The Least Risky Scenario

jmstallard · 11-08-2017, 07:30 AM

I'm thinking about getting a 4-stroke off road motorcycle, and I don't want to spend thousands of dollars. Without getting into the weeds, it looks like there are two basic choices:

1. New Chinese bike
2. 10+ year old Japanese bike

I get that the Japanese brands have higher R&D budgets, with more thorough QA, but entropy, coupled with young males thrashing the crap out of things, I wonder if the amount of maintenance on a 10+ year old Japanese bike is going to end up being roughly the same amount of maintenance that a brand new Chinese bike would require. Or maybe more...or less...I'm not sure. What do you think?

11-08-2017, 07:30 AM	#1
jmstallard Join Date: Oct 2017 Posts: 6	The Least Risky Scenario I'm thinking about getting a 4-stroke off road motorcycle, and I don't want to spend thousands of dollars. Without getting into the weeds, it looks like there are two basic choices: 1. New Chinese bike 2. 10+ year old Japanese bike I get that the Japanese brands have higher R&D budgets, with more thorough QA, but entropy, coupled with young males thrashing the crap out of things, I wonder if the amount of maintenance on a 10+ year old Japanese bike is going to end up being roughly the same amount of maintenance that a brand new Chinese bike would require. Or maybe more...or less...I'm not sure. What do you think?
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