My winter hack (new toy) 200 cc chinese enduro

Originally Posted by Skip

If you look hard enough you can find some small undulations! :P

Still I live in the driest county in England and you live in one of the wettest so its 6 of one and half a dozen of another!

Touche brave turtle :P

Not to put people off, but to offer a different perspective. A mate got something similar (a 125cc "Champ") for while he was learning. Whilst my mate's maintenance left a lot to be desired (IE he did none), it was finished by the time it had done less than 3K miles. He also found it v. pricey (for the size) to insure, due to the fact no insurers had heard of it.

The sucker also payed the best part of 2 grand for it new.

All that said, for the right price, one of these could make for great budget greenlaning.

Originally Posted by Ceri JC

Not to put people off, but to offer a different perspective. A mate got something similar (a 125cc "Champ") for while he was learning. Whilst my mate's maintenance left a lot to be desired (IE he did none), it was finished by the time it had done less than 3K miles. He also found it v. pricey (for the size) to insure, due to the fact no insurers had heard of it.

The sucker also payed the best part of 2 grand for it new.

All that said, for the right price, one of these could make for great budget greenlaning.

the hongdou brand ,along with lifan ,chituma and a few others. are quite well recognised with insurance companies nowadays (although back in 2002 when i bought the kinetic it was a different matter) try loking at some of the online companies there list of makes usually contain most of these chinese imports.

as for costing a lot to insure , i have found the contrary in fact this one and the kinetic on my policy costs no more than an admin charge for paperwork.

yes i can believe someone could wreck one of these CHEAP Imports (cheap being the opperative word) in no time should they wish to.

but my kinetic has served me well for tha last 3 years (and is still running even after being submerged in the floods we had here in january) so if this lasts as long (and i have no reason to doubt it ) then it's money well spent.

Mark

Have you got a fair amount of area where you can get off road or is it a bit on the non-legal side of off roading? Our nearest area is Eston is the Cleveland Hills and beyond that the NY moors. Theres quite a lot of enforcement going on up there with off roaders which is a shame because it had some good areas

loads of areas mate caldbeck fell for one and up on hartside as well

and if not i can hit the beaches at silloth and maryport etc etc etc

[Richie]

Originally Posted by amarko5

loads of areas mate caldbeck fell for one and up on hartside as well

and if not i can hit the beaches at silloth and maryport etc etc etc

Bloody show off.

Originally Posted by amarko5

Skip it is Really really LOW geared (obviously for the off road stuff) i am more than happy with 60mph (i really only bought it for to and from work and a little fun occasionally) and as Caldbeck fell is only 7 miles from where i live, it takes no time to get there at 60 :P


God I am blessed with the best biking roads , and offroad all on my doorstep. would i ever move "south" you can bet your life on it that I WON'T :P

that'd be err...carry the one, ... divide by 60 add the number i first thought of..err.... and :
"it takes no time" = 7 minutes then !

[Skip]

Originally Posted by Richie1743

Bloody show off.

Thats exactly what I was thinking - jammy g!t!

the gy range is made by many manufacturers. not a bad little cheap bike really. i had a go on my mates 200. it was pretty good really for what it is. he changed his chain and sprockets for road version ones. could get about 80flat out wind behind him then. you can get bits for it at www.britishtrackstar.co.uk

Originally Posted by jamieclayton9

the gy range is made by many manufacturers. not a bad little cheap bike really. i had a go on my mates 200. it was pretty good really for what it is. he changed his chain and sprockets for road version ones. could get about 80flat out wind behind him then. you can get bits for it at www.britishtrackstar.co.uk

that guy has got to be kidding mate http://www.britishtrackstar.co.uk/pr...e.asp?ProdID=7

what a rip off merchant

I really hate people like that