![]() A yellow shift light and flashing red light for the rev limit would be more than sufficient. In practice, consider 8000 rpm to be the redline.It’s worth noting that the dash is quite nice, though the tachometer is unnecessary. That encourages you to shift the five-speed transmission to a higher gear. Despite the counterbalancer, the motor vibrates quite a bit as you hit 6000 rpm. The engine starts misfiring at 8k downhill, and refuses to budge past 9000 rpm. It puts out a claimed 16 horsepower at 7000 rpm, and you really have to be willing to rev the little guy hard to get the rev count that high.Redline on the large tachometer is 10,000 rpm, but it seems like that was designed for another motor. ![]() ![]() The motor definitely is not going to intimidate anyone. Once warmed up, shut off the choke and off you go. Now, let’s get on to how it works.On cold mornings, you’ll need to turn on the petcock and use the carb-mounted choke-minor inconveniences. Keeping it in top running order is a collaborative effort between CSC and the buyer. It’s an inexpensive motorcycle made in China with a focus on ease of repair rather than strict reliability. We’ve never heard of Keima until now, though they make carburetors and fuel-injection systems for motorcycles and automobiles in China.Okay, so you get the idea. The CSC TT250 has an electric-start 230cc engine that is counterbalanced, and is fed by a Keima slide-style carburetor. Zongshen puts its own spin on the two-valve, short-pushrod motor that started out as a 125cc design. The engine is based on a 1975 Honda design, which has an expired patent. CSC says every single part on the motorcycle is stocked at its California headquarters, and parts can be delivered overnight, if necessary. CSC also sells a $425 third-party four-year parts-and-labor warranty.If doing your own work on the TT250 sounds appealing, CSC includes a service manual and lots of helpful tutorial videos to get you going-from the most basic repair to motor work. For warranty labor work, CSC negotiates with a local repair shop to do the job-any professional mechanic can work on the very simple motorcycle. ![]() Shipping is free within the US, and there’s a 12-month parts-and-labor warranty. Shipping from China ($345) and documentation ($55) adds $400 to the price-something applicable to all brands, though the prices are not negotiable. Then, instead of sending the motorcycles out to dealers, they sell direct to customers.The motorcycles are shipped out fully ready to fuel up and ride. It imports the motorcycles mostly finished from China, and they do final assembly here to add a layer of quality control. ![]()
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