Chinese Early 2000s Honda XR50 Clone

[Tinkicker]

So back in the days of the motorcycle activity center, I was summoned from my lair to see to a caller looking to sell a brace of new Honda XR50 clones.

 

Said caller was Nick Jeffries and he had a couple of bikes in the back of the van.  Not to be rude, but adopting a sceptical countenance, I bade him remove one of said motorcycles from van and start it up.  They were fresh from the crate, so required we supply a pint of fuel for the demonstration.  Luckily, they had engine oil.

 

Fuel in, kick, kick, kick, thrum.  He got it warmed up enough to idle and our little circle spent a pleasant five minutes or so, hands in pockets, enjoying the bright sunshine and observing said little bike idling away.

 

What was particularly pleasing was the way all the lovely, shiny, loose, nuts, bolts and screws prettily twinkled and caught the sunlight as they slowly unscrewed themselves...  Plop, first to hit the floor was one of the chain adjuster nuts, but it was a close race between that and a front brake lever bolt locknut.  I wanted the locknut to win, but it was just pipped at the post by the adjuster nut.  Various bodywork screws were giving their all, but in the end ran out of steam before they came right out.

 

A cough, a scratch of the nose and a tiny, almost imperceptable headshake was enough to see said pile of poor quality components, loosely flying in formation back in the van, never to be seen again.

 

It was certainly no Honda, that was for sure.

 

Edited June 23, 2024 by Tinkicker

[RideWithStyles]

Funny that.

We have one pretty much identical to that,but this one isn’t as amusing for pitbox small games.

maybe the previous owner has done some work to it? its done as what was asked and nothing has jump ship to date.