Finding a motorbike in Kunming, the YBR250?

**bartez88** · 03-31-2012, 07:27 AM

Hi,

Me and my girlfriend are trying to find a motorbike in Kunming that is strong and reliable enough to get us to europe. I found the thread where tokyokid did it on a 125 which sounds a bit to slow to me. After having a conversation with andre he recommended the yamaha ybr250 to me. Yesterday I went to the Yamaha dealer on the Dianchi Lu and he charged me 24,800 rmb for the ybr250. I find this price to high for the bike so I was wondering if anyone knows any other contact or dealer who could do a better deal for me?

cheers,
bart

**ChinaV** · 03-31-2012, 01:15 PM

Originally Posted by bartez88

Yesterday I went to the Yamaha dealer on the Dianchi Lu and he charged me 24,800 rmb for the ybr250. I find this price to high for the bike so I was wondering if anyone knows any other contact or dealer who could do a better deal for me?

I don't think you will get a YBR much under 24k, dealers don't seem to bargain when it comes to the YBR. A little expensive, yes, but it's a nice bike, and probably your best choice for your trip. There are other Chinese bikes for less money, but let's be honest, most are shit and hardly up to the task of carrying 2 people + luggage from Kunming to Europe.

Cheers!
ChinaV

**andre555** · 03-31-2012, 01:27 PM

Hey Bart,

the YBR250 sells for around 4500EUR new in Europe (Germany) - you might get a good discount on your trip budget, if you can resell the bike for 3000EUR.
Its the only bike in China that has any resale value in Europe. The rest, if it survives, may be good to keep for the farm.

Happy shopping.

Andre

**bartez88** · 04-02-2012, 10:50 AM

Thanks for the replies! Today we ran around with a translator/guide who opened up many doors for us. We called many other yamaha dealers, but like ChinaV said all of em mentioned the same price 24,800 rmb. So we decide to go to the yamaha dealer on dianchi lu in kunming and start talking. The dealer is very reluctant even now that we have a translator. After about 5 minutes there is this guy walking in and started looking around. Id say this was already very unusual because we have always been the only customers in that place, guess thats why suzuki left that place. The new customer starts looking at the YBR250 and takes a seat on it and 2 minutes later hes at the counter with us telling the dealer that hes buying the ybr250. He shows a big lump of cash, tells hes been saving up for the last 6 months and the dealer starts smiling. Right in front of our eyes the bike gets snatched away. We were only there to ask for some more information so after we heard that we had to wait another 10 days so they could order a new one, we headed for the door. When the dealer and 'the new customer' saw that, they mentioned it was allright that we take this one and 'the new customer' said he wouldnt mind to give this one to us and wait 10 days. Mainly because he didnt have a place to register the bike yet. But by thursday(because its public holiday now) he would have everything done so we would have to make a choice now. It feels all too pushy to me and my girlfriend so we decided not to do it. Was this all a setup? Would they really make that much effort to get you buy a bike? We would rather wait and see if the bike is still there on friday :) In the meantime get the paperwork ready and translated and look around for some riding gear. Anyone know a good place in kunming? Or just order some from taobao?
Cheers bart

**andre555** · 04-02-2012, 11:21 AM

check the parts market, its just a bit south/east of your home, slabo mentioned the coordinates somewhere in the forum.

**andre555** · 04-06-2012, 02:11 AM

Isn't it a bit insane, that the cheapest Chinese Cars (4 wheels, car engine) cost around the same?

Some of the breadvan's from Wuling/Changan start at that price level - new, 4 wheels, 800cc engine, lots of space.
A Cherry QQ is just a tad above 30.000 - Changan BenBen is just a tad below 30.000...some of the classic Suzuki Alto copies are below 20.000

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