Quote Originally Posted by euphonius View Post
These numbers, though seemingly in decline, are staggering! Jialing's website claims a production capacity of 2 million bikes a year, though surely a good portion of those are exported. Though Jialing's news site in English[/URL] is filled with tantalizing tidbits, it's not filled with hard facts.
But that number above noting that 2.1 million of the 2.3 million bikes sold in June were two-wheelers surely reveals an amazing statistic for Jialing, since the remaining bikes sold that month are described as three-wheelers and, to my knowledge, only Jialing makes a modern production sidecar bike, the JH600B. If there is no competitor, that means that Jialing sold 206,200 600B models in that one month alone! Again, this report does not differentiate between domestic and export sales, but that's quite a number regardless!
Damn, I wish they'd spend as much effort on domestic marketing as they do in global marketing, which one of their news items describes as a "counter-offensive war"[/URL].
I wish they'd declare war on stupid and discriminatory government policy at home in China!
By the way, can you post a link to the Chinese version of the news item you've posted above? Thanks!
Oh, and tell us more about this C3-compliant Shineray 250. Have you seen actual certification that it meets China3 emissions requirements? And didn't you have some other bike previously? A Galaxy? What happened with that?
cheers
Yes, I don't think MCM members know how big the Chinese bike market is. I sure the hell didn't.
Remember, Jialing's only one of the 104. It's a big one, but still.......
The three wheeled motorcycles I was referening to were those with two wheels in the back and one in the front, not the side cart type, although I have seen and rode in some very nice custom made side carts in Philipines attaching to two cycle 125cc motorcycles.
Seems like the Chinese use the three wheeled motorcycles for everything, from moving cargos in whole sale markets, to pasenger transportation on remote islands and everything else in between. They are not legal here, but that don't stop them from using them. They are legal in some other places. I rode in one with 5 other people a few weeks ago and I am fat, by US standard. They even put a backup level in them, very handy. Shineray has up to 350 water-cooled engines for them and other manufacturer have even bigger ones. I saw, more than once, three wheeled trucks. Yes, you heard it right, full size, 5 ton trucks and overload. I'll see if I can find a picture for you.
Like everybody else, they go where the money is. That's the way of life.
Since it is a one party government, I would not be very supprised to see bikes back in bike free cities like GuangZhou in the future. They can give it back as easy as they can take it away, but may not be in our life time.
I'll try to find the Chinese post again and send it to you. I copied it for easy translation, I'm running multiple screens.
No, I have not actually seen this C3-compliant Shineray 250 yet nor seen the C3 certificate. I just ordered it with the other Chinese bikers, safety in numbers, at least there will be 39 other fools with me.
The Galaxy SUV250? I am riding it with the others, but I am still waiting for your advice.
David