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Johnny4428:
The luggage is £699 if ordering with bike, so no brainer, considering you could pay that for one box under another badge! I haven’t looked at second hand value as I hope this will be a keeper, and as it’s a new model there was nothing to compare unless other Zontes models. I very nearly ordered a CFmoto 450 adventure bike, they were and are getting rave reviews but just wanted a little more oomph. Never had a triple before and this one appealed. The photo taken yesterday is my actual bike Ian so yes full luggage pack. Steve I was thinking exactly that! If nothing else it might keep or even take down the prices of the big brands. I will keep posted anything good or bad. I did ask if they could deliver to Albufeira! (Now that would be nice) I guess that would have been a long drive home 😂 But just now must go and pack my soap bag.😜

Laverda Dave:
Chinese bikes are coming so ignore them at your peril! I think they have learnt their lessons from 5-10 years ago when Chinese bikes were absolute rubbish with no spares back up and mechanics who wouldn't touch them. Resale values at the time were nigh on zero but all that has changed, quality is up as is fit and finish (apart from the recent incident with the chocolate cams of the KTM twin that ended up nearly finishing the brand off for good).
As Skoti states, it's the resale value that will be the telling factor and that won't be known for a few years yet.
Considering most of the world motorcycle makers opt for tie-ins with the Chinese AND Indian manufacturers these days I guess they have now proved themselves as capable of building stylish, quality and reliable motorcycles just as Japan did in the late 60's and beyond.
My own Royal Enfield Interceptor likely has a relatively poor resale vale because they were so cheap to buy in the first place. I bought the bike for £3200 with 1900 miles on it at 3 years old, I'm laughing and don't care how much it is worth now as it makes me grin every time I ride it and I have no intention of ever selling it.
Go for it Johnny, fantastic bike and as you say, It's a keeper :)
It has to be better than a Laverda with all that tech on it ;)

Bryanj:
I can remember the first Laverda tripples with electronic ignition where if you rested the plug on the head to test for spark you blewthe ignition unit, Bosch if memory is correct

K2-K6:

--- Quote from: Johnny4428 on October 03, 2026, 09:19:05 AM ---The luggage is £699 if ordering with bike, so no brainer, considering you could pay that for one box under another badge! I haven’t looked at second hand value as I hope this will be a keeper, and as it’s a new model there was nothing to compare unless other Zontes models. I very nearly ordered a CFmoto 450 adventure bike, they were and are getting rave reviews but just wanted a little more oomph. Never had a triple before and this one appealed. The photo taken yesterday is my actual bike Ian so yes full luggage pack. Steve I was thinking exactly that! If nothing else it might keep or even take down the prices of the big brands. I will keep posted anything good or bad. I did ask if they could deliver to Albufeira! (Now that would be nice) I guess that would have been a long drive home 😂 But just now must go and pack my soap bag.😜

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Triples are really cool  8)

Genuinely different from a four or twin, and usually with a mellow but charismatic torque delivery, offer one of the best engine feel out there.

No idea of performance of this one, no experience of riding the product currently coming to market from China, but conspicuous in many running around here locally. Interesting to hear how you find it Johnny.

Been out on my Triumph triple (early Hinckley Speed triple) with quite a bit of time this last month. Diesel like torque on this one makes it fun to ride without breaking speed limits. They're similar in grunt to Dave's Jota, riding stance too, along with being in Orange colour  :) makes a really good fun bike to spend time on.

That Zontes sounds quite potent for it's capacity, should go all right.

Athame57:

--- Quote from: Laverda Dave on October 04, 2026, 10:05:21 PM ---Chinese bikes are coming so ignore them at your peril!
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At my age I couldn't give a hoot about the Yellow Peril ( I'll keep flying bananas out of it.  ;D ) If their bikes are more reliable than their damn tin openers the Japanese big four could be in trouble.

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