that the bike was imported into Canada through ZStar industries as the DB200b. I have another long story on that subject but to make it short I would like to thank PRMotoxports for extending a hand to another small company and setting the sale for me.
Mr. George Jiao of QingQi Motors works in their International Marketing Department and was nice enough to take a full day out of his very busy schedule to give my wife and I a personally guided tour around their engine factory, Rn’D department and assembly line.
The production of parts and assembly quality control are two major concerns for people looking into buying a China-Moto. I hope thi
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On website found few attractive models, looks greate. Dunno about quality, but they claim that have CE and EEC approvals. Received quotation - prices affordable, 70% from Qingqi for example.
Anyone...
I think this might be confusing. You do need a D type motorcylce license to ride a sidecar. This license also allows you to ride two wheelers. A normal E type motorcycle license does not allow you to...