Jialing 600 adventure bike

[pete-blen]

looks good...
wonder how well its built..
around $4200US ($5000NZ?)

they were built as a side car version
for the Chinese army..

Riding it may be a adventure in its self...

[tigertim20]

call me a judgemental cunt, but just from looking at it, it looks like it would break in half at the first sign of a corrugated gravel road. The real test will be longevity of course.
Having said that, Im all for new manufacturers coming and giving it a go, Im sure they'll have their trial and error stages, but sooner or later theyll either fuck off, or produce a product of qaulity and economic pricing that rivals the big guns inthe industry.

[The Baron]

It looks like a BMW copy to me.

[NordieBoy]

It looks like a BMW copy to me.

Start from the bottom and work up.

They do a bit of desert racing on the chinese bikes too.
I think one of the first of the rider selection criteria is "do you smoke", followed some time later by "can you ride".

[avgas]

I am usually the first to defend the chinese.
But that thing is as ugly as a BMW.

Why don't they make an old school twin shocker?

[James Deuce]

Every time I see the brand Jialing, I just think Ding-a-ling.

[pete376403]

600 = cheap(er) registration.

At the suggested price you could farkle the hell out of it and still be ahead.

Fit and finish might be a bit second rate but it won't take too long for Chinese inductry to get it's act together.

[tuska]

by the time they've sold a couple million they shud have bugs ironed out...when's that guna happen??? early next year probably

[grbaker]

old F650GS copy... nasty looking thing..

[ukusa]

you'd have to be nuts (or Chinese) to buy one. Shit like this should be outlawed outside of China.
Without much thought I could guess the following;
Resale = poor
Quality = poor
Build = poor
Styling = poor
Tyres = poor
Brakes = poor
Engine = poor
Gearbox = poor
Handling = poor

Fuck me, even the name of the thing is bad and embarassing, imagine telling your mates at the pub you just bought a Jingaling

[bluebird]

My only experience of Chinese motorcycle engineering has been entirely negative. I would not touch one unless I wanted instant low self esteem and slow building anger and resentment.

[Sable]

If its anything liike the scooters it'll probably throw a rod in 20ks

[pete376403]

Wasn't that long ago that Hyundai and Kia were bywords for crap vehicles. They're not too bad now. Hyosung were garbage initially, lot better now.

Before that "Made in Japan" was the worst epithet you could apply to a car or bike. Now it's a point of pride.

The Chinese make cheap shit because it's what the people they sell to demand. Won't be too long before they lift their sights, and their game.

[pete-blen]

If its anything liike the scooters it'll probably throw a rod in 20ks

yer got to start somewhere.... It was a lot easyer for the japs as the bikes of the day
worn't that far ahead... but now the leap is a lot bigger... but in time...

PS.... Whats the story behind yer avatra sport

[cave weta]

Ive owned Hitachi cordless drills, Mitsubishi industrial sewing machines, a Honda generator, Suzuki 250, Panasonic video camera, Teac TV and 6 chinese Cavallo 230cc trail bikes and now Three Forza dirtbikes all made in China with no quality related issues whatsoever.
Tomorrow I travel to Auckland to pick up three more Forza bikes that I have sold in the last 10 days.

The Cavallo 230cc trailbikes that I paid $2,200 for in 2006 have had nothing but clueless novices ride them and I have not had a single reliability issue with any of them. I am currently selling them off. the last two sold for $1200.00 and $1000.00.
$1000.00 depreciation over 5 years- I can live with that. especially as they were earning $220.00 per day while they were in service.

you guys are full of wit and wisdom though. Do carry on.

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