Hi all... FyM FY250 any other owners here?

[Merlydog]

:oops:Hi all,

I'll ask my first question here as its possible I'm in the wrong place! I purchased my almost mint FYM FY250 yesterday, its a 2006 model and has done 1800 miles from new!! It's been sitting in some old guys garage for 7 years under a cover and really is lovely..
I've done a little reaseach and on the images and parts I've seen my FYM looks identical to the jinlun, is this the case?
I rode it 120 miles to get it home yesterday and it ran faultlessly, but my reaseach last night on the net indicated they're total crap and to avoid at all costs which did worry me a little?
I'm used to things breaking, I had a 1969 vw camper for years that I've just sold so that doesn't scare me lol.
Any pointers on what to look for/keep an eye on?
Anyway pictures paint 1000 words so here it is.

[Kennon]

Welcome, as with any bike be it Japanese, America, European or Chinese I would suggest getting some ACF-50 to protect parts from corrosion its a nice coat, even know riding today I still noticed a stupid amount of Grit salt on the road waiting to prey on the next passing motorbike.

Kennon

[humanbeing]

Those chinese twin are cloned from Honda CA250, not the CMX250

[MJH]

Differ but not too different, the CA is configured with dual carburetors and the CMX only has a single carburetor. They look different but they share parts, its difficult to get any clear information on the differences other then the CA may have been a version of the engine sold in Asian markets only?


I am not sure if they ever offered CA version in the USA, the CA version can be found in Australia. They were both sold as Rebels that had a few differences.

[ZMC888]

Exactly right MJH. The covers on the head of the engine and the front drum are the main differences between the two bikes. I mean they are both 234cc air-cooled twins, highly unlikely they are significantly different is it?

[humanbeing]

CA's engine code = MC06E
CMX's engine code = MC13E