northernerbill wrote:
Edit, sorry you do quote it as him, but I feel you e gone along with it enough to write it out.
Hope that clarifies that before we argue over who said what instead of Chinese bikes.
I'm sorry you chose to argue with me without even reading the article I linked to. I also wish you could take that chip off your shoulder and be able to differentiate that when someone points out a shortcoming of a Chinese made motorcycle that they are not attacking your Chinese family. You seem to use that as an argument point. One has of course, nothing to do with the other.
I wish I could find the other review and there are still more that I have read that reached the same conclusions. These are not "some bloke" but are reviewed by respected people working for long time motorcycle magazine and media outlets.
They all state that for the most part, (and I know there's always going to be a better quality example and a lesser quality example than "most") that most Chinese bikes are, at this moment, at the lower end of what is made in Japan.
Of course they need to cut corners somewhere in order to sell at $1995 here. The paint is thin, the chrome is thin and doesn't hold up. But if you read the article you'd have also heard many good points that were mentioned, the welds, the brakes, the engine, the nice touches like fully adjustable rider and passenger pegs. Many positives.