Drool By kz1000st (Read 1,551 times)

[mike6736]

Honda Reflex looks much nicer than the Forza... Shame they stop making them...

Magoo

[kz1000st]

I tend to agree with you Mike. I only hope they don't do to scooters over the coming years what they've done to motorcycles. So many of them now are not only impractical for trips longer than a brief Sunday ride but downright ugly. I can carry my wife on the back of my scooter, you'd have to be a contortionist to ride on the back of some of these bikes these days.

[randy]

KZ got you there Luke! I have never seen a recall on any Chinese scoots.

[jct842]

By the time the chinese build some thing the japs have worked all the bugs out of them! When you pay full buck for the latest and greatest expect a few recalls.

Talk about ugly,..... honda has the honor all sewed up.:

[LUKE]

Nov 7, 2013 6:33:05 GMT -6 randy said:

KZ got you there Luke! I have never seen a recall on any Chinese scoots.

hahaha, you know randy,,if chinese scooters will have a recall, can you imagine how many chinese scooter will get recalled? there's millions of them...ALL with mechanical issues..LOL!!,,they need to start to figure out the size of the warehouse they'd dump all those scoots to get fixed,,if they have the patience to fix it..


lol, can't stop laughin here

[kz1000st]

I hate to break it to you Luke, but the China manufacturers have to register with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration to sell here. If there was a safety related issue with a Chinese scooter, like the leaking fuel pump on your Morphous, they would be obligated under law to report it. I'm not seeing any recalls for OUR scooters so I'm guessing there aren't any inherent flaws in their design, unlike the leaking fuel pump on your high pressure fuel injection system which could turn your bike into a sizzling flame thrower if you don't get it fixed.

[jct842]

Hey every one, any one have any ideas about how many chinese scooters in this country for every jap scooter? I would guess there must be 2 or 3 chinese for every jap scooter..........for all any one knows there may be ten times as many by now, and no recalls!

[mike6736]

Some of them new bikes are really crappy looking and the seats gotta be ball busters...

Magoo

[kz1000st]

Changed my mind.

www.roadrunner.travel/2013/11/15/2014-honda-forza-300-the-middleweight-scoot/

422 pounds !!!! My 650 Kawasaki weighed 450. You gotta be kidding! How come the Japanese can build a 331 pound Rebel,

powersports.honda.com/2014/rebel/specifications.aspx

but need to pile another 100 pounds on a 279cc scooter? The plastic panels must be reinforced with cast iron.

[jct842]

My bandit 1200cc weighed 470 stock and probably around 455 with a yoshi pipe like I had! And the new crotch rockets are in in the 350 lb area! Talk about a fun ride 150hp and 350 lbs......Hey thats less than LUKEs morph weighs! and 10 times the hp

[alansd]

I like my $250 Bashan..runs great so far.

[LUKE]

"Hey thats less than LUKEs morph weighs! and 10 times the hp "

hahaha, of course it's a lot less heavier because it's made up of tin cans and conduit pipes..LOL.....my morphous is made up of high quality and high tensil strength materials. ooozing with solidness!! not disposable..LOL

[jct842]

the guy who bought my bandit hit a deer at 90, it bent the forks and slid a couple hundred feet on its side and ground almost all the way thru the engine guard, but after some replacements it is still running like new, try that with a morph.....a morph is so low the deer would take your head off when you hit one at 55.

[kz1000st]

You're really stuck on the tin cans and conduit.

hahaha, of course it's a lot less heavier because it's made up of tin cans and conduit pipes

You'll have to explain this one. Are you saying the Honda Rebel is made up of tin cans and conduit? Are you saying that a Suzuki Bandit is made up of tin cans and conduit? Are you saying that all Japanese motorcycles are made up of tin cans and conduit. If so they're doing pretty good. I wonder what they make Japanese scooters out of then. Recycled Boat anchors and old bicycles? How about this?

www.yamahamotorsports.com/sport/products/modelspecs/685/0/specs.aspx

Wet Weight: 414 pounds-or about the same (or less) than a Yamaha Morphous.

[rapidjim]

Facts

www.nhtsa.gov/cars/rules/import/FAQ%20Site/pages/page3.html

www.wantchinatimes.com/news-subclass-cnt.aspx?id=20110111000043&cid=1205

www.chinamotorworld.com/index.php?c=news&a=view&id=246

www.motorcyclistonline.com/motorcycle_recalls/01/kymco/

www.motorcyclistonline.com/motorcycle_recalls/01/honda/

www.motorcyclistonline.com/motorcycle_recalls/01/vespa/

www.motorcyclistonline.com/motorcycle_recalls/01/suzuki/

majestyusa.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=3315

www.usrecallnews.com/2009/04/nhtsa-5339.html

www.bing.com/search?q=Chinese+Scooter+Recalls&qs=n&form=QBRE&pq=chinese+scooter+recalls&sc=0-20&sp=-1&sk=&cvid=0a703229992f403e8168609503ac2e22 only thing listed is the RAZOR which is not a road machine