actually I wouldnt buy lifans
unless they offer different shift patterns
here is why
ive had 2 lifan 125 slip out of gear, badly
now im no master mechanic I dont dig inside the engine to see what to fix
some have said you can modify something to maybe fix it, who knows
but from what ive read the shift pattern 1,n,2,3,4 has a better chance of slipping out of gear
on my 2 engines it would be a slow down shift from 3rd to 2nd I give it gas and it slips into neurtal
Not fun on the street
Had this on one ct70, and one little dirt bike
on the dirt you have more time to recover
but if your trying to keep up with cars or whatever and it slips out of gear, it could cause problems
Plus the lifans I had, you had to be in neutral and dont touch the clutch to kickstart
alot of the time its really hard to find neutral rolling to a stop
and if you stupidly stall it, your stumbling trying to get into neutral, just to kick start it
which is always fun
Now I have on my ct70 a piranha 140cc
super nice engine I think its still china made but maybe assembled in the USA
not sure
what I did notice is paint marks over all the bolts which tells me they have been torqued and marked
Also it can start in any gear, clutch in or out
and shift pattern is n, 1,2,3,4 so its super easy to get neutral
Ive also installed a lifan 150cc
Cant remember the shift pattern on that one, wasnt my bike
it seemed built rougher, actually slower then my 140 by 5mph
same gearing too
anyways ever since the gear slipping I just look for n,1,2,3,4 shift patterns
BTW my 140 allows 35 miles on the little tank, thats all
I bought a side mount sub tank which gets me another 15 miles
Never checked when I had the 125 but it seemed I could go all day
so my only regret with the 140 is the mileage
power wise its fine, but I thought the 125 was fine too
never rode a stock engine ct70 but I have an all stock c70 but of course it has much larger wheels
it goes pretty well
