Galaxy SUV250

**MJH** · 03-11-2013, 06:21 AM

A standard Honda FTR223 in black

**MJH** · 03-11-2013, 06:27 AM

This another Heiwa based on the Suzuki GN250-C, of which a replica of is also made in China,.

**MJH** · 03-11-2013, 06:29 AM

another, this is an RV200 also a copy of is manufactured in china.

**Quallsymoto** · 05-01-2013, 02:33 AM

Tunafish, do you like the bike? How did you get it? Were you able to get plates? And finally, how has the bike done this past year? Reliability wise? I ride in Beijing and Xinjiang and am looking for a bike that can handle the mountains, the city, and my girlfriend on the back.
Thanks man

**thedannywahl** · 05-02-2013, 02:09 AM

Originally Posted by Quallsymoto

Tunafish, do you like the bike? How did you get it? Were you able to get plates? And finally, how has the bike done this past year? Reliability wise? I ride in Beijing and Xinjiang and am looking for a bike that can handle the mountains, the city, and my girlfriend on the back.
Thanks man

Galaxy SUV250 cannot be plated in Beijing - at least as of last July and I doubt things have changed now the E3 emissions are required.

**Chriss** · 11-13-2013, 03:15 PM

Hi,

new to this forum (and to motorcycling :-). I'm really liking the Honda ftr223. Due to limited availability in Europe, I'm looking into the Chinese made equivalent, the SUV250. It appears simpler and cheaper to purchase the bike directly from a Chinese factory than to buy a used Honda blindly in Japan via an auction website.
I have two questions to SUV250 owners. How does it fare in terms of quality after a while of riding and have there been any issues with registration (in EU particularly)? Thanks in advance.

**Tunafish** · 11-14-2013, 05:18 AM

I have an SUV 250 and quality wise it can't be compared with the original honda, it is a cheaply made chinese copy, nothing more nothing less... I am lucky enough to have a good local guy around to help me out with repairs. After 10.000 km's the exhaust pipe needed to be replaced. Once the sidestand just broke off because of the weight of the saddlebags. Because of the engine itself being so crudely made, you'll have to replace the oil (expensive TOTAL synthetic oil in my case) every 1500 km's, even after 10.000 km's it will still be pitch black after 1500... Furthermore the fuel tank is too small and the crude engine is not fuel efficient. You'll be lucky to do 180 km's on a full tank. The suspension also was never too good and is now leaking oil. Top speed should be 110 km/h but it rarely gets there. Last but not least, their website disappeared, not really a good omen... Still I love the bike, it is good fun to ride compared to my old much more reliable haojue 125... And I did have some epic trips on it last summer like this one: http://www.mychinamoto.com/forums/sh...now-Lotus-Peak

**Tunafish** · 11-14-2013, 05:25 AM

Tunafish, do you like the bike? How did you get it? Were you able to get plates? And finally, how has the bike done this past year? Reliability wise? I ride in Beijing and Xinjiang and am looking for a bike that can handle the mountains, the city, and my girlfriend on the back.
Thanks man

Sorry man, got this message way to late... Yes the SUV 250 can be legally plated in China, I have no idea about Europe by the way. However if I would be in the market for a simular bike right now I would probably go for a Zongshen RX3... More expensive but more of an adventure bike and more powerful...

**Krasi** · 11-14-2013, 08:23 AM

Originally Posted by Chriss

Hi,

new to this forum (and to motorcycling :-). I'm really liking the Honda ftr223. Due to limited availability in Europe, I'm looking into the Chinese made equivalent, the SUV250. It appears simpler and cheaper to purchase the bike directly from a Chinese factory than to buy a used Honda blindly in Japan via an auction website.
I have two questions to SUV250 owners. How does it fare in terms of quality after a while of riding and have there been any issues with registration (in EU particularly)? Thanks in advance.

You can also take a look at Skyteam V-Raptor:
http://x-atv.de/Zweiraeder-und-Zubeh...2013::728.html

It's certainly "registerable" in Germany as there are two German owners at chinariders.net