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#1 Skyteam V Raptor 250..... New bike for my wife...
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03-19-2014, 06:43 PMHi China moto'ers
My wife is now the proud owner of a Skyteam V-Raptor 250...I found it second hand at a local bike shop, three and a bit years old but with only 1100kms on the clock...Stupidly cheap for such a pretty bike, and so far, (We've clocked up around 120 miles in the last week), it seems like a great little bike.
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I've spent a couple of days prettifying it with some vinyls and matte black brushwork, (It was looking just a little tired in places), but mechanically it seems good to go! I've read that Skyteam have approved a carburettor/gearing upgrade which gives a little more midrange uuummph and wondered if anyone on here had had their bike modified?
I'll keep posting as we continue to increase that odometer number...
Cheers
Everyone
Vince Raptor
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#2 Re: Skyteam V Raptor 250..... New bike for my wife...
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03-20-2014, 08:00 AMHi, and welcome. I'm in the same boat as you... V-Raptor for the wife I mean
I haven't done any performance modifications to ours, but if you want check my threads about some other things I did:
http://www.mychinamoto.com/forums/sh...V-Raptor-owner
http://www.mychinamoto.com/forums/sh...10-side-racks-)
http://www.mychinamoto.com/forums/sh...B-(re)charging
http://www.mychinamoto.com/forums/sh...coil-(Magneto)
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#3 Re: Skyteam V Raptor 250..... New bike for my wife...
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03-20-2014, 09:00 AMHey Krasi
Good to meet you!
Those side racks look pretty useful
Did you get the coil sorted?
Skyteam now have a reasonably large dealer network in the UK and an online parts service...
http://www.skyteammotorcycles.com/
Don't know where you're based but they may ship internationally.
Cheers
Happy riding!
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#4 Re: Skyteam V Raptor 250..... New bike for my wife...
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03-21-2014, 09:39 AMMagneto was sorted long time ago. I checked with the UK importer, but didn't like their price, so purchased it directly from the factory (as weird as this sounds).
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#5 Re: Skyteam V Raptor 250..... New bike for my wife...
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03-21-2014, 01:43 PMGlad you're sorted...Sorry, I probably should have worked out the thread was a bit ancient ...I'm a bit new to forums.
Straight from the factory can't have been easy, (unless you speak Chinese)...How did you manage that?
Cheers Krasi
VR
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#6 Re: Skyteam V Raptor 250..... New bike for my wife...
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03-22-2014, 07:48 AMNo, Mandarin, just plain, old English via email. Much to mi surprise! I used a TaoBao agent (extra 10%) to handle the transportation from China to Bulgaria as the factory does not offer good "retail" shipping :D
Actually 2.5 years ago, when I decided I want this bike I contacted them and they sent me an offer for just one bike, no problem. But then I found a guy in Bristol who sold me one for pretty much the same price if had shipped it and import-taxed it from China.
So, the moral of the story is that Skyteam factory seems unusually customer friendly and responsive. I can only imagine if you call a Honda factory asking for spare parts
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#7 Re: Skyteam V Raptor 250..... New bike for my wife...08-24-2015, 06:32 PM
hi guys will be happy to share details and tips about this bike..................while you bought it for your wives I bought a preonwed one for MYSELF from someone else's WIFE, LOL
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#8 Re: Skyteam V Raptor 250..... New bike for my wife...08-25-2015, 12:54 AMLearn the rules like a pro, so you can break them like an artist
- Pablo Picasso
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#10 Re: Skyteam V Raptor 250..... New bike for my wife...
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08-25-2015, 07:02 AMWow, that's an old thread resurrected!
Meanwhile, Skyteam has a nice "European" distributor now:
http://www.skyteammotor.com/def/?navigatieid=1
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