Sir,

First off, I'm not leaving. I'm just going to spend more time servicing my own members and I'll pop in here every now and then and see what is going on.

Secondly, I am a full grown man, not a kid. I have have made my way in this world and I am respected by almost everyone in my industry. I don't personally care how old someone is, that does not mean they have earned my respect just because of their age. If they worked hard in their youth and had something to show for it in their later years, then I generally show respect, otherwise I do not, and that is not to say that I disrespect them, I just do not allow them in my circles as any other successful person would not.

I am 35 years old and I am in a place of financial freedom that many have never reached at my age already. So I am quite successful and becoming more so everyday that goes by.

I agree, I am a trouble maker on Americanlifan.com and I do defend myself whenever someone takes my name in vain, such as China Riders, as I do not hide behind a screen name, I put my name out there for good or bad. But I will also note that I am generally respected and share a lot of the same members that are on China riders in my own forum.

The reason I have been so vocal on American Lifan's forum is the simple fact that they came into my forum and started mouthing off. When my members started asking tough questions they ran away and when they tried to shut me down, I banned them.

I have asked tough questions on American Lifan's forum and they have never answered me in four attempts and they ban me every time, but I have a way around that ban. Lately I have given up because it serves no purpose. Everyone knows about them now and their practices, they are not the future of the China bike business any longer in this country.

Furthermore, I am involved with the development of almost five hundred websites, for Banks, Stores and University's all over this country and even in some other country's so I don't understand why you would say I am a trouble maker everywhere I go on the net, I go many places on the net.

But I will never stand down to anyone who is not telling the truth about this China bike business as it is so young and still growing, although it is still vertical in a few years it will not be and the choices made today will affect the future.

You must also understand that before I started my site there was only a few portals for users to go to discuss their China Bikes and none of them were sport bike specific. This is why I started my site and it has been extremely successful, not in a monetary sense mind you but we have gone from under 100 hits to over 7.5 million per month in just over a year.

Trust me, I understand this business completely and I apologize if you thought I was hacking on you when in fact I thought it to be odd that someone would have an issue with language on a forum where there are no language filters.

I will still be around and I wish you good luck in your china bike endeavors.

Almon

I know and I agree,  I think the 600 is a good bike only for the price really if comparing it to one of the majors, but I think as they make the bike better and better it would do well here but it will always be a price decision at least until the quality is on par and they create their own cult.

Almon

I think it is a good bike overall. Most people doing reviews here in the U.S. start with a little attitude  when China bikes are concerned. The price point vs value in a China bike is very high compared to their  Japanese counterparts.

The 'attitude' is because of the quality difference between Japanese vs Chinese bikes currently. However, every year China bikes get better and better so soon we will start seeing larger displacement sport bikes replacing the old 200cc and 250cc China bikes we have grown to love .

Almon

American Lifan does not even know about the rear sprocket upgrade that I did a year ago or the many other mods I am responsible for. They are clueless and they lie about things, lots of things.

There are good American Lifan dealers and you cannot really group them in with the operation in Texas but anyone selling American Lifan products on the side of the road probably does not know what they are selling.

Rabbit is the only dealer I have ever met that cared about the after market experience with the customer. I have never personally met any other dealer who cared about anything other than making a sale, plain and simple and that is why I chose to support them.

As for the language, maybe thats fits here and maybe it doesn't but I don't think it is up to a general user to decide this or even question it, this is more for the admin to decide. If your wife can't deal with a bad word then that is her problem! I assume she is over 18.

I also think is is sexist for you to assume other women would be offended by such a remark.

Folks I'm heading back over to Lifan-moto, I'll check in here every now and then and see what is going on but I'm mainly sticking to my own forum from now own, and yes Enduros, if you need to make a point by using a bad work you CAN do that @ lifan-moto.

Later,

Almon

We already covered this on lifan-moto. I too thought changing the oil might help but it does not seem to be the case with his problem.

He is under warranty though so hopefully he can get this worked out.

Almon

HI Guys. I,m so fed up with my LF200iii being DOA that I'm seriously considering buying at least one other bike.

A) 200/250cc dual sport

B) 250 cruiser

C) 200cc sport (not another 200iii)

I would like to start getting info based on member experiences.

Hmmmm......

You need to do the air box mod as well as the jet at the same time. Their is no priority to do this first but it does make a big difference in the performance of the bike. You can find the parts on my parts page @ www.lifan-moto.com.

Almon

It would help lean it out a little. I think you will be fine with a #115 though.