Biker dragon is waking up.

**tri boy** · 10th October 2009, 18:35

China is developing it's m/cycle manufacturing at an incredible rate.
Product has improved alot (in appearance and quality).
Check the China M/cycle show out.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LTjeUrytbBY&feature=fvsr

**CookMySock** · 10th October 2009, 21:38

Wow, some of them are really beautiful.

Steve

**YellowDog** · 10th October 2009, 21:46

Ditto:

The Japs started out making cheap and nasty bikes like that too.

Give it a few years and I recon they will have a couple of serious players.

**Motu** · 10th October 2009, 22:02

But all the colours are taken....will they have to brand their bikes in Lilac or Peach?

**paddy** · 10th October 2009, 23:23

That was quite an interesting watch. Some bits that stood out to me:

1:10 & 1:22 - Looked a bit like a KTM ripoff. It has a similar style headlamp and it's orange.
1:18 & 2:09 - looks like a DR (or the like) copy but painted up ready for the Korean War. MASH anyone?
1:37 - I have no idea what this is but I LOVE it. I love the colour and I love the frontal view. It reminds me of an alien - like the nose is going to eat whatever it rides through.
1:55 - it's got four wheels but I love the colour too.

I'm not one to objectify women, but I couldn't help but label some of them on the way through:

0:38 - The Manequin. I'm not convinced this was actually a person - especially after they zoom in on her face.
0:46 - The American Hippy. Seriously, she fell out of the 70s. They zapped her right out of "On Any Given Sunday".
1:04 - The Bloke. I suspect he wasn't a model - but he was the most likely out of them to actually ride.
1:47 - The Evening Wear Section. Not so practical on a bike really...

I'd be interested in hearing others comments - especially if anyone can identify any of the machines...

**MDR2** · 11th October 2009, 08:15

Alot of the comments appear to be about looks alone, the thing I'd be more concerned with are the Tolerances the motors have been built witih... think i'll stay with the more established companies for a while.

A mechanic i used to take my bike to in Auckland seemed to have an endless supply of chinese junk lifan's siting out front wainting for repairs. They'll get it right one day though.

Having said that the Loncin GP replica bike looks the biz! Any maker that is prepared to throw a bike into the ring gets some sympathy respect

**Insanity_rules** · 11th October 2009, 21:13

So I can't use the saying "goes like a chinese motorcycle" anymore?

**Voltaire** · 12th October 2009, 06:59

off the subject a bit....but
I was in Shanghai earlier in the year and our driver told us that motorcycles are not allowed on the motorway and the gummint are encouraging people to ditch motorcycles and buy cars. Transfering the number plate to a car is cheaper.
I prefer my motorcycles to be made by people with a passion for them...not just a product from a factory like a toaster.
BTW I was looking at a manufacuring plant and despite the factory being a branch of a European one the quality processes were less than the parent one in Italy which I visited the previous week.
The final product 'looked' just like the European one.

Also the European factory was on 4 days.....due to the recession and the Chinese one was full steam.

I hear Triumph are thinking of starting up a Chinese factory.

**Swoop** · 12th October 2009, 09:53

Forget what it looks like, how's the quality?

With all of the industrial espionage that China is conducting around the world, surely they have lifted the quality of their products.[/tui advert mode]
Comment not directed precisely at their bike industry but a multitude of production areas.

**Mikkel** · 12th October 2009, 10:24

Wow, great presenter.

Not entirely sure what the show was about... but at least someone had put some motorcycles there so the poor girls didn't have to stand up all the time.

**Flip** · 12th October 2009, 18:27

Don't you just love chineese pit girls. Got to admit I worked in China in 1999 and just loved the place, and I have two of those cheep 200cc chineese bikes, they are actually ok for me and my foster son to chase rabbits with on the farm.