ChongQing Motorcycle Expo - CIMTE 2008

[Brice]

Nice report Carl. Whatever the subject landscapes, engines or booth babes you know how to frame them.

Spent 4 hours last week in GuangZhou bike parts "alibaba" market. Lot of interesting stuff for Chinese bikes of course but also some oem parts for Japanese bikes and biker gears. As usual I forgot the camera, getting old and Alzheimer is at the corner.

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With an administrator title, I guess you are behind this new forum. Congrats for the launch mate, I wish you the best.

Brice

[CrazyCarl]

Brice man!

Thanks for signing up and the good wishes. I really hope that a full range of people will get something useful from this site. If you have any suggestions on improvements please suggest them in the Suggestions area or send me a PM.

Did you see anything interesting in the GZ bike parts market?

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[Brice]

Bought a carbon like muffler (350RMB), a 520 chain/sprockets kit (260RMB), an air filter (10RMB) all for the XJR.

Seen some import tires (Metzeler, Dunlop, Michelin, ...) Dual sport, dirt or road. Didn't ask for the price.

Also there are few shops selling complete bikes, mostly kid or pit bikes, quads. A mini sport bike with a 70cc engine is 600RMB first price. Nice to put in your living room.

It is not a gigantic market, no more than 150/200 small shops all very specialized but when you come from a city where bikes are banned it is wonderland.

There were few other foreigners, African and Mid Eastern guys. They were looking for parts/bike to export. Guangzhou is a huge trading place for these countries.

[CrazyCarl]

The parts exporting business might be bigger news (and carry more profit) than new complete bikes.

Did you have a chance to attend the Canton motorcycle show in GuangZhou that just ended this week?


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[Brice]

I miss this one. I'm working on a big web/software migration so I can't quit my computer more than few hours. 1 week ago, I even missed a SBK race which was on the track 2 kms from my home.

[culcune]

Has Shineray released the XY250GY? We all know, thanks to Supsrignet, that the GY-7 has been released, at least in China, but has the XY? Just wondering

[Supersignet]

All the XY bikes are Shinerays. XY is the acronym for Shineray in Chinese which is XinYuan. The XY250GY is called the X2 from the factory and will be released in this coming June.

[culcune]

I know from Chinariders that the biggest complaint has been no parts support. The situation does seem to be improving, and these bikes seem to be worth more parted than whole (SamM, you are a living example of this )

The parts exporting business might be bigger news (and carry more profit) than new complete bikes.

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[SamM]

culcune,
I parted out my Jialing Viva VX200SX and made over $1900 to date on it. I just made a few dollars ($35) last week. Someone paid me for some parts I shipped out but forgot about. Another thing I find is that these guys are all VERY honest people. Only one person didn't pay me for parts I sent out. What he didn't pay for was so small an amount that I really didn't care. He bought most of the Jialing, so it was all good! I made all I wanted, so I didn't care. I still have a good bit of the Jialing left. Mostly, controls, brakes, and electrical parts. Anyway, I made more than enough to pay myself back for the Jialing and completely pay for the QLink I bought last summer. It's basically a free bike. I have ZERO money in it!

So far, I've made over $6000 parting out my KTM 950 Adventure. I tried to sell the bike for $8000 and couldn't. Last week, I sold the forks, swingarm and rear shock for $3000. The front fender and fairings went for over $300. I still have the engine, all the electrics (the bikes still runs), gauges, Brembo brakes, brakelines, hand controls, complete frame & brackets, subframe, turnsignals, taillights, mufflers, header pipes, fuel tanks, headlight, and most of the bodywork. I'm hoping to get $4000 out of the frame and engine alone. The other parts should net me $3000 to $4000 more. The money from the frame and engine will be used to pay for the new 2009 Kawasaki KLX250S that I want.

Honestly, I've thought about buying bikes just to part out. I have so many parts in my shop that I need to clean it out and get rid of that stuff first. I bet I have enough parts left to buy whatever bike I want. I parted out a Buell once and made a $7500 profit after paying myself back the $3000 I paid for the bike. :thumbup:

It can be done!

SamM

[Jim]

There are some great looking bikes here, that f5 looks pretty sharp too, but what gives, is it just me, or did half these pictures not even have bikes in them