Your not going to believe what i saw!

kingsknight · World Chat Champion Joined: 21 Jun 2003 Karma :

I saw a JINLUN JL 125-11 '05 with wait for it............. 23,500 miles on the clock!!!!

Iv never seen a cheap import with more then 6000miles on the clock before haha.

It was pretty rusty for its age, but shows the engines cant be that bad.
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Barker-CBR 600 · Could Be A Chat Bot Joined: 20 Nov 2004 Karma :

Sure it didnt clock the miles while it was being driven over in the back of a van? Mr. Green

Hmm guess they do exist, but i bet for every one that gets to 23000 theres 50 who dont make it past 23!
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kingsknight · World Chat Champion Joined: 21 Jun 2003 Karma :

i was just shocked, im used to seeing honda's 4T's with loads of miles on the clock just not cheapy bikes which cost less then a grand new
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alun111 · World Chat Champion Joined: 31 May 2007 Karma :

Well the engines are usually blue prints of hondas, so they would last. It's the rest of the bike that doesn't because they're made of cheap shitty metal.
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Ravo · Scooby Slapper Joined: 19 May 2007 Karma :

Barker's right. Until you start seeing some real consistancy in how reliable Chinese bikes are, they will still be cheap shit with the occasional poster child.

Here in the US, some "good" Chinese bikes have American companies backing them, stocking parts and offering better warranties. The catch is that these bikes are the same price as the Japanese bikes.

lofty · Spanner Monkey Joined: 01 Aug 2007 Karma :

That is a lot of miles for a chinese bike! I have a chinese 125, got just over 10,000 miles on the clock, I just went and looked, I can't actually believe I have done that many on it!

Shay HTFC · World Chat Champion Joined: 18 Mar 2007 Karma :

kingsknight, you naive little boy.

It was the shitty quality speedo that was broken Smile