02-29-2016, 04:18 AM
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Help with model identification
I've found an ad for this Lifan LF250 dual sport.
Is it a CG-type engine with balancer or is it an overhead cam engine? The ad claims 18 horsepower at the crank. It looks like a Hawk, but it's a Lifan, or at least the DMV considers it to be so. 
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02-29-2016, 10:22 AM
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The engine is a Lifan 172MM-2 http://www.lifanth.com/en/products-a...mm-2172mn.html
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02-29-2016, 11:03 AM
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The lack of a clutch linkage on the clutch side, the oil filter on the clutch side, the starter under the exhaust header and the CV carb make me think this is a Yamaha clone. I don't recognize the liquid-cooled aspect on such a small frame of architecture, so I'm led to believe this is an amalgamation.
Liquid cooling does not allow for higher revs. It is in place to control increased temperatures that are the result of higher compression (in this case, 10.3:1). Based on the adjuster caps, I'd say this is an OHC engine.
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02-29-2016, 08:21 PM
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I'd prefer a motor that was purely based on a Honda or Yamaha, not an amalgamation.
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02-29-2016, 09:33 PM
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Have you joined Mychinamoto.com? There are far more international riders on that forum, with many in China (expats from around the world) who would recognize this bike. We are mostly North Americans (Canada and US) and we do not have this bike in either country. Please stay with us, however, as this bikes looks interesting!
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02-29-2016, 10:53 PM
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Very unique. Looks like a good runner! It's not every day we see something truly different here.
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03-01-2016, 08:11 AM
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The seller is a dealer and the asking price is $1450 or half the original sales price when it was new in 2010. It looks like new in the ad, with something like 50 street miles on the odo. If I can't find a cheap air cooled 200-230 CC, I might just buy this, and flip it when I get tired of it, with maybe a $500 loss, which won't buy me many spare parts for an air cooled. Last edited by Tranberg; 03-01-2016 at 09:24 AM. |
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03-01-2016, 10:47 AM
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That is a fair price. Lifan makes good stuff, so it might be worth the gamble at that level. Worst case scenario is that the motor quits and you can't find parts; at that time, you could always transplant an air cooled China motor.
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03-04-2016, 03:41 AM
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The pictures of the engine compared to the Yamaha XT225 engine in Spud's thread today http://chinariders.net/showpost.php?...94&postcount=3 also makes me think that Lifan simply added water cooling to a Yamaha XT engine and modified the kickstarter shaft to drive the water pump.
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03-08-2016, 12:57 AM
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No disrespect to the good folks at Lifan, when I say I want no part of that.
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