Hmmm - should I, shouldn't I?

[MarkH]

...nothing wrong with loncin motors...in my experience with them they have proven strong and reliable...parts are easily sourced and are relatively cheap...being chinese i'd say the bits around the motor would be what lets you down...

I'm not too sure that being Chinese necessarily means they other bits would let you down, but in the case of this Loncin 250 it could certainly be true. But the fact is that you could buy a Suzuki GS 500 and have a VERY good idea of the reliability of the bike from MANY accounts from other owners - the Loncin is a bit more of an unknown commodity.

I wouldn't assume that I'd get trouble free motoring just because I'd bought a new bike - plenty of people have bought new bikes or cars and had nothing but a string of breakdowns and endless headaches.
I also wouldn't assume that a bike WOULD be trouble just because it is Chinese and cheap but I wouldn't be daft enough to buy it assuming it WOULDN'T give me problems. The tricky part is knowing whether it is worth buying or not - there really isn't much of a track record for such a new brand.

[gijoe1313]

Being on the bleeding edge in adopting new brands/technologies ... occam's razor innit?

It's your money - if you do get one, keep us updated on how it runs/holds up over time so we all know the pros and cons about it! (and yes, the old chestnut how jappas were disregarded in the beginning is now bandied about the korean brand (and sorting it out well) and now it's the turn of the chinese brand! (imagine a future where a well sorted brand new motorbike costs less than $5K ...)

You'd be a braver man than me!

[SPman]

one of these?
http://www.loncinie.com/Product9/Detailed42/

from all reports, I wouldn't give much chances on any longevity, particularly on a 120km commute.

http://www.perthstreetbikes.com/foru...archid=2212476

you'd be better off lookingfor a good 2nd hand 250....

http://www.perthstreetbikes.com/forum/f89/

[Swoop]

chinese built... Fuck off.

[skippa1]

nodont do it

[Blinkwing]

If you're gonna spring for a new bike, at least get a Honda CBF125. They're only $3,500.

Can go 100km/hr, will take a while to get there.
Fuel consumption is great, as proved here.

Or look into the other Japanese brands. Yamaha's YZF-R125, YZF-R15 are possibilities.

[ellipsis]

...I have been trying to destroy a loncin cbd150 motor in my bucket for three seasons of racing...the motor is also 90% of my braking after one lap of a street race or a circuit and my brakes are used up...it is still running the chinese plug that I initially removed knowing that it would shit in three laps of its first outing...the ngk shit itself and the spare was the chinese plug...that was Greymouth 3 years ago...I run midfield and get to fuck with some of the fxr riders at times..it gets hammered and is still running tight as a drum, my son has one in his bucket and a bunch of blokes we know run the cbd250's in their grass karts...they dont have problems with them , only praise...parts are available and relatively cheap...the proof of the pudding is in the eating , and i'm still eating pudding...if you dont own one , use one or have at least some experience of this brand of motor, where's the qualifications for dissing them coming from...check out #95 at Greymouth if you get there...if it happens to blow to pieces there I still wont have egg on my face 'cos its been the best motor in a whole lot of bikes I race...and coming up to four seasons of only running good oil as an expense is a far better outlay for dollars than my other machines I have to keep going...$590.00 dollars delivered to my door, all electrics, header pipe,gear lever, kickstart...

[fuknKIWI]

one of these?
http://www.loncinie.com/Product9/Detailed42/

Yep looks like it...

[crshbndct]

GN250 engine in a more modern looking frame. i would find out the cost of non engine parts, if they are cheap then i say go for it.

i would be concerned with the fact that they have a picture of a repsol motogp bike as their sites logo. but it looks pretty sweet really.

[pc220]

Yep looks like it...

Bloody chinaman put the forks on upside down.

[fuknKIWI]

OK so I went & had a look at them gotta say they look surprisingly good
There's a 2 year/10,000 k warranty on them, I'd cut that out in just over 6months.
The Jedi is really new on the market, being released only a few weeks ago. I'm not sure how long the 250cc engine has been on the market? There may only be handful on the road here but I bet there's fucking heaps of them in just about any Chinese city.
I suspect it may be bit under powered for freeway use & that putting a taller gearing on it may sap much needed acceleration. I'll shop around the japcrap for comparison before I think about going for a test ride.
Interesting to note the Kiwi woman working in the shop is the mother of one of the boys I help coach in my son's rugby team, the salesman was a Kiwi too. Anyone for a game of spot the Aussie

[fuknKIWI]

Well I'm getting my old Hinkley 900 Trident back

I'd like to thank you for the advice given, I really would, but I'd be lying.
I posed the same question on another forum & got some good quality advice, it came down to a GS500 or the Trident in the end.
The replies given here really helped me see this site for what it is... a petty little cesspool...full of crap