Jialing JH-150GY-3 impressions

I don't remember if I had to remove the rear section of the exh. to service the air filter element, I don't think so. But I had the pipe off once anyhow, very easy. Just removed the two mounting bolts and it slid right off. I didn't even loosen the clamp.

Although the air box is very large for the engine displacement[a good thing], the filter element is rather small. So It's a good idea to check [clean]it often to maintain performance. A worth while mod. would be to fab. up a filter out of some dual stage foam[like the Uni Filter material. The original is just standard foam.
I looked the bike over last night and at 7500 Km, it's ready for a major service. I hate to admit it, but I skipped the first valve adjustment and now I can hear a slight tick. Also still runing the original Chinese plug and it's time to get a NGK in there.
The frt. spokes are loose again, the rears have been tightened three times[once a wheel true] and this will be the third time for the frt. It's normal for any new bike to need attention to the spokes, but this is a little excessive. I think the steel rims are a little soft and perhaps the spokes are somewhat big[in gauge] and don't flex much. Hence, the continual loosening. A pair of alum alloy rims[with the original spokes]would be a wise addition to this bike for anyone who off-roads or frenquents bad roads.
The first 3500 Km's, this bike saw a lot hard off road usage, but I got tired of being beat to death by the rear shock. It's fine in something like whoops or speed bumps, but hit a sharpe pot-hole and the rear suspension just locks up. Way too much compression damping. I'm 225 lb.s and I have the rear spring pre-load backed off almost all the way to try and soften it up. I have looked at modifying the linkage to increase the leverage, but the link is cast and impossible to mod. One thing a shorter rider could do, is to remove the shock and redrill the clevis end mounting holes closer to the shock body. This would reduce the seat height an inch or two. Plenty of room under the rear fender, probably 9 inchs or so and the wheel travel is only about 6 inches. For anyone off=roading this bike, I would sugest lookink fo a replacemnt shock.
The frt forks are passible. There is an audible clack on rebound[when they topout]that I have been told is common to this model. It sounds like the topping-out springs are missing, but frt forks haven't used topping-out springs for decades. It probably could use some fresh fork oil. I would recommend 15 wt.[mix 10wt. and 20wt.] and about 20cc's extra[measure what comes out to know how much]. Overall, they are stong forks that don't flex much, but they do creak in their clamps, but it doesn't seem to hurt anything.
Just to recap, I replaced the chain and rtear tire at 2K Km because I could see they weren't going to last very long. At the time, I replaced the 12 tooth counter-shaft sprocket with 13T. Perfect gearing for the road with a heavy rider like me. I think any higher gearing would result in excessive drive-line snatch[a shuddering in the transmission].
The bike is about 9 months old and has spent most of it's life out of doors and still looks new. Not a speck of rust and the plastic is as bright as ever. Very impressive!

Hey, great post, good to know what will happen in future. I'd like to read it in polish ;) Did you buy the same set of tires?

I have finally got out the airfilter - third try (+2 to respect). Cleaned it, greased it and I went to see if there is any difference. The manual says I should clean it after first 1000km, dirtbike riders say they clean it after every ride what with BJ pollution could also make sense here. I thought it was not so cold, so I kept on riding until I was at point where I could just go on. I've found crazy route. Perfect for small dirtbikes. The road was closed for cars and I guess motorbikes were not really welcome there as its a black hiking trial but it was so amazing! rocks, high slopes. Photos are from google earth, not mine. Highly recommended (Fahni!) and I've met one guy from motorfans.cn on blue JiaLing 150

MCM members meet Motorfans members. It was supposed to be an extreme offroad JiaLing trip, ended up 7 bikes with dinner. Too cold!
Attachment 6073Attachment 6074Attachment 6075

I digress, but so you think maybe Jialing got a really great price on blue paint? :icon10:

Very much admire and envy you guys for getting out and riding at the coldest time of the year! How about some details? Surely you did more than just eat!

cheers, and thanks for posting.

Very nice trip, filipu. Many thanks for organizing it. Do you happen to have the link to the RR on motorfans.com? I can't find it...

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by euphonius

I digress, but so you think maybe Jialing got a really great price on blue paint? :icon10:

Very much admire and envy you guys for getting out and riding at the coldest time of the year! How about some details? Surely you did more than just eat!

cheers, and thanks for posting.

---

Filipu and I met in Chanping with 5 motorfan members, all chinese. two of them were driving JH 150-GY3s and the other cruiser bikes (2x 125 cc and one 250 cc). First some curvy mountain roads to get out into the "wild", then a leg of maybe 1km offroad to get onto a very narrow road connecting some small villages. After maybe 1,5 h of riding, there was another 2-3km stretch of more difficult offroad riding but it wasn't too bad. After all, the cruisers were able to follow us. Very nice scenery with some frozen rivers and all.

I wore many layers and thick gloves. The only part that got cold was my feet while riding on the expressway. But as soon as we were riding slower and had to work more on the bikes, the cold was gone.

Total mileage was around 170 km from BJ city center and it took us about 3,5 h riding time ( plus 1,5h eating:thumbsup:)

I did not take any pictures bt we are currently collecting all the pictures taken and will post some more...

Props again to filipu for organizing the trip!

Hey, I'm very happy it worked out. I wanted to meet some chinese riders for a long time, I'm sure it's much easier for them to find good tracks than us. And they can give some advice. As far as I know this was supposed to be the track but it might have changed. Our leader was 代步王 and these are his photos.
Attachment 6078
Here are some more photos:
Attachment 6076Attachment 6077Attachment 6079
Link to motorfans:
http://www.motorfans.com.cn/bbs/t_17030311_27.htm
And link to the bike shop DaiBu mentioned, where you can save 1000rmb on JiaLing 150GY-3 compared to Beijing Riders who ripped me off:
http://store.taobao.com/shop/view_sh...r_id=582222354
it's somewhere near summer pallace.
Thanks DaiBu!

I always feel kind of disapointed after I'm thinking yeah, nice offroad on my JiaLing and then I see 125 Suzuki doing the same route with no problem.

Good work guys!

Frozen river-crossing, i think that's a first on MCM!

http://www.mychinamoto.com/forums/at...7&d=1326688959

Yeah I'm crazy sick in my bed hehe. Here is an amazing thing as for me from DaiBu. Someone installed 250ccm engine in JiaLing150GY-2
http://www.motorfans.com.cn/bbs/t_278956_1.htm