New Zongshen 250GS Owner in AZ!
recently bought a Sierra 200 and a 250GS Zongshen. I am impressed with the sport bike, but I am going to sell the Sierra. It is in Fresno, CA and has less than 20 miles on it. I just assembled both bikes. The speedo on the GS stopped working after about 12 miles was wondering if any othter GS owners had this issue and was it the guage or the hub drive?
I went to http://www.lewpackinternational.com/ to make the purchase, the jury is still out on them as I havn't yet recvd my MSO papers in the mail. Further, also not impressed with the level of help from "mannie" at Zongshen America thus far either.
I have been riding for over 30 years and have owned 19 diff bikes, my current everyday rider is a Zrx1200r.
edward
http://bmfwest.home.att.net
Zongshen MSO's from Lewpack Intl
well, my MSO's did in fact arrive today, some 11 days after I picked up the bikes in L.A. Now we will find out out what California really says about tagging these things. I am going to upload a .pdf that came from Zongshen America ref: Warranty coverage. I will post a link here when it is done. Its to big to post in this forum.
bmfwest
03 Kaw Zrx1200r
06 Zs250gs
Zongshen America Warranty Info
I wasnt making a whole lot of progress dealing with Zongshen ref: my busted speedo, SO I decided to fill out their dealer application. I got an email back with this .pdf, and a cple others, but I feel this should be made availible to any potential buyer, not obtained in an under-handed manner post purchase!
http://home.att.net/~bmfwest/Warranty.pdf
bmfwest
03 Kaw Zrx1200r
06 Zs250gs
New, 2006 Zongshen Sierra
I am thinking about purchasing a new, in-the-crate, 2006 Zongshen Sierra 200. The bike is being sold as excess stock, with no warranty, for a greatly reduced price ($950). Based upon my research, this looks like a pretty good deal. However, if this motorcycle is going to have a lot of mechanical problems, perhaps I should buy something else. What do you think. :confused1:
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FIELD TESTING Zongshen Bikes
ZONGSHEN FIELD TESTING UPDATE: SIERRA 200, ZS250 SPORTBIKE, AND STORM V 250 CRUSIER
This has been a long time coming and I may have to write this in sections to be fair to all 3 bikes. I have ridden the most miles on the sport bike, about 600 or so. I believe it is ready for its first valve adjustment now, which I dont have time to do. It is a good thing, because yesterday while riding it I hit a rail road track to hard and bent the front rim causing rapid decompression of the tire. I was able to ride it with a flat some 12 miles or so home whithout much problem which was a suprise. The speedo had stopped working after some 12 miles as I posted before, however I was sent a new hub drive as well as a new cable from Zongshen America, this before I have even taken it apart. It came in about a week after I ordered it. To date however I have not gotten a repsonse to my request for prices for the following: brake pads, clutch discs, throttle/clutch cable, and complete carb, even though I made the request using the parts numbers contained in the supplied parts manual. I rode this bike roumd trip from Fresno to San Jose 166 miles each way (to san jose friday night, and back on sat afternoon). The route was ca 180 west from fresno to mendota to I-5 north to ca 152 west, over Pachaco Pass thru Gilroy to us 101 north. It was 100+ temp when I left fresno at 5:00pm. The bike climbed the pass at 55 mph on the steepest parts with my 240 lbs on board. I was VERY impressed with the guts of this little thumper! Since the ride over took place when the bike had around 200 miles on it, it really was fully broke in yet, and got 46 mpg for 3 hours riding at 95% throttle+ I was really suprised it didnt blow up. btw, this bike does not have a oil filter, it is just a oil screen that you clean and reuse. I am using Castrol 4 stroke bike oil in 20-50. So, now we will find out if I can get a front wheel for it. Its seat is way more comfortable than the vtwin, but I only have about 100 miles on the vtwin thus far, having just unloaded it yesterday morning. The vtwin "storm" is a clean little bike with lots of chrome that really catches the eyes with a nice gloss silver finish that the sport bike should have, but more on the Storm on the next post!
Bmfwest
2003 Kaw Zrx1200r
06 Zs250gs
06Zs250-5
06 Zs200 "sierra" (black)