WEIRD STUFF! MIKILON 250 CROSS MOTOR: Does KTM Know That The Chinese Are Making This Bike? They Won’t Be Happy When They Find Out
WEIRD STUFF! MIKILON 250 CROSS MOTOR: DOES KTM KNOW THAT THE CHINESE ARE MAKING THIS BIKE? THEY WON’T BE HAPPY
The long-awaited Mikilon with linkage.
Mikilon is the brand name of the Chaozhong Group in Wuyl City, Zhejiang Province, China. Mikilon produces dirt bike and play bikes for the Chinese, Australian, Philippine and European market. They offer bikes that look very much like Honda, Yamaha and KTM copies (except they are equipped with Chinese made Loncin engines). Mikilon employs 268 people and claims to have exported 40,000 dirt bikes last year (and another 20,000 ATVs. Mikilon makes 50cc, 110, 125, and 250 dirt bikes.
According to their distributors a Mikilon 250cc Crossmotor bike retails for 1450 euro (about $2068 US).
The 249.4cc single-cylinder, four-stroke,water-cooled engine has a bore and stroke of 70mm x 64.8mm. It has an electric starter and brakes with 270mm rotors.
The styling is very familiar as Mikilon seems to offer bikes that use KTM, Honda and Yamaha plastic. In fact, their 99cc KTM is called the MTM 99. Mikilon's Honda version. Mikilon's Yamaha version.
