New-ish Kiwi/Aussie rider
 

Hi all , kinda new here, have had alot of help from this forum with rebuild zong 230
owned and ridden a few bikes since my teens,mostly Hondas XR & Cbr's,
kids are a bit older now so getting back into bikes, with 2 kids in private school don't leave much $$ for dad and his toys.
reluctantly my only option was starting out again with these cheap China bikes.
after the rebuild of the Z 230 I was so impressed with it, I got another 230 for a spare, then got a nc250 watercooled mx
and also bought my wife a Apollo 150cc , bang for buck these are unreal,
im getting a bit of stick from rest of my family about riding china bike(bsa/triumph, bmw,ktm-riders)
but im more than happy with them
cheers
Franco

Hey, we're all "cheapos" here. Relax! This is a safe place... :D:D:D

Plus, Beemer and "big KTMs" riders are the "Harley bikers" of the adventure community, i.e. all show, but no go. And they're definitely overcompensating for "something" :D

Saw where the base tiger adv bike starts at $11500. Hell of a ride though, but no gas money left after its paid for.

Hey b44, got pics?

The nc250 is around the other side of the house in bits
Here's the red army & yellow peril

It looks like the red bike has a stainless header. Nice machine.
I have a bike much like your yellow bike; I discovered that the frame is virtually identical to an early twin-shock XR200. Even the shock mounts are still there on mine, and they're used to mount the carrying rack.

Yeah 1st ever bike was the twin shocker xr200 good bike & still going, 150 needs a bit of work, its been sitting for a few years, carb is so gummed up i just ordered another one for $20, all the rubbers and plastics on it have hardened up, the guy i got it from couldn't figure out why speedo not working, cos hes put the front wheel & shocks around the wrong way lol,the red 1 is a great bike awesome on the tight kangaroo trails on the Ridgeline, that 230cc makes good usable power, my wife is getting to her wits end im looking at a quad 150cc this weekend for the kids,

That made for a good laugh to start my day! :D

My lovely wife feels your wife's pain. It's only recently that I stopped dragging junk home. Our 150 quad has been one of our best machines, once I got it sorted.