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    It seems that WK Bike have extended their business with Hanway, they picked up the Hanway RAW 125 last year as their RT 125. They now are offering the Hanway X-RAY II as their SM125.


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    Wonder if any review will be done on this latest addition to the WK Bikes family?
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    We can be sure eventually it will get a review, Hanway was at one time part of the Qingqi Group. The X-ray in that has a Suzuki 125 engine. I believe in or about 2009 the Qingqi Group was broken up, some of their executives were charged with corruption. Hanway was a part of that group and uses the Suzuki 125/200cc engines manufactured in Jinan. The little RT125 uses a GS125 frame but sources its YBR125 engine out of Jianshe. The main plant for Qingqi is now part of CSG as so is Jianshe.

    Suzuki DR125SM is no longer offered in the UK, this offering is similar, but has a perimeter frame.
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    Quote Originally Posted by MJH View Post
    We can be sure eventually it will get a review, Hanway was at one time part of the Qingqi Group. The X-ray in that has a Suzuki 125 engine. I believe in or about 2009 the Qingqi Group was broken up, some of their executives were charged with corruption. Hanway was a part of that group and uses the Suzuki 125/200cc engines manufactured in Jinan. The little RT125 uses a GS125 frame but sources its YBR125 engine out of Jianshe. The main plant for Qingqi is now part of CSG as so is Jianshe.

    Suzuki DR125SM is no longer offered in the UK, this offering is similar, but has a perimeter frame.
    Nice looking bike. Is the Japanese ignoring some market segments only to be filled by the Chinese made bikes? It does make sense if the Japanese sell the toolings and design off to the Chinese be it their joint venture partner or not.
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    The only 125cc motorcycle Suzuki is offering in the UK is their Van Van, it has the same engine as the WK SM125 as does the Sinnis Apache 125 that also uses that 125cc single and some other models manufactured by Qingqi that Sinnis offers.
    The Sinnis Apache is popular in the UK.
    Suzuki sells allot of the 125cc models in China under its brand name. However they do not sell any dual sport models there, only commuters.
    Hanway is not limited to selling only 125cc Suzuki engines, Hanway also puts the Zongshen NC250 engine in that perimeter frame used in their X-Ray.
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    I so wish the KLX 300 engine was put into either the X-ray 1 or 2 as the STR is starting to look dated
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