(Non Retro) 2009 Shineray 125

[dungbug]

Firstly apologies for the 'non retro' content. ;D

As some of you are aware my knowledge of bikes is pretty vague so I've been looking out for something cheap to 'fettle' with to give me more idea of how bikes are built.......I didn't fancy playing about with the GN as I need to use it most days.
After alot of fruitless searching or finding a "project" where the seller wanted £££'s for it as he could 'get more on eBay for it'
On Wednesday evening with the help of Dave-v-v (RR member) we set off from MK to Stevenage in a Peugeot 307 estate to collect a Shineray 125.
After loading the bike (& removing the front wheel so the tailgate would close) we headed back to MK.
The bike in question is an 09 plate, the seller said it was a runner & I managed to get a bit of a fire from it when we picked it up. I wasn't going to argue too much as he wanted the princely sum of £50 for it.

Here's a few photo's;





Worked closed early this afternoon so I had some daylight to play with the bike, the reason why it wasn't firing became apparent. The fuel tap was switched off, switched it on, gave it a bit of chole & it started with the second kick. ;D Goes into gear, clutch seems to be happy enough as well. It was low on oil so I didn't run it for long, but found a few things that aren't right. Firstly the exhaust is fubar, snapped in the middle. One exhaust bolt has been sheered so the exhaust can't be bolted down (not sure how to get around that one). Indicators and brake light don't work, speedo cable missing & the frame for the tailpiece is broken.

Will hopefully get some more time on it this weekend, as said it was brought just for me to fettle with and get some understanding with bikes. Again apologies for the non retro content. ;D ;D ;D

[davytelford]

50 you jammy sod stick some off road tyres on and your away

[dungbug]

Haha, the zorst is proper fugged, you can see the exhaust paste used to try & fix it ;D It's the sheared exhaust bolt that'll be a pain to sort out, not sure whether to try & drill it out (gradual process which might save the thread). The thing that is apparent is the poor build quality, the whole thing is badly screwed together.......It's a pig getting the oil cap/dipstick out as they've mounted the footbrake switch directly above it (I'll take a picture of it tomorrow). I can see why these bikes are dirt cheap to buy from new, I finished messing with it & decided to put the GN away for the night......The GN just felt nice and solid by comparison, I'm not complaining for the money though as it give's me something to mess about with & it doesn't need it's first MOT until mid next year so in theory it could be taxed & used if I was desperate.

[jawathemutt]

2 years old and its in that state!

[dungbug]

Oct 28, 2011 23:35:24 GMT jawathemutt said:

2 years old and its in that state!

The stories about poor build qualities of Chinese bikes aren't urban myths. ;D

To be fair I think it's had a hard start to life, there's a fair few gouges on the engine casing. I'd say it's seen alot of fields in it's time as well as someone has given it a clean (sort of) but there's alot of mud & crud in the hard to reach places.

[TerraRoot]

Might be worth reading this basicly the thread is about a guy who buys a cheap chinese 150cc moped and proceeds to actually look after it!. There is nothing really wrong with chinese bikes other then the people that ride them. Those that have some mechanical empathy and know what to do with a spanner are getting rare.

[dungbug]

Cheers for that link Terra, I did a bit of reading up on what people had to say about them & the guys that seemed to know their stuff recommended going over the whole bike, checking electrical connections, tightness of bolts, swapping oil & spark plug etc. The only hing I could find out was which bike this was based on, one site said a Honda VL (can't see the resemblance though), it reminds me of my mates old Yammy XT125 more than anything. A couple of different sites said the engines used were copies of the CG, again I'm not sure........I was just relieved to see that it didn't have a diaphragm carb. ;D

[TerraRoot]

get us some close ups of the engine, both sides, there are yamaha reps as well as honda reps.
i reckon that thing will be great for fun stuff unlike the gn. still bloody slow tho.

[dungbug]

Funny you should say that Terra, the riding position felt nicer than the GN...........I've not done anything 'off road' with a bike since I was a kid messing about with mopeds in fields, but it's appealing. ;-) I'll grab some more photo's now..........

[dungbug]

More photo's;

Engine.







Carb.



Damage exhaust bolt.



Exhaust, snapped in the middle.



The oil cap (bloody awkward to remove as you can see).



Broken tail piece.



Wiring (looks better in the photo, it looks quite rusty in the flesh).

[dungbug]

[TerraRoot]

yep ohv cg rep. whats more retro then a cg engine? it's older then me!



www.china-parts.co.uk/acatalog/New_Engines.html
think yours is a 156FMI, that stamped anywhere?
you need a 167FML, should have just a smidge under 15bhp then ;D

[dungbug]

I guess it has some 'loose' retro origins then ;D The engine mark states 156 FMI, as you thought.