First motorbike advice, chinese brands?

Question

soo i was looking at the chinese enduro (dual sport) type bikes available in Australia and want to know whats the go with them? is there anyone that has experience with these sorts of bikes? i only want a cheap bike that i can register and practice with after gettting my license and then after a year i would upgrade.

the jianshe 250py (loncin engine) looks decent although it retails for somthign like $3400 new and i would get an xr 250 if i was gunna pay that much.

there is a kinlon "super motard" on ebay that seems to be going for around $1750 - $2150, its only a 200cc and only comes with 3months warranty if you pick it up from the warehouse. It looks really decent in the photos but then again i read a realllly bad review about kinlon although it wasnt the same bike. reallly looking for somone with experience with this kinlon bike.

the next one is a second hand one although it only has about 100km's on it? it is a shineray brand xy200gy. I have a lot about shineray, a lot of good things about the quality of the bikes and their engines as they make their on engines in house and have based the design off an earlier honda model? i havent heard any bad comments about them but people say to stay away from chinese bikes.

pictures of the bike:

http://www.boostcruising.com/forums/index.php?s=eedaab89434ea5279d7e0998c4c0a283&act=Attach&type=post&id=446858

http://www.boostcruising.com/forums/index.php?s=eedaab89434ea5279d7e0998c4c0a283&act=Attach&type=post&id=446859

http://www.boostcruising.com/forums/index.php?s=eedaab89434ea5279d7e0998c4c0a283&act=Attach&type=post&id=446860

i want a cheap first bike, i dont mind if its 200cc cause its only for while im on my provisionals. i want to pay under $2000 for the bike. the shineray bike i might be going to have a look at. is there anything i should look out for?

thanks

Answer 1

The Chinese consider profit number one.Their stuff does not last.

Answer 2

i would not get anything that looks like that, because they make it shiny just to lure poor suckers like you into it. My frind he bought a 2008 Giovani 250cc and it was a piece of c**p, my kawaski kx 100 1995 owned it in a race. what you gotta look out for is te motor, the clutch, the piston, the brakes, the throttle, the shifter, etc.

Dont get anything like that trust me, BtW my friend bought his bike for like 2400 and didnt like it  sold it again and he only got 200 for it trust me get a good one and finance it, then when it comes time to upgrade sell it than finish the finance with the money you sod it with and then finance a new one. TRUST ME!!

Answer 3

I owned a ATV (four wheeled motorcycle) that was made in China and it is a piece of c**p and like you when I bought it I was expecting a really neat machine, but what I got was a machine that no one around here could or would work on. I still have it sitting in the corner of my garage I just bought a new Kawasaki 610 and yes it cost a lot more but I can get it worked on even in a little one horse town Maine,Georgia, or Texas. If I was you I would consider maybe a 125cc and I will tell you why. Even though it is a smaller bike it wall run as fast as all of the speed limits and not cost as much to run but you should be able to find a new 125 in a major brand and not one from China. I can hear others saying what do you (me) know you don't have a motorcycle? That is true but all of the parts on both are motorcycle parts the frame is different and it has a few extra wheels. Bottom line is don't buy China buy either US, Japan, or European some thing that can be worked on here