Devon TRF Group Forum

RichT4 · Champion

Maybe an alternative to the CRF230?

Torr · Expert

more like the CCM230

obviously a market for cheap bikes in the lightweight arena

GRAY · Clubman B

Looks like a cheap n nasty.
Keep your money and buy the honda if I were you.

maggotman · Clubman A

i cant understand why pepole insist on new 2k would get you a verry decent used beke

Pete · Devon's Best

probably because you have not tried one

my second hand ccm230 has been great fun and extremely good value for the money

the few things that have been needed still leave me having spent an awful lot less than a honda would have cost

people spend a lot on ktms but bits fall off them by all acounts, doesn't sound like good value

my honda 250 wears out chains,tyres,pads and bearings at the same rate as the 230

going for a ride today with a crf230, might try swapping for a while to see what I'm missing

Monty · Clubman B

maggotman wrote:

i cant understand why pepole insist on new 2k would get you a verry decent used beke

Couldnt agree more.

You have to question the build quality of something that cheap.

RichT4 · Champion

Chinese bike building seem to be improving, yeh they are still copying the designs of others but at least these designs are already proven technology - I'd be more worried about a Chinese bike that was original, much easier to reverse engineer a design.

Also I thought there was now a hole in the 230 market as Honda are no longer make the CRF230?

Just looking at this one compared to the CCM, this one seems nicer looking, has USD forks, probably nice rear shock, nice looking tail pipe but probably too loud and nice wide foot pegs.
Also a rear disks which is an advantage over the CRF.

I'm not suggestion that it'd be a good bike though, just that it might be okay for the money, personally with resale in mind I'd put my money on a Honda but if resale wasn't an issue and I was in the market for a smaller cc bike then I could be tempted by something like this.

jt · Powermonger!!

Didn't folks make comments like these 40 odd years back about the jap stuff?

chrisoncbr · Expert

Prophetic comment sir!

Torr · Expert

jt wrote:

Didn't folks make comments like these 40 odd years back about the jap stuff?

Then [ 40 years ago] I was in my yoof....... I had leaky old Brits bodged and covered in Hermatite gasket goo ..... and shiny new Japanese bikes.

The Brits could be maintained and if not bodged and properly assembled and cared for were reliable as any... the Japanese bikes soon fell apart, the spokes came loose, the tyres were crap, the chrome peeled off, and if you had a problem with say a overhead cam the cost of spares was prohibitive/ unavailiable/ unrepairable.

They did get better.................

Saying that just parted with the 1947 16MC AJS to day for a moderate Kings Ramsom! .............................................but still have the CRF in the shed!!!!

anone know wher I can get a Hagon shoch for sensible money?