HangDongRider

wantan, on 2012-03-06 11:42:15, said:

I have to agree with this.  It was the bike shops fault for not finding anything, assuming that they even looked.
And the bike owner should have pursued the issue further, probably with a different mechanic, because the bike owner "knew" that something was wrong.

The Lifans are not in the same league as the Japanese for quality, but I don't believe that they are as bad as some people make them out to be.  I have had a couple of Chinese bikes and I have to say they were just fine for a guy like me that likes to examine and tinker with my machinery.  

If you are the kind of rider that only wants to put in the gas and not worry about anything else, then get the brand-name Japanese bike.  But there are plenty of guys like me that are easily able to do our own maintenance and that allows us to take advantage of the huge cost savings when buying a new bike.

Three Lifans for the price of one Kawasaki?  That is worth consideration if you are the do-it-yourself kind of person.

Nationality bashing has been removed

discussion of moderation has been removed.

While its certainly ok to talk about your bad experience with one person it is not then acceptable to tar an entire nationality, race or gender with the same brush.

remember to mind your manners and keep it civil.

And remember one important thing. Jerks can be any nationality as gets proven time and time again.