Summary:
Great looking piece of junk
Faults:
Flat tires (by previous owner at 3000, and on my ownership by 6100 miles).
Worn brakes (at 5000 according to the previous owner).
Broken brake handle at 6500 miles.
Every 1000 miles a valve gets unadjusted.
Broken piston rod at 7000 miles.
General Comments:
I have own pretty much all brands and sizes. This has been the biggest POS of a bike ever. At 7K it looks like it needs a lot of work. Even bikes I ran for 10x longer did not have (TOTAL) 1/10 of the problems.
The bike cosmetically looks new, it is a beautiful machine, but is extremely unreliable. When it works, it gave 60-70 MPG. But the cost of maintenance makes a Hummer look like a Hybrid. It can barely go 70, but cruises at 50MPH no problem.
Would you buy another motorcycle from this manufacturer? No
Review Date: 11th January, 2013
30th Apr 2013, 21:41
My daughter also had a 2002 GZ250, and it too died. I tried looking for used top cylinder parts on eBay (or anywhere), and found out that most of these bikes have dead top parts of the engines, as I can buy the bottom half no problem, but not many complete engines or top ends. What a waste of money. Undeniably the worst bike I ever heard of.
Now to see if I can sell the rest of the bike in parts.