Anyone thinking about buying the Chinese Ducati?

[exelero]

Is any of you brave enough to buy a ZXmoto 820? It’s been all over the news and it’s very affordable at roughly 6 thousand £.
Who is the brave one?

[MrWideFit]

It’s like an R9/Panigale and a Fireblade had a love child

[CSR Performance]

Don't know a thing about it, but that's a good looking bike!!

[exelero]

CSR Performance said:

Don't know a thing about it, but that's a good looking bike!!

The team just won a world superbike race and received around 6 thousand new orders just because of that

[CountyLines]

Good luck to them. Looks a great bike.

[Biker 1]

I'm not into sports bikes, but that looks amazing value: proper brakes & decent spec sheet.
Usual caveats apply such as reliability, dealer network, spare parts etc, but for the price, it looks pretty tempting.

[LunarOne]

Not just those caveats but also quality. I've seen Chinese bikes wither and corrode in less than a year of use. Would not touch with a barge pole.

[towser44]

exelero said:

CSR Performance said:

Don't know a thing about it, but that's a good looking bike!!

The team just won a world superbike race and received around 6 thousand new orders just because of that

Wasn't a Superbike race, it was Sports Bike championship wasn't it?

[exelero]

towser44 said:

Wasn't a Superbike race, it was Sports Bike championship wasn't it?

Yes, I don’t really follow the sport but basically they race bikes that you can buy. So it must’ve been the sports bike race

[boyse7en]

LunarOne said:

Not just those caveats but also quality. I've seen Chinese bikes wither and corrode in less than a year of use. Would not touch with a barge pole.

Older Chinese bikes certainly had a justified reputation for poor materials, but the newer generation of brands such as Voge and QJMotor seem to be far better. ZXMoto will be an interesting addition to the brands available.

[exelero]

Just checked: their 500 cc naked bike will be 2 grand with 3 years unlimited warranty

[Ghs]

My fear would be when you come to get rid of it , I’ve a feeling you’ll get a lot of not intrested from dealers .

[Quinny]

LunarOne said:

Not just those caveats but also quality. I've seen Chinese bikes wither and corrode in less than a year of use. Would not touch with a barge pole.

On the other hand you can pay £18k for a real Ducati, and at just 4 years old and 19k miles have the pleasure of a new oil cooler (rotted through) £400 quid new drive belt £400 quid and a full desmo service, best part of £1k

[carinaman]

exelero said:

The team just won a world superbike race and received around 6 thousand new orders just because of that

'Win on Sunday, sell on Monday'

[carinaman]

Quinny said:

On the other hand you can pay £18k for a real Ducati, and at just 4 years old and 19k miles have the pleasure of a new oil cooler (rotted through) £400 quid new drive belt £400 quid and a full desmo service, best part of £1k

I met a Diavel owner in March last year. I'd already spotted their bike in the hospital car park while I was killing time. It's used not a garage queen. He mentioned the expense and regretted getting ride of their some limited edition or anniversary edition Monster? An 821?

That oil cooler would rot through if it was coated in road crud? I can't comment on whether those parts are expensive or not. £1K doesn't too bad to me for that but I am not the person paying it.

The Diavel may look better disrobed. It's still an eyeful.

[2ndclasscitizen]

towser44 said:

exelero said:

CSR Performance said:

Don't know a thing about it, but that's a good looking bike!!

The team just won a world superbike race and received around 6 thousand new orders just because of that

Wasn't a Superbike race, it was Sports Bike championship wasn't it?

Supersport

[hidetheelephants]

carinaman said:

That oil cooler would rot through if it was coated in road crud? I can't comment on whether those parts are expensive or not. £1K doesn't too bad to me for that but I am not the person paying it.

Any component is going to suffer with a layer of road crud on it so thick that beardy guy with a hat from Time Team will be able to find a lost Roman villa lurking underneath, 4 years with that lot is as much to blame as the component quality.

[smifffymoto2]

In the past cheap Chinese bikes have been commuters and treated as such,no maintenance,no love and just a tool for the mundane trip into work and back.
Now they are making bikes for a much wider audience and group of users.

[trickywoo]

hidetheelephants said:

carinaman said:

That oil cooler would rot through if it was coated in road crud? I can't comment on whether those parts are expensive or not. £1K doesn't too bad to me for that but I am not the person paying it.

Any component is going to suffer with a layer of road crud on it so thick that beardy guy with a hat from Time Team will be able to find a lost Roman villa lurking underneath, 4 years with that lot is as much to blame as the component quality.

I kind of wonder if they told him it was rotted through because they couldn’t be bothered trying to clean it.

[moanthebairns]

exelero said:

Just checked: their 500 cc naked bike will be 2 grand with 3 years unlimited warranty

Is there any UK dealers?