mrpete
07-14-2014, 04:00 PM
Hello, I am new to the forum and I'm honestly not much of a forum forager. But my current circumstance with my bike is becoming more problematic than I've expected.
I'll give a brief history about my situation then ask the question(s) directly. But let me say first that I've been roaming and sifting through the chinarider forum archive for quite some time trying to solve the problem myself. Unfortunately, I've had no luck directly and all the helpful people's links are either dead by now. Or, simply, the bike's parts have expired on the recommended sites. And the original manufacturer no longer supports this bike at all and has moved on to ATV/UTVs.
Anyway, here goes......
The model of my bike is an: HISUN HS200gy(engine 163fml). It's called a Viva and is from 2007. I bought it second hand with only 283 miles with the knowledge that the bike was sitting for quite some time due to the original owner unable to ride it because of the effects of age.
Since knowing this knowledge I knew some tune-up work would be needed and since then I have resolved the minor issues. However, when it came time to deal with the rear wheel. I found that 6 spokes had broken, the chain sprocket's cushion bolt needs replacing, and the rim is pretty much unusable. My rear wheel uses a 4 bolt disc brake system and is on 18x2.15 inch rim(holding a 4.10 tire) built around 36 spokes. The hub has 4 cushion bolts and is designed much around the old honda cg125/XL185s hub system. My sprocket itself is fine and is a stock 56t.
Now! here's my question(s)?????
Does anyone know where I can get a complete wheel for this bike?:doh:(already doing this myself but no luck!) Alibaba,taotao, including the plethora of other sellers on the net.... :doh: for 4th week! :doh:
And if not....Is there an alternative besides relacing and truing the old hub(which I do not trust based on the beforehand mentioned conditions explained).?
In general, I would like to just do a complete swap out of the rear wheel for a new or compatible one(it must be new as well). As time is very crucial for me at the moment.
:thanks:Thanks in advance for any help.:thanks:
-Pete:doh::hmm::cry::grr::doh:
I'll give a brief history about my situation then ask the question(s) directly. But let me say first that I've been roaming and sifting through the chinarider forum archive for quite some time trying to solve the problem myself. Unfortunately, I've had no luck directly and all the helpful people's links are either dead by now. Or, simply, the bike's parts have expired on the recommended sites. And the original manufacturer no longer supports this bike at all and has moved on to ATV/UTVs.
Anyway, here goes......
The model of my bike is an: HISUN HS200gy(engine 163fml). It's called a Viva and is from 2007. I bought it second hand with only 283 miles with the knowledge that the bike was sitting for quite some time due to the original owner unable to ride it because of the effects of age.
Since knowing this knowledge I knew some tune-up work would be needed and since then I have resolved the minor issues. However, when it came time to deal with the rear wheel. I found that 6 spokes had broken, the chain sprocket's cushion bolt needs replacing, and the rim is pretty much unusable. My rear wheel uses a 4 bolt disc brake system and is on 18x2.15 inch rim(holding a 4.10 tire) built around 36 spokes. The hub has 4 cushion bolts and is designed much around the old honda cg125/XL185s hub system. My sprocket itself is fine and is a stock 56t.
Now! here's my question(s)?????
Does anyone know where I can get a complete wheel for this bike?:doh:(already doing this myself but no luck!) Alibaba,taotao, including the plethora of other sellers on the net.... :doh: for 4th week! :doh:
And if not....Is there an alternative besides relacing and truing the old hub(which I do not trust based on the beforehand mentioned conditions explained).?
In general, I would like to just do a complete swap out of the rear wheel for a new or compatible one(it must be new as well). As time is very crucial for me at the moment.
:thanks:Thanks in advance for any help.:thanks:
-Pete:doh::hmm::cry::grr::doh: