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Originally Posted by wheelbender6
Genuine (scooter company) has suffered delay after delay in bringing their ShineRay based 400cc standard motorcycle to market in the US. Getting 50 state emissions certification on a large thumper is getting more difficult and costly.
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I have seen the certification on the EPA certification list. It is an Excel (sp?) document, and is kind of primitive, but I did see it. Shineray is the certification holder, not Genuine (I mention that because sometimes the importer pays the certification and becomes the 'manufacturer' as far as the feds are concerned. CSC is the certificate holder for the RX3, not Zongshen, for instance). So, maybe things broke down between Shineray and Genuine?
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Originally Posted by sshevie
I was a bit surprised at the reaction the vstrom 250 got on advrider. I should not have been as that forum seems full of a-holes but I digress. To me these lil 250 adv bikes are great for city driving as well as dirt roads two tracks and fire trails. Expecting them to be dirt bikes is beyond what they were made to do.
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I take advrider with the proverbial grain of sand. It seems most all of the members with big expensive bikes either blow smoke up everyone's behind, or want to justify spending tens of thousands on the 'latest great bike' so they belittle everyone else's ride. It seems, those not in the above categories as owners of the latest/greatest are wannabes. Think of everride's viewing audience who look up to him, as an example of that.
I tend to view adventure bikes more from the perspective of Horizonsunlimited.com/hubb The members there tend to get out and about, and not all are on the latest/greatest. In fact, many buy 125cc Chinese standards (not even enduros!) and ride all over places like South and Central America.
I remember one guy who had the latest/greatest in Morocco stating how he 'could barely ride some of the sandy roads while locals on 150cc Chinese bikes were passing him left and right...' I think the thread was discussing small displacement bikes for touring, and this guy kind of summed up his experience. He did not seem like he lost his manhood for admitting it either!
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Originally Posted by 2LZ
....or to be as settled on the open highway as an 1150cc bike.
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Which brings it together--as someone who lives on the US/Mexican border who would like to ride one of these months/years into Mexico (I want to start with Baja), I am leaning to practicality over latest/greatest. I have spent a while figuring out which bikes available here, in the US, are available down south. I believe the RX3 and a 250cc V-Strom would be good for what I intend to do, not to mention serve my daily commuting duties. Heck, with Lifan going big in Mexico, I would consider their 200cc enduro...