D250RTC step by step setup. | China-moto Member RTA, RTB and RTC Support | Forum

Ok, got the RTC setup this afternoon and I made lots of short videos from start to finish and took a bunch of photos.

I've got to get cleaned up and eat something and then I'll be uploading video and some photos of the bike.

I can tell you this bike is FAR superior to the Junlun JL250P. However I will say that once the bugs are worked out of the Jinlun it's a great bike but I think it falls short of this one out of the box.

This bike starts, idles and runs better than any other China bike I've ever ridden.

Information coming soon  :)

Let's get started! First off let me say that I was quite pressed for time this afternoon when I did this so some of my videos might have some gibberish in them but I think the videos will help owners assembling their bikes. Secondly I am no actor :) nor do I do well in front of or behind the camera, but I try…..

I would like to tell everyone how relieved I am that this bike comes with the front wheel already on the forks. Whew, this bike is heavy duty as compared to the Lifan bikes I have been use to assembling in the past.

The cool thing is I was able to do this entire assembly by myself with no once else helping except when I rolled it off the palate/crate and really I could have done that myself but I was just being careful.

Ok, on to the videos!

Removing the exterior metal crate is pretty easy. Just remove the ten bolts from the bottom of the crate/frame and grab it on one end and lift up and over the bike. Be careful not to snag the fairings during this exercise……

Spread the bars out where you like them and use an 8mm hex wrench and put all you have  into it. Shake them pretty good to make sure they are secure.

Don't leave your bars pulled into the frame too much or they will hit the tank when you turn then in tightly possibly causing an accident when riding.

Battery box is on the right side of the bike under the black plastic cover, three philips head screws and push down and pull out and it pops right off. There are two large screws and one small one, behind the two large screws are just nuts and they will fall off so keep that in mind when removing the side covers.

You will also find, with the battery kit a rubber strap. On the Lifan bikes we just use to drop the battery in a box and the fit was so tight (Depending on what generation you owned) you never needed to use the strap. You need it on this bike or you will lose the battery going down the road! So strap that sucker in!

Remember, Red and Red on the positive post and black/green on the negative post.

What a moron I am! No wonder this bike was running so rough on the first start, it was set at full choke! I finally figured out the choke is on the left side of the carb and I figured out why there is no choke cable, because you really don't need one. The bike will start and Idle without as I have found out. So no special rigging needed! Of course in cold weather and at different altitudes that could change so we will keep an eye on it and make a thread if need be.

Btw, I screwed up the above video up so my bad…..:(

Ok, so after my ride I came back and put Tommy, our finance manager on the bike so you guys can see just how large this bike is. It's not the same as narrow little bike that Lifan puts out, this thing has some meat to it!

And finally the last video of the day showing the bike with the side covers/fairings on where they should be.

So what does it ride like? Well, truthfully it rides about like any single cylinder thumper. There is some vibration in the pegs and a little more in the bars but less than most China bikes I've ridden. There gearing is wider than a LF200-III and maybe a Jinlun JL250P. Been a while since I've been on the Jinlun and I just can't remember how that bike is geared.

I think it needs to drop about three teeth on the rear sprocket or it needs an extra one on the counter sprocket.

I easily got the bike to sixty with no problem but ran out of room and did not want to go too far without a tag (and helmet, forgot it today….)

The claimed stock horsepower for this bike is 18 and it feels like that is about what it has. The bike is a little heavier than a Lifan LF200-III but makes about three more horsepower that the Gen I and Gen II and makes about 4.5 more horsepower than the Gen III.

I will say the Jinlun, with it's twin cylinder engine, sounds so much cooler than this bike with it's single but I have now ridden both and the Jinlun is not as fast as this bike.

The instrument cluster is the same as most China sport bikes, almost all the Lifan bikes and the Jinlun share the same cluster and this one has a white background. Some will note that many of the Lifan clusters have a blue background, white looks much better in my opinion.

As I'm really just getting started with he bike that is about all I know at the moment. We are assembling the Bobber (D250RTB) tomorrow afternoon if all goes ok and I will be making videos on that bike as well.

I can tell you all that I was more excited about the RTB than any other bike we currently sell until we setup the RTC today and now I'm really pumped about it. China quality control is getting better and better everyday and these bikes are great examples of that.

I will now start taking all my dimensions on things such as exhaust canisters, finding out what the jet type is, figuring an air filter mod and sending sprockets off to be blueprinted.

That's all for today so start asking any questions you have :)

655D5A5350555B340 wrote: There should be a slash cut in the lever so that you can attach a universal cable choke.
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Looks good!  No more bannana seat haha

I don't think we'll need it now, maybe when it's really cold…..

Yes and that tank is freakin huge!

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