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5star 07-15-2007 02:02 PM

saw one at a dealer. Its selling for about a $1000 to much
 
I went to a place that sells quads/ dirt bikes/ motor cycles and I saw that they had a used 2006 lifan crotch rocket with 200 miles on it. The price they wanted to was $2000 8O Im like i just got one for $1400 shipped. chyeah

katoranger 07-15-2007 02:08 PM

The real american lifans cost alittle more and a dealer has overhead to pay for. Even then $2000 for a used china bike is too much, but I sure that is a sticker price.

Mine had a sticker of $1800, but I didn't pay near that.

Allen

5star 07-15-2007 02:13 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by katoranger
The real american lifans cost alittle more and a dealer has overhead to pay for. Even then $2000 for a used china bike is too much, but I sure that is a sticker price.

Mine had a sticker of $1800, but I didn't pay near that.

Allen

What theirs a lifan comp in the US? They said it was a europien bike.

katoranger 07-15-2007 02:18 PM

There are Lifans and then there are American Lifans. The American Lifan is usually of better quality and the whole bike is built at the Lifan factory.

Alot of the bikes that are marked lifan are actually clones of the lifan bike.

If yours has the lifan logo on all the engine bolts than it is probably true American Lifan.

But since yours was drop shipped it has a good chance that it is not.

Nothing wrong with your bike. It just may be harder to get parts or not as high of quality.

Allen

5star 07-15-2007 02:42 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by katoranger
There are Lifans and then there are American Lifans. The American Lifan is usually of better quality and the whole bike is built at the Lifan factory.

Alot of the bikes that are marked lifan are actually clones of the lifan bike.

If yours has the lifan logo on all the engine bolts than it is probably true American Lifan.

But since yours was drop shipped it has a good chance that it is not.

Nothing wrong with your bike. It just may be harder to get parts or not as high of quality.

Allen

Well the one I saw was not good as mine from what i could see. Mine came with a much better exhaust system mines a 2 piece and the header is fatter and has a better muffler the one i saw was a 1 piece wit ha skinny header and teh header and muffler where welded to gethor.

5star 07-15-2007 02:48 PM

I got mine off ebay from motorxtremes. Them american?

AZ200cc 07-15-2007 03:01 PM

From what I have read..All Ebay bikes are Gray market bikes and Not AM Lifan. Some of the dealers on here could probably clear it up better though.

katoranger 07-15-2007 04:16 PM

I don't think American Lifan allows eaby sales. Yours is most likely a gray market, but it might be one of the better ones.

Motorxtremes I am pretty sure sells the gray market bikes.

Allen

ambassador 07-15-2007 10:24 PM

Hmmm,
Some people need to read through the forums...

AZ200cc 07-16-2007 12:27 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ambassador
Hmmm,
Some people need to read through the forums...

Why?,
What did I miss?

ejcycles 07-16-2007 07:19 AM

AZ200cc is correct, American Lifan does not allow eBay sales at all any more. There was a Dealer in Colorado they where doing a test with for eBay sales but the dealer went out of business. If there are any bikes on eBay they are used, and they may or may not be a true American Lifan. Any other seller on eBay is not selling an American Lifan. They are branded Lifan but they are NOT American Lifan bikes.
I'm not ripping on anyone just letting you all know.

knothead 07-16-2007 10:58 PM

Having a Lifan engine dosen't make it an American Lifan either. I have seen a couple of different brands with Lifan engines, Broncho and a bike that was badged as a Lifan but was totally different than mine . If you research Lifan they produce about 3 times as many motorcycle engines as they produce motorcycles.

5star 07-16-2007 11:15 PM

I heard that lifan motors are based off honda motors. Well theirs a 200x quad motor. Would its big bore kit fit in the lifan motor?

katoranger 07-17-2007 08:22 AM

I haven't found a honda motor that looks like mine. The bottom end looks like an older xr, but the top end looks like a cm honda.

Allen

5star 07-17-2007 01:04 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by katoranger
I haven't found a honda motor that looks like mine. The bottom end looks like an older xr, but the top end looks like a cm honda.

Allen

Well i know what mine is its a xr200r motor almost 100% the same even the carb.


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