Chinese made enduros are fun as hell!

I don't sell Chinese motorcycles but I do have a forum where people post their experiences (unitycycles dot ge). I have owned a Trailmaster 200 for about a year and a half now, and I have mistreated it and abused the heck out of it, partly because it was cheap when I got it. (less than $1k.) It has NOT been as durable as the Japanese bikes, and I do need to put a locktite on all of the bolts. But all of the quality issues with the bike are LITTLE things like light bulbs, rubber, vibrating nuts and bolts etc.. The motor has been FLAWLESS, very powerful, and with a different kind of response than Japanese bikes. It is more similar to a Spanish bike, like a Bultaco, than to a Honda or Yamaha, (both of which I have owned).
A Japanese enduro goes for about $5k, a Chinese enduro goes for about $1.5k. Enduro riding is all about riding in dirt, water, mud, and then right back out to the street. A good, cheap bike is going to give the average rider as much fun, or even more fun than an expensive bike because you don't need to worry about dropping it or damaging it.
Given that, there are some musts for anyone who owns a Chinese enduro. DO use very strong Locktite liberally on all nuts and even put a little locktite on all of them when you get the bike new. DO keep the chain tight ... I have found that my Chinese enduro prefers a very tight chain. DO learn to make repairs yourself, because a lot of bike shops will not work on the Chinese bike, or they will charge more for a simple repair than the bike is worth. If you are slightly mechanically-inclined, a Chinese enduro might be right for you. If you are mechanically-hopeless, you might be best off with a Japanese bike.
Chinese bikes have a character and performance envelope all their own. They are very torquey, growly, and gutty ... they are definitely NOT high-performance machines, but at $1.5k for a brand new motorcycle, and a little bit of regular maintenance, they are really true enduro machines. You can thrash them, leave them in the rain, drop them, abuse them, rev them, tinker with them, modify them, and crash them. They'll give you a year or two of fun, and when the bike is trashed, you can just buy a brand new one and do it all over again, and with two bikes, still be in for just a little more than half the price of the Japanese bike.
Because be honest ... how much abuse can you give to a bike that you need to get financing to buy? Chinese enduros have revitalized the entire sport of dual-sport enduro in the U.S.A., and that's a good thing.