Viper Rickypowersports (therps.net)

[rideMI]

I was thinking about getting back into the powersports business again selling stuff from China. Sold Japan stuff for many years. So I purchased a Viper from Rickypowersport-RPS to check out and it did not start out very good. I asked for Black they were out Marcos said Red, fine I said. I get the bike LTL UPS freight and I open it up and it's Blue. Ok no big deal, but the bike was not tied down in the crate, the bolts came out so the bike was flopping around inside of the crate, this is not good I said.

First I know you get what you pay for but the quality of the build is very poor, from welding to assemble. Here are just a very few things I have found so far.

Plastics, Missing dust/dirt seal and a bent frame and I should have posted a pic of the rear fender . Also paint rubbed off on the engine and other parts of the bike and striped threads holding the plastic on and other things I am sure

[JerryHawk250]

One word. "Return " you didn't get what you paid for

[Rangerscott]

Stick with the Hawks, anything SSR, apollo 250cc bikes, orion bikes, and Pitster Pro.

[rideMI]

Some more Pictures. Will have to retap the hole it is striped out and other bolts only hand tight

My question to RPS is how do I as a dealer sell a bike like this?

[JerryHawk250]

Have you sent pictures to RPS? It's obvious it was damaged during shipping.

[rideMI]

Originally Posted by JerryHawk250

Have you sent pictures to RPS? It's obvious it was damaged during shipping.

Yes and NO reply.
It was not UPS, the box/crate was perfect. It was the Factory Haosen Motorcycle. They never bolted it down.

[JerryHawk250]

Originally Posted by rideMI

Yes and NO reply.
It was not UPS, the box/crate was perfect. It was the Factory Haosen Motorcycle. They never bolted it down.

RPS should still send you a replacement or even some kind of refund. The plastics is replaceable but a bent frame is unacceptable. Lately RPS has been unreachable. There are a few members that have damaged Hawks and Magicians and are not having any luck either.

[Rangerscott]

If they wont exchange or discount it, then sell it as "shipping damage special" and be honest with the buyer. 90% of the chinese bikes I see on craigslist are beat to shit with a max of 10 hours on them. Lol

[MotoCheez]

Damn...

[rideMI]

Like a Dog on a bone... Sent email after email and phone calls after phone calls.

RPS sent me a Frame, Swing Arm mounted with Shock, plastic and some other parts hanging on the frame.

They did not have any Dust Seals to send me and they sent a Silver frame. I will just have one of the guys in the shop powder coat it maybe since they fixed the original bent frame.

I just don't understand how Ricky Power Sports LLC stays in business The Welding on the frame and Bolts not tight all thru the Viper and some stripped. Over all a very poor quality motorcycle, but I come from the world of Japan Bikes. Only good part on the Viper so far is the Engine.

[2LZ]

Originally Posted by rideMI

Like a Dog on a bone... Sent email after email and phone calls after phone calls.

RPS sent me a Frame, Swing Arm mounted with Shock, plastic and some other parts hanging on the frame.

They did not have any Dust Seals to send me and they sent a Silver frame. I will just have one of the guys in the shop powder coat it maybe since they fixed the original bent frame.

I just don't understand how Ricky Power Sports LLC stays in business The Welding on the frame and Bolts not tight all thru the Viper and some stripped. Over all a very poor quality motorcycle, but I come from the world of Japan Bikes. Only good part on the Viper so far is the Engine.

That's really a shame. The Hensim DB150's (basically same as Viper) are what got me in to CB's years ago. We had two and they were awesome. Hoasen must be slacking these days or something. The welds on the Hensims were better than I was expecting and no major defects anywhere.

I hope you get this all worked out soon.

[rideMI]

Originally Posted by 2LZ

That's really a shame. The Hensim DB150's (basically same as Viper) are what got me in to CB's years ago. We had two and they were awesome. Hoasen must be slacking these days or something. The welds on the Hensims were better than I was expecting and no major defects anywhere.

I hope you get this all worked out soon.

After looking at a Hensim picture you posted in 2010 it looks basically the same with less parts and maybe a different style frame.

I don't think Hoasen is slacking but are now buy parts at the lowest cost possible and quality of the parts is not in the business plan because they know people over here will buy based on price. So they are cutting corners anywhere they can to keep the lowest price like using bent frames, scratched up engines and bad fit and finished parts and laughing all the way to the bank saying, dumb American's, they will buy anything if the product is at a cheaper price. Wait that's me

[Rangerscott]

Sounds like they should have just sent you another bike.

[rideMI]

Originally Posted by Rangerscott

Sounds like they should have just sent you another bike.

Yes they should have but they said I would have to pay shipping back to them and later said they don't have any Vipers in stock.

Rangerscott, I was going to be a dealer/service center here in Michigan for RPS That would have been a stupid and $$$$ move.