xiao hong zhu

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hi all at mcn.

first let me tell you i dont like to wear out my caps key so, well just deal with it ok.

i live in yangzhou and have been in china for 4 years , riding bikes since i was 10 and i just turned 50 so you do the maths.

i bought this bike from taobao and just got home from a 1000km three day ride around jiangsu.

so far the bike runs well and hasnt shown up any major snags, running hard all day and never missing a beat, even in some very heavy showers

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the seat is wide and generous which seems to match my wide and generous ass, so thats good , although i might put a bit more foam in it just so i can keep up my cheeseburger consumption.

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i like the forks and the triple clamps have good wall thickness and seem pretty well made. remains to be seen what they are actually made of...

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ok gotta go change the oil and give the poor thing a wash

zhu

Bike looks like some fun. What is it? Looks a bit like a Shineray.

And welcome to the forum. Any good riding in your neck of the woods? Jiangsu is pretty flat around Yangzhou, right?

AND HERE ARE SOME CAPS JUST IN CASE YOU FIND YOU NEED THEM.:deal::deal:

cheers!

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that was supposed to be in the previous post

what is it ? good question.. we used to call xr650,s big red pigs (brp) so i guess im going to call this a little red pig (xiao hong zhu)

yeah its pretty flat around here but i have managed to find a few hills and some nice tracks around the rivers

i just wanted to get it run in so i went to lian yun gang on the back country roads which took 10 hours to cover 360km then hauled ass down the s204 to nantong 6 hours at 8000rpm . drinking most of the night in tiger tiger bar. then the 336 to yangzhou with a fuzzy head and soggy daks

most of the way in the rain but the bike ran like a clock (maybe not a swiss watch)

thanks for the caps

where are they supposed to go?

Welcome to the forum! It is very interesting to hear comments made by old timers of china bikes.

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...what is it ? good question.. we used to call xr650,s big red pigs (brp) so i guess im going to call this a little red pig (xiao hong zhu)

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Ah, a Frankenray. I do like the periwinkle bars!

cheers

drinking most of the night in tiger tiger bar. then the 336 to yangzhou with a fuzzy head
looks like we got another idiot who drinks and rides?
should fit in well with some of the other idiots then
no caps, no sense either - try no more stupid posts as well, that would be really cool.

I do like the periwinkle bars!

pretty sure they are aluminium

@jape pull your head in mate

No mate, I truly dislike riders who boast about drinking and riding together as if it is macho and worthwhile. I think you are an idiot, get used to it.
You may think it is an impressive introduction to a motorcycling forum, I don't.

I am sure most of us have done it once or twice before we grew up but it is definitely not what we do as adults.
The Chinese Authorities are cracking down on drink drivers which shows a certain cultural and social responsibility.
Whatever your age and experience, you don't. That makes you even more stupid, immature and boastful.

jape i dont know if you have ever actually been to china.

but chinese beer is piss weak 2,5%

i drank , i slept , when i got up i had a headache.

i had breakfast and got on the road

the reference to the bar was to let others in the area know of a good watering hole ( a rare thing in rural china)

welcome aboard zhu!

looks like a worthy pig you got yourself there. yangzhou to lhasa on one tank you say?

the guys from the galaxy dealership in yizheng near you told me that there's a dirt track not far, but i've no idea where. could be fun to finally see if pigs can fly or not.

also don't mind jape, i think he has china envy or something.

thanks felix i will check out that area

yeah the tank is pretty huge , i havnt bothered to fill it up yet, seems silly to haul so much weight but im sure it will come in handy some day

it finally stopped raining so i went in search of the road least travelled about the area, but first a quick stop at the yangzhou ramada hotel for breakfast
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the valet parking is a nice touch and the buffet brekkie for 55kuai is pretty good value

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couple of plates like that and i was set for the day

started off down this road

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and came across this poor old mig15, once the most feared fighter in korea now vandalised and left in a field

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in search of the smallest possible road, the trick seems to be just keep turning onto smaller roads than the one you are on. so i took this one
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then this one
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and finally this one although i,m not sure it counts as a "road"
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found these parking barriers are very handy for chain oiling and a adjustment

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found these parking barriers are very handy for chain oiling and a adjustment

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Hehe... I'll try that sometime, nice find..

Friendly advice man, get yourself a proper helmet..

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the valet parking is a nice touch and the buffet brekkie for 55kuai is pretty good value

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Love the valet parking trick. I do that all the time at five-star hotels here in Shanghai, but on my Giant Khan bicycle. Always good for a few laughs, and I love coming out of the hotel with my parking redemption ticket and asking for my bike back.

That said, I'm not altogether sure I'd want either of those two Ramada stiffs out riding on my bike!

cheers

thanks guys

yeah i know that helmet sucks

slabo, do you know of a good vented helmet that isnt too crazy expensive?

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...slabo, do you know of a good vented helmet that isnt too crazy expensive?

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Do check out the flip front helmets thread.

I love the HTC flipper.

cheers

had to pay a visit to ronnies(lat 32.40 long 119.45) fine establishment on the way home for some real beer and a good aussie meat pie

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just the one beer of course...

and while i enjoyed that , mr fussy here gave the bike a good wash and a liberal dose of wd40 all for 5 kuai.
such a good job i gave him ten
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Also, Tanked makes good helmets. It's best you try on the helmets to see if they fit properly, too loose or too tight and it won't do it's job properly. Being in Yangzhou, it should be much easier that here in Kunming.

love seeing old war birds by the side of the road better if there on display absolutely love MIg's the symbol of western fear, i would be all over trying to get shots from any angle of her

next to the mig was this tank presumably ex chinese army
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this is miss Periwinkle on account of her boots apparantly its the in colour this year

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i asked her to wear some strong footwear, seems i didnt mention trousers and a jacket
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i asked her to wear some strong footwear, seems i didnt mention trousers and a jacket
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Haha!

Yes, but her smile reveals ... "Look, I am color coordinated with your handlebars!"

Every smart woman knows that footwear coordination is the most important thing in an outfit! :thumbsup:

i was hoping her smile was because she was with me , but you are probably right ljh
anyway we did a bit of shopping and got some slightly more protective clothing
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set of to check out some of the yangzhou back roads and see if we could find some really dodgy bridges
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found this nice old example but it was actually still pretty sound even with the grass growing all over it
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this one was a bit more dodgy so i sent miss Periwinkle across first to inspect the structural integrity

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