2007 Chinabike quality vs. 2024 Chinabike quality

2LZ · 03-24-2024, 12:47 PM

Yah, the old stuff had its drawbacks regarding the brittle plastic and rubber quality. The welds also looked like someone "snot-rocketed" them onto the frame. That said, the engines have always been very reliable. As you said, "You got what you paid for".

2024? IF I was going to buy another new CB, and it was all legal here in CA, I'd say the Templar would probably be it. Reality is though, living here, we still have few options for road legal China bikes. It's why we bought the CSC's.

superjocko · 03-24-2024, 01:11 PM

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Originally Posted by 2LZ

Yah, the old stuff had its drawbacks regarding the brittle plastic and rubber quality. The welds also looked like someone "snot-rocketed" them onto the frame. That said, the engines have always been very reliable. As you said, "You got what you paid for".

2024? IF I was going to buy another new CB, and it was all legal here in CA, I'd say the Templar would probably be it. Reality is though, living here, we still have few options for road legal China bikes. It's why we bought the CSC's.

I agree on the quality concerns, except the welds. That is unless you're only referring to welds on older China bikes.

The welds on the frame of my TT250 are some of the nicest looking welds I've seen on a mass produced motorcycle frame (semi-bespoke stuff excluded). That doesn't necessarily speak to their strength, but the welds on my bike are sure pretty for what I assume are robot welds.

2LZ · 03-24-2024, 02:37 PM

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Originally Posted by superjocko

I agree on the quality concerns, except the welds. That is unless you're only referring to welds on older China bikes.

The welds on the frame of my TT250 are some of the nicest looking welds I've seen on a mass produced motorcycle frame (semi-bespoke stuff excluded). That doesn't necessarily speak to their strength, but the welds on my bike are sure pretty for what I assume are robot welds.

Yep, was just talking about the old bikes. My X-Moto welds were UGLY....but never broke. The welds on our old Hensim DB150's were better than the X-Moto, appearance-wise and never gave us problems.....and we thrashed those bikes, camping.
The TT250 we had was a great bike all around.

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