Brighton-based Chinese bike importer Sinnis knows how to test its new product. It entered a pair of its RS125 motorcycles (due into dealers this month) in the National Road Rally on 2/3 July to prove the motorcycle’s reliability. The rally involved riding 580 miles in 20 hours on A roads around the UK.
Mike Garrod, operations director at Sinnis, said: “The rally started at midnight and we had 20 hours to complete 22 gates around the UK, from Brighton to Scunthorpe and all the way down across the East coast, in order to win gold and show the general public that not only are our bikes reliable, but the staff at Sinnis love what they do for a living and are only too happy to get on two wheels and ride across the country.
“The bikes held up perfectly on the rally, but with a couple of wrong turns we had to do about 360 miles in 10 hours. We finished dead on the mark with some ‘spirited’ riding in the last hour, when we knew we were behind schedule.
“All in all it was a fantastic day and we invite people to join us next year.”
Garrod posted live videos on Facebook and has uploaded “Rally Review” videos on YouTube and Facebook for those wanting to see what it’s like.
The RS is scheduled for release in September after a couple of delays in the manufacturing process. Sinnis says it’s a four-stroke, Yamaha-based engine.
Pictured are Mike Garrod from Sinnis Motorcycles, Stephanie Thorne from the ACU (Auto Cycle Union) which organised the rally, and Dee Thorne who helped set up the event.
More in the August issue of BDN.