Honda CT70 Clones.

**trexuk** · 10-16-2014, 03:57 AM

Have you got 8 inch tyres on yours? I thought they came with 10s ?

**barnone** · 10-16-2014, 10:47 AM

Originally Posted by trexuk

Have you got 8 inch tyres on yours? I thought they came with 10s ?

My CT70 clone has 10" while the Z50 clones have 8". Sorry for the confusion. I'll edit the post.

**scottro** · 10-16-2014, 09:25 PM

I'm really close to pulling the trigger on that Z50 hack clone. SaferWholesale seems so sketchy in every review I've read, but seeing Barnone had a good experience makes me wanna do it.

**barnone** · 10-17-2014, 12:09 AM

Originally Posted by scottro

I'm really close to pulling the trigger on that Z50 hack clone. SaferWholesale seems so sketchy in every review I've read, but seeing Barnone had a good experience makes me wanna do it.

Yea, I was worried about Safer but all went well. Slow shipping but quicker than most on the MSO. I got her registered in FL last week.
Do it. More fun than a barrel of monkeys. I was riding her today and am getting good at flying the car, something that I was always scared to do on my long gone Ural.
I'm surprised at how peppy it seems.

**culcune** · 10-17-2014, 06:15 AM

Originally Posted by scottro

I'm really close to pulling the trigger on that Z50 hack clone. SaferWholesale seems so sketchy in every review I've read, but seeing Barnone had a good experience makes me wanna do it.

Try these guys http://mefastmotors.com/wholesale-sc...nkey-bike.html --don't know if they are reputable, but their site has been around for a few years now. Wade Liu who owns Excalibur Motorsports says they are good (they sell the TMEC 200s they get from Wade) as far as he knows. In fact, speaking of Excalibur--they are a distributor, and can get hold of other people's bikes and sell them retail (as long as you do not live within a geographic area of one of their dealers) direct. Call them tomorrow and speak with Alan or Wade; tell them Simon sent you. Ask if they can or will get hold of Icebear's bikes for a retail sale for you. They do sell Taotao scooters and ATVs including the ones not on their site (they have a few Taotao ATVs on their site) I remember them getting hold of Ice Bear trikes for a dealer as part of a larger order, so see if they would get hold of one bike for you (and Simon sent you)

**trexuk** · 10-20-2014, 08:53 AM

After yet another week of bloody rain i got to go out on the Lifan yesterday. It was quite windy but still very warm for October. I finally got to give the bike a run on a long stretch of dual carrigage way. The speedo needle was pknging at 60 mph. With the margin of error in it i should have been around 52 mph, its best speed so far. I did have a tail wind but was on an incline so one was kind of counter acting the other. Now if i can just squeeze on a 18 toothon the front :-)

**barnone** · 10-20-2014, 11:59 AM

Originally Posted by scottro

I'm really close to pulling the trigger on that Z50 hack clone. SaferWholesale seems so sketchy in every review I've read, but seeing Barnone had a good experience makes me wanna do it.

This guy got his hack just fine from Safer. I think he and a buddy ordered one each.
http://www.advrider.com/forums/showt...94734&page=437
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**scottro** · 10-21-2014, 01:35 AM

Did you pay w/ an electronic check or credit card? over the phone they don't really offer much better pricing than the website -- unless you pay via electronic check.

**barnone** · 10-21-2014, 01:41 AM

Originally Posted by scottro

Did you pay w/ an electronic check or credit card? over the phone they don't really offer much better pricing than the website -- unless you pay via electronic check.

I paid with electronic check to get the extra discount. Credit card is probably safer?

**scottro** · 10-21-2014, 02:02 AM

The best price they'd offer me over the phone w/ electronic check or bank transfer was 1099.95 delivered. The guy said he could give a better deal if I were buying more than one. W/ credit card he said it would be $1300 delivered. Online w/ a discount code, I got 1129.95 using a credit card. I opted to pay a bit more for the added security of using the card.

For someone w/ the guts to buy w/ an electronic check, the volume discount might be the way to go.

I'll post pics when I get the little beastie !