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  1. #31
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    OK, today they don't 'copy'. They 'license the technology'. Same thing. Just common sense. If your industry is in a start up stage, the best way to get it rolling quickly is to license technology from someone else (except back then they didn't do weasel words, so they called it copy).


    BSA copied the technology of what was, arguably, their best selling bike ever, the Bantam. The USA copied the whole of their start up missile and space technology from the Germans. The Japs copied anything and everything.

    From the point of the 'Minister of Industry' it makes sense. You can ramp up fast, you KNOW the design works, if you have any problems you can go ask someone 'How do we fix this'. Beats spending 20 years and half your GNP redeveloping the wheel.


    And from our point of view, it's also a good thing. We know the design is basically sound. Just think how dubious a bike would be that had the quality issues AND was an unknown unproven design!

    A genuine BMW R75 SV is way out of range of most of us, doillar wise. The 'copy' is more affordable. I just think that they are too dear. I suspect that in China you could pick up a good one for the equivalent of a couple of thousand, probably much less.
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  2. #32
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    Sidecars are cool cause they dont blow over in the wind.

    Thanks Motu, you certainly are a wealth of information. I am wondering why you dont already have one. I first saw a CJ sidecar on trademe a year or two ago but it had a right hand sidecar. It was old and run in and registered. The thing that I couldnt get over was the fact that $2500 would have bought it. I have had plenty of fun scaring the absolute bejesus out of the odd passenger during my racing days and I knew that one scare with a R/H sidecar would have the wife sitting on top of my helmet and never get in it again.Luckily for me when I came to buy one after a shitload of research , the greenback was kind to me at about 80 odd cents in the dollar so it wasnt that painful. I did worry the hair off my head after I sent some coin to a guy in China that I had neither met nor spoken to. The whole thing was done by email.
    Now that I have been through the whole ordeal I will answer any question and offer any help to anybody who wants to get one into the country.If anybody wants to come and see it they are most welcome.
    I have only had a look inside the final drive so far and I can say that the bits and pieces are solid in their construction. The main shaft has some pitting where the needle rollers run and I have emailed the supplier about a replacement. He has yet to reply, but I am sure he will. When my CJ came over there was a box of bits for a guy on Waiheke island who had had a problem with a cast iron gear tearing all its teeth off and filling the engine with swarf.The box of bits was supplied at no cost and there was way more bits in the box than was needed for the repair.The waiheke guy also purchased a brand new engine for $US500. While I was going through the no hear from the supplier stage I actually rang the supplier (Bill Eng) and was surprised to hear an american accent on the other end. Bill was educated in the US I am told which is why so many people buy bikes from him. There is NO language barrier to deal with.If you read blogs etc on the CJ750 website you will not hear any whinging about any problems that occur.All the people who have bought them have not considered the age of bikes or bits. They just load up info and photos of repairs done. I will no doubt do the same. So if anybody really wants one I am happy to help. I looked at one in Pakuranga prior to ordering mine and actually looking and touching one helped with my decision

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    Quote Originally Posted by CJ750 View Post
    Although I have bought a CJ from a dealer in China doesnt mean that I dont still think that they are a bunch of lying cheating bunch of sons of bitches.
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    In fact I could forgive anybody for wanting to bomb the slant eyed bastards.
    Really? And you're what a tutor did you say? Got any Chinese students?

    Fuck you

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    Do I have any Chinese students???

    I do actually. It is quite funny to listen to them (2) slagging off the authorities in their country. They love it here because we dont have the level of corruption that they have to deal with on a daily basis. They have told me that if you dont have enough money you cant "buy" the services that we take for granted here in NZ. The comments that I have made have been uttered by my Chinese students.I have asked them if they have come here to learn skills that they will take back to China. They want to buy jandals and barbeques and never go back.Not all Chinese like living in China it seems.

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    thats a nice looking old?/new? bike you got there.
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    Well I am gonna get one

    You get older and speed is no longer an issue... the thrum of an old sidevalve and being able to actually see the scenary that you are passing is what lifes about ..... parking one next to a flash jappa or a Harley poser gives you more attention plus you can wear all the old gears and people dont laugh that you look strange ... so what they sometimes break down on the side of the road but people will actually stop to help because it gives them a chance to look at the old beasts without looking as if they were just being nosey .

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    Shano's gunna get one

    I do believe from the spirit of your post that you will indeed get one. That one on trademe closes at 6.22 tonight. You wont be dissapointed

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    There is a full page article in the B.O.P Times, sat nite about a guy Kurt Nielsen that imports Ural outfits, he is quoting a "restored" unit for $10,000 & a full military 2wd but unfortunately with R/H chair for $20,000

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    Hiya CJ , Yep I bought it

    I went to have a look and I actually knew the guy ... it will do me well .. the old prison will certainly hear me coming and they will also know who owns it ( mind you they hear the old Beezer )... why some of the other guys dont get into the old bikes I dont know ... its the thrill of the unexpected ...the will I or wont I make it ... its the spice of life ...nothing clear cut ... mind you thats what cellphones were invented for ... " ummmm luv can you get hold of your dad and get him to bring the van " mind you a side car rig now needs something more substantial if it cant be hammered fixed at the side of the road ...

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    Quote Originally Posted by shano View Post
    I went to have a look and I actually knew the guy ... it will do me well .. the old prison will certainly hear me coming and they will also know who owns it ( mind you they hear the old Beezer )... why some of the other guys dont get into the old bikes I dont know ... its the thrill of the unexpected ...the will I or wont I make it ... its the spice of life ...nothing clear cut ... mind you thats what cellphones were invented for ... " ummmm luv can you get hold of your dad and get him to bring the van " mind you a side car rig now needs something more substantial if it cant be hammered fixed at the side of the road ...
    Awesome one dude!!! Now we just need to get you guys entered in the classic sidecar class at Wanganui. Seriously, i can assist in that area, i have the organisers number in my phone.

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    These guys filmed a Wellington BSA run on their Chang

    http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=clKMqZnk5BU ... dang I like these bikes ... suits my eccentricity .... My old friends in the BSA club knew these fellas

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    Mike Dobson at Motorad has at least one Ural and possibly more plus he seems to be a fount of sidecar knowlege in general. He may be able to help if you have questions.

    I went out with a bunch of sidecaristas last weekend. A real hoot and I don;t think we exceeded the speed limit once.
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    I would love to do the Wanganui but theres a prob

    I let my bike licence lapse in 1983 for 4 years so have had to to resit for my new one .. I refuse to put an L plate on my bike .. I simply refuse ... mind you could be an expensive stand ... My Mother and her hubby live on a farm in Wanga's so would be a nice jaunt ..

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    Yep I will need motorcycle deep spiritual Chang guidance

    I am getting a new garage built in a few weeks ...9 x 7.2m so that I can work on my beasties

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    Thumbs up Another CJ in Wellington

    Excellent buy Shane. If I were you I would liven up the registration IMMEDIATELY. In March ish next year a couple are coming back from a stint at the NZ embassy in Beijing. He is bringing his CJ home with him. So you may be lucky enough to live close to him maybe? It will be bloody awesome to have a couple of them out together. At the current exchange rate against the greenback, i paid $US1100 for freight,$NZ2200 for customs etc and $450 for vin and reg. That adds up to about what you have paid for your CJ, so you have paid for the same stuff I did but you got the bike for free....Well Done!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Happy to help if needed .

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