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Post by spandi on Oct 19, 2013 19:37:33 GMT -5
Wow! The facilities at CF Moto Rival anything in the "West"
New 650 motorcycle walk around. (Quality looks very good.)
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Post by oldchopperguy on Oct 20, 2013 0:03:35 GMT -5
WOW!
No 10-year-olds being prodded by bayonets, no assembly in mud huts, no draining oil from abandoned tractors to fill the crankcases... If I ever "go Chinese" again, CF Moto will be my first shopping stop!
As Barbara Walters might say: "I'm impwessed...!"
Leo in Texas
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Post by spandi on Oct 20, 2013 0:15:20 GMT -5
Leo ya read my mind! I was gonna' leave commentary about not seeing starving little kids assembling scooters under the watchful eye of machine gun toting guards,  but I figured I'd let the video with the high end, architecturally stunning plant and worker perks speak for itself. |
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Post by Jarlaxle on Oct 20, 2013 6:55:12 GMT -5
They still rattle, though.  |
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Post by oldchopperguy on Oct 20, 2013 13:02:14 GMT -5
That 650 is pretty sharp!
It's SOOOO different from the Brit 650 twins of my youth... It looks like it may be a multi-purpose design with some good ground-clearance, and, it has some Ducatti and Harley V-Rod influence in the cosmetics. If it's good (and I suspect it is) and affordable (which is almost certain...) it should find a ready market with riders looking to upgrade from scooters to motorcycles, or small-cycle riders looking to upgrade to a more macho ride without going to an expensive crotch-rocket.
It looks like it should do about anything the modern rider would want (except be a cruiser)... LOL! And it wouldn't be too hard to rearrange the platform into a cruiser (or a bobber) if the factory decided to get more versatility from it.
Dang clever, these Chinese!
Leo
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