Help Megelli 250cc

Hey Bill

Alas Megelli have gone bust in Australia, in essence they were a British designed bike built in China, I believe now the Chinese own the entire company. The engines in the Megelli had an inherent design floor whereby the cases would crack near the starter motor rendering the engine useless.

The Australian distributor has gone bust and no-one else has stepped up to take over the brand, most bike shops would give you the run around as there were quality issues with the bike and now there is a lack of spares available. Maybe try some shops that specialise in Chinese dirt bikes, you may have better luck there in getting help.

thanks

Chris

 

zongshen is the engine but is it the air cooled or water cooled model.??

 

bill, if the starter will not turn the motor the right hand side crankcase is broken inside on a idler gear and is a common problem. valve settings also are toooooo tight.factory set at 2 thou but needs to be 6 thou inlet and 10 thou exhast. crossfire dealers have parts or buy from zongshen in china. they do not have a good reputation and the chinese tyres are crap in the wet.what are the problems??????????

 

top bike photo is a motard.aircooled has same frame as bottom photo.last megelli motor of which 12 were imported had a 28 hp motor and was a different frame.

 

electrical contact cleaner on all connections.need to take off seat and tank. battery is under tank and solenoid and fuses on left hand side of tank,bet water got in the electrics.

 

This is going to sound unhelpful and negative but just get rid of it. That's all the info you need. Not worth playing with, because you'll fix one thing and end up playing with others. Save up a bit more and buy something decent or tinker with an older Japanese bike.

I admire people who persevere with these bikes and are positive about them but I'm a realist and junk is junk to me.

Good luck, sorry I can't offer any constructive help on getting it running.

 

airbox has a screwed on lid under the seat. has a foam filter. if lid left off you pick up half a horsepoer. tried it and seat of bum test did not notice the difference.

 

Really....bit harsh Stu

the bike is starting just not holding an idle...

 

Sometimes saying what we are all thinking comes across as harsh, sometimes the truth takes bullets.

/rant.

 

fairness and tolerance helps.

 

Yeh maybe I'm just too much of a troll today, sorry. I'll crawl back under my bridge now.

 

So owning one of these is very like owning an early bevel Ducati from new - or a Norton twin in the 80's..

It helps if you're a qualified engineer with a workshop.

I'd point out that it's probably worth tucking one away in secure dry storage as the survival rate will probably be low - and they'll soon be collectible.
If any had come to NZ i wouldn't mind having a look through, just cos it's something different.