Most mileage done on a Chinese GN?

**sunhuntin** · 25th October 2007, 18:51

saw my friend today... he had a 250 honda magna, and traded in for a 750 shadow. where i got suzuki from, i dont know, lol.

**Maha** · 25th October 2007, 18:56

Originally Posted by sunhuntin

in the year i put up with scuffy she had the following repairs either done or needed:

chain stretched twice, the second time jumping off on a corner and getting caught. luckily, it was a slow corner and across the road from work.
tail light by 2 [easy to replace at work]
head light by 1
speedo [took 5 weeks to replace]
dash light never went [speedo]
neutral light on dash blew before i even got it
and the clincher was the battery wasnt holding the charge, cant recall the name of the part, but it was broken either way. ended up getting me stranded between shifts, and almost stranded twice between wangas and turakina. took it in to get it fixed, saw the sexy ass of the virago and traded in.

none of what broke was covered by the warrenty, so i spent money that shouldnt have needed to be spent. for a brand new bike, she was a real disappointment.

gns are good bikes... but not the new ones. get an old 80s if you have to have a gn at all. the new ones will just let you down.

No mention of Rust??.....

**sunhuntin** · 25th October 2007, 19:03

lol, you reminded me.

actually, she wasnt too bad if i recall. the nuts on the back of the speedo and around the headlight [i think!] had started to go, but she wasnt too badly affected at that stage. there *may* have been some starting on the underside of the exhaust and frame [the very bottom, where all the road crap gathers, but i dont recall it. i was fussy, and cleaned her every couple of weeks, so that may have helped.

**Badjelly** · 26th October 2007, 08:33

What're some good suggestions to another 250? One with a bit more pace lol...but still in the lower price market?

I'm afraid you're going to have to choose more pace or low price. If low price is important, why not a Scorpio? I'm very pleased with mine so far (6 weeks, 600 km from new). It's perfect for what I do, ie. one-up suburban commuting with steep hills but no motorways. Nothing's broken so far, though I think I will have a bit of work to do protecting the finish from the Wellington salt spray.

**Magua** · 26th October 2007, 09:03

Originally Posted by sunhuntin

chain stretched twice, the second time jumping off on a corner and getting caught. luckily, it was a slow corner and across the road from work.

That happened to me on my old GN125, scared the hell out of me. Luckily it was on the last corner from home.

**Pancakes** · 26th October 2007, 09:18

The Gn I had woudl wind the odo' over when you wound the trip meter to reset it too. So I'd do however many K's on a tank then reset it so each tank read as a thousand K's!

**koba** · 26th October 2007, 09:25

Jeeze come on guys!

Sureley someones gotta have more done than that!

Im on an rg150 at the mo, it sees track action and 2up riding and the milage so far is.....

43,000 on the bike
and a WHOPPING 49,000 on the 2-stroke handgrenade motor!

Don't know rebuild history but I do know the last 2 owners who didn't touch it

Even a chinese GN has gotta beat a 2 stroke tho

**sunhuntin** · 26th October 2007, 09:40

Originally Posted by Magua

That happened to me on my old GN125, scared the hell out of me. Luckily it was on the last corner from home.

o yeh... im glad it didnt happen at speed... was only going about 30k [if that] as id just taken off from the lights. she was booked in to have it tightened the next day, lol.
im used to losing power like that due to getting pants leg caught in push bike chain all the time, lmfao.

**HTFU** · 26th October 2007, 09:48

Originally Posted by koba

Jeeze come on guys!

Sureley someones gotta have more done than that!

Im on an rg150 at the mo, it sees track action and 2up riding and the milage so far is.....

43,000 on the bike
and a WHOPPING 49,000 on the 2-stroke handgrenade motor!

Don't know rebuild history but I do know the last 2 owners who didn't touch it

Even a chinese GN has gotta beat a 2 stroke tho

Yeah I thought it would be good to see if anyone has done 50000km + on the new motors, so we can get an idea how long they will last. 35000km the best so far for a chinese GN, I did 20000km in one year so there must be someone riding around on an 2004 model thats done some ks.

I know a few of the older ones had close to 100000km on them but not sure how much work was done on the engines to get them there.

**delusionz** · 28th October 2007, 00:00

I see you have a GPX now Robingevil, Good stuff, That will definitely outlive and outpace a GN lol

**fredie** · 28th October 2007, 02:15

stay away from shit china bikes please . all for the best go for japan bikes

**HTFU** · 28th October 2007, 07:52

Originally Posted by delusionz

I see you have a GPX now Robingevil, Good stuff, That will definitely outlive and outpace a GN lol

Yeah, I did more K's than I thought I would and mechanic suggested I move the GN on to someone doing more city type riding.

GPX is a new 2007 one, had it for a few months now and yes the extra power is all good. Would have liked one of the new 650 Kawasaki's, but not enough coin at the moment. Can't really complain about the GPX though.

Haven't you had a couple of GPX's already?

**Bren** · 28th October 2007, 09:03

Originally Posted by Ragingrob

What're some good suggestions to another 250? One with a bit more pace lol...but still in the lower price market?

GPX250 is a good alternative...as stated by robignevil....

**delusionz** · 28th October 2007, 09:13

Yeah I bought a GPX, wrote it off and the insurance company bought me a new one, So two 2007 models I've had... My first one came from Mt Eden and had really soft forks my new one came from Spectrum and doesn't seem to dive as much

Would love to see who got my old one as a fixxer upper tho