Chinese Bikes are....

[KungFooBob]

...shit?

Are Chinese bikes at the point Korean cars were in the late 90's?

Kia and Hyundai had to offer long warranties to persuade Europeans to buy their cars.

Kia are now a major player in the UK car market.

CFMoto are offering four years on their bikes, is this a turning point?

https://www.motorcyclenews.com/news/202 ... -warranty/

[KungFooBob]

https://www.cfmoto.co.uk/motorcycles/650mt/

£5.5k

0% apr

Farkles (high screen, crash bars and shad panniers included)

4 year warranty.

If you were in the market for a 650 Versys (£7,549)or a 650 V-Strom (£7,999) you'd have to give it some serious thought.

[Dodgy69]

My mate just bought one of these, brand new, 2 years part's and labour. I will report back.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/184193913669

[Bigjawa]

...shit?

Are Chinese bikes at the point Korean cars were in the late 90's?

Kia and Hyundai had to offer long warranties to persuade Europeans to buy their cars.

Kia are now a major player in the UK car market.

CFMoto are offering four years on their bikes, is this a turning point?

https://www.motorcyclenews.com/news/202 ... -warranty/

Kia was originally bought by Mazda and used all their old tech, Hyundai now own them to keep Kia as the Skoda and Hyundai as the Audi if you get my drift.

I owned a late 90s Accent. It was bulletproof. The only car I ever owned that didn't need a spanner near it for the MOT.

I can't see there being a Chinese Fireblade for a while, but if they can make relatively old tech bikes as well as the Japanese owned folk can, and sell them at the right price, they will clean up.

[The Spin Doctor]

I can't see there being a Chinese Fireblade for a while, but if they can make relatively old tech bikes as well as the Japanese owned folk can, and sell them at the right price, they will clean up.

They're further down the road than that.

Check out the Zongshen Cyclone RX6 - uses the Norton 650 twin engine.

And the CFMoto800 - based on the KTM 800.

Both Euro5 compliant, as far as I know.

[Jody]

...shit?

Are Chinese bikes at the point Korean cars were in the late 90's?

Kia and Hyundai had to offer long warranties to persuade Europeans to buy their cars.

Kia are now a major player in the UK car market.

CFMoto are offering four years on their bikes, is this a turning point?

https://www.motorcyclenews.com/news/202 ... -warranty/

Kia was originally bought by Mazda and used all their old tech, Hyundai now own them to keep Kia as the Skoda and Hyundai as the Audi if you get my drift.

I owned a late 90s Accent. It was bulletproof. The only car I ever owned that didn't need a spanner near it for the MOT.

I can't see there being a Chinese Fireblade for a while, but if they can make relatively old tech bikes as well as the Japanese owned folk can, and sell them at the right price, they will clean up.

I think there won't be one for a long time, as 1000cc sportsbikes just aren't that popular anymore with declining sales over the last few years.