Anyone have the Gio 250 dirt bike? (X31 I think?)
 

Just wondering if anyone on the forums has one and what they think of it? Can get one for under 1K on the auction and the youtube vids look pretty sweet :). Anyone have any insights on them?

Regards,
Stew

I have one and so does my brother.
They are solid bikes and worth the money.
Mine is an 07 and my brothers an 08 so ours have the older pushrod motor but they have good power with lots of torque!
My only complaint with it is the front forks are really soft. But I think there are a few threads on here about shimming the springs and putting in heavier oil to make them stiffer.

As long as you buy it understanding that this bike is not built for taking 20 foot triples on a motocross track you will like it. Its alot of fun to trail ride on or just bomb around dirt roads.

I'm planning on putting mine up for sale over the winter and buying one of the new overhead cam ones.

Thank you :)

I was wondering what they were like, and what an actual owner thought of them. I have been watching them for a while and they seem to sell in the $650 to $675 range. I think I might pick one up closer to spring if I don't get a dual sport first. Haven't had a dirt bike for a while and I miss them.

Regards,
Stew

Hmmm... Actually they seem to have dropped about $100. Maybe the snow is driving the prices down. Cheap enough now I might just go for one, a new toy for spring! :)

This is an interesting video of some guys racing some of the Gio products, has the X31 in there. I like the X35 myself, but more money and rarely auctioned.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ydHON2UyHus&feature=fvsr

-TT

I agree the x35 does look like a nicer bike but the x31 is alot cheaper and has been great so far. I'm also a pretty short guy and the 19/16 bike is about as big a bike as i would want to ride. I dunno if I could even touch the ground on a 21/18 bike:P

I dont regret buying the x31 at all and both my brother and I plan on selling the ones we have to get the newer model.

Does look like a cool bike... Too bad John's video on the sale page is of the 2007 model, he needs to update it. I am randomly tossing bids in on them, maybe one of em will pan out. I wonder if the price drops a bit in the dead of winter? My riding season is over anyway, so can wait till January if they are cheaper.

Funny that is seems nothing sells for more or less than a certain price when you watch those auctions... 8O

True! They all seem to sell for $600 plus with the odd one going for around $550 or $575. I have seen them go for as high as almost $700 on a weekend. I usually just throw my top bid in for around $500, that way I can check my bid history and see what it actually went for. And if I actually win one for that... Bonus! I like the quads but miss my dirtbikes. Hashing around street/trail bikes as well, but they are waaaay more money!

I bought an xm31 in November and rode it about 5 times at Mclean Creek near Calgary. Just about every part imaginable on the bike broke.. finally the engine siezed and i had to sell it for $140.. biggest POS imaginable.. dont buy!!!

Is that the X31 from GIO?

I just looked at the website. It looks like a good bike! Zong engine, Mikuni carb. I'd have expected it to hold up well. Heck if they made a D/S version I might have bit.

I've got about 200km on mine now, so far so good, all the usual stuff needs to be done, loctite everything ( especially the rear gear bolts, and bend down the tabs properly ), jet the carb, adjust the clutch cable, dielectric grease in every wiring connector, oil the foam air filter and change the oil.
So far the only thing that has broke on me was the fuel filter, it got too close to the hot engine and melted a bit and started to leak, so i replaced all the lines and got a better fuel filter, knock on wood, no problems here.

It took me 2 weeks watching every bike on auction but i finally got it for a bid of $566, total was $885.50 to ontario.

If I had time to ride it I would still buy one in a heartbeat! I notice that they are selling the one with bigger tires on auction now too... Sweet!

Hello waynev, If you don't mind me asking, how would you rate the build quality compared to a Beast? Better or about the same?

I'd say way better than the beast, now that X-motos is building the bikes for GIO the quality is much better, but my Beast, compared to my 50cc ATV and 110cc T1 ATV, the beast was the worst and needed the most work to get it up to par.

Thank you, I was curious if they had picked up the build quality. I like the looks of them... The one with bigger tires looks like a good deal as well.

OK; I realize I am entering this thread very late! :lol: Nevertheless, the Gio X31 looks like a superb value! If I could get one in Idaho, I would jump at the chance. :D

Spud :)

Yup, they look pretty well made, I wonder how the sizing is though? They have the X31 with 19 and 16 inch tires, and the X35 with more standard 18 and 21 inch tires... Is the only real difference between the two the tires? I'm still thinking of one for trail riding... Should have never sold my Konker! I haven't really looked too much, is it easy to get 19/16" knobbies or are they hard to find?

The knobby tire selection is very good for these tire sizes, Stew. :) What do you think Gio would charge to ship this bike to Idaho?

Spud :)

spud sorry dude but they cant get bikes and quads through customs.. it will get caught at the border and shipped back to gio..

now a way around that is to go into canada and find a place that will let you ship the bike to, then load it up and bring it back your self..

Spud has some friends in Canada we'd be happy to do it for him, however he'd have to bring up a fully registered Zong as a swap for the trouble. :)

lol, lucky

if i could pull that off id pick up one of those bikes too.. but i think factoring in the gas from tx to canada, then the price of the bike. i could find a honda or yamaha dirtbike down here in decent condition..

thats my plan, im going to learn bikes on a dirtbike in a grassy feild before moving up to a crotch rocket..

:lol:

I am sorry to report the supply of Zongshen 200GY-2 motorcycles is just about depleted in the United States of America. :( I don't know why Zongshen has decided to discontinue importation of these bikes into the United States. :roll:

The late, beloved Phil Hall reported the 200GY-2 bike was going to be replaced by the 150cc, Zongshen Fly motorcycle. :?

Spud :)

Yeah it's a bummer... we could never even get them here unfortunately. Maybe Yamaha squashed it for being too close to their bike.

well spud if you do have a "buddy" order the bike and shipped to their house and you take a road trip to pick it up.. get it nice and dirty and bring it back dirty. so that way it does not look brand spankin new. if you get checked at the border, all you got to say is you went to visit friends and your friend sold it to you while you where there cuz he got a new yamaha..

but i doubt border patrol would say anyhthing about the bike

I thought perhaps Stew would be closer but it seems W&G and I are your closest Canadian Chinarider brethren. 10.5 hour drive from Boise. (sorry don't remember your closest town)

10.5 hour drive, that would long of a drive would call for a camping/riding retreat for a few days..

I might bite the bullet and get one yet. Still trying to decide on which one though, leaning towards the X35 with the standard tire sizes but it's quite a bit more money than the X31 in the auctions. It also is not auctioned as often as the X31. I know Wayne has the X31, wonder how he likes it for height and would have he rather bought the X35?

IIRC, he reported a 34" seat height.

I think it had something to do with taking 3 years to sell the first batch of bikes. Maybe the made too many in the first batch? Too bad because I think its the best deal out there.

Well, I dropped a bid in on an X35... Well see what happens :)
I don't have a clue what the X35's go for though, so I'm not sure if I'm in the ballpark. Some guy in Edmonton is selling them for $2250, good profit margin eh? http://edmonton.kijiji.ca/c-cars-veh...AdIdZ224402700

The height is fine for me, and i have the 19"/16" X31, for reference my jeans are 34" and i'm on my toes when on the bike if i sit on it then my feet go flat, perfect for me but still feels a bit heavy, might take out the battery and starter this winter to lighten up the bike a bit, once tuned i see no problem to have it start with a kick or two, electric start is nice but if i can get it to start easy with a kick i see no need for the extra weight.

i dunno man, its have 2 ways to start the bike.. if the kick start lever breaks you screwed.. when i get a new motor for my quad its going to have a kick start but im going to take the lever off and bungie it to the frame somewhere.. just incase i go riding and the battery dies or the starter craps out..

i learned on time when my battery died, quads and dirtbikes are fun as hell. when they run that is.. when they dont they pita huge heavy paper weights that you have to push around..

Thanks waynev, the 19"/16" would be fine for me as well then. I think the only major difference between the X31 and the X35 is mostly the wheels, maybe a different pipe and stuff, otherwise the changes look cosmetic. Pretty good reviews on both of them. I'll have to wait and see if I win one.

You can also push start them. But like Waynev says, if he can easily kick start it, why not?

wish i was in canada and bid on one of those, id deff buy one..

Yep, GIO and canadian beer can't be beat,lol.

And yeah, my 125c GIO dirt bike started 1st kick everytime, so if i can get the 250cc to do the same then there is no reason for the extra weight of the electric start package.

Maybe you could pick up a set of the larger wheels for cheap if you were to change your mind. I upgraded my son's 125 pit bike to 17 / 14 wheels from 14 / 12, and the front suspension and the swingarm had the space.

Apparently that Gold medal we won says our hockey team ain't too bad either, EH? :)

Well said on the beer and Gio's. I'm making it a goal to kick the crap out of my Gio Beast a bit more through September-November before the snow hits.