Wow, thanks for all the information. very useful. Very good forum.

The bike is actually for my GF (Fang Yi) who is training to ride from South Africa to Shanghai with me in 2012. South Africa has a lot of GY200s ...is that the same as GY 5?

I have not seen the 250cc which would be better. They seem good value and more suitable for the dual riding we will be doing in Cederberg.

I have already crossed Africa twice on my KTM 990 Adventure.

btw... I really like the Jincheng bikes being used by the Chinese riders in the dakar but I know they are custom made.

Rupert Shanghai