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.
The bike arrived on Dec 24 2009 and in good china bike form....I had it open before it was off the truck and in the shop for it first picture.
The first task when I had the bike on the stand was to remove all the DB200b and ZStar stickers. It just took away from the greatness of the GY7. No insult to ZStar as I am delighted they imported them in but the big SHINERAY decal embossed on the tank is just way too AWESOME.
First thing I would like to say is that Shineray told me the bad tripple tree issue has been fixed and that they have them made by a new source. So no need to crash on that subject anymore. Upon initial inspection there was the routine stuff like loose bolts and nuts but the oddest thing is all the extra bolts in the spare parts box..
.that I don't need.
The bike it's self is really nice. It is identical to the picture of the unit I've seen from China, it even has the Chinese license plate holder on the front left shock. I had hoped for black rims but they are polished steel on the bike.
The CB200 overhead cam engine flashed to life with no problems and is very smooth. I had expected to have issues like I had with my CG250 on my SAGA but nothing of the sort. I like the PZ30 on the the GY7 as it has a better shock than the SAGA
There are many things I like about the bike. The quality of finish is very good and the fit of parts is good.
To be continued....