Well i decided to jump into the enduro world, cheap way!, Black Bashan Enforcer 250 for $1000, wasn't too bad.
Been riding for the last 9 years, started on a ruckus NPS50, put about 15k miles on that, then a ninja 250r, put about 42k on it, and now have a fjr1300 ive put 32k on the last 2 years. So I ride a lot.
Have always wanted an enduro style, but never could justify buying a ktm, or kls, or w/e 3 letter 250-650 versions. Incoming the hawk 250. One of my co-workers picked one up and i learned about these Chinese bikes from him. Ended up going with this black Bashan Enforcer due to it being a few hundred cheaper then the rest and would be a good little project bike to learn more about them. (did like the blue storm bike the best, but seems to be about 1650 shipped).
Got it registered no problem, but the insurance they had to manually enter it in. Only issue with that is it seems its more expensive then my ninja, and not much less than my fjr...which makes no sense to me. Only reason i need it street legal is to ride about 4 miles from my house to bulldog canyon trailhead :/ Gonna have them re-check other companies to see if any others will offer a better/lower deal. $284 to ensure a dirt bike seems steep..when my ninja is only 194..
Anyone have any recommendations on that?, whats your guys insurance company/price ranges for a year?
Ill at least be able to drive it home tonight, so that will be a plus. May take it for a spin to bulldog canyon on thanks giving early in the morning.
So far the carb seems to work just fine, just have to give it a bit of gas right as it starts and then it idls fine (from sitting in a garage, may not if it was outside in the cold).
Plan on doing the carb swap out in the future, mainly so I get the feel for doing more manual work on the bikes, hate having to pay the shop for stuff, but I just don't have the experience with bikes (other than riding a lot).
As far as parts go, from what ive gathered reading, the enforcer is essentially the bashan version of the hawk, so most parts/tutorials should work just fine? Only things i really want to add right now are some handleguards and a rear luggage rack, so i can carry extra gas just in case.
Either way, should be a fun bike. Ill probably record video with my sena tube of the first off road trip and post that up at some point.