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Bought this as a cheap, entry level bike for my lady. She's 5'3" so we needed a low seat height and we wanted something we could beat up and not feel bad about. Man, does this thing deliver! It arrived after about 4 or 5 days, packed in its nifty little crate. All I had to do to assemble was 1) disassemble the crate and unmount the bike 2) install front wheel and axle 3) connect rear suspension linkages 4) fill and install wet cell battery 5) lower forks in the headframe 6) install handlebars 70 add loctite to every bolt I felt needed it and 8) gas and go! That may seem like a little bit of wrenching but I actually enjoyed it. It was like a giant erector set from back in the day.
After gassing it up and figuring out the choke and kill switch are reversed she started right up and purrs quite nicely! Its been on several adventures in the desert and handled quite a bit of terrain. It has taken a good beating and so far the only concern I have is that there is a little bit of play in the forks. I took a tumble while fooling around and it knocked the front wheel out of alignment. Pinched it between my knees and flexed the handlebars and all is well again. That being said it is not a bike I'd go ripping off jumps, but definitely a great starter or practice bike, especially for the price! It'll carry my 130 lbs fiancee to about 55mph and itll take my 190lbs up to 45 without straining the engine too hard.
I love, love, love this little thing. Performs to expectations, great sporty aesthetic, and cheap as hell. I might get another.
Rating:  [5 of 5 Stars!] |
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