On the frame it has China as country of manufacture. The engine has the cylinder offset 6mm to the crank centreline (desaxe type) and I find it goes extremely well. It cruises easily up most of the hills around here in 3rd gear which really surprised me as I thought a 125cc would battle a bit. The suspension is very firm although only on the 2nd setting (I think there are about 4 settings on the rear springs) and the rear swing arm is made of rectangular tube. I wanted a strong bike as I'm not light and it will be used exclusively on very bad dirt roads. The passenger foot rests are actually foot plates about 200mm long rather than foot pegs and it makes carrying parcels very much easier as the parcel can be rested on the foot plate and tied fast rather than being strapped to the back of the seat. All in all I'm very happy with the bike. It's only done about 150 kilos so still a lot of riding before it gets it's first service.