A good reason not to buy a Chinese bike

[sidewinder]

A good mate of mine bought himself a 2012 plate tmec 125 .bike had only done 1500mls from new.
Riding along today there wasa loud bang and this happened
https://i1128.photobucket.com/albums/m492/sidewinder11/4b14ce531cd089a17d12798a1cb8d4ad_zps70535ebf.jpg

Part of the hub sheared of completely causing him to nearly come of and locking the rear wheel in the swingarm.not impressed by this and fucking dangerous build quality

[lihp]

of course it looks obviously looked after so we can rule out lack of maintenance.

Look at the amount of shit in the photo, that's shockingly filth for 1500 miles
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[sidewinder]

He did look after it general maintainence etc.most of that muck is just crap .the rear sprocket is also a piece of shit paint started pealing of it from new .still that should not of snapped of like that though

[P.addy]

A photo of the whole bike? That looks really mistreated for a start.

I've had less rust on all my bikes combined.

[nightshaddow]

1500 miles

that rim is a real state

as a previous owner of 2 Chinese bikes (they both served there propose) maintenance has to be very regular almost to an anal extent or they will fail quickly, i bought my skyjet new in 2008 and sold it in 2011 in rather good order (by no means mint though) never had a failure to that extent and i put about 8000km on it,

to be fair it looks like one of the common problems Chinese bikes suffer has caused the damage, the bearings are made of cheese and it would not surprise me if the bearing has seized or collapsed, then the bearing has rotated in the housing and heat has caused the collapse,

or

just shitty Chinese build quality....

about time they either outlawed them or gave more stringent quality control
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[reed]

T cut will sort that out.....
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[Sload]

[mentalboy]

Quick pressure wash and push some brie into the gaps, better than new (and it won't corrode )

On a more serious note - he's had it for a year which would seem to be the average expected lifespan for a chink. It's one of those cases where you 'pays your money you takes your pick'.
Unfortunately not good for him but it really is about time people understood that if you are going to suscribe to the 'throwaway society' mentality then it will eventually bite you in the butt.
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[P.addy]

My 1000 mile stored in a compound 2011)Keeway had no rust on it, this bike looks abused.

[clancy]

That is terrible, irrelevant of what people were saying about maintenance it should not look remotely like that after 1500 miles. Even with no bike maintenance at all
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KLX 300r

[stinkwheel]

I can't even tell what I'm looking at from that picture but there is a whole load of corrosion.

That much corrosion could easily happen in a surprisingly short period of time on any bike given sufficient willful neglect. Such as parking a salt-encrusted bike in a dark and dingy corner of a back garden overwinter.
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[Killer Rat]

Theres a chinese 12 plate bike up the road from me and the corrosion is shocking even with lack of care and attention.

My indian made cbf125 would be fit for space travel compared to that chinese piece of shit.
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[27cows]

Looks like the wheel off a courier bike that's done 250,000 miles. But I've seen the shocking build quality of some Chinese bikes at first hand - Chitumas are especially dreadful. My brother had one and the back wheel (wire spoked) collapsed after 2000 miles of moderate commuter use.
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[clancy]

I'm surprised there allowed to be sold here tbh
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KLX 300r

[Sako]

Chinky bikes are pretty poor, I notice that particular model is manufactured at the Sumtingwong factory.

[P.addy]

[sidewinder]

talking to him he said there is a lot of play in the swingarm now to ..now need to find a wheel that will fit a tmec enduro 125.

[P.addy]

[Sload]

Once bitten? Why take the chance
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[Cheeseybeaner]

[i.p.phrealy]

and if all Chinese bikes only last 12 months why is mine almost 7 years old now?
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[Rogerborg]

[mentalboy]

[DrDonnyBrago]

[N cee thirty]

Looks the same as any bike that has been through the winter salt and not been washed off, can't remember my RXS or X5 doing this, so lets forget about it being abused.
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