Worst motorbike in the world.

I made the worst decision of my life when I decided to buy a Zongshen 200 as a run about. I bought the Zongshen from the Kawasaki dealer in Nelspruit, thinking that a bike with a 3 month guarantee, that has done only 850kms cannot be a bad buy.  That was about 4 months ago. In that time I have added less than 200kms to the mileage traveled.

As this bike is supplied without engine mount dampers, seriously they  have bolted the engine to the frame without any kind of vibration damping, shit keeps falling off the bike.

I was riding along and the exhaust suddenly dropped 3 inches. I replaced the bolt. The next 40 k’s or so were uneventful then the ignition fell off.  The bike stood in my garage for a bit as I was disgusted and didn’t have time to get the bike fixed.

I had it fixed last week as I needed transport due to car trouble. In the week I have had to replace the numberplate which fell off because the rattling and vibration actually tore the number plate. I heard something vibrating and have been unable to find the source of the rattle.

On Wednesday night the bike just stopped. Now I want you to not that this is not some old rattle trap but a bike that has done 942 km’s. I am feeling seriously like I was ripped off.

If you need reliable transport for your kid to get to school and back on stay away from Zongshen motorbikes.