Familiar with Chinese M/C market. Now you have to research any new m/c you might be interested in.  Find out where it’s assembled with parts from where. Been tempted but like drugs just say  , NO ! I have an interesting stable , American , Japanese , British. The stigma of Japanese bikes is bad enough , not sure I want to hear “What the _ _ _ _ is that” everytime a buddy shows up. The Tracker looks good enough that it fits in. Ol skool does that to ya ! No one would ride with me on those , might get beat up by some real bikers on it too ! A simple no thank you. Think I’m a builder not a buyer , at least till they drop some new BSAs here in the states ! Nor do the guys at the local H/D dealer , listen to them stutter , when I ask them when the Chinese Harleys are due to arrive !

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Lifan builds their own bikes for the past 25-30 years ! They build Hondas for Honda and several other brands as well. I would feel ok with a Lifan , but I can’t bring myself to even drive  an hour away to look at them. It would have to stay outside , period ! Racism , that won’t work , my wife of over 30 yrs is half Chinese ! I won’t say never , it would have to be the perfect bike and we all know that’s just not gonna happen.

Ruttly, please understand my comment about racism was in no way directed at you!!  I apologize if I struck a nerve.  It was a bad generalization on my bad about the mentality of many "real bikers" and Anti-China folks.  It’s probably just fear that a country with 2 billion hard working people and nuclear weapons will crush the USA one day.

Kinda like the morons that are boycotting Budweiser and switched to Busch beer (that git 'em)!

Lifan, Zongshen, and CFMOTO are 3 manufacturers that are putting out pretty good products.  I've owned a Zongshen and a CFMOTO and no real complaints - and replacement parts are cheap if/when something does fail.  

I also imported and sold over 70 little 50cc 2-stroke dirt bikes over 2 years.  They were cheap.  They were easy.  They were fun - 2 of our grandsons still ride them going on 2+ years (replacement carbs are like $12 on Amazon and you replace annually - lol. I was getting them for $4).  You'll see these bikes on Amazon for like $400 plus $99 shipping.  I was importing them for about $235 (including shipping) and selling fully assembled locally for $400.  My "value add" was doing the final assembly and selling ready to ride locally.  I sold 26 of them in the 3 weeks leading up to Christmas one year - I couldn't build 'em fast enough!  Good fun little bikes for the money and kids learning to ride (parents sticking their toe in the water before dropping big bucks on a “real” bike and not knowing if their kid will even like riding…and kids gunna tear it up anyways!).

T/P absolutely none taken , IDC ! Was only explaining my view
Truth by told I have a Zhongshan 250 cc 5 speed engine somewhere in my ever growing collection of engines. It is for sale by the way. Keep it hidden from my caveman buddies , lmmfao

When Shawn first started building the brake kits they had a 2 piece rotor, and I was lucky enough to get this model.  The inner piece is a cut down Savage rotor, the outer piece is from a Suzuki sport bike.  The buttons hold them together and allow the outer disc to float a bit and stay centered.

I tried the one piece rotor and it was always noisy for me when cold and I tried lots of different compound pads and a different caliper and I could not make the squeal go away - I never had that problem with my 2 piece rotor.

Paul:

If you want a big improvement in brake performance at a reduced cost - you can make an adapter and install a two piston caliper from a Suzuki SV650.  It requires making an adapter from steel and drilling holes and threading them.

The amount of braking power is improved dramatically - however the disc is still a bit small and can get hot if you are using the improved brake power frequently (like riding fast in the mountains) the disc will get really hot.  However - for panic stops it works great!

The photo is the SV650 caliper on a GS550 rotor - however I cut the rotor down to the same diameter as the Savage and the setup is the same....I can install a Savage front wheel and disc without any problem.

Bottom line is Shawn’s system works.  
The price is reasonable and installation is basic, take your time and do it right.  I was more than pleased with the result of mine; much better braking and excellent control with the braking force.  
I consider it a good safety investment.

…… if you want to, you can stand the bike on its nose, but that’s not something I want to do.