Chinese bikes
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Chinese bikes
I've hated them with a vengance, the build quality on the ones I've seen has been dire.
However, this one
http://www.whateverwheels.co.uk/smsimg/wk650tr.pdf
appears to have received a favourable review, and is being offered for £5100 with a 5 year parts and labour warranty!!! here
http://www.whateverwheels.co.uk/m3b0s38 ... r-Warranty
Surely that has to be the commuting bargain of the century doesn't it?
If you commute on it for the 5 year warranty period it's a grand a year or £20 per week plus fuel etc, and just throw it away and get a new one in 5 years time
However, this one
http://www.whateverwheels.co.uk/smsimg/wk650tr.pdf
appears to have received a favourable review, and is being offered for £5100 with a 5 year parts and labour warranty!!! here
http://www.whateverwheels.co.uk/m3b0s38 ... r-Warranty
Surely that has to be the commuting bargain of the century doesn't it?
If you commute on it for the 5 year warranty period it's a grand a year or £20 per week plus fuel etc, and just throw it away and get a new one in 5 years time
--
Steve Parry
Current fleet: '14 F800GS, '87 R80RS, '03 R1100S BoxerCup, '15 R1200RT LE Dynamic, '90 K1
Steve Parry
Current fleet: '14 F800GS, '87 R80RS, '03 R1100S BoxerCup, '15 R1200RT LE Dynamic, '90 K1
Got a pretty good review in the latest Bike mag - just poor suspension but I guess they are used to the latest high tech stuff.
The Chinese stuff is getting better. I posted somewhere else about my daughters Kymco 125. Lives outside, she has no idea what a bike cover is let alone bike cleaner but can't kill the thing with a stick - which a couple of low life tried a few years back after stealing from the front of the house. Wife and daughter found it 100yds down the road at the back of a car park, on its side with dents on the instruments and tank from being hit with a bar! Muppets couldn’t start it.
Stood it up and damm thing started on the button. Still going strong and she does now know what a lock and chain is!
The Chinese stuff is getting better. I posted somewhere else about my daughters Kymco 125. Lives outside, she has no idea what a bike cover is let alone bike cleaner but can't kill the thing with a stick - which a couple of low life tried a few years back after stealing from the front of the house. Wife and daughter found it 100yds down the road at the back of a car park, on its side with dents on the instruments and tank from being hit with a bar! Muppets couldn’t start it.
Stood it up and damm thing started on the button. Still going strong and she does now know what a lock and chain is!
Re: Chinese bikes
slparry wrote:Surely that has to be the commuting bargain of the century doesn't it?
No.
Some years back I bought a Yamaha 900 Diversion for £900 from a BMW dealer who'd taken it in and just wanted rid quickly.
It was fairly tidy, came with Givi panniers, and had done 40,000 miles. Over the next 4 years I took that up to 80,000 miles.
I used it as a daily commuter all year round, all weathers, pretty much never cleaned it and only did the most basic servicing.
It never went wrong, and never failed an MOT.
I sold it for £300 just before moving down to the South West.
£600 for 4 years hassle free riding, is what I call the commuting bargain of the century.
conkerman wrote:Didn't know BMW made a maxi scoot. They want pretty stiff money for it though.
The idea of a maxi scoot is beginning to appeal. For commuting purposes only.
Kill me now.
Having sat on one they're really nice and I too have been fancying one for a while, as you say they're an horrendous price tho'.
Aprilia do a v twin 800 cc one that's a bit of a goer. I reckon it would make one heck of a tourer, and wouldn't the sports boys get upset at a scooter whizzing past them
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Steve Parry
Current fleet: '14 F800GS, '87 R80RS, '03 R1100S BoxerCup, '15 R1200RT LE Dynamic, '90 K1
Steve Parry
Current fleet: '14 F800GS, '87 R80RS, '03 R1100S BoxerCup, '15 R1200RT LE Dynamic, '90 K1
Re: Chinese bikes
bikesnbones wrote:slparry wrote:Surely that has to be the commuting bargain of the century doesn't it?
No.
Some years back I bought a Yamaha 900 Diversion for £900 from a BMW dealer who'd taken it in and just wanted rid quickly.
It was fairly tidy, came with Givi panniers, and had done 40,000 miles. Over the next 4 years I took that up to 80,000 miles.
I used it as a daily commuter all year round, all weathers, pretty much never cleaned it and only did the most basic servicing.
It never went wrong, and never failed an MOT.
I sold it for £300 just before moving down to the South West.
£600 for 4 years hassle free riding, is what I call the commuting bargain of the century.
very very true
--
Steve Parry
Current fleet: '14 F800GS, '87 R80RS, '03 R1100S BoxerCup, '15 R1200RT LE Dynamic, '90 K1
Steve Parry
Current fleet: '14 F800GS, '87 R80RS, '03 R1100S BoxerCup, '15 R1200RT LE Dynamic, '90 K1
Re: Chinese bikes
slparry wrote:I've hated them with a vengance, the build quality on the ones I've seen has been dire.
However, this one
http://www.whateverwheels.co.uk/smsimg/wk650tr.pdf
appears to have received a favourable review, and is being offered for £5100 with a 5 year parts and labour warranty!!! here
http://www.whateverwheels.co.uk/m3b0s38 ... r-Warranty
Surely that has to be the commuting bargain of the century doesn't it?
If you commute on it for the 5 year warranty period it's a grand a year or £20 per week plus fuel etc, and just throw it away and get a new one in 5 years time
Didn't we say that about the jap crap in the 1960`s or am I to old to suggest
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Piaggio X8 125 LC
BMW R1100RS
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`Monkeys on Keyboards`
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`Monkeys on Keyboards`
slparry wrote:conkerman wrote:Didn't know BMW made a maxi scoot. They want pretty stiff money for it though.
The idea of a maxi scoot is beginning to appeal. For commuting purposes only.
Kill me now.
Having sat on one they're really nice and I too have been fancying one for a while, as you say they're an horrendous price tho'.
Aprilia do a v twin 800 cc one that's a bit of a goer. I reckon it would make one heck of a tourer, and wouldn't the sports boys get upset at a scooter whizzing past them
I have just parted with a Piaggio X9 500 that would top 110 mph and would sit there all day at 85 mph, 65 mpg, good for long commutes, good comfort. I do not know if it will go good up the ponderosa!
Piaggio X8 125 LC
BMW R1100RS
Sometimes the questions are complicated and the answers are simple.
`Monkeys on Keyboards`
BMW R1100RS
Sometimes the questions are complicated and the answers are simple.
`Monkeys on Keyboards`
Re: Chinese bikes
[quote="cros
Didn't we say that about the jap crap in the 1960`s or am I to old to suggest
.[/quote]
Yes , buy the difference is the Japanese were innovators, the Chinese are plagiarists who have so far shown themselves unable to invent anything of note.
Didn't we say that about the jap crap in the 1960`s or am I to old to suggest
.[/quote]
Yes , buy the difference is the Japanese were innovators, the Chinese are plagiarists who have so far shown themselves unable to invent anything of note.
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