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shw911 · 08-05-2008, 02:29 PM

I bought this bike in early December of 2007 and have finally found some parts to mod this thing. It started out as a 2000 Jincheng Panda. The previous owner added the Gorilla tank and seat and a Zonshen 124cc engine and Kitaco shocks. Since not many have the Gorilla tank/seat combo on their builds here, I have decided to keep it for now.

I picked this up near Sacramento (Lodi) and drove from the Los Angeles area to pick this and another Panda (for a friend), and a 1981 Yamaha SR500 (for sale) from Auburn, CA. I rented an F-150 truck and I drove up there at 4pm and arrive back in LA the next day at 5pm. It was, needless to say, a crazy adventure driving by myself up to a place I've never been. Keeping focused was the main obstacle. I made it back in one piece and I can't say I'd drive the 900 miles in 25 hours again.

So here is the picture of it before I picked it up. It was a bit dirty, but everything was working. Note the plastic wrap was still on the seat.

08-05-2008, 02:29 PM	#1 (permalink)
shw911 "Eating Ramen" Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Los Angeles, CA Posts: 1,453	shw911's Gorilla/Monkey build thread I bought this bike in early December of 2007 and have finally found some parts to mod this thing. It started out as a 2000 Jincheng Panda. The previous owner added the Gorilla tank and seat and a Zonshen 124cc engine and Kitaco shocks. Since not many have the Gorilla tank/seat combo on their builds here, I have decided to keep it for now. I picked this up near Sacramento (Lodi) and drove from the Los Angeles area to pick this and another Panda (for a friend), and a 1981 Yamaha SR500 (for sale) from Auburn, CA. I rented an F-150 truck and I drove up there at 4pm and arrive back in LA the next day at 5pm. It was, needless to say, a crazy adventure driving by myself up to a place I've never been. Keeping focused was the main obstacle. I made it back in one piece and I can't say I'd drive the 900 miles in 25 hours again. So here is the picture of it before I picked it up. It was a bit dirty, but everything was working. Note the plastic wrap was still on the seat. Last edited by shw911; 09-11-2008 at 10:14 AM.