2006 Hi-Bird QH-250-GY Six Years to Fix Up.

[rich_e]

I got this Hi-Bird back in 2015.
See post http://www.chinariders.net/showpost....10&postcount=9.

For some reason(s), it has taken me six years to actually get it ridable! I finished it up yesterday. I guess it was mainly the break caliper holding me up. I had ordered two or three before I found one from a Hawk 250 that fit correctly.





Still need to remove the DB-200 decals (maybe all the decals). The body panels and tank covers are just some mismatched items I accumulated over years.

She runs pretty good. I replaced the air box with a pod filter and put on a new PZ30 carb with a 100 main jet and a 42 slow jet. Starts right up. I started with 110 main jet but that seemed to run poorly at wide open throttle, same with a 105. Also replaced the stem bearings, battery, ignition switch and all the handlebar controls.

[JerryHawk250]

Bike looks great! Still looks new.

[rich_e]

Thanks! It has somewhat of an identity crisis. Is it an "All Road", an "NST" or a "Hi-Bird". LOL.

[MadeInChina]

Looks beautiful

[culcune]

Originally Posted by rich_e

Thanks! It has somewhat of an identity crisis. Is it an "All Road", an "NST" or a "Hi-Bird". LOL.

Your bike was from the days when all Chinese bikes had identity crises! They ALL looked the same

One thing about your bike was the standard engine most dual-sports came with was a 200cc. However, the Hi-Bird was pretty much the first dual-sport that was above 200cc and was 22x cc (and labeled a '250). There was a batch of bikes back in 2006 or '07 imported by some retailer in Orange County, Cal. from Asiawing that were also called '250' but it seemed like it was just one container load, and those bikes were all sold. Very unknown bike, and we wouldn't see bikes above 200cc until the Hi-Birds were released.

On another side note--Asiawing is still around and producing some great bikes--they OEM for SSR (the full-size 250 and 450 off-road bikes) as well as Christini's 450cc 2-wheel drive dual-sport.

[DoomHead]

Good looking bike. I like the gas tank fairing.

[Wisemanimal]

The frame, forks, wheels etc.. look to be almost identical to the 2004 Maxfine 150 I picked up for $150 earlier this year The Maxfine appears to be based on the late 80's-early 90s Honda XL 185/200. It has the Loncin CB 150cc OHC motor. Out of curiosity, is the HI-Bird an OHC or OHV (pushrod) motor?

I put on a new PZ27 carb and 2 stage foam filter, and fired it up for the first time a couple of weeks ago. Given that it hadn't been started in several years, I was surprised at how quickly it fired up! After about 3 minutes warm up to burn off the oil I squirted in the cylinder to protect the cyl walls after sitting for so long, I was able to do a perfunctory idle speed setting. Purrs like a one lunged Chonda should with no smoke. Still have to set up the front disc, as it's been dry for awhile & everything needs flushed. Still got detail work to do, but the tanks been relined, tail light & r. turn signals upgraded to LED Units & I'm fabbing up a dual element Headlight from a pair of Optronic "Storm" LED off road driving lights. Unfortunately, I don't have a shop to work from, so it's getting tarped up for the winter, but at least I've got must of the grunt work out of the way, so I can get it on the trail in the spring.

Once again, nice clean build on the bike. I just hope I can get mine half that clean and together. (pics are from right after I bought the bike, before work. The 83 Honda XL 200 is to show the similarities between the 2 bikes.)