I am thinking of buying one of these in South Africa. I think made by Linfang, but not sure how good they are? Seem very reasonable price .
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I am thinking of buying one of these in South Africa. I think made by Linfang, but not sure how good they are? Seem very reasonable price .
Hi rupert,
never heard of Linfang, perhaps you mean Lifan? A link to where you found this Skygo scrambler would probably help identify the bike. The same China bike could be sold under many different names internationally, a photo, link to website, would help traceback the original manufacturers.
From their website.
Skygo Company is an export-oriented enterprise specializing in the production and sale of motorcycle and spare parts.
After only ten years’ development, Skygo Company has possessed a series of world-leading motorcycle technologies including water cool, multi-valve, EMS (Engine Management System), large displacement and so on.
In recent years, with its superior quality, perfect after-sale service and multivariate marketing channels and network , Skygo’s products have commanded a good market in many countries and regions ranging from Southeast Asia, Africa, Middle East and South America, etc, which made Skygo become the most favorite brand and highly praised by the customers home and aboard.
Skygo Company will continue performing the aims of “Quality First, Service Supreme”, and strive to embody Skygo’s value through superior quality and convey Skygo’s culture through professional service.
You are sincerely awaited to cooperate with Skygo to achieve splendid success.
Terrible grammar and structure.
I see them obviously as LIFAN
"multivariate marketing channels" as in they sell under many brand names to everyone and anyone.
Were is the Sky going?
They are not bad bikes...the GY-5 are ok.
They are offering a 250 GY-7, what kind of price are those selling for in South Africa, it has a water cooled 250 and has about 20hp that would be their best model for a dual sport (scrambler).
They are offering the 250 GY-7, what kind of price are those selling for in China, its water cooled and has about 20hp that would be their best model for a dual sport (scrambler).
I thought scrambler was another name for cafe racers, the kind you often see on http://www.bikeexif.com/ Never seen a DualSport bike referred to as a scrambler. I checked the skygo site, nothing there called a scrambler.
Wow, thanks for all the information. very useful. Very good forum.
The bike is actually for my GF (Fang Yi) who is training to ride from South Africa to Shanghai with me in 2012. South Africa has a lot of GY200s ...is that the same as GY 5?
I have not seen the 250cc which would be better. They seem good value and more suitable for the dual riding we will be doing in Cederberg.
I have already crossed Africa twice on my KTM 990 Adventure.
btw... I really like the Jincheng bikes being used by the Chinese riders in the dakar but I know they are custom made.
Rupert Shanghai
I guess I am old.. before all the current types of off road bike races the enduro/dual/off roadie type bikes were called scramblers. Triumph actually has a version called a scrambler and the Yamaha DR175 I had as a kid was the definitive scrambler. Cross continent adventure bikes like my KTM 990 Adventure didnt exist until the BMW GS series really.Quote:
Originally Posted by slabo
I haven't heard that term for ages! I have said before on the forum that some of us used to ride our street bikes all over the place, we didn't have any choice!
A 'scrambler' was the 'bike nutcases like me used to build and race decades ago: http://lostmotorcycles.blogspot.com/...scrambler.html when we took our street BSAs and Triumphs and made them better for farm tracks and the like. We didn't have any dirtbikes available then so we made our own.
Now THAT's what I call a GF!!!:clap::clap::clap:Quote:
Originally Posted by rupertu
cheers
I think this is the GY-7
http://www.contactdi.com/Processed/CQ046.jpg
Not sure how tall your girlfriend is, but it would make a nice, lightweight, adventure touring bike. Need to sort out the luggage and fuel capacity though...
Cheers!
ChinaV
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ckzmvc4tkU...1967+CL-77.JPGQuote:
Originally Posted by slabo
Some people are using that terminology loosely, this is what most consider a scrambler. Is it just me but couldn’t Lifan fairly easily offer such designs?
It actually takes some patience to look at each of the models offered, there are so many and they are similar. Some of these models offer the 163FML Lifan engine as an option, so they can be configured with a 200cc motor.
http://i784.photobucket.com/albums/y...38_LF125-3.jpg
http://i784.photobucket.com/albums/y...81_LF125-9.jpg
http://i784.photobucket.com/albums/y...36_LF125-4.jpg
http://i784.photobucket.com/albums/y...62_LF125-6.jpg
http://i784.photobucket.com/albums/y...18_LF125-J.jpg
Not really scramblers, they are basically standards.
Lifan manufactures a 250cc twin that could be but into the vintage CL350 frame. They could recast the case of the engine but retain the internal structure of the 250cc, so it would look like the original? They could even design the cases mounting points to align to the original Cl350 frame. So then it would be copy of the original and offer shared parts and include details as to the extent of what is different in detail. So then they could utilize two part codes…“OU” prefixed as for Original and Universal and then “LO” for Lifan Only. Then parts vendors could sell those “OU” parts to those restoring original CL350’s as well. The original had points and did not have electronic ignitions. The 250cc twin is not as powerful but would be adequate to move that bike around, the 250 is basically the same engine used on the Honda Rebel.
Honda sold a lot of those in the 1970’s and if replicated and new compatible parts were available those would sell well.
I still think that many of these manufactures are asleep and the switch. They could or may want to consider sending people to mechanics schools and in those teach them parts and inventory management as well as educate and train them as technicians. They need to begin to seed in more professional service centers that they oversee in the markets. These technician will in future decades be the owner operators of dealership. As the products evolve and change they remain connected and in and with continuous and ongoing training. This is commonly referred to as authorized and certified mechanics. Having too many products with to many different parts keep the mechanic outside of total familiarity. It also makes maintaining and stocking or even identifying part impossible or ridiculously time consuming. Technicians all need access to resources and training on how to diagnose and resolve quickly. Reliable, Simple and Affordable…if they are going to offer up English words to attract customers then they should try using ones that matter relatively.
In South Africa, we call motorX bikes and enduro bikes "scramblers" for scrambling around in the veld (bush).
So basically anything from a CR/KX/DT etc to an XL/XT/KTM.... if it's got knobbly tires, it's a scrambler
i do like how those 125/200cc skygo's look like exact replica's of Suzuki GS 125's