250cc options in China.

**jape** · 03-21-2011, 05:51 AM

Just watch that seam between seat and tank and man bits. Gte some carbon fibre underwear and don't brake too hard.

**Lao Jia Hou** · 03-21-2011, 07:13 AM

Nice bike! A guy came riding with us last Fall, in Beijing, on one of these - it generated a lot of admiring comments - people like it.

By the way, you are able to register this new bike, post-March 1, 2011? I am assuming, therefore, it meets the C-3 emissions?

**Nuhaus** · 03-21-2011, 08:02 AM

Originally Posted by dewsnap

I've finally made my decision and put a deposit down on the Regal Raptor DD250G-2N.

I'm very much looking forward to seeing your impressions of this bike. I'm probably going to break down and buy one of these soon myself. Question though, the DD250G I saw a couple of years ago was monoshock, and the one in your pic has dual external reservoir shocks. Do you remember what the bike you ordered had?

Monoshock:

/Edit:

Sorry, my mistake. That's a completely different bike altogether. DD250G vs. DD250G-2N. I guess it's no longer being made by Regal Raptor? At least it's not available at the shop on Pubei Lu.

I rather liked the looks of it. Further, I don't think it has the same restrictions mounted in the exhaust pipes! Wondering about the weight and build quality compared between the 2 bikes.

**td_ref** · 03-21-2011, 11:54 AM

congrats on getting new bike, is the model fuel injected?

**dewsnap** · 03-21-2011, 01:58 PM

Appreciate all that fellas. Thanks.

Yeah, the bike i ordered (DD250G-2N) is EFI and meets the Euro3 standard.

As far as i know Nuhaus, all of these bikes come with dual shocks at the back. The bike you posted in that picture isn't the DD250G-2N, it's the SPT300. The tank is a lot bigger and the bike is much heavier than the 250. I'm not sure if it can be registered but i see more of those than i do the 250 so i'd guess it can.
I'm a little confused though because i keep seeing that bike with DD250G stickers on when it's a a different bike altogether. Don't know what's going on there.

**Nuhaus** · 03-21-2011, 02:21 PM

Yeh, it looks like the SPT 300 from the Regal Raptor web site doesn't it? I don't think that web site has been updated for a few years though. The bike I posted was at a shop in another province that I visited a while back. A friend and I were thinking of getting them at the time. I'm pretty sure I have seen these DD250G bikes at the Pubei Lu shop and was hoping that's what they were selling now. Regardless, hoping to hear a report from you on your new RR. Enjoy

**ZMC888** · 03-21-2011, 02:38 PM

Congrats on the bike, let me know how it runs. How much was the bike from the factory? (before local registration and taxes).

**dewsnap** · 03-21-2011, 03:23 PM

The bike was listed at 14,800rmb. We ended up paying 14,200 with some pretty aggressive haggling. People on MOTOFANS said that you could get the bike as low as 13,500rmb. I've also seen the bike for sale on Taobao for 13,000, but we've been warned that there are lesser quality versions of the bike out there.

I've never seen the bigger 300cc version at Pubei Lu, but there's a dealer in Xinzhuang (Shanghai) selling the bike for 15,000 rmb.
Let me know if you wanna have a look. That bike also has 250 stickers on the side but the dealer said it was 300cc. I must say that the exhaust system looks much better on the 300 version, but i don't think it looks as street as the 250. I think it looks more like a touring bike in comparison.