16-04-15, 09:43 PM
I'm fully aware that products from China tend to be made from biscuits, and a few years ago I wouldn't have given it a second thought but I've heard rumours that they have been getting better in recent years. I'm assuming a lot of people's experience dates back quite a bit so really looking for heads up on particular models that have been bought in the last couple of years.
A lot of the bikes seem to be replicas of Japanese ones where the patents have been bought (or stolen) from the Jap manufacturers. The only difference being that they are built in a Chinese factory where quality control is somewhat lax.
Some of them even come with a 2 (or even 3) year warranty, so the dealers must have some sort of confidence in them. Question is how likely is it that dealers will honour this when it goes wrong?
My workmate doesn't have enough capital to buy anything outright (including 2nd hand) so it needs to go on finance. The total running costs (including repayments) must be equal to or cheaper than his bus fares, and it has to last at least to the end of the finance term & hopefully longer. This means that a Jap 125 is probably not going to figure in this equation.
Deefer, can you name any of the good ones that you've come across?
A lot of the bikes seem to be replicas of Japanese ones where the patents have been bought (or stolen) from the Jap manufacturers. The only difference being that they are built in a Chinese factory where quality control is somewhat lax.
Some of them even come with a 2 (or even 3) year warranty, so the dealers must have some sort of confidence in them. Question is how likely is it that dealers will honour this when it goes wrong?
My workmate doesn't have enough capital to buy anything outright (including 2nd hand) so it needs to go on finance. The total running costs (including repayments) must be equal to or cheaper than his bus fares, and it has to last at least to the end of the finance term & hopefully longer. This means that a Jap 125 is probably not going to figure in this equation.
Deefer, can you name any of the good ones that you've come across?