Hi there, I am a 53 year old 'Brit', married to a Filipina and living in Cebu, Philippines, for last 7 years.

I may be new to Chinese Motorcycles, but I started riding Motorcycles in 1971.

My first Motorcycle was a Honda C92 'Benly' 125cc twin, that I bought as non-runner for £20.



I stepped up to Norton Commando 'Roadster' 750cc twin, having briefly owned an Norton 'Julilee' 250cc twin, built from a box of bits.





Having sold this 'classic', I switched to a BMW R60/7 - with full touring fairing and 'Krauser' panniers. Sensible and very reliable, if a little boring?



Not needing a Motorcyle, as a means of transport any longer (company car for that), I sought a 'Classic' again, and found a 'Triumph Trident' T160, 750cc Triple, with just 1,600 miles on the Clock. I traded in my BMW R60/7 + £1,000.



I bought a 'Honda XR200R' Enduro, in Bahrain for fun riding in the desert. I also used it to get to work sometimes, as half the journey back then (1982-5) could be made across country!



Whilst working in Hong Kong, I did not ride a Motorbike (it has such an excellent transportation network, no real need for one)?

I only got to ride my T160 Trident on short visits to UK.


After I become redundant due to Telecom Recession in 2000, and after my divorpay for his University education (as I was out of work with no salary by that time, 2002).

We moved to Cebu in May 2001.

I did want to buy another bike, but did not get around to it for some time. It was when an American friend went back to USA, to spend time with his elderly parents, whilst there was still time. He wanted to sell his Loncin T200 'Terminator' as he was unlikely to be using it for several years.




This was not the style of bike I really wanted. As you can see, I never owbe or had eidden a 'Cruiser' style motorcycle before and I did not really get on with it.



It was heavy, and relatively underpowered, because of that. It was the lack of low speed manoeverability that I did not get on with. This was due the the 'Trail' angle of such 'Cruiser' style, that gives 'heavy' turning I expect.


I sold the Terminator, and was wanting a 'Dual Sport' bike as it's replacement, so I could use it for 'Green Laning, where cars could not go.


Whilst I looked at the Honda XR200 available here in the Philippines, the seat height was slightly to tall for my comfort (I like to plant both feet down firmly in off-road conditions).





I also looked at a few Chinese Dual Sport motobikes such as :-





In the end the decision was made by my wife he bought me a brand new Yamaha XT225 'Serow' that does have a nice low seat height.







This is a very good motorcycle, and perfect for my needs (apart from not having a rear carrier - so will have to fit a suitable one). It carries a price tag however - Php160,000 (US$3,550 approx). This is about Php49,000 more than the Honda XR200!




I am getting interested in ZONGSHEN Motorcycles (since I invested some funds as an 'Angel Investor' into a company 'V8 Motorcycle & Parts Dealer' towards funding of their Business Expansion Plans, to offer a Nationwide Network of Appliance and Zongshen 'Motorcycle & Spare Parts' Showrooms.


Had this happened 10 months ago I probably would not have gone with the XT225? It was the lack of good Dealers and Spare Parts for these Chinese Dual Sports motorcycles that put my off.



Only 'Skygo' (Lifan) being the exception.


However, the 'build quality' was not as good as the Yamaha XT225, but granted, neither was the price tag!


They did not however seem to stock the LF125GY-6





That picture seems to show it having 'Inverted front Forks' - something neither the Honda XR200, nor the Yamaha XT225 have.






But this Zongshen ZS200GY-2 has 'Inverted Front Forks' is 200cc, and has a 'rear carrier' as standard fitment.

In a different class of their own, seems to be these new Zongshen 'Cyclone' Products.

These off-road 'Zongshen 'FLY' models look very durable and seem to ooze quality and solid engineering (from the brochure at least)



Cyclone Plan
Zongshen will launch new products to the global market in a way of large-scale, entire-variety, high-frequency in order to meet the customized demand. This project takes the domestic and abroad market requirements, regulation, standards and motorcycle future development tendency as the instruction. Utilizes Zongshen Engine’s full production line and full flow of product development from design to final inspection; combines the core technology from US Harley-Davidson, Piaggio, Moto Cuzzi, Derbi and TaiWan NOVA designing technology. Meanwhile, the speciality of “ZONGSHEN” product also have been strengthened deeply. Zongshen will be the Industrial Icon by break away from the low-price competition which occurs in the chinese motorcycle industry.


125cc versions:-


and 150cc versions:-


Product introduction







I am asking 'V8 Motorcycle & Parts Dealer' what the price of the ZS150GY1-10A might be, and if the price is under Php100,000 and thery willing to import one in their next consignment of Php35M from Zongshen, I may well be interested

Interested to hear views in the Message Threads on these and other Zongshen Motorcycles?

PS: Whilst I have been given a 'Dealership Certificate' of 'V8 Motorcycle & Parts Dealer' it is in 'name only', as they do all the work, and give us Angel Investors a very good financial 'reward'* for funding these shipment consignments of theirs.

* Php2M is minimum investment and pays 60%pa over 12 Months, 75%pa over 2 Years. Go to Php6M and it increases to 100%pa over 12 Months I went in with Php1M as a group of 6, to make up to Php6M so we all leverage off the higher Rate and get a l;ower 'buy-in'.

It really was too good an investment to turn down as the payments came with a 'Bank Guarantee Agreement'.

Naturally this got me interested in Zongshen and these Motorcycles they produce.

So I may well get to buy a Zongshen Motorcyle?

Interested to hear what the Members here can tell me, about Zongshen and their products - especially these newer 'Cyclone' Models like ZS125-50 'Pursuit' also?

Happy to share more information on this Investment if you would like to buy-in perhaps, but it will close at the end of this Month, as they anticipate have met the funding for their Expansion Plans by then.

Cheers

Britster