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 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.

I ride a 06 Bonneville and a 72 Daytona, have been on 2 wheels for 30+ years and am an aircraft engineer by trade. I thought I'd take a punt on a JL125Y to use on the green lanes. It's OK. I stripped off the girly tank/false radiator plastic and ran it in. Bit gutless, but I'm used to bigger bikes. The original tyres were lethal on tarmac. Steering was like a thrupenny bit [ask your dad!] so I dumped the rubber, etch primed the insides of the rims and fitted Bridgestone trailwings. I waxoiled the whole thing to keep the rust at bay. Some of the fittings are weak and need beefing up, but hey, I can do that. The upside down forks bottomed on every bump, so I started adding 10cc's of 15-40 SAE. After adding 150cc's to each leg the bumping stopped and the fork action was nice. The front brake is OK. The rear needs weight on the wheel to be effective. The rear brake pedal cylinder needs a guard or repositioning, to stop a tree stump knocking it off. Otherwise, a good little tool to play with. A few mod's, a bit of thought and it will turn into a nice little motorcycle. I might even come up with a suspension lowering mod, or make it a twinshock instead.

thay are rubise if u get one you will experans alot of problems with the carbs lights engine and gear box just the other day i was traveling home and the gear box gave up on me the only gear that i could get was 2ed and in the 2 years i have had it i have had to fork out more than 3 x what i pad for the bike. you cant even get the wright spark plugs from honda and you have to replas them every mounth i have had the bike coler tuned twise and it still dose not run propaly and as for it being modeld on the honda shadow it is a very pore job the boby is not even a soled frame it is held together with the engine and the exost is just lightlay take welded

Had my jinny for about 7 months and nothing has EVER gone wrong with it, people on some sites say it rubbish but I say dont knock it itll you tryed it. Ok its a 125 and yes not a Harley but if your a teen and pull up on this beast you will be fighting the girls off 10/10 form me

the Jinlun 125 - 11 125 keeps stopping. it does re start but is a pain
the chain and sprocket are worn out havn't done 5000km yet
crome rusting and flaking
choke cable just broke this morning
the valve clearance was in correct and air filter had petrol damage
it will not tick over properly
they say that it was due to a bad pdi but some of the problems are just bad quality materials

Well, where to start. I bought the Jinlun 125 - 11 125 because i thought having something to ride whilst doing my DAS would be better practice than none at all. How wrong was I.

Firstly the bike arrived minus a bulb in the rear left hand indicator! Not a blown bulb, it just wasn't there at all! Okay i thought easy oversight 50p sorted that out.

Went to the petrol station and filled up only to find the fuel guage was stuck on the 2 bottom lights. Got this fixed by local garage then all was fine for about a week. The front brake master cylinder started leaking from a perished seal. This wasn't going well.

I knew i should have bought something decent from a proper manufacturer!

As for the thing looking like a Harley, no it doesn't. I can only assume that the people who say this havn't seen a Harley before! For a start theres a big empty space where a big v-twin would live, the tyres are too skinny, it sounds like a lawn mower and goes like one too. I'm 6'4" and look like a gorilla riding a kids bike and it just doesn't, full stop.

A CG125 is built like a tank compared to this thing and is much easier to live with, i had my choice and i picked the wrong bike but 1 month down the line i passed my test anyway so sold it for £900!

Lesson learned.

i own a 250-5 texan, big for a 250 and lots of shiney bits, it has teething problems but what mechanical machine doesnt, it runs good and maintenance is easy, and looks good as well if kept cleaned and polished. i use it for cruising at 60-70 mph, i dont need a death trap 900cc road bike that would probably end up in a square after coming out of the crusher when it hit a brick wall of car just because i wanted to do over 100 mph, no thanks im very happy taking things in my stride and staying alive. good bike for getting confidence on too, so get one , and there is a jinlun owners web site where you can join and you will get any information you require from lots of jinlun owners to keep you on the road.

Lets face it they look brilliant fantastic value for money, and save a fortune on fuel costs. anyone who buys a second hand Jinlun 125 off ebay should expect to put their hand in their pocket- buy new cheap enough mine has actually paid for itself in low fuel bills and roadtax commuting. looks like a harley gets the looks probably costs the same as the harley wheels i paid £1300 delivered. downside they are slow up hills but for a restricted 125 learner leagal i think we expect to much. give them plenty of oil changes when new andngk cr7hix spark plugs and off you go