The Zongshen TT 250 is Coming

[simonjester]

Originally Posted by oddthought

According to Joe, it indicated 73ish when he was on it with a slightly adjusted sprocket (up from 15 stock to 17, iirc). It depends a lot on your weight though, so take that with a grain of salt.

Edit: I'm definitely planning on playing with the sprockets and putting more street-oriented tires on it as well, so I'm hoping I can give a more specific number soon after I get mine.

Edit2: Here's the blog post I was thinking of.

So the specs listed here http://californiascooterco.com/blog/?p=19040 say 17T/50T for the front and rear sprockets, which he said he was running in the blog post you mentioned, so it sounds like 73ish it is, give or take, based on rider weight, etc. I just wanted a ballpark figure.


I just noticed that in the blog link it gives the top speed.

[MNrider]

Yahoo!!!! Quick put mine together first!!!! The White one needs to be first!!!! Please!!!

[LaconiaTim]

Originally Posted by SpudRider

Tim, I just got an email from Joe Berk at CSC. He says the the CSC TT250 has the following rim sizes.

Front Rim: Size 1.85-21
Rear Rim: Size 2.15-18

Thanks for the leg work!

Huh, that's an odd front rim size. Normally fronts are 1.85x20 or 1.6x21. When you installed your Warp9s were they exactly the same dimensions of the stock Sierra rims?

I wonder if I could use the TT250 OEM hubs and spokes with narrower 36 hole rims like 1.6x21 front and 1.85x18 in the rear?

[lefty]

Tim,
Welcome to the forum I just joined myself. I live in Gilmanton, work in Gilford, and own an apartment building on Gilford ave Laconia, so I've got you surrounded lol We should plan a ride up the Mount. lol

Best,
Lefty

2015 Hawk 250
1972 Honda CT70
Past
1982 GS1100L
1983 Honda ATC 185s 2ea.
1974 Puch 175mx

[SpudRider]

Originally Posted by LaconiaTim

Thanks for the leg work!

Huh, that's an odd front rim size. Normally fronts are 1.85x20 or 1.6x21. When you installed your Warp9s were they exactly the same dimensions of the stock Sierra rims?

I wonder if I could use the TT250 OEM hubs and spokes with narrower 36 hole rims like 1.6x21 front and 1.85x18 in the rear?

The stock wheels on my Zongshen Sierra 200 were an 18-inch front wheel, and a 15-inch rear wheel.

I usually lace a 1.60x21 rim for the front wheel, and a 2.15x18 rim for the rear wheel. These are good rim sizes for most dirt bikes and dual sport bikes, and these rims fit the widest selection of tires.

[LaconiaTim]

Originally Posted by lefty

Tim,
...I live in Gilmanton, work in Gilford, and own an apartment building on Gilford ave Laconia, so I've got you surrounded lol We should plan a ride up the Mount. lol...

Yeah that sounds like fun! We can represent the Chinese powersport (dual sport) category with the hawk and TT250. I'm very excited to be an ambassador for the Chinese products.

But before we go, I have to do some initial maintenance on the TT250:

1. Replace all grease and fluids
2. Check bolts and add Loctite
3. adjust valves
4. add grease/sealant to electrical connections
5. replace batt and improve ground wire
6. lace up new rims and add Tubliss
7. adjust the sag on the suspension
8. replace OEM chain with high-end chain
9. lighten exhaust

That's my check list soo far. What kind of things do you guys like to do as preventative maintenance/future-proofing to a new bike?

[Azhule]

Originally Posted by LaconiaTim

That's my check list soo far. What kind of things do you guys like to do as preventative maintenance/future-proofing to a new bike?

A few extras things I did to the Mrs. 'Bashan':

I have had to many problems in the past with "Glass Fuses", so one of the first things I do is cut those out and get some ATC/ATO style fuses put in their place. Mrs. Bashan only need a single 10a fuse wired in

I also upgrade the small 'Running Light (small light below the actual 'Nightlight'/Headlight), License Plate Light, and Instrument Cluster' with name brand Philips LEDs (most of ours took the 194/T10, some are the smaller T5 tho), but those LEDs are 4 or more times brighter and they use under 1w, most only use 0.5w and have a nice and bright "White" (with a hint of Blue with 6000k color spectrum) , the stock light used about 3w of power, were dim, and an ugly yellow color that made things hard to see.

Next I would suggest looking into is a LOUDER HORN!... Within the 80km I put on the Mrs. Bashan, I have already found out... it needs a horn that dumb people can hear... already had a few neighbors almost run me over because they couldn't 'see' (did you even look?) or hear me (put that damn cell phone down!) putsin around on the small Dual Sport... next time when they hear a 130db horn go off right next to their car window, I bet they will look around a bit instead of continuing to drive/back over my motorcycle

[Ron B]

The good thing about CSC is if its like the rx3 they go ahead and change the oil to better oil and adjust the valves before they ship it.

[2LZ]

Originally Posted by Ron B

The good thing about CSC is if its like the rx3 they go ahead and change the oil to better oil and adjust the valves before they ship it.

I'm really hoping they do this....but I'll probably check them anyway. Also, clean and grease the speedo cable!

[Ghaniba]

Hey folks,

Thanks for the entertainment in this thread. I see you folks are quite anxious for your TT250s! I found you guys from Spud advertising in a CSC thread on ADVrider about his forum here.

A little about me -- I have an R1200GS that I ride in the woods. I'm a big guy, 6'2, ~275 (depends on lunch, really) -- I just put on some Anakee Wilds on my GS for this season, but every time I bring the big girl in the woods, I nearly lay it down, and it's such a monster to hold up in off camber situations, I started considering getting a smaller bike, in addition. I love exploring dirt roads, fire roads, often turning into single track, often rocky, often muddy nonsense.

Well, I threw my legs over some honda 250s, 450s, etc -- Just looking. I look at the price and say I can do a lot of repairs to my big girl for that kind of money... but it's still the weight issue...

So, I ended up googling something like "best dual sport bike" on 4/20 or something and I found revzilla had an article about the TT250 for like $1895 -- I thought, perfect! Sounds exactly what I need for a 2nd bike -- way nicer than spending $6k just to putter around a bit with something smaller. After reading that article, I read about the RX3 -- Clearly, I had heard about these backwards as the RX3 was already in the states, officially last year! After reading those reviews, I was really tempted to dump my GS and buy one! Luckily, I came to my senses. Selling bikes leads to the dark side. (Sorry, it is may 4th...)

I showed it to my wife, her first words were "How big is the engine? What do you mean it's only a 250!?" -- I then tried to explain to her about proper gearing, that we don't need to do 134mph on my GS even though the gearing would let it do so! She still wasn't amused by the thought. Then, I told her maybe I'll buy her one. Ladies often do like to receive gifts!

I scheduled a meeting on 4/25 with one of the folks that signed up for the affiliates program just over an hour from my house. I just wanted to see with my own eyes if what I was reading EVERYWHERE was true -- Chinese, with some sort of craftsmanship?!

Sure enough, I really couldn't fault the RX3 at all. I dragged the wife to come see it with me. She really did like it, and now kinda got excited about it. It wasn't tiny, and the guy who owned it was a tall guy, not a little guy that couldn't ride a GS... My wife won't ride my GS because it's just too big.

My thoughts...

Are the bags tiny? Of course. Is it a 200mph motorcycle? Of course not. Is it a great little scoot around for the pricetag? Sure as hell is! In my opinion, the RX3 is a Good bike at $6-7k, and a GREAT bike around the $4k mark.

So, I really liked that little RX3, but my needs were really more for the woods, so the TT250 seemed a better choice. But... I really dig the RX3 as well... Decisions, Decisions.

So, I made the only reasonable choice, I bought both. The wife can ride the RX3, and I'll just choose which I want to ride, the TT or the GS. Order #3601 and 3602 on 4/26, for those keeping score, or whatever.

Thankfully, this week is cold and rainy here in CT, so I'm not itching to go ride so much, but I can't say that I'm not excited for BOTH bikes!

Dave aka Ghan
Northeastern CT

[Darkrider]

Phew....finally got all caught up on this thread and welp...Depending on how my taxes go this year...I may end up ordering a TT this summer....But if not this summer it will be next summer for sure once i get out of school. I have my DT and my new to me XL to play with till then.

So as Spud would say I have been assimilated...just not fully at this point..

[SeerAtlas]

Originally Posted by Ghaniba

Hey folks,

Thanks for the entertainment in this thread. I see you folks are quite anxious for your TT250s! I found you guys from Spud advertising in a CSC thread on ADVrider about his forum here.

A little about me -- I have an R1200GS that I ride in the woods. I'm a big guy, 6'2, ~275 (depends on lunch, really) -- I just put on some Anakee Wilds on my GS for this season, but every time I bring the big girl in the woods, I nearly lay it down, and it's such a monster to hold up in off camber situations, I started considering getting a smaller bike, in addition. I love exploring dirt roads, fire roads, often turning into single track, often rocky, often muddy nonsense.

Well, I threw my legs over some honda 250s, 450s, etc -- Just looking. I look at the price and say I can do a lot of repairs to my big girl for that kind of money... but it's still the weight issue...

So, I ended up googling something like "best dual sport bike" on 4/20 or something and I found revzilla had an article about the TT250 for like $1895 -- I thought, perfect! Sounds exactly what I need for a 2nd bike -- way nicer than spending $6k just to putter around a bit with something smaller. After reading that article, I read about the RX3 -- Clearly, I had heard about these backwards as the RX3 was already in the states, officially last year! After reading those reviews, I was really tempted to dump my GS and buy one! Luckily, I came to my senses. Selling bikes leads to the dark side. (Sorry, it is may 4th...)

I showed it to my wife, her first words were "How big is the engine? What do you mean it's only a 250!?" -- I then tried to explain to her about proper gearing, that we don't need to do 134mph on my GS even though the gearing would let it do so! She still wasn't amused by the thought. Then, I told her maybe I'll buy her one. Ladies often do like to receive gifts!

I scheduled a meeting on 4/25 with one of the folks that signed up for the affiliates program just over an hour from my house. I just wanted to see with my own eyes if what I was reading EVERYWHERE was true -- Chinese, with some sort of craftsmanship?!

Sure enough, I really couldn't fault the RX3 at all. I dragged the wife to come see it with me. She really did like it, and now kinda got excited about it. It wasn't tiny, and the guy who owned it was a tall guy, not a little guy that couldn't ride a GS... My wife won't ride my GS because it's just too big.

My thoughts...

Are the bags tiny? Of course. Is it a 200mph motorcycle? Of course not. Is it a great little scoot around for the pricetag? Sure as hell is! In my opinion, the RX3 is a Good bike at $6-7k, and a GREAT bike around the $4k mark.

So, I really liked that little RX3, but my needs were really more for the woods, so the TT250 seemed a better choice. But... I really dig the RX3 as well... Decisions, Decisions.

So, I made the only reasonable choice, I bought both. The wife can ride the RX3, and I'll just choose which I want to ride, the TT or the GS. Order #3601 and 3602 on 4/26, for those keeping score, or whatever.

Thankfully, this week is cold and rainy here in CT, so I'm not itching to go ride so much, but I can't say that I'm not excited for BOTH bikes!

Dave aka Ghan
Northeastern CT

IAm with u on this one, but I ordered the tt250, and bought a $ 1300.00 Hawk which turns out is a NICE trailie for those outside CA and a few other states where they cannot b street licensed yet. Still, there remains a lot of buzz around the tt250, not only being a Zong bike, but perhaps more importantly, a CSC backed and heavily upgraded Hawk typebike but fully CARBed, so a true 50 state dually. I can"t wait to compare them side by side and measure what CSC has wrought welcome to Zong-bie cult

[2LZ]

First container to arrive at CSC this Friday! WOO HOO!

[crimsenblaze]

So exciting

All though I don't expect mine to be on this boat at #3558 it's only a matter of time now. Can't wait to see pictures and comments about all of your,
TT sMILES.

[lefty]

Right on the upgrades Tim I have a few of my own on tap.
Lefty