Tao Tao TBR7 vs RPS Hawk 250

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Originally Posted by Megadan

Depends on how serious of an off road bike you want. I love my Hawk, but I consider most of these chinese bikes "light-medium" duty in terms of off road capability.

If these were trucks for off roading, I would consider a Hawk more like a stock Suzuki Samurai while a bike like the DR650 would be a Toyota Landcruiser with some bigger tires and suspension work. Both are capable, but one is more built for the job. If Orion ever gets them back in stock, the RXB250L is probably the best and most off road capable 2k or less bike in the Chinabike world.

Yeah, I'm with you. My Icebear Champion is pretty well made, so I get the China manufacturing, but I'm wanting to ride a little bigger bike on the road, so I'm looking at quality and resale later on.