Jinlun 125 - 11 125

My advice to anyone thinking of buying a Jinny is to buy one cheap 2nd hand no more than £4-500 and spend an extra couple of hundred doing it up, these are great bikes to learn whats what and can be lots of fun to work on and drive, they are fast I easily hit 75/80mph on a flat and the drive is very controlled so you don't feel like its getting away from you. Just remember buy one cheap and do it up you will still save hundreds of pounds over and equivalent Japanese bike of the same age and you will learn more about bikes from working on it and if you ever get stuck head over to http://jinlun-owners.co.uk the guys on the forum there know more than most mechanics :)

All the best,

Alex

Havin just bought my first cruiser I am liking the size of it however not being very clued up on bikes there seems to be a significant oil leak from underneath towards the left I can't pinpoint where it's coming from, it seems fairly sluggish I changed the plugs but no change other than that a lot of bike.

JUST COMING UP TO 4 YEARS NOW. ONLY LET ME DOWN ONCE AFTER BEING PARKED UP FOR 2 WEEKS OVER XMASS O8, COS OF SNOW ICE ETC, HAD FLAT BATT.

YES TENDS TO RUST A BIT (LOT) ODD BITS N PIECES GO SOUTH BUT EVEN WITH A TINY AMOUNT OF NOUNCE YOU CAN SORT IT YOURSELF. HALF THE FUN OF OWNING A BIKE LIKE THIS IS SPENDING TIME WORKING ON IT,

AFTER 4 YEARS BIKE COVERED IN WINTER CRUD N A BIT OF RUST CAME OUT OF LIBARY TO FIND COUPLE OF BLOKES LOOKING AT HER "NICE BIKE MATE " WAS THE COMMENT I GOT THIS HAPPENS ALL THE TIME PETROL STATIONS TESCO SPAR ETC ETC. HAD ALL SORTS OF BIKES BUT THIS IS THE ONLY ONE TO ATTRACT SO MUCH ATTENTION.

HAD MINE FROM SCREAMIN BEAGLE, SO MUCH YOU CAN DO TO THIS BIKE CUSTOMISING ETC FAIRLY EASY TO TO FIDDLE WITH. WELL WORTH THE PRICE AND YES I WOULD HAVE ANOTHER ONE BUKID QUALITY GETTING BETTER ALL THE TIME. ----PAUL

ill start with the some bad points . the engine takes forever to warm up and when it gets to hot it struggles for life the wheels are disturbingly nasty to look at .it has lotts of plastic bits indicators,lamp,covers on the forks wich is a bit of a false negative becuase there lighter and will never rust .the bolts used on the bike are mainly substandard chinese made bolts wich Will snap and scheer when over tightened by quater of a turn

good points. it looks nice and its cheap you can get a 2006 model for about 500

overall id suggest to a first time rider to spend a little bit extra and get a honda vt 125 if you must get a cruiser style bike infact any honda is going to be more reliable and safer than a jinlun as they stand at the moment if you are really set on getting one i would say only keep it until you do your full test and get rid of it as fast as you can

iv got racing sparks, racing air filters, racing cams and racing sprockets, racing exhaust and add acetone to my petrol 25ml per full tank . She gets to about 80 mph and makes a lot of noise about it lol. Its a very stable bike you can lean it to the point where your foot pegs scrape the ground :o) i would recommend this bike to a first timer or some is after a fun to use bike :

please can some one tell how to fix my jinlun 125-11 gearbox i was riding down the road then all of a sudden the back wheel locked up an now will not go into gear ???

I bought my Jinlun 125-11 in 2008 to combat the petrol prices, surposed to get 110 mpg? more like 70 but I guess thats still better than 24 in the car, speed 70 mph? rubbish you are pushed to get 50 flat out down hill wind in your back and as for slugish! it would not pull the skin off a rice pudding so dont expect to leave anyone eating exhurst fumes at the traffic lights. Within weeks of ownership the crome started to rust and the frame, the polished alloy started to pit and crack all in all quality pretty much rubbish but what can you really expect at the price they go for. I have to say though in its defence touch wood to date it has never let me down machanically (YET)

I purchased my Jinlun 125-11 in May 2008. During my 18 months ownership I took the bike about 10 times to the garage to get it fixed. Problems ocurred with the clutch, gearbox, oil leakages, and electrics.

In the end I had to sell it for scrap/repairs in January 2010.

The build quality is atrocious. The bike looks good but that's about it. I should have listened to my wife and paid twice as much for a Kawasaki, Honda or Suzuki so the bike could spend more time on the road than in the garage.

If you don't want to spend the money and you're a bit of a gambler, you could hit lucky and get a great looking bike for little money. But, remember the adage - you get what you pay for!

I Have owned my jinlun for 12 months and has had no prblem starting, after a warm up. It is good on feul and looks great.I have viewed other types in this style and this is the chunkiest, But i have had to replace the ignition barrel, due to wear and combating the rust is an ongoing task. Most faults are down to the build.If you give it lots of love it should be problem free.Does get great comments and a smooth ride.

Had the bike for nearly six months now its badge as a Lexmoto its just dropping to pieces every week something goes wrong don,t be fooled by all the blur you read about parts back its just not true had to wait three weeks for a new wiring loom as the thing just melted amazed it never caught light perhaps that would have been a good thing.Just sold the bike for £450 for spares saveing for a real bike now Honda.