Chinese bike (pulse) that lasted 5 years!!!

[j.silvs]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oot0D-jwV-Y&feature=youtube_gdata_player


Check this guys v-log out. Had a Chinese bike he used every day for 5 years until someone hit him and wrote the bike off.

Apaz has inspired others to get the Chinese made bike. he deserves a clap...

[Irn-Bru]

He is not liked on this forum

Also, it's worth noting he had to replace the engine on that bike along with many, many other parts.
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[pepperami]

I watched that vid and was actualy a bit sad for him and the bike.

Five years worth of biking from a Chinese bike , whatever next?? .......... a Chinese 650 that is`nt all bad! no never .

Hats off to him for keeping it going and getting so much out of it
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[j.silvs]

Really? Would like to see that vid.

He seem ok to me tho, quite funny

[Dave-the-rave]

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"Spicy 110 made me realise that Chinese 125cc motorcycles are just as good as any other type of 125. Thanks to spicy i trust the Chinese motorcycle market Thank you so much and get better soon and i am thinking of getting a Pulse 125 as my second bike"

Deluded.

[EazyDuz]

So he had a Chinese bike and replaced most of the parts on it during a 5 year period?
Well done Chinky bike...
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[kingsknight]

shit... i must trade in my vada and get me one of them....... No. just no.
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[kramdra]

You are looking at them wrong. Some are better than the jap 125 offerings they were copied from. They do not cut costs in the same way. When chinese 600's appear, or even 300's, I think the reputation will change. Hoping they copy a good design, not another CG125 - that was the mistake.

When that happens, and you can get a 600cc twin for £2000 new, jap brands will be in trouble... forgetting they already are

[j.silvs]

I'm no sure a Chinese 600 could touch the years of reputation that a Suzuki, Yamaha or Honda has built through years of engineering, race history and veteran following.

The only thing it will do is get young riders on the road and hopefully bring the R6 back a good reputation..... Not sure if they will touch the jap bikes to be honest but you never know.

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Oh it's HIM, therefore we can discount anything that the weasly squeaky voiced kunt says or writes on account of him being a deluded self important tit with perceptible traits that betray a potential personality disorder(s).

To be fair, I don't think I have come across one Vlogger who I can stand to listen to, they just seem to ramble on about shite. That's not to say the ones that do educational videos about riding for newbs are all trash.

Oh and that's not really the original bike, how much has been replaced?
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[kramdra]

I agree Id never buy a jap or chinese bike new. However I assume eventually the chinese will be churning out bigger bikes like they do with 125's. If they have several companys competing then prices will drop. A 125 costs £600 OTR, I think they can make a 600 for £2k. They are making 150, 200 and 250's in the same frames but they are not imported.

Really, its just the engine. Id be happy with a 400cc single lump in my 125. 600cc, maybe would want to swap forks for used jap ones.

And once that 600 is used, it will be £1k, and Ill buy it when 3 years old at £500

[Al]

I bought my Vespa px125 for £600, used it daily in all weather for 6 years without having to replace any major components, serviced it myself even though I'm a mechanical re-tard and sold it last year for £600.
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[Pigeon]

The Chinese do make some "interesting" bikes that are not all 125's

Farspeed make and resell others

Something that looks like the old Ninja 250. $1,000 (£630)

As do Ningbo

A 400cc cross between a Triumph and BMW for $2,000 (£1,260)

Trouble is, well, there are loads of troubles.
Some only ship in units of 10-70
The vehicle needs to be of a registered UK/EU type if you want to get insurance.
Quality Control
Spares.....although if you bought 10 bikes, that might not be an issue

It can be done. AJS did it. This is Regal Raptor the company behind many AJS bikes.

The DD125 is around £1,800-£1,900 here
From Regal its £630

In fact, Regal have had a 320cc bike for a while that I like the look of
Called the SPT35 and its $1,800 or £1,135
AJS have just added it to their lineup
https://www.ajsmotorcycles.co.uk/new_AJS/docs/main.htm
UK Dealer prices are around £3,000 to £3,400

Not bad markup.

[UnspeedySam]

It's a bloody nuts markup if you ask me.

AJS price for a JS125 is £1500
Jianshe price (from learner legal) is £850

Did they spend £650 on new badges or something?

Chinese bikes at the quality they are currently at, even the better ones like Jianshe only make sense if they are significantly cheaper than a Japanese one. AJS must be selling the bikes at about 200% of their buy price...I can't see them selling that many at all...

The WK 650 has the same problem. They have imported it from China where is it probably about a grand or something and then pricing it like a Japanese bike. I'm going to go find it on Taobao or Alibaba and see how much they are in China now...

edit: The CFMoto 650NK is 37500 yuan in China. So about £3800. They really are going for the high end market over there...I expected it to be a LOT cheaper than that to be honest...
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