Well some 3 years on and
Motostar in the
Philippines started importing some of the then NEW
Zongshen CYCLONE Range, notably 155cc version of the
ZS125-50 Zongshen 'Persuit'.I put together a Slideshow of
Cyclone Range and one was the
Cyclone 'PERSUIT' - ZS125-50see
Here is the new Motostar website, featuring the
IQ - 155zhttp://www.motorstar.com.ph/products/iq-155z
As you can see, apart from the increase to 155cc, the design of the front crash bars changed, and the running boards of the rear passenger footrest and the built in Pannier rack, were dropped but the back rest and rear rack were retained.
Motostar name it the
IQ-155zhttp://www.motorstar.com.ph/products/cruiser
Here is a Motorcycle Thread here in the Philippines Discussing the IG-155Z (much of it in Tagalog, use Google Translator!)
http://underbonesphilippines.com/forums/index.php/topic,29990.0.htmlThis says the Price on installments was
Php61,000Motostar import these under
CKD (Completely Knocked Down) 'kit' under s special
Motor Vehicle Development Program (MVDP) I understand.
Many more Chinese Motorcyle Manufacturers have also signed up Registered
MVDP company with an Agreement with a Philippine Company, to do the Assembly, Testing along with Marketing, Sales and Support.
This brings down the cost as they get preferential Customs and Import Duty clearance, making them extremely well priced. Some Japanese Manufacturers, now have Chinese partners to take advantage of this also, rather then send CKD Kits from Japan to the Philippines as Honda have been doing with the XR200
(that now costs nearly Php140,000).
