200cc Yumbo
Hey I bought a 200cc Yumbo in Guatemala and did a small tour of central america in 2008/9. It was a dual purpose type bike and was really good on the smaller dirt and gravel roads / hills. on the highways ion the flat it was really underpowered. On hills was great, high altitude in Guate bike had less power but still could overtake everything on the hills, even german cars!! The only problem I had in 5000k was the chain came off because it got too loose. I put it back on and kept the chain tight after that! Mechanics told me that the chinese bikes had very good engines but that usually the frames broke. Check the weld quality on the frames, get something which looks welded nicely. I sprayed all my weld joints with WD40 all the time, esp. in the rain to stop rust getting into the cracks. All in all was very happy. Am going to buy a 400cc Xingyue here in Chile now, only 2900USD new. Second hand and Jap is more than double, new Jap bikes more than triple!!
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