Suzuki EN-150

[Zorge]

I'd stick to the side bags and dislocate blinkers, and maybe fit some cargo rack with pannier mounts.

Top case irresistibly invites you to finish him with a decisive "mawashi geri".

[Steve_Halt]

I'd stick to the side bags and dislocate blinkers, and maybe fit some cargo rack with pannier mounts.

Top case irresistibly invites you to finish him with a decisive "mawashi geri".

:)
I threw the bags away already. Besides I never had a bike with a topbox, want to try!

[Topmanda]

Looks the kind of bike the unofficial motorbike taxis here are using in Shanghai, camping beside subway exit all around the city. If you drive that kind of bike here you might have some people hail at you ;)

[Steve_Halt]

Looks the kind of bike the unofficial motorbike taxis here are using in Shanghai, camping beside subway exit all around the city. If you drive that kind of bike here you might have some people hail at you ;)

Indeed :) I'd probably give them a lift, though!
It's all about the insides: Japanese build, EFI, 6-speed gearbox, you know, more than meets the eye (c)

[Steve_Halt]

Right, so after a very short search I purchased a "Yonghe" topbox from taobao for about 150 yuan.
It went on nicely, straightforward bolt-on installation.

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[Maux]

Hahah, well I've been afk for a while guys. I've been back in the states for almost a year.

Steve, the EN-150 looks nice in blue! Sorry I can't attach a picture of mine. Seems like my previous uploads aren't available any more. I'll look into it.

I got the cop version registered by just having them remove the sirens and the light pillar. There didn't seem to be any other limitations. It sure did look like a cop bike still. In fact I think they also scrapped off some reflective stripes too. It was FI and ran like a top. The vibration wasn't from the forks I'm almost sure. It sounded just like the gas cap was loose and I think (but doubt) that it could have been the fuel pump which I think was mounted in the tank.

Otherwise, and not the thread jack, but I've just got myself a new R75/5. This is it with the solo seat and with bench seat and bags.
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[Steve_Halt]

Nice bike, Maux!
How much was that???

[Steve_Halt]

Lent my EN-150 to a friend for a brief ride to XiXia Mountain (Nanjing). The dude crashed it into a pit. Front forks, wheel axis, headlight assembly needed replacement. I got the parts from taobao and had them replaced in the local bike shop, where I work on all of my bikes.
The bike is back and runs alright, I still have a feeling that the handling changed slightly, but I can not pinpoint, WHAT changed about the handling. All the parts are original, stock.

[Steve_Halt]

Well, turns out, Suzuki is 2 years old. Time does fly... I took it for the yearly check last week, and the following is how the process went and my impressions on it.
First of all, I'm very happy I didn't have to queue for a couple of days, like it usually is with most bureaucratic places. It was less than half an hour all in all. 80 yuan is a decent price as well, I believe.
First, they checked the brakes (front and rear).

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Next was wheel alignment (or so I was told).

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Then they checked the headlight (low beam / high beam)

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And the last one was CO (exhaust gas measurement), of which I have no picture because I believe sticking a huge probe up the bike's exhaust pipe is a somewhat private thing.

What they didn't check: blinkers, instruments, suspension - my wild guess: a decent Chinese bike doesn't need all that in decent Chinese traffic.
Now I got a "check-up paper" for the next 2 years. Hip-Hip Hooray!

[Steve_Halt]

Sold my Suzuki to my mechanic today. Hope he has good experience with it!