Rato

RATO North America will hire as many as 600 employees in Lincoln County as it sets up a temporary manufacturing facility to bring its engines, all-terrain vehicles and other products to U.S. consumers.

Rato has two EPA certified models for 2012
RT250GS and RT200GS

RT200GS
http://i784.photobucket.com/albums/y.../xtreet-43.jpg

RT250GS
http://i784.photobucket.com/albums/y...S/RATO/230.jpg

Nice looking bikes, i dig RT200GS!!

Are these bikes manufactured in china too?

I am guessing on the RT200, it is on their website as a RT200-2, the certificate is for a RT200-GS it could be a different model.



Rato manufactures that motorcycle for UM, they sell it as the XSTREET.

Here is the link to UM, again the RT200-GS (what ever that is) has been approved for sale in the US it may not be the XSTREET.

A few years ago someone from Rato joined and then we did not hear from him anymore. At the time, I think they only had one EPA certified bike, a 400cc quad.

Here is that thread http://www.mychinamoto.com/forums/sh...highlight=rato This was from 3 years ago.

I love this line: founded in March, 2007 by Chairman Mr. Zhu Liedong, an intelligent, attractive and strong enterprising leader, with a team of ambitious management in the same camp.

The RATO RT250GS seems to be sold by a company that goes by the name BRAVA
http://www.bravapower.com/aboutus.htm

Even though Brava does not list the bike on their website it is easy to find it under the name Brava Daystar Routier 250 on the internet, it retails for about 10.000 Pesos in Argentina roughly 2,300 USD.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a3uE2Xre9f8

Rebadged "Rato" RT 180 GS - Turkish "Kanuni Phantom" ( http://www.kanuni.com.tr/motosiklet/77/phantom ) . Retail price in Turkey with VAT ~ 2100 euros.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YhuK1itLe4U