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My feeling about the maintenance schedule is that it has always been difficult to source internal parts for these China bikes and it is getting more difficult by the day. You don't just run down to the bike shop and give them the part number from the manual and go home and do the repair that afternoon.
I do not have either the skill or training to do bottom end or transmission work on these bikes, and no shop in 500 miles of me will touch a China bike for repair.
With the inflation rate and increased shipping charges we are now facing we can expect the future cost of a new engine to be more than the present price of a new bike, within months.
Oil is cheap and easy to find. It only takes one quart, and even the top grade wet clutch application oil costs less than $10 a quart. I am presently paying $6 at Autozone.
$10 worth of oil and ten minutes of my time every 1500KM is not a big deal or something to dread.
A Honda CG might run forever with minimal upkeep, our "clones" will not, that is proven. Most of us can barely keep them on the road what with electrics, transmission, clutch and carburetor issues. The reason for the existence of this forum is to keep them going!
Better to maintain it than have a shed decoration.
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%90 of the Chinese motorbikes ever made are still on the road. The other %10 made it back home.
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