06-07-2010, 11:09 AM | #1 |
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Hello from the UK
Just bought a brand new LF200 GY-2, unregistered & with 0 miles for the princely sum of £425!
Found the site by accident & its great - hope the bike is too! |
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06-07-2010, 12:01 PM | #2 |
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Welcome!
Congrats on the good score. I believe this is the first bike over 150cc on this forum from the UK. I was beginning to think that nobody imported 200cc bikes.
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06-07-2010, 12:24 PM | #3 |
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There are quite a few GY200 clones in the UK - branded Lifan, Zongshen, Kinroad, BTS, Sukida.... I could go on and on!
Well impressed with my GY so far, its branded 'Xplorer' but in the VIN no begins LF indicating Lifan I think? Its not a 2010 model - guess c2006 ish but brand new for that money was too good a deal to miss! After I've run it in (1000kms) 612kms to date on the clock, will do another oil change and fit the larger jet to the carb & power filter I have already. Anything else I would need to do - either general maintenance wise or to boost the power - don't do off roading so top end speed is more use to me - any advice greatfully received. Oh, forgot to say its the 163FML engine - is this OHC or OHV? How do I tell? |
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06-07-2010, 01:49 PM | #4 |
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Welcome.
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06-07-2010, 05:12 PM | #5 |
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Welcome. Looks just like mine. Mine was a 2006 model.
Allen
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06-08-2010, 01:08 AM | #6 |
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Welcome, mate!
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06-09-2010, 01:17 AM | #7 |
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Welcome to these forums, and thank you for posting a photo of your new bike!
Spud
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06-09-2010, 01:17 PM | #8 | |
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http://204.68.195.151/cars/rules/manufacture/ OHV OHC I am sure that the engine has some things to check at 1000km, but there is no service manual on that engine, that I have seen. |
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06-09-2010, 01:52 PM | #9 |
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Looks like the OHV picture.
First 3 characters of the VIN are LF3 but nothin seems to come up via that link - any ideas? |
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06-09-2010, 08:59 PM | #10 |
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did you enter into the field for WMI? "LF3" without the quotations.
It worked for me....its made by Lifan. ftp://ftp.nhtsa.dot.gov/mfrmail/ORG6185.pdf Your VIN would be LF3YCM60... It's a nice bike and brand new for $617, you cannot beat that. Whys soo low? whats the story on it, it has a disk in back and inverted forks its nice... |
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06-09-2010, 10:09 PM | #11 |
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That's £425, not $425. That's $965 Canadian or $820 US. Still a good deal.
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06-10-2010, 11:30 AM | #12 |
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A long story but briefly....
It belonged to a shop who went bankrupt & was taken by the official receiver who duly auctioned off all the stock. A guy bought it but couldn't get it registered for road use in the UK as there was documentation missing. Subsequently, I took it off his hands & wrangled with HM Customs & DVLA (thats the licencing dept) for about month before finally succeeding in obtaining a registration. Got there eventually....... |
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06-10-2010, 11:34 AM | #13 |
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Got the VIN thing sorted.
It begins LF3YCM2085D...... a 2005 manufactured Lifan unit I think? |
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06-11-2010, 11:31 PM | #14 |
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Welcome to here! There seem to be quite a fair number of Chinese bikes in the UK.
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06-12-2010, 02:49 AM | #15 | |
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Quote:
1 GBP = 1.45507 USD 1 GBP = 1.50246 CAD |
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