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do you do all that yourself?

CF are our main rival here in France ( for quas and ssv) so my info is skewed via our reps, but i do know that we have a number of dealers who have abandoned one or other of the makes we distribute in order to sell CF ( CF put pressure on them to be exclusive CF dealers) who have become rapidly dissillusined with their parts and supply service and asked to come back us… i do know their absolutely all over t’interweb and antisocial media…

My concern with he Chinese bikes is warranty, parts and service. this comes from working in the warranty department of a european importer and distributer of 8 Chinese manufacturers ( Not CF to be fair). People seem to forget that China is a communist dictatorship and the state controls all industry and entreprise ( despite what they would have you believe). I know because I have translated a number of contracts between Chinese suppliers and the compamy I work for and they all clearly lay out exactly who is the sole arbiter in any litigation that should arise... & it ain't the local chamber of commerce... They do not consider themselves beholden to eurpean laws or regulations, and only do so in order to be allowed to sell the machines over here, so you can forget any notions of obligation to supply parts for 10 years, and we currently have 4 suppliers who simply giggle at the idea of 2 years manufactureres garantie. We are oblige to sell with 2 years warranty, but that does not apply to the manufacturer. Look at what has happened to Segway powersports in Canada, the importer went bust so all garanties on machines sold there have become worthless overnight. I think it will be interesting to see what happens with these machines as they become more common and start getting older. There are, allegedly, some Chinese manufactureres who are beginning to chage mentality, CF may be one of them, Idon't know, but at the end of the day, if you have a problem and need legal recourse, you are attempting to sue the Chinese governement. Good luck with that!

I'm on holiday or 10 days and the weather is crap ao I thought I'd come on here and see what you clowns have been up to. It doesn't get any better does it?

only one ride this month and the pic I took doesn't have the bike in it maybe I'll get out this weekend as a last minute job?

we did. but not much and its gone again now

they are sweet looking beasties.

Bank Holiday today (rememberence day in France is on the day , not the nearest sunday) adn bizarrely nice weather, up to 17deg c and blue skies, so, having shovelled a 2nd coat of varnish on the shutter from the kids room and a first coat of rattlecan black on the ironwork for it, I got the bike out and was about to leave when a mate rang asking if I was thinking of riding and if so leaving when? I replied "now" we met up down the road a little way and ended up doing somewhat over 200km in a loop north and east from home. Great afternoon out

got out for an hour on the bike yesterday, nearly home whn i came across 2 "yoofs" on mobylettes ( 50cc bikes) they were busy dismanteling one of the bikes so I stoppe to see if I could help. They'd somehow managed to stripp the threads of the exhaust header fitting to the cylinder. They had a good selection of tools with them, and didn't seem overy phased by the situation. I went and got an assortment of bolts and washers from the nearby hardware store for them and left them to it. As night was falling I did check they had phones to call someone if they couldn't fix it. lovely day for a spin

Ah shit mate, I am so sorry to hear that.

comes out a bit more like this, which is, subconsciuosly, easier on the eye.

God knows I'm no photographer, but your subject is too central and theres too much forground.

they're all fucking morons and should be shot on site, their "club" should be held responsable for any damage caused, pay for the extra policing neccessary and for the loss of earnings for all the town centre shopkeepers and restaurants who are obliged to close for the day and board up their window's. I fucking hate them with a passion that I struggle to hide. Not specifically Marseille... ALL of them.

the weather is still shyte here, and what's more the place is crawling with police and CRS cos there's a footy match Auxerre Vs Marseille here this evening so the marseille brain dead wankers are expected by busload anytime during the afternoon. I would corral them all in to a large carpark and then call in an air strike from the nearest Rafale squadron, but apparently that's not allowed...