by AE86 » Wed Dec 02, 2015 8:22 pm
I've had two, and my sister in law still has one (all three Loncin). All three have been utter shite, but I'm slightly biased against Chinese vehicles, so I'll just say that my experiences have been rather poor with them.
LJs reply sums up ownership well, I'll add a little more.
Front wheel lift (on my two) was really bad after 250-300kg evenly spaced out in the bed, and running over any kind of pothole would be sure to destroy any fragile cargo it might have. I've caught air in mine briefly a few times. Shifting the load forward of the axle if possible kept it reasonable to handle.
Powerband is all in the higher revs (for the 150 and 200cc versions), as in above 5,000 rpm and the gearing is way too tall (in my opinion). A nicer short ratio gearbox would have been much better for loads.
Reliability was abysmal, virtually any electrical component was useless within a year, and the gearboxes were flimsy as hell. Loncins and Lifans are made of very soft (unhardened or improperly hardened steel), and they go very quickly. The Loncin 150 my sister in law uses is on it's 3rd gearbox. It's also leaking coolant and oil everywhere. Mine personally only needed one replacement after some bent shift forks, but that's still ridiculous in my opinion.
The rest I can't remember to be honest, I switched to a diesel flatbed shortly afterwards.
Personally, they're sort of nice in terms of their size and such, but I'd much rather have shelled out the money for an old 4WD Hyundai of some sort.
All I can add.
I've had two, and my sister in law still has one (all three Loncin). All three have been utter shite, but I'm slightly biased against Chinese vehicles, so I'll just say that my experiences have been rather poor with them.
LJs reply sums up ownership well, I'll add a little more.
Front wheel lift (on my two) was really bad after 250-300kg evenly spaced out in the bed, and running over any kind of pothole would be sure to destroy any fragile cargo it might have. I've caught air in mine briefly a few times. Shifting the load forward of the axle if possible kept it reasonable to handle.
Powerband is all in the higher revs (for the 150 and 200cc versions), as in above 5,000 rpm and the gearing is way too tall (in my opinion). A nicer short ratio gearbox would have been much better for loads.
Reliability was abysmal, virtually any electrical component was useless within a year, and the gearboxes were flimsy as hell. Loncins and Lifans are made of very soft (unhardened or improperly hardened steel), and they go very quickly. The Loncin 150 my sister in law uses is on it's 3rd gearbox. It's also leaking coolant and oil everywhere. Mine personally only needed one replacement after some bent shift forks, but that's still ridiculous in my opinion.
The rest I can't remember to be honest, I switched to a diesel flatbed shortly afterwards.
Personally, they're sort of nice in terms of their size and such, but I'd much rather have shelled out the money for an old 4WD Hyundai of some sort.
All I can add.