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#1 Zongshen Cyclone 500 cc prototype10-06-2009, 06:38 AM
Zongshen presented this single 500 cc Cyclone model at the 2009 CIMA Motor Show.
http://www.othermakes.net/
http://www.motorcycle.com/events/200...t-1-88775.html
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#2 Re: Zongshen Cyclone 500 cc prototype
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10-06-2009, 10:51 AMI want one...
The second link has some interesting facts and figures. Like this:
What's Happening in China?
1. There are more than 130 motorcycle manufacturers in China
2. Chongqing-based manufacturers produced 10 million units
3. Twenty-three Chinese OEMs each produce more than 100,000 units annually
4. Twelve manufacturers produce more than 500,000 units a year
5. At least five manufacturers produce more than 1 million units a year (four are based in Chongqing)
6. China produced 27.5 million bikes in 2008, nearly half the world's production
7. China has passed Japan as the number-one motorcycle producer
8. More than 15 million motorcycles are sold annually in China
9. Less than 20% of China's production goes to foreign markets
10. Chinese bikes sold in export markets like America are often marketed by independent companies operating under different namesJincheng Monkey JC50Q-7
Skyteam Dax replica ST110-6
Zongshen ZS125-43
Qingqi QM200GY-BA Super Motard
Qingqi QM110GY
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#3 Re: Zongshen Cyclone 500 cc prototype10-06-2009, 02:46 PM
Niels,
That's great and thanks for the links! I was wondering if anyone was going to cover the 09 CIMA... it looks MUCH more developed this year than last year.
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#4 Re: Zongshen Cyclone 500 cc prototype
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10-06-2009, 06:23 PMOn the second link there's also another link to a roadtest of the Qlink XF200. They're fairly impressed, although there are some comments like:
"Ride quality from the budget suspension was surprisingly supple without being too mushy."
If you want to see and FEEL a "budget" suspension try the new Triumph Bonneville SE. Utter crap. From a 100 year-old firm producing highly praised modern classics...Jincheng Monkey JC50Q-7
Skyteam Dax replica ST110-6
Zongshen ZS125-43
Qingqi QM200GY-BA Super Motard
Qingqi QM110GY
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#5 Re: Zongshen Cyclone 500 cc prototype10-07-2009, 02:09 PM
I think it's only another couple years before the western market start to take Chinese bikes a little more seriously. IF it's true, that's really not bad. The Japanese took at least 10-20 years before people stopped saying the same things about them as they now say about Chinese bikes. Korean manufacturers are in the same boat.
I'd REALLY like to know what kind of royalties (or whatever) the Japanese companies get from licensing their designs to foreign firms.
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#6 Re: Zongshen Cyclone 500 cc prototype10-16-2009, 06:48 PM
Just found this news about the Cyclone from a french site.
http://www.moto-infos.com/actualite-...0-cyclone.html
The text says that the design is made by italians and that it might share it the engine with a ATV model.
But I don't know if Zongshen ever have made an ATV with 500 cc? There is no such on their homepage.
They also say that Zongshen is certainly going to present the model in Salon Eicma in Milan in november.
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#7 Re: Zongshen Cyclone 500 cc prototype
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01-04-2010, 10:05 AMfirst of all... Hi...
I am Ciprian from Romania. I have been watching you for some time but this is my first post...
Has anyone browsed the image gallery from motorcycle.com?
http://www.motorcycle.com/gallery/ga...how/?g2_page=1
in the second page I foud this:
IMG_0264.jpg
looks like the WJ-250-GY with the 600cc engine from Jialing... This should be lots of fun if it lasts, but most important it shows the desire to go abroad. I don't think it is a domestic model... or...
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#8 Re: Zongshen Cyclone 500 cc prototype01-04-2010, 01:41 PM
Hello Ciprian
http://www.wonjanmoto.com/sdp/667129...GY_WJ-Suz.html
Yes you are right, it looks like this 250 cc bike, just apart from the engine. Interesting, but it's most probably a prototype.
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#9 Re: Zongshen Cyclone 500 cc prototype01-05-2010, 04:10 AM
Hello Cirpian and welcome to MCM. Thanks for saying hello and telling us about your find. You have very good eyes to find such a detail!
Yoiu're right, it does look a 250 with the 600 engine in it. I think they much have changed the frame a little because I don't know if a 250 frame could hold a 600 as big as the Jialing motor.
How are things in Romania?
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#10 Re: Zongshen Cyclone 500 cc prototype
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01-05-2010, 06:48 AMMaybe they stiffened the frame but to me seems like the only mod is the adition of brackets for the radiator. As Niles said, it is probably a prototype so it is not necessarily working, but it shows that WJ wants to land into Europe or US.
Anyone here riders a WJ250GY?
Things in Romania are not quite rose. Especially for the motorcycle market. Small and dominated by second hand bikes and chinese scooters, the market took a serious blow when sales droped @ 80%. Now I am job-less...
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