View Full Version : China bike Milestone Today. 10,000 miles on the Lifan.
katoranger
06-09-2009, 03:33 PM
Since I just rolled over 16108km or 10,003 miles today lets celebrate with a poll to see where others at at on there rides.
I will include hours for ATV and dirt riders. Just guess.
Allen
AZ200cc
06-09-2009, 11:51 PM
DAMN Thats a lotta miles........ 8O
Qingdao
06-10-2009, 01:56 AM
I am still impressed by the amount of kms I have put on my beast.
katoranger
06-10-2009, 08:11 AM
Qingdao, how many kms do you have. I know you made a big trip.
It has taken me 2 years and 1 month to cover the 10,000 miles.
Allen
katoranger
06-10-2009, 10:21 PM
We had some members with alot more miles, but they seemed to have dissappeared.
I see Spud has not reported in yet either.
I should mention that with all these miles I have never been stranded and the lifan has only been trailered they day I bought it.
It has about 2 more months before it is getting the full dirt treatment. Then we will see how it holds up. :D
Allen
smithyUK
06-11-2009, 05:31 AM
under 500 but all of them dirt miles
must say im impressed with my gy125
My Lifan GY5 now has about 11,000 km. No engine problems except for the Chinese made NGK sparkplug. One of the tabs that holds the tail light and turn signals cracked off the frame after hundreds of miles of washboard roads in Death Valley. Just bungi corded it in place then welded it when I got home.
The 110cc Lifan engines I have on my old Trail 90s are also working great with somewhere around 1,500 miles. No problems.
Q
FastDoc
06-11-2009, 11:44 AM
1,000 miles on my Lifanoid. Almost all off pavement. Usual mild problems.
Mufler bracket broke off, muffler almost fell off. Repaired.
CDI on it's way out, new one ordered.
Fender and headlight shell broke in very minor off road tip over. Repaired.
Battery leaked acied on frame. Repaired and area repainted.
Squealing front brake. Repaired.
Front heat shield rotted off. Ignored.
FastDoc
06-11-2009, 11:44 AM
We had some members with alot more miles, but they seemed to have dissappeared.
I see Spud has not reported in yet either.
I should mention that with all these miles I have never been stranded and the lifan has only been trailered they day I bought it.
It has about 2 more months before it is getting the full dirt treatment. Then we will see how it holds up. :D
Allen
Spud's on a Zong, not a Lifanoid.
katoranger
06-11-2009, 08:03 PM
Poll is open to any china bike. Zongs too. Spud has over 10k miles too.
Also for those interested. To get miles from kms just multipy by the total kms by .621 and you get miles.
We had some that were in the neighborhood of 20k miles at one point.
Allen
its not a bike but a scooter i was working on it today 5786 MILES on it needed belt and clutch and it was a american lifan (hated to admit that)
did i mention its a 50cc and ALMOST a year old 8O its also the same one mentioned that i had the "problem" with in my early post "new ways from al"
katoranger
06-12-2009, 08:50 AM
Phil, scooters count too. The only criteria is it has to be chinese.
Qingdao
06-13-2009, 11:45 PM
Qingdao, how many kms do you have. I know you made a big trip.
It has taken me 2 years and 1 month to cover the 10,000 miles.
Allen
5500, That trip was a whooping 1000miles 8O from MO to SC and all I lost was a few engine mount bolts and an exhaust gasket. :D
I only put 3500 on my GY5, and about 1100 on my GY6. Sadly I no longer have a China Bike... My Kawasaki I've put 14,000 km on though. I would like another China bike, but in my new place I don't have room to park 2 bikes, and I don't have the money to own 2. I kept the Kawasaki because I do some bike trips that are better suited to it, and it has depreciated more then the value of my China bike, so I didn't want to loose all that money.
Qingdao, how many kms do you have. I know you made a big trip.
It has taken me 2 years and 1 month to cover the 10,000 miles.
Allen
5500, That trip was a whooping 1000miles 8O from MO to SC and all I lost was a few engine mount bolts and an exhaust gasket. :D
A few motor mount bolts :o That doesn't sound good ;) I'm sure you've gotten them all replaced :)
Qingdao
06-14-2009, 07:35 PM
...A few motor mount bolts :o That doesn't sound good ;) I'm sure you've gotten them all replaced :)
Of course. There are like 11 mounts on the Longbo so as I lost them I wasn't too concerned.
11? I never counted them on my Lifan, only had a problem with one.
Qingdao
06-15-2009, 02:09 AM
I think there are more on the Longbos and Sunls cause the frame they use is made for the Tank parallel twin.
SpudRider
06-15-2009, 07:29 AM
We had some members with alot more miles, but they seemed to have dissappeared.
I see Spud has not reported in yet either.
I should mention that with all these miles I have never been stranded and the lifan has only been trailered they day I bought it.
It has about 2 more months before it is getting the full dirt treatment. Then we will see how it holds up. :D
Allen
I'll report now, Allen. :) I was very busy teaching motorcycle rider safety for Idaho STAR this weekend.
I have traveled over 11,000 miles on my Zongshen Sierra 200GY-2. I experienced my first mechanical failure at 10,800 miles, a bad CDI unit. I replaced the failed CDI with a new one from Zongshen America for $25
If well maintained, the Zong is a rugged, reliable motorcycle.
Spud :)
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