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Originally Posted by nonone
They all share very similar attributes and generally are very similar. As almost all china dual sports will use 1 of 2 engines honda clone engines. There are always exceptions to this rule. The big differences are in quality from the manufactures. Haosen manufactures both the hawk and the hawk's engine. Where as the Dongfang uses a Zongshen engine that is epa certified for street use. In china supply chain is everything so typically vertical integration produces a better product but if you have good suppliers ( like Zongshen) then that is not always the case. The TT is still going to be almost $2500 out the door.
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Great post and great explanation! :-)
Yup....for many years, a Hondoid was a Hondoid was a Hondoid.
Haosen (Hensim) has always made a "nicer" version of a Hondoid, along with Zong. Lifan was the standard bearer, solid Hondoid for quite a while. Now the Hawk and CSC TT250 have once again elevated the bar on the Hondoid dramatically. Very nice pieces, both of them.
The only breakaways were the Zong Sierra (Yamaha) and the Konker/Qlink/SSR (Suzuki). Both of these have always been of a noticeably higher grade and quality than your Hondoid of old.