Barry Neves;280466 wrote: Provided you stay on top of the maintenance from the get-go it is a great bike aand great value for money.
What does that mean? If you pick up the parts that fall off and bolt them back on, replace the parts that break and never ride without a good set of tools - then it's a good bike?
Sorry, but I rather pay a bit more and have a reliable bike with a decent resale value. I've owned a JRD for a year and told myself: never anything again that's not made in Japan.
Friend of mine had a Platinum 175 which fell apart right from the start. Broke down in the boonies, he spent time fixing it, missed appointments because it didn't start. Lots of headaches. After only 5000km it's sitting in the garage, can't get rid of it for 10,000 baht.
I buy cheap computers, refrigerators and phones, but when it comes to bikes I want to have fun with a quality product and I don't mind shelling out a bit more for a Japanese product!
I'd definitely buy a used Jap over a new Chinese.
The only good thing about the Ryuka 150 is that maybe it makes Honda realize that there is a market for a 150cc supermoto...