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#1 lifan naked 250/ lf 250-19
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10-29-2011, 06:38 PMHas anyone else seen this bike or have any additional info. The specs seem ok power is a little low for a vtwin but was just curious.
http://www.americanlifan.com/lf25019.html
Msrp at over 3k usd is ridiculous for a china bike to me.
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#2 Re: lifan naked 250/ lf 250-1910-29-2011, 10:00 PM
Its a copy of the Honda VTR250 with a copy of the Yamaha XV250 engine, but the Lifan version does not offer the 21.76hp @7500rpm the original Virgo engine does.
Considering the low labor costs in china and that the model has minimal research and development cost, yeah the MSRP at $3,125.00 is high.
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#3 Re: lifan naked 250/ lf 250-1910-29-2011, 10:06 PM
Its been covered before, the prices represent often more then half distribution and retail costs incurred in the USA. Its not cheaper on this side to support small offerings through a small dealer network. They actually have to pay more then the larger brands to distribute, they cannot spread the costs of doing so over a larger model line. That results in higher costs to distribute per unit and often at a very compromised level of support.
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#4 Re: lifan naked 250/ lf 250-19
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10-29-2011, 10:22 PMThanks for all the info mjh greatly helped.
So the main reason why so many lifan bikes are as cheap as tgey are is mainly due to the fact most are 2007 and 2008 models
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#5 Re: lifan naked 250/ lf 250-1910-30-2011, 07:48 AM
I do not see them as that cheap....were are you seeing them so cheap for sale.
I wish Lifan would make a SRV250 with that engine, I see the Virgo 250 copy they offer selling for $2,500, but its not for me.
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#6 Re: lifan naked 250/ lf 250-1910-30-2011, 07:55 AM
They could offer different versions of it.
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#7 Re: lifan naked 250/ lf 250-19
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#8 Re: lifan naked 250/ lf 250-1910-30-2011, 08:03 AM
Here is the Honda VTR250 it has 32hp and a six speed.
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#9 Re: lifan naked 250/ lf 250-1910-30-2011, 08:17 AM
They can suggest what ever price they like, but anyone actually paying that price is another matter.
Distributors that sting their dealers will not get reorders from those dealers. Its a pretty vicious business model, distributors cannot maintain parts and support for free and dealer have overhead too. That is why half the cost of the bikes are on this side. They are cheap out of the factory and that is why they often have defects.
Cheap is what cheap gets.
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#10 Re: lifan naked 250/ lf 250-19
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10-30-2011, 03:46 PMIts not a naked style its just full fairing lifans but
http://www.extreme-scooters.com/lifa...motorcycle.htm
Less than 1600 shipped
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