ChinaV's new Yingang YG250NF (YG250-6)

[MJH]

[jape]

You are such a fruitloop MJH! It would be great if the YINGYANG Faktory Kombine had these machines eh? So sophisticated, a precise dance but with raw fountains of sparks and red-hot metal. Thank you.

[ChinaV]

Time marches on and winter has finally graced us with her presence down here in Guangdong. Although we don't get snow, it's been a bit wet and cold (5-7ºC), but I'm still riding the Yingang to work each day. Couple pics before starting in on some new farkles.





Yesterday, I visited the motorcycle market in Guangzhou to see what kind of farkles I could find.

If it had drop handlebars it could almost be a Norton or Triumph.

How about flipping those bars upside down to make the riding position even sportier?

I hear you guys, but I couldn't find a decent set of straight 7/8" bars at any of the shops. Everyone is selling the large diameter 1-1/8" stuff, and adding them would require adapters which act as risers. I also tried rotating the bars, but that causes the controls to smack the gas tank, not really something I want to do. So if you can't get what you want, you might as well change color. ¥30 later and I had some nice black handlebars.

Handguards look like ass on this style of bike, and me fingers be getting cold on my ride to work. ¥60 for some handwarmers that work great. I found some of those trick controls with the adjustable CNC levers. ¥280 ain't cheap, but that includes everything (perches, brake reservoir & master cylinder). Also found some little bar end mirrors ¥60, still undecided if I like the look, but they appear to work pretty good.





Thats all for the current farkle report...

Cheers!
ChinaV

[barnone]

ChinaV,
I have the same bar end mirrors on my Qlink XF200. They work very well for me.


Can I be picky and correct the master?
I believe that the green circled device in post #39 is a vacuum operated fuel petcock and not a fuel pump.

[felix]

Good stuff ChinaV, those levers looks very nice. Does the adjustability help with your issues of the brake lever not biting soon enough?

Would like to see a pic of whole front end with the bar end mirrors. From the pic above they seem cool. Good thing you don't have to weave through tight traffic on your way to work, here in shanghai they would last about a day...

[barnone]

felix,
You might consider this type of bar end mirror that would tuck under the bars for your lane splitting.

Only $15.00 USD off ebay shipped.

[ChinaV]

I have the same bar end mirrors on my Qlink XF200. They work very well for me.

Yes, I'm surprised at how wide the field of view is and how little they vibrate.

Can I be picky and correct the master? I believe that the green circled device in post #39 is a vacuum operated fuel petcock and not a fuel pump.

Isn't that what I wrote?

Thanks...owe you a beer.

Cheers!
ChinaV

[Pfaelzer]

Great new commute ChinaV,
and a great report too.

felix,
You might consider this type of bar end mirror that would tuck under the bars for your lane splitting.

Only $15.00 USD off ebay shipped.

I agree to barnone - your mirrors wouldn't last long when filtering traffic in Hong Kong or trying to park the bike at one of those over-crowded motorcycle parking spaces. I tried some similar mirrors once, but couldn't get used to looking down into mirrors instead of straight ahead.

Finally a matter of space and taste... The bike looks great already with the regular mirrors to me.

AW.

[felix]

Barnone, had never seen those before, pretty clever.

I'm not gonna get any though, i like the big handguards on my bike and not planning to remove them for some mirrors!

[euphonius]

...i like the big handguards on my bike and not planning to remove them for some mirrors!

Felix, when was the last time you saw a motorbike in China with mirrors?? When in Rome...

cheers