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My 2021 has been perfectly reliable thus far. It's probably the most powerful 250cc class Chinese dual sport bike out of the box. (Maybe the GPX ones are slightly better, but they also cost like three times more.) It sure gets up and goes, I can tell you that.
It is indeed quite loud. It has a straight through motocross exhaust on it right from the factory with no baffles or spark arrestor, so it may not pass muster for inspection in your state. I plan to weld up a baffle for mine to make it shut up a little bit. The other components are all reasonably high quality. The fit and finish on the headlight are nice but its light cast is kind of useless. Mine lacked a kill switch for some reason, and the seat is singularly awful. Valve adjustments on the ZS172FMM-5 engine are kind of pain, especially with how it's mounted in this bike because the frame and side supports are in the way. You definitely need to get or make yourself an angled feeler gauge.
Mine arrived missing one seat pan bumper, one footpeg spring (but not the other), and the front fender was all twisted up in the box. Also had one stripped out bolt hole on the left hand seat mount that I had to drill and re-tap. Orion themselves (the company) are also a slimy bag of dicks, and refused to honor their warranty on any of these parts without excessive runaround. They insisted they wanted me to ship the fender back for "inspection" and they would then "decide" if they "approved" a replacement or else I would also have to pay to ship my old one back. Shipping was around $20 each way. Broheim, I can get a new knockoff KTM fender on eBay for $12 that's higher quality and bolts right up.
Check out their social media and reviews if you want to get a handle on how those guys conduct themselves... Up to you if you want to give them your hard earned dollar after you do, or purchase any of the superficially quite similar bikes from someone else (they're made by Nicot and there are various other importers/resellers under different names).
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