Asiawing LX450X / 亚翔LD450 Rider Review

**Steve_Halt** · 06-25-2012, 03:03 PM

The same phone number is on the Asiawing website, "contact us" section:
http://www.asiawing.com/direct_view.asp?c_id=7
Sent them an email, see if they answer it.

**blackened** · 06-26-2012, 03:08 PM

Looks like they do not like to answer in case of problems. Too bad.....

**Steve_Halt** · 06-27-2012, 06:03 AM

Well, a non-reliable bike from a non-reliable company. TIC.

**Zorge** · 06-28-2012, 06:03 AM

Maybe it is a kit-bike - "some assembly required".

(No pit, but kit, as a kit-car.)

**Steve_Halt** · 06-28-2012, 06:56 AM

Originally Posted by Zorge

Maybe it is a kit-bike - "some assembly required".

(No pit, but kit, as a kit-car.)

Yeah, maybe I should treat it like my personal assembly kit. Chinese take on LEGO for adults :)
Actually I've already put quite a lot of effort in diassembling/assembling it (properly) that I feel I can do most of it with my eyes closed. Probably that's what Asiawing wanted of their end-users, since they never supplied any user manual with the bike...

**Steve_Halt** · 06-28-2012, 07:05 AM

OK, so after 4 burnt regulator-rectifiers I felt that might go down to the battery cables (or their connection). Turns out power wire (+) that goes from the battery to the starter relay was superthin, bent and of lousy quality. Ground wire (-) that goes from the batter to the engine/frame was connected on the left side of the engine, close to the ground, near to the front sprocket. In the dirtiest place on the bike, that is. I relocated the cable and mounted it on the frame, at the place where the engine mount is.
BTW, when I did that, I checked all the engine mount bolts and they were loose. I somehow expected that and tightened them up. I guess they went loose because of the engine vibration, but I'm not sure. Could've been like that right from the factory.
The new cables that I installed are actually car grounding cables from an HKS set. Cost me some 30 yuan on taobao.

**euphonius** · 06-28-2012, 08:22 AM

Originally Posted by Steve_Halt

OK, so after 4 burnt regulator-rectifiers I felt that might go down to the battery cables (or their connection). Turns out power wire (+) that goes from the battery to the starter relay was superthin, bent and of lousy quality. Ground wire (-) that goes from the batter to the engine/frame was connected on the left side of the engine, close to the ground, near to the front sprocket. In the dirtiest place on the bike, that is. I relocated the cable and mounted it on the frame, at the place where the engine mount is.
BTW, when I did that, I checked all the engine mount bolts and they were loose. I somehow expected that and tightened them up. I guess they went loose because of the engine vibration, but I'm not sure. Could've been like that right from the factory.
The new cables that I installed are actually car grounding cables from an HKS set. Cost me some 30 yuan on taobao.

Dear Steve,

Rather than torching this POS, I suggest you just (further) loosen every screw, nut, wire, connector, part, etc, let the thing fall into a heap, pack it all into one of those red, white and blue migrant worker bags ("Peasant Samsonite") and ship it COD to AsiaWing, along with a note asking for a refund.

Oh, and be sure to post pictures to every motorcycle site in English and Chinese.

cheers!

**Steve_Halt** · 06-28-2012, 09:35 AM

It'd be ironic in a big way if I loosened it all and the thing stopped malfunctioning :)

**Steve_Halt** · 07-28-2012, 01:46 AM

OK, so before doing away with the 亚翔 in some unsightly way, laoban and me decided to give it one final shot.
The list of replacement parts included:

Front Rim 17 – 3.5:
http://item.taobao.com/item.htm?id=2991338701&

Rear Rim 17 – 3.5:
http://item.taobao.com/item.htm?id=3000413263&

Kenda Inner tire (2):
http://item.taobao.com/item.htm?id=5077596148

Kenda 140/70 – 17 Rubber (2):
http://item.taobao.com/item.htm?id=4130955155

17’ spokes set (front & rear):
http://trade.taobao.com/trade/detail...37793292837568

DID Chain:
http://item.taobao.com/item.htm?id=14484516275

Oversized front brake rotor with relocation bracket:
http://item.taobao.com/item.htm?id=15090795149

Carbon Exhaust:
http://item.taobao.com/item.htm?id=1..._u=3k0i86r0c25

Heat Isolation for pipe:
http://item.taobao.com/item.htm?id=13935823887

Boyesen high speed water pump:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Boyesen-Supe...ht_2980wt_1008

Baffles from 250cc Regal Raptor
http://trade.taobao.com/trade/detail...47539293847568

Steel wool:
http://item.taobao.com/item.htm?id=15030754779

Original rims on that bike aren't worth sh*t. When we took them off, they were, well, twisted. The spokes had to be cut since they won't unscrew. Comstar rims went on nicely (except for that Comstar customer service lady was a beatch to deal with).
The oversized rotor required new brake pads (luckily laoban had those in stock). The problem was the relocation bracket - they sent it to me with one bolt only, whereas it required 2 to be mounted on the forks. Sure enough, the salesperson from taobao won't do anything about it claiming he didn't have another bolt and advising to use the original one (which, in fact, is twice smaller in size and thus can't be used). Laoban had to machine the bolt somewhere.
Boyesen water pump I got through a father of a friend of a friend in Lithuania was for a different Honda CRF (and not for 亚翔 at all), but it had the same mounting points, so we just had to re-route coolant hoses (which was a pain, since the space down there is very limited and the hoses go to 2 radiators).
The carbon straightflow exhaust turned out to be a very-very-very loud thing which leaned the mixture btw (which accounted for the off-throttle farts). still it was lightweight and looked cool and was carbon...and we decided to keep it but muffle it somehow. Actually, here go a couple of words about the original muffler: it sucks. It's heavy, it has something rustling inside and it muffles none.
So, for that exhaust note thing we used a Regal Raptor baffle tube wrapped up in #0 steel wool. It worked wonders: the sound level dropped like three times, the low-end torque increased and the can stopped farting when off-throttle. Guess my neighbors will be all happy-happy now.
Last but not least, the clutch. The clutch's a b*tch. It has been giving me problems since day one. Laoban had to take the whole assembly apart and put it back together. Long story short, there's some kind of fork or pushrod or something and that didn't go straight. Which resulted in frustrating clutch behavior. Now it's a different story. it's smooth, it's soft and...wow...I can find neutral at standstill with my engine running. Unbelievable. Way to go, Asiawing! Guess why they just don't buy your bikes in all those markets you've pushed them to.
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**Zorge** · 07-28-2012, 05:32 AM

I was tempted, as a last resort, to add to the deal I proposed, a really huge chunk of smoked "Adidas" bacon (pickled cucumbers and rye bread are not included), but seems that you have no more murderous intentions toward innocent bike. That's good!

How do you say "Airhawk" in Mandarin? It should solve the problem with the fifth point of contact.

Have you checked whether the side bags, more precisely, the right one, when is filled with things, bends the white plastic side panel and pressing it to the muffler?

BTW, potentially useful tidbit for your bike- http://www.thumperfaq.com/not_free_carb.htm