Lifan, Avoid or good?

[McfcChris94]

I dont know if they are a decent make or not, any help?

[P.]

Do you like your frame to stay in 1 piece?

[EazyDuz]

if its £300 taxed and tested then might be worth a punt
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[Kal]

Avoid.

next!
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[mysterious_rider]

I owned a lifan engine, abused it for a few years offroad, then took it on the road, and sold it running perfect.

As said above if you can buy it silly cheap, then do. Don't go above 400-500 depending on condition...

[GrumpyGuts]

Avoid!!

I have a Lifan and it is giving me jip. I'm selling the bastard. Don't make the same mistake I did!
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My Bikes: Lifan Beat 125cc '11 -> Suzuki B120P '76 -> Suzuki EN 125-2A '08 -> Honda CG 125 '04 -> Honda CB600F Hornet '98 -> Kawasaki ZZR 600 '99 -> Kawasaki GPZ 500S '95 (Current)
Theory test passed - 09/02/2012 >>>> Module 1 passed 24/07/2012 >>>> Module 2 passed 24/10/2012

[Rogerborg]

Which Lifan? What age, mileage, condition and cost?

Do you even bother reading replies? You keep spunking out the the same 30-second fantasy questions over and over without giving enough information for anyone to give you a useful reply.
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[Irn-Bru]

If you look at his posts he's been asking about what bike to buy for the past 4 months and he hasn't even done a CBT yet. Most indecisive person ever!
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[Teflon-Mike]

Give kid chance folks, its not indecission, its frustration. Young lad, pocket money budget, and he's bashing his head against the realities of motorcycle ecconomics.

17 year old and a car? You can buy a car, taxed, tested, ready to drive away, for £300-£400. BIKES are 'supposed' to be 'cheap' so WHY cant you buy a 125 for £3-400 or LESS?

Then the locgistics of not having wheels in the first place to get up and go look at bikes that are offered for sale, AND it all seeming iunsurmountable and stacked against you..... SO ask another question on BCF, and 'hope' for a magic answer or lucky break....

We get this the whole time, and Chris isn't the only kid in the krib reacting the same way to teh same problems...... EaSY! Recognise the syndrome?

Give the kid a pep-talk. Tell him what I told you. Tell him to lower his expectations, and up his effort; find more money to get better choice of bikes and more chance of getting one, and getting one he CAN get his hands on; tell him to get off the computer and put in leg work to go find; and be prepared to work for favour to get people to go help him view, fetch carry and get that bike on his drive. Because it ISN'T easy; and no-one will drop the 'perfect' bike in your lap, neatly gift-wrapped for the few pennies you have in mind, and you HAVE to put in effort and graft and WORK for it... but at the end of the day, it IS worthwhile, when you have got that first bike, fallen off it, broken down on it, screamed and shouted at it, got frustrated by the learning curve, not just dealing with 'roads' and the idiots on them, but the weather, and living with bikes and the maintenence they demand and discovered its not ALL shit & giggles.... BUT, wading through all of that, LEARNING as you go... you get your first big bike...... and realise it really IS worth something.
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[Irn-Bru]

The issue is people do give him advice and he doesn't reply, he just makes a new thread the next week on the same subject.
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[Rogerborg]

And all of it pointless since he doesn't have a CBT or the cash to buy a bike, and at his budget his choice will be strictly limited to the bikes that are actually available locally.

for being keen, but let's see a bit less thinking and a bit more doing, eh? I'm sure someone here likes saying that.
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GONE: HN125-8, LF-250B, GPz 305, GPZ 500S, Burgman 400 // RIDING: F650GS (800 twin), Royal Enfield Bullet Electra 500 AVL, Ninja 250R because racebike

[blito]

One of my neighbours has a Lifan - a 57 plate 2-stroke sportsbike in VERY smart condition. He seems to like it - he sold a CBF to get it!
Actually, in our little street ( 60 or so houses ) we have quite a few bikes - 2 Baotian Speedy mopeds, a Sym Joyride 125, the Lifan , an Honda Goldwing Intertsate with sidecar, an ancient BMW boxer, a 1980s suzuki crudmobile commuter and there is some sort of Race-rep thing down at the end of the road. And whoever said biking is a fading art?
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[GrumpyGuts]

He doesn't have a CBT yet? WTF GTFO

If you're actually reading this topic, get a CBT down now! Mamamia!
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My Bikes: Lifan Beat 125cc '11 -> Suzuki B120P '76 -> Suzuki EN 125-2A '08 -> Honda CG 125 '04 -> Honda CB600F Hornet '98 -> Kawasaki ZZR 600 '99 -> Kawasaki GPZ 500S '95 (Current)
Theory test passed - 09/02/2012 >>>> Module 1 passed 24/07/2012 >>>> Module 2 passed 24/10/2012

[Hokum]

[Teflon-Mike]

[GrumpyGuts]

I got quoted £4,700 for a Renault Clio/Fiesta when I was 18 after passing my test. Took over a year to move to the bright side and get a bike
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My Bikes: Lifan Beat 125cc '11 -> Suzuki B120P '76 -> Suzuki EN 125-2A '08 -> Honda CG 125 '04 -> Honda CB600F Hornet '98 -> Kawasaki ZZR 600 '99 -> Kawasaki GPZ 500S '95 (Current)
Theory test passed - 09/02/2012 >>>> Module 1 passed 24/07/2012 >>>> Module 2 passed 24/10/2012

[Rogerborg]

[Irn-Bru]

The above is why I ended up with a scooter as my "first bike" Every time I found a cheap CG or YBR it was gone.
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[GrumpyGuts]

[Irn-Bru]

I just kept the scooter, and saved up and ended up getting a DTR 125. Managed to get £100 more for the scooter than I paid as well No regrets from me.
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