China Bike Bashing

[letsride]

Like 2LZ said, They miss the entire point of a Chinese bike. When I rode my KPX to work, another Dual Sport owner couldn't believe how nice it was, especially for the price. Because last year he paid 4,000 for a (I think) 5 year old TW200. And if you get down to brass tacks, you would be surprised whats made in China / Taiwan. Alot of these people complaining about the China bikes don't know a Phillips from a flat head. SO, let them keep nay saying, keeps the price lower for those of us who like them.

[Wild Dog]

Originally Posted by letsride

Like 2LZ said, They miss the entire point of a Chinese bike. When I rode my KPX to work, another Dual Sport owner couldn't believe how nice it was, especially for the price. Because last year he paid 4,000 for a (I think) 5 year old TW200. And if you get down to brass tacks, you would be surprised whats made in China / Taiwan. Alot of these people complaining about the China bikes don't know a Phillips from a flat head. SO, let them keep nay saying, keeps the price lower for those of us who like them.

Most mfg have deals with Chinese companies.

Honda has deals with Lifan, some of their cheapest motorcycles are made by Lifan.

Yamaha has deals with jianshe, just like Honda, some of their cheapest models are made by them. Even a good bunch of the parts being used in the XT250 sold in the US are chinese.

Kawasaki also has with Loncin (BMW also has deals with Loncin).. The KLX 230 screams chinese made.

Suzuki also has deals with Jiangmen dachangjiang

Originally Posted by tknj99

i think its kinda silly to market a "superbike" style bike when its like 15-20hp and cant go much over 70mph but for the younger riders

The blame goes to KTM, Honda among others mfgs...