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logitech104 · Thu Mar 15, 2007 3:36 pm

I have never seen such a BMW logo ripoff in my whole life.

JC Viper · #12 Unread post by **JC Viper** » Thu Mar 15, 2007 3:44 pm

logitech104 wrote:I have never seen such a BMW logo ripoff in my whole life.

Visit China sometime, they make "counterfeit" cars... in other words make a car that looks exactly the same as a known brand name car but rebadged.

40 years ago people said they couldn't trust anything built in Japan and now look. The same goes for Korea and Taiwan. I just found out in the new Motorcyclist that Hyosung was in business for almost 30 years. Kymco even longer.

Jadien · #13 Unread post by **Jadien** » Thu Mar 15, 2007 5:58 pm

Well aren't those about the cutest things you ever seen.....?

IBJanky · #14 Unread post by **IBJanky** » Thu Mar 15, 2007 6:09 pm

I wouldn't touch those with a 10' pole

roscowgo · #15 Unread post by **roscowgo** » Fri Mar 16, 2007 3:03 am

Looking at the arguments... I'd certainly like to take one for a test drive.

d2mini · #16 Unread post by **d2mini** » Fri Mar 16, 2007 5:00 am

OMG, just by looking at the pics (which tend to make things look nicer than they really are) I've had Big Wheels as a kid that were made of nicer materials than those things.

Go Night Rider with the rear pull brake!

roscowgo · #17 Unread post by **roscowgo** » Sat Mar 17, 2007 6:20 pm

There is alot of very very very negative stuff on this site, and pretty much all the others ive ever looked at about anything chinese. Yes its a blatant knock off of a bmw badge... And I do understand that the likelehood of a poorly cheaply built machine is more possible when talking about one of these class of machines.

Is it within a vauge, remote, infinitesimal realm of possibility that it could be a halfway decent contraption?

So far...JCViper528...thats the Only real world experience with one that I've seen posted. Anyone have anything positive to say? Negative response is fine...but do you have any personal experience with one to back it up?

JC Viper · Sun Mar 18, 2007 12:57 pm

I don't really have that much experience with it other than sitting on the thing in the showroom. They won't let me test it till two weeks after spring.

I did however talked to the gal who bought one (V5) and so far she's happy with it and it's a cooler looking scooter.

Motofiend · Mon Mar 19, 2007 4:06 am

I don't have any xp with these chinese bikes... but I owned a Lifan 200 until recently... also 17hp and a claimed max speed of 75mph..

THe lifan was also chinese and the quality was cheap but I paid less than 2K for a brand new bike.. It was awsome to learn on in my opinion much better starter bike than a ninja 250 if your planning on moving up after you learn to ride.. I only lost 500 dollars after resale and trust me after i was done with it the bike was not mint

about max 75mph.. thats bs.. maybe if your going downhill with a tornado at your back... I think 65 mph is closer to reality..

Mon Mar 19, 2007 5:12 am

Yeah... but the ninja will last forever, go on the interstate and can be a lifelong bike. Many people use them as their commuting or twisty riding bike of choice.