Quote Originally Posted by ZMC888 View Post
Bike's not even worth 50,000 yuan. In the UK it's costs 5600 pounds, but that's with EU import taxes, dealer mark-ups a REAL warranty and 20% VAT sales tax. In China it should come into the dealer and be sold for 50,000 RMB sticker price on the shop floor.

It's actually the fault of the west to allow the Chinese to export millions of bikes but import one and suddenly 50% or more tax is added. The west is gutless and doesn't demand a level playing field. It's also the fault of Honda for being a pathetic company. A company that shouts 'motorcycles first, cars 2nd' and has a factory in Guangzhou where they banned all motorcycles and are going to ban all ebikes. They should have said 'ban bikes and we shut down the car factory bitches'. But they are so weak and hopeless that they let their own supposed principles and be walked all over.

We've thrashed this subject to death of these boards, always ending up frustrated and angry.

I want the CB500X, but I'll never buy one for that cost, and from such a spineless company as Honda.
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Amen brother, you're singing to the choir here... I'd only add... that one could easily edit your post with "Allowing the Chinese to export millions of <insert product here>"... and add/amend
"It's also the fault of <add company/government/country name here> for being a <insert expletive(s)/judgements here> company/government/country willing to" ...sell out on it's moral principles and ethics for capitalist greed and/or share-holder dividends.."



I bought myself a CB500X though several months back, in the land of smiles (LOS)... given the changes in the Thai regulations curtailing the easy movement of vehicles into the country (especially targeted to vehicles arriving from PRC). While this might be relaxed somewhat, I decided to just buy a nicely farkled CB500X... and be done with it.