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As for the video, its an old one, the bike is obviously a rashed up stunters bike so its probably seen worse crashes than that.

Kal wrote:45 minutes to get it started isnt right. Whats the word on getting it serviced?

I remember emailing the englehart center about a month ago but they never responded.. I am writing another email to send to them.

Dohun,

I looked at Lifans as a cheap bike to get back into riding, with the intent of selling it without grief. Build quality is very poor. Parts availability is even worse. However, once owners get the bikes worked over, they seem to run well. Go over your Lifan carefully and make sure every accessable bolt, nut and screw is tight. A good session with a socket set might not get the bike running right, but at least no parts will fall off. Your engine problems could be as simply as a loose intake clamp. Go ahead and check the carb settings and ignition timing. Unless you are capable of working through those quality issues, all I can honestly recommend is dumping it off on some poor sucker and cutting your losses.

There seems to be a substantial number of Lifan dealers in the United Kingdom and New Zealand. Perhaps some of the members of TMW who live in those locations could hook you up with the information you need to tune your bike.

The way Lifan's sales to gullible American cheapskates are growing, you might consider beginning a Lifan rider website. Maybe you can find someone near you who has already worked through the teething problems.

qwerty wrote:Dohun,

I looked at Lifans as a cheap bike to get back into riding, with the intent of selling it without grief. Build quality is very poor. Parts availability is even worse. However, once owners get the bikes worked over, they seem to run well. Go over your Lifan carefully and make sure every accessable bolt, nut and screw is tight. A good session with a socket set might not get the bike running right, but at least no parts will fall off. Your engine problems could be as simply as a loose intake clamp. Go ahead and check the carb settings and ignition timing. Unless you are capable of working through those quality issues, all I can honestly recommend is dumping it off on some poor sucker and cutting your losses.

There seems to be a substantial number of Lifan dealers in the United Kingdom and New Zealand. Perhaps some of the members of TMW who live in those locations could hook you up with the information you need to tune your bike.

The way Lifan's sales to gullible American cheapskates are growing, you might consider beginning a Lifan rider website. Maybe you can find someone near you who has already worked through the teething problems.

Thanks... the reason I have to sell is because if I want to ship this to California with me I have to pay like an extra $250.. which I have to pay for. ( I dont have 250)
I dont think anyone will buy it.. Oh well, I guess this bike wont be too bad in the 60+ F temperatures in Cali. The only problem is that this only has 12 hp and it wont be too much of a help when I upgrade to a 50+ hp bike... What do you mean start a website? Like make a website decribing how bad it is? I will go over the bike and screw everything on tightly.