Hi From Australia: Chinese Cruisers

[zack]

Hi People.

I came across this site and have been reading with great interest.

Some quick background, I am from Australia and here we have a few Chinese made bikes. They are not that popular and often, sometimes unfairly given a bad reputation.

I recently sold my CF Moto V5. I had the bike for 18 months & generally it was very reliable & the build quality about 8/10. I sold it because I chose to buy a manual bike and wanted a bit more power.

So below are links to some bikes available here:

http://www.laro.com.au/motorcycles/pro-street-350

This looks really nice, very much like the Johnny Pag.

http://www.torinomotorcycles.com.au/component/catalogue/?view=product&id=9

I think a copy of an old virago 400 ?

As you can see our prices are much dearer than you guys pay.

[Weldangrind]

Welcome!

Several members from Down Under hang out here; glad you found us.

I love that Pro Street 350! They've got the Harley Softail and oil bag look figured out, along with the backbone angle. Very nice. The forward controls are a nice touch. 8)

I agree that the Veloce 400 looks like a Virago, but I'd take the Pro Street any day.

[zack]

Cheers, I glad I found this site also.

I have been doing a ton of research on Chinese cruisers and its been really interesting.

The Laro/Pag bike available here I found had a poor reputation in South Africa where its called something like Regal Raptor.

Even the Hyosung, Korean I know is available world wide and known as Kasinski for example.

FRom what I have seen, the Chinese bikes need to up their quality because they can be serious players. Down here they need to get their parts and dealer networks better established.

[Weldangrind]

That's universal. There's only one local dealer that comes to mind with any real parts inventory, so I do a lot of shopping on eBay.