Online dealer for LF200iii

[eness76]

Can anybody recommend a good online dealer for the LF200iii? Thanks,
Eric

[kczukiman]

You might want to check out one of these...
http://www.vbike.us/index.php?page=s...s=&pz=&scid=13

[tcs]

These folks

http://www.awesomeoffroaders.com/catalog/

don't show the LF200-iii on their out-of-date web site but claim to be able to ship any American Lifan bike to regions that aren't served by a brick&mortar dealer. If they can supply, it will be the latest version with the '08 improvements and Over Head Valve engine.

This outfit

http://www.hooperimports.com/product...pf_id=LF200III

claims to have the same bikes, but then contradicts themselves by stating their models have the Over Head Cam engine and picturing a bike with the older exhaust system.

HTH,
tcs

[Raptorman670]

T-Motorsports.com Last week they only had 11 Left.

[almonpoole]

Originally Posted by eness76

Can anybody recommend a good online dealer for the LF200iii? Thanks,
Eric

If you can find one your better buy it fast, direct importers are running low.....


Almon

[DesertDog]

hey eness76

try these guys

www.evosales.com

they might have what you are needing ????

[chinarider]

Originally Posted by tcs

These folks

http://www.awesomeoffroaders.com/catalog/

don't show the LF200-iii on their out-of-date web site but claim to be able to ship any American Lifan bike to regions that aren't served by a brick&mortar dealer. If they can supply, it will be the latest version with the '08 improvements and Over Head Valve engine.

This outfit

http://www.hooperimports.com/product...pf_id=LF200III

claims to have the same bikes, but then contradicts themselves by stating their models have the Over Head Cam engine and picturing a bike with the older exhaust system.

HTH,
tcs

Isn't the overhead cam the better engine then the pushrod-OHV?

[eness76]

Originally Posted by DesertDog

hey eness76

try these guys

www.evosales.com

they might have what you are needing ????

Wow, these guys are offering it "on sale" for $2,499. What a deal! I have to believe that's a misprint.

[tcs]

Originally Posted by chinarider

Isn't the overhead cam a better engine than the pushrod-OHV?

Certainly that's what Car&Driver magazine has been saying for the last 40 years!

In general, at a given power output the OHV will be:
>greater displacement
>physically smaller and lighter
>less expensive to build

So if you have some restriction on displacement, such as in certain racing classes or in some countries that tax and/or license based on displacement, the OHC has definite advantages. Otherwise, say if you're just riding around on streets and trails in the USA, the OHV design has some strengths that can't be overlooked.

Now, concerning these particular engines: they decend from the Honda vertical, air cooled single cylinder OHC design of the mid- to late 1960s. It was a fine little design, with a single weakness: top end oiling. In the early 1970s Honda came out with a more robust OHV version of these engines that they still build to this day. The little CG125 that uses the OHV even got a mention in Honda's latest annual financial report as a model with strong and increasing sales, and all of Honda's utility ATV models use OHV engines.

tcs

PS - Did you know?: OHV Chevrolet Corvette racers have beat DOHC Porsches and Ferraris at the famous 24 Hours of Le Mans 6 of the last 8 years.

PPS - OHV in other motorcycles:
BMW: the "R" series twins are OHV.
Harley-Davidson: all bikes but the VROD are OHV.
Kawasaki: the flagship Vulcan 2000 has an OHV.
Moto Guzzi: OHV throughout their model range.
Royal Enfield: their OHV 350cc engine was produced from 1947 until 2008, making it the longest production life motorcycle engine of all time.
Yamaha: the flagship Star Stratoliner has an OHV engine.

[DesertDog]

i dont know alot about evo there eness

they seemed to be fairly priced to me , but i dont know the norm for pricing,

hope they can help you ,,, i was going to be a dealer for them when i started back in Nov 07, but stayed with pure dirt idea since there's nothing but pure dirt here in elko,

good luck
DD

[eness76]

Thanks for the lead DD, turns out it was a misprint.

[chinarider]

Originally Posted by tcs

PS - Did you know?: OHV Chevrolet Corvette racers have beat DOHC Porsches and Ferraris at the famous 24 Hours of Le Mans 6 of the last 8 years.

Thanks, TCS.

That was actually a very well done response. Are all OHV pushrod? I would guess so but maybe there is different?

Also in the case of the OHC and OHV versions of the Lifan engine, the OHC has 1 more HP, is this correct, or have I been mislead. And finally is it true that a non-pushrod style engine will normally rev higher then the pushrod version?

[knothead]

OHC engines are also OHV, BUT! It is more a naming convention than anything else, when you distinguish and engine as OHV it is generally understood to be an engine with pushrod actuated valves vs. the rockerarms riding directly on the cam as in an OHC engine.

Usually an OHV engine will produce a more torque biased power curve than an OHC engine. An OHC engine has less reciprocating mass and thus can reach higher RPM's than an OHV engine can. Horsepower is directly related to RPM, torque is not RPM dependant (although you must have some RPM to have any measure of engine power). Take two similar engines with the only difference being engine redline. The first engine.. just say that it makes 15hp at it's 5000 RPM redline, the second engine, the exact same in everyway except it has a 10000 RPM redline, will make 30hp (double the RPM's=double the HP) but the torque numbers will remain unchanged.

Originally Posted by chinarider

Thanks, TCS.

That was actually a very well done response. Are all OHV pushrod? I would guess so but maybe there is different?

Also in the case of the OHC and OHV versions of the Lifan engine, the OHC has 1 more HP, is this correct, or have I been mislead. And finally is it true that a non-pushrod style engine will normally rev higher then the pushrod version?