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09-15-2014, 02:57 PM | #1 |
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I knew it! You just made my day.
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09-15-2014, 08:25 PM | #2 |
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Aother one bites the dust. How many on this thread are on the list?
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09-15-2014, 08:46 PM | #3 |
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new zong
woo hoo ,, thx spud....You are the reason i bought a sierra,,i hope you dont back out,,,this is going to be fun!!!
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09-14-2014, 06:03 PM | #4 |
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Here is the size 130/90-15 tire which has the most aggressive tread I have yet discovered. This was the best off road tire available for the Zongshen Sierra, but it disappeared from North America when Zonghen America stopped importing it.
http://item.taobao.com/item.htm?spm=...83&ns=1#detail I would hope CSC Motorsports would stock this tire, which will fit the rear wheel of both the ZS200GY-2 and the ZS250GY-3. However, in North America there are many choices for 17-inch and 18-inch rear tires which have far more aggressive treads. Besides greater choice, one can also get much better pricing when he is not limited to a single vendor.
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09-15-2014, 09:22 AM | #5 | |
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BTW they wear like iron.
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09-15-2014, 11:59 AM | #6 |
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Thanks for posting the good report on the Mitas E07; I'm sure it's a great tire. I really don't know why Zongshen keeps building bikes with a 15-inch rear tire. All the good, off road tires are manufactured for either a 17-inch, or an 18-inch rim. Fortunately, it's not very difficult to convert the Zong's rear wheel to a larger rim size.
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09-15-2014, 12:32 PM | #7 |
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New zong
Spud. Just get. On the list with us. , I think this bike is gonna be a hit,,,,,do I wish it was a 400cc. ,,sure. But it just might be a great commuter bike. An besides. You need astreet bike,
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09-15-2014, 03:00 PM | #8 |
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I've been wondering the same thing. Is it just that there's a surplus of 15" tires in China, and they needed to use them up? Is it more commonly available in Asia than we realize? Likely questions we'll never learn the answer to.
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09-15-2014, 12:47 AM | #9 |
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When I first saw that area, I immediately concluded it was an excellent place to store my registration and insurance documents.
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09-15-2014, 07:59 AM | #10 |
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I wonder when CSC will get around to doing a marketing video of this machine. Would love to see a review in English.
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09-15-2014, 08:51 AM | #11 |
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Honda CRF250L Adventure
Honda CRF 250L MSRP $4999
Bash plate $91 Radiator Guard $49 Rear Rack $85 Touring seat $159 Engine Guard $208 IMS tank 3.1 gal $265 Windscreen $189 Luggage Kriega 50L $358 Total $6403 This is what I have in my CRF. I tour on it and yes it is boring reliable slow ride So for half the price of the Honda I can be riding the RX-3 with all the touring goodies, 1 gal more fuel, and four more ponies in the engine. The only question is reliability. I have yet to find any negative reports on the NC250 engine. The only negatives have been wheel bearings and chains. Weight has also been an issue but the CRF250L come in at 320 and suspect i've easily added 30 lbs. of goodies. I'm in, I'll keep the Honda and sell off the touring bits. change the gearing and use it as a trail bike.
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09-15-2014, 11:55 AM | #12 | |
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I have searched Taobao, and all the various parts of this motorcycle, and the NC250 engine, are available at very low prices. The cost of ownership for this bike will be very low, if someone is willing to buy the parts directly from China.
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If I do, we've taken China bikes to a new level. Building a clone of an existing China bike seems poetic, somehow.
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09-17-2014, 11:33 AM | #14 |
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I tried to translate that page, but I'm still struggling to understand the origin of the engine. I know that it's made by Zong, but is it a Honda copy? CRF perhaps?
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09-17-2014, 11:38 AM | #15 |
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That I do not know , in appearance seems to have the CRF mounting locations. different head than a unicam CRF
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