08-31-2009, 10:43 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: NC
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 http://reviews.ebay.com/Dneprs-Urals-Chang-Jiangs-etc_W0QQugidZ10000000001252967
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KMZ has not been as swift to change and without money to pay employees, a large number of spare parts "disappeared" from the factory, only to show up later in Canada and the USA as "grey market" bikes. These bikes usually have non-matching frame, engine and transmission numbers. Starting in the early '90s a concentrated effort was made by Lloyd Lounsbury in Seattle to legalize and import KMZ bikes, with the result that he has DOT and EPA approved Dneprs for sale with a warrantee. ALL other modern Dneprs (MT11 & 16) in the USA are grey market parts bikes. I'm not saying they are illegal, just A) they're not up to US standards, B) may include used or factory reject parts, and C) there is no warrantee of any kind backing them. Some have rebuilt engines with slightly larger, lower compression pistons with a claimed displacement of about 800cc. These are NOT new KMZ engines, but used engines rebuilt with non-KMZ parts, moreover they don't displace 800cc. BUYER BEWARE!
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