 Not a bad looking Chinese built bike.
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My son is in the motor industry here in the UK and of course I read his industry association magazine, there is usualy a page or two on two wheelers. This is not to bad looking in my opinion and would be nice for a blast now and again, here is the details. HS500. 500cc single DOHC about 50HP from Fuji Heavy Industries branded SUBARU. ( I think Toyota own all of that). Designed by former Honda designer. Showa suspension, Tokico brakes. It says built by OSCA in China, but it sounds more like assembeled to me. This is the only picture I could find. 
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Ahhhh....it go like foo-kin-hek 
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I hope you can get parts for it. The few chinese bikes floatin around my neck of the woods (small dirt bikes and scooters) are nearly impossible to get parts for. I would't take the chance.
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If I was going to go for Chinese built, I'd go for one of these Chang Jiang 750's. Importing Chang Jiang 750
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That looks like an old BMW almost exactly. Can't remember year or model but same heads, timing cover, frame, etc..
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That looks like an old BMW almost exactly. Can't remember year or model but same heads, timing cover, frame, etc..
Yep, there is a Chinese export company that specializes in doing restorations and shipping them off across the world. They even have a "BMW Tribute Series". CJSidecar.com
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Very cool, I knew it was old from the flat head but wasn't sure if that was 30s or 40s.
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Many years ago, a rich guy from the town where I work had one of those shipped to our dealership. He was friends with the owner... It came in 2 crates - didn't have a sidecar - and looked just like an old BMW. I was told to help this guy out with whatever he needed, so I got one of the mechanics from the shop and he and I uncrated and assembled this thing. It was literally drenched in cosmolene and smelled like it had been in storage since WWII. The whole time we were sorting it out the owner was asking us questions that led us to believe he was totally clueless about anything mechanical, let alone motorcycles. When we finished it, I asked him how he wanted to get it home. Turned out, he had no intention of riding the thing - which was good... he just liked the way it "looked" and was going to just display it in his garage at home. Bill, the mechanic, offered to ride it there for him the next day, and did so. The following night he told me "I was not impressed..." only his language was a bit more colorful....  I'd love to have that kind of disposable income...
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I hear what you say regarding parts, there are thousands of small factories all over China making parts for mini motos and unknown here makes, and I cant see them having the back up for models a few years old. However with the other backers for this it may be a different story. Price will be interesting to know when it is releasaed.
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Many years ago, a rich guy from the town where I work had one of those shipped to our dealership. He was friends with the owner...
It came in 2 crates - didn't have a sidecar - and looked just like an old BMW.
I was told to help this guy out with whatever he needed, so I got one of the mechanics from the shop and he and I uncrated and assembled this thing. It was literally drenched in cosmolene and smelled like it had been in storage since WWII.
The whole time we were sorting it out the owner was asking us questions that led us to believe he was totally clueless about anything mechanical, let alone motorcycles.
When we finished it, I asked him how he wanted to get it home. Turned out, he had no intention of riding the thing - which was good... he just liked the way it "looked" and was going to just display it in his garage at home.
Bill, the mechanic, offered to ride it there for him the next day, and did so. The following night he told me "I was not impressed..." only his language was a bit more colorful....
I'd love to have that kind of disposable income...
Guys like that are kinda nutty. Reminds me of people who have classic cars out back, in rough shape, and won't consider selling and aren't going to fix ever. Just gonna rust into the ground.  For some people, it's just about ownership.
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I have a few classics sitting that I can't find the cash to do anything with but people who want to buy them want to pay what the transmission alone would be worth and I don't want to part them. My 2 owner 55 Studebaker 2 door hard top Champion,people were offering me $2,000 and it runs fine and the body is almost perfect, new clutch and bottom end bearings, new breaks, etc... So I drove it back in the garage and there it sits. My 71 LeMans sport too, it's all apart and rough but it's also all there with some very hard to find parts. Aluminum Borg Warner tranny 11" clutch, 3:55 possi rear, Z bar, 390 HP 400 etc... So I can understand some guys letting them sit, they don't want to give them away. I crushed a 66 Dart GT convertable not too long ago. No cloth on the top anymore but everything was there and not rusted bad. Had a dead engine too. But it had all the GT trim. I was in a hurry at the time or wouldn't have crushed it.
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