Need Help Choosing a Bike

[Steve_Halt]

Zorge, I liked those on the right side of the pic. Look good actually. besides, I'm familiar with that engine and rebuilding it myself (should the need arise) won't be a problem :)
It's 23000 yuan for YBR (without plates). As for Regal Raptor, yes, the new models are EFI, still they don't seem like sturdy bikes.

HarbinSteve, not many of underbones here in Nanjing, not sure about "blending in", still it looks like those things could be fun if properly tuned.

[prince666]

Wow. I haven't really considered a scooter. I read your review and, yes, that sounds like a reasonable option. Never rode a maxi-scooter before, will ask someone around for a test ride.
Are there any downsides to the scooter you have? Anything you aren't satisfied with? How does it ride with a passenger?
Thanks!

Hi Steve

As bikerdoc says the CFMOTO 250 is a very good bike i have just got the new CF250T-8 which is called JETLUX 300 i have posted picture here
on this link
http://www.mychinamoto.com/forums/sh...et-Bike/page11

as you can see it is very difference design to the jetmax but a very good ride with more power then you think but the Jetlux is very hard to find someone
who has one in stock

good luck in your choice

[Zorge]

Zorge, I liked those on the right side of the pic. Look good actually. besides, I'm familiar with that engine and rebuilding it myself (should the need arise) won't be a problem :)

Which one of them on the right of the photo? In the middle, the one which resembles Aprilia Scarabeo - is produced in two plants (as far as I know): Benzhou ( http://www.benzhougroup.com/YY110-2.html ) and Giantco ( http://www.giantco.com/model/motorcy...onco_bella.htm ). Both have a 110 cc engine. I know that this at the bottom is produced by Yamasaki ( http://www.yamasakimotor.com/en/products01.asp?ID=325 ). Sell ​​them all over the world under various brand names - Storm Indigo, Kingway Street, Zipp Shock, Motorstar Fox, Motoposh Dagger Sport, Blaze Buzz... Judging by some of the details on the photographs that I have seen so far, I would say that they are produced not just by Yamasaki. By the way, this one is the Chinese interpretation of Honda CS-1.

[Steve_Halt]

Hi Steve

As bikerdoc says the CFMOTO 250 is a very good bike i have just got the new CF250T-8 which is called JETLUX 300 i have posted picture here
on this link
http://www.mychinamoto.com/forums/sh...et-Bike/page11

as you can see it is very difference design to the jetmax but a very good ride with more power then you think but the Jetlux is very hard to find someone
who has one in stock

good luck in your choice

I checked your pics, think I'll have a second look at CFMoto scooters. Actually I wonder, if their scooters are so good, can the same be said about their big bikes?

[Steve_Halt]

Which one of them on the right of the photo? In the middle, the one which resembles Aprilia Scarabeo - is produced in two plants (as far as I know): Benzhou ( http://www.benzhougroup.com/YY110-2.html ) and Giantco ( http://www.giantco.com/model/motorcy...onco_bella.htm ). Both have a 110 cc engine. I know that this at the bottom is produced by Yamasaki ( http://www.yamasakimotor.com/en/products01.asp?ID=325 ). Sell ​​them all over the world under various brand names - Storm Indigo, Kingway Street, Zipp Shock, Motorstar Fox, Motoposh Dagger Sport, Blaze Buzz... Judging by some of the details on the photographs that I have seen so far, I would say that they are produced not just by Yamasaki. By the way, this one is the Chinese interpretation of Honda CS-1.

The Scarabeo clone one. That looks gorgeous. Retro as it is. Any idea on how much it's priced at?

[Zorge]

It seems that I'm not the only one who fell to his charm. The thing is that so far I have didn't found "first hand" info about it. Photo you saw, I found the Ukrainian moto forum - http://www.moto.com.ua/forum.php , and then, in periodic combing of the Chinese motorcycle factories sites, I found who produced it.

From the dozen of his photos, I can only conclude that, aside a different design of a plastic shell, this bike is not different from most underbones on the market, so I can not see for what the buyer should pay more money.

A propos scooters: if you are thinking in that direction (belts, roills, springs and the whole shebang), I would remind you of those scooters, as the Italians call them - "con ruote alte", with 15" or 16" wheels. Although scooters are not "my cup of tea," I am convinced that such scooters, with large wheels, are much more agile than conventional chubby and long-wheel-base maxi scooters. In addition, almost every I've seen is a REAL "step through" bike. However, one of them I remember, probably because it looks like Peugeot Geopolis. Again, Yamasaki's child - http://www.yamasakimotor.com/en/products01.asp?ID=152 ; of course, inside the "classic of the genre," motor 157 QMJ.

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[Steve_Halt]

One of my friends here had a similar bike. It was a CFMoto 150cc, water-cooled. Reliable. CFMoto still makes them, here's the link:
http://www.cfmoto.cn/Product_info.php?id=52
It's just that all those bikes feel like toys rather than bikes. Or maybe I'm trying to compensate here :)

[HarbinSteve]

It's just that all those bikes feel like toys rather than bikes.

Lets be honest, as practical, reliable, efficient, blah blah blah as a scooter/underbone can be theres no chance riding one could ever compare to riding a real bike.

(I ride an underbone, so I am allowed talk trash about them)

[Zorge]

Well, it is easier to stir a cup of tea with a tea spoon, then with a tablespoon...

[Steve_Halt]

Lets be honest, as practical, reliable, efficient, blah blah blah as a scooter/underbone can be theres no chance riding one could ever compare to riding a real bike.

(I ride an underbone, so I am allowed talk trash about them)

How do they call it...teh grin factor?