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Clubroom => Bike Talk => Topic started by: gorby on February 22, 2009, 08:37:33 pm

Title: when cheap is expensive
Post by: gorby on February 22, 2009, 08:37:33 pm

Its the old catchcry "you get what you pay for "

here is a pic of a chinese front sprocket that has exploded.

this has then unloaded the chain thru the cover and trashed the stator.

The customer has learned that the E-bay bargain was not so good after all

(http://i167.photobucket.com/albums/u125/mhplum/IMGP0051.jpg)

Title: Re: when cheap is expensive
Post by: Marc.com on February 23, 2009, 10:16:51 am

hell I have a Ducati gearbox do that  ;D

Title: Re: when cheap is expensive
Post by: GMC on February 23, 2009, 10:54:23 am

Yeah my Montessa 304 did it also. The Monties have a tapered shaft for the sprocket & it broke through the keyway.
I got sick of DNFing trials with that thing so swapped it for a Fantic 243

Title: Re: when cheap is expensive
Post by: shorelinemc on February 23, 2009, 06:03:36 pm

Thats why we call chinese bikes dumpstas and the way we value them when someone wants to sell one is  - you check how much fuel is in the tank!!