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Assuming you can get the spare parts? five years from now those manufactures would have closed shop & moved on.
I would recommend buying a used Japanese bike, it will outlast ANY Chinese rubbish you will find.
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The thing is, I can only find Japanese bikes that have 50k+ KMs around here... so I kind of feel like they will both die at the same time.
Spare parts for Chinese bikes are found at basically every corner... vs genuine japanese bike parts where you have to go to a big city to score
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Chinese bikes in SA
Agree with what has been said above.
But dont forget the Chinese bikes that are sold here in SA are not designed well, if designed at all ..... so this makes the handling of the bike, especially off road, really bad.
I would suggest, as Mark said, a Japanese brand made in Brazil. Yes they are a lot more expensive, but compare to a Chinese bike worth every dollar. And a Honda will keep its value, while a new Chinese bike has no more value after five or six years.
Just my 2 cents from Bolivia
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When I lived in Mexico I owned a bike called a Loncin Cyclone. It was essentially a Chinese-made knock-off of an XR200 with sportbike bodywork bolted on top. Because the local shops offered service and support, I was not reluctant to ride this bike, and I enjoyed riding for about a year before I sold it to move back to Canada. It was very reliable and was my daily driver while there.
So how good are service and support for this bike? If you drive a couple of hundred miles across the country and have a major mechanical issue, will you be able to find a shop that will repair it? What do locals say about that particular bike? Is it a popular model with local riders?
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The thing is, I can only find Japanese bikes that have 50k+ KMs around here
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I own the old Yamaha Tenere (1988) it still rides like new, i have rebuilt another one & its still going around outback Australia like a new bike, you can buy a Brazilian Tenere which are just as good as the Japanese bike as Japan sold all the tooling to the Brazilians & they continued building them, they are bullet proof bikes.
I also own a Chinese scooter,,,its crap.
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