[krat]

Shoot the messenger?

The oil that is shipped from the factory in our china bikes is trash and we all know it. That is why we drain it before we crank the engines, replace it with "good oil", and then change that after 100 miles. According to Ryan we should be flushing it repeatedly before starting the motor.

I changed mine back in April and found it black as soot after only 300 miles last summer. I had the same condition in a used scooter I bought during the winter. 900 miles and the oil was black.

He is testing the oil in the bikes, not the mechanical quality of the materials or build. He also trashed Aprilia and Ducati for the condition of their oil, not the quality of their bikes. He is simply telling you that the conditions under which the motor was produced, or the oil used to fill it, was filthy.

The trash in the "shipping oil" (no it is not break in oil) combined with the lack of a real filter in 90% of the china motors is a recipe for premature wear. We all know this and should be taking precautions during assembly and doing frequent oil changes.

The fact that your bike was made in the next city down the road, or that you paid more for it, does not exempt you from the possibility that your oil is crap.

The real moral of this story is that you should be buying bikes made in India!