Shineray scooters

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last year

So I鈥檓 looking through the ads on OLX and Facebook to find myself a used motorcycle or a scooter (a little one). Surprisingly I found out that the Honda models are quite expensive, especially compared to what they cost when new (like a Honda pop that is maybe 10 years old and still costs like 70 or 80% as much as a new one ). I know that used Hondas are expensive for good reasons, but it seems a little excessive.

So a Brazilian friend recommended to look at the Shineray scooters. Unfortunately I couldn鈥檛 find much about them, but they do look OK and are considerably cheaper than the Japanese bikes.. I don鈥檛 know if they鈥檙e only sold here in Brazil and China or why, but it is pretty hard to find any information about them. Has anybody here experience with this brand of motorcycles/scooters? Particularly about reliability and support (f ex is it hard to find parts?) I heard someone say that I would be better off to not even look at one because of quality reasons. Can anybody confirm that or are they actually good and just cheap because they鈥檙e not well known yet?

And what about the other Japanese brands, like Suzuki and Yamaha? Is it difficult to get them fixed and serviced, or are parts etc readily available?

P.S. If you were going to answer only to warn me that driving a motorcycle is dangerous: thank you, I know. 馃槈

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Food for thought, but it depends on how you will use the bike.

I have 2 Chinese electric motorbikes. A quick Google suggests similar are available in Brazil.

These are both gel batteries.

One is a real motorcycle you have to register, rax, and have a licence to ride.

It's good for short range commutes, but would be useless for much more than 20k/day round trips as charge times are too long.

However, it runs well, was cheap to buy, and costs almost nothing to run.

My wife uses it for a 5km round trip to work. We charge once a week in order to make sure it always has juice, but we have run it for 2 weeks between charges from time to time.

The second is an electric bicycle. It looks like a real scooter type motorcycle but has pedals (I didn't bother fitting them).

These are good for short runs only - going to the shops and so on.

It will hit 45 kph and has a range of about 40 or 50 km.

You would have to check local laws but it is a bicycle here so no rules to consider.

Longer journeys require a petrol engine.

In my opinion, lithium ion battery vehicles are still far too expensive and lack efficiency, so I avoid them.