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Another bike they have that is even more interesting to me is this one. Other than a 5-speed vs a 6-speed, it's better in every conceivable way than a CRF230F, which would be it's main competition and sells for about $750 less than the CRF. Due to seat height, it's not as kid or mom oriented, but lowering links are on the way. For a full size adult, I don't think there is anyone that even produces a simple air cooled 4-stroke with full suspension like this other than AJP and they are even more expensive than the CRF and still a step down from this.
Or for another $750 you can have this. Tough decision right?
Another bike they are planning to bring out for the power junkies is a 550cc 2-stroke with electric start and kick, power valve, counter balanced and 6-speed. That one will not be cheap however as it will use the Canadian Panthera engine. Again, just filling a gap in the market.
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The Chinese are "coming on" though. They're a economic superpower and possess a lot of the worlds "means of production". Hundreds of millions of workers, many well educated professionals with advanced degrees from US and other international universities and decades of industrial espionage is a powerful force if they can keep everyone moving in the proper direction.
What we would see though is that gearboxes wouldn't always be put together the same way; a retainer ring groove or keyway would be positioned differently or sized differently which always made it a pain to rebuild them. And replacement shafts and gears would be much more expensive than the US stuff. The Chinese don't seem to want to sell and manage a parts business, they want to sell entire assemblies. But the entire gearboxes were 30-50% the price of the previous US gearboxes which basically made them throw aways, so we quit doing rebuilds.
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