Zongshen RX3 report

[culcune]

Congratulations...this bike seems to have potential to be a great bike. I have a TMEC 200 enduro (I think they only export out of China, and/or rebrand) with a Zonshen 200 engine that does not miss a beat in my 30 mile roundtrip daily commute (while the rest of the bike needs tending) for over a year (I bought the bike used).

A recent interview in Chinamotoworld Magazincoming from ae with the founder and CEO of Zongshen, Zhu Zongshen (maybe not the correct spelling) did have him mentioning worldwide quality as being his goal for his products, and the Chinese industry in general. This bike is supposed to be one of the first ones produced with this in mind. In the last few years, there seems to be quality coming from China, and this will be among one of the best, IMO.

[gjackson4431]

I think this is the oil filter... Not really sure though.

[ShuBen]

your blue arrow points to the starter motor.
i guess the filter is on the right side, but from your photo i cant see it

[MJH]

its on page 9, item 15
http://svitmoto.com/GEON%20engine%20250%20(4V).pdf

part number http://new-minsk.ru/zap-r250.html 14210-ME30-0000 is universal for that engine.

[gjackson4431]

Ah thanks MJH. I know exactly where that is. Yup on the right side just below view in the picture and to the right/ toward the front. I completely forgot to check for info on the russian version of this bike.

[MJH]

Your very welcome...
here are those filters on taobao
http://item.taobao.com/item.htm?spm=...id=36016456722

[gjackson4431]

Thanks again MJH. I also found what looks like a parts guy in Zhuji. Hopefully they'll have these things too.

So, I've broken the 500km mark on the bike. The past few days have been pretty warm so I've taken the new bike through some of the beautiful mountains around my little Zhejiang village. I also went through my first poorly lit long tunnel with on coming traffic... that's quite an experience. It's especially exciting when the cars coming at you have forgotten to turn on their headlights.

Most of my day trips have been on paved country roads but I did find a nice dirt track through a mountain pass the other day. The bike preformed brilliantly. The shocks were wonderful and it's easy to stand on.

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