Chang Jiang



Good Old Clay "CJ" Jones in Beijing
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				Clay's pal Emmanuel sent him these pictures of a railway track car powered by a CJ SV engine. Amazing.
October 31, 2006
			"I thought this may be of interest because the artillery is so cool. [It sure is!] When they have an opening of some sort it is often celebrated with a volley..."
October 20, 2006
		Seen from the window of a bus, a Chinese policeman waiting to serve tickets. Sorry, that's not a CJ. (See below...)
October 19, 2006
	This civilian obtained a police helmet and scraped off the P and O as to make it legal for him to wear. Anyone want "fried lice"?.
October 19, 2006
		Gong An inspecting his bike in front of a store. They are their every day and the DVDs don't come out until they leave around 5:00 PM. There are three in uniform but only one seems to be the caretaker of the bike.
October 19, 2006
	Jackson Jones. Well, he does ride in CJs.
October 19, 2006
	Frans de Wit is back in Beijing. He and Clay made some rounds yesterday.
	They went to Frank's Classic Sidecars and met with Jim Bryant who's in this picture with Frans. Clay says his shop is first class and he was very helpful, treating them to lunch and a ride on a couple of his bikes. Frans picked up a few of Jim's specialty parts. They had a great time.
	Frans in traffic on a CJ.
	Frans and Clay also visited Factory 798, an art area with a lot of little shops. One had this picture book that included Changs
October 11, 2006
	Clay went to see Red Star, the guy with the excellent sidecar covers mentioned on the What's New? page. Star also has these PLA oil bags that haven't even been issued yet!
October 11, 2006
	Clay's been scoping out some of the Chinese message boards dedicated to riding motorcycles. These are some pictures he downloaded. This first one shows a single carburetor set-up for a CJ complete with intake manifold. If you can read Chinese then by all means click on the thumbnail to enlarge it as there's also some text.
	Feast your eyes on this exhaust system! I wonder how it sounds (and why on earth people do things like this...)
	This fine machine is captioned 'garbage wagon'.
	Look closely at these spokes. They have spirals!
October 10, 2006
	"Here is Peng Yue, a friend of mine who needed some help with points today during the national holiday—one of the few time during the year when Beijing isn't filthy with four-wheeled cages—and also one of the only times during the year that driving in Beijing is fun! So I crawled over to his guitar shop and noticed the big knobbies on his bike. The second picture shows Peng's bike. In the first picture he's sitting on mine after we traded rides for a while."
October 4, 2006
	Here's a colorful OHV Clay photographed in front of James' motorcycle shop in Beijing. Like plenty of other CJs running around Beijing, this one is wired for sound. Check out that front fender and inverted forks.
December 8, 2005
	Clay spotted this impressive model of a Harley XA at a shop in Beijing. He says it wasn't for sale. Too bad!
November 6, 2005
	"Night bike" outside Yaxiu Market.
November 5, 2005
	"The Shangying 750 Club has a former mechanic from ZMW and is run by a guy named Men Zheng. There's loads of these shops in Beijing where few foreigners go."
October 30, 2005
	Another junker with a mega sound system. It makes you wonder what these people are thinking.
October 26, 2005
	Whoa—here's an unlikely scene that Clay found on Chinaren.com. The caption that accompanied the image is Shangai Gong An. How weird is this?
October 21, 2005
	Jia Yin, soaked to the bone but still smiling during a Beijing downpour. She's cool.
August 16, 2005
	Clay spotted this M1M in traffic. It has two of those clunky John Deere tractor wheels painted red—the kind you never have to true. There's also a backwards swastika painted on the gas tank and what appear to be SS emblems painted on the sidecar. Apparently this is budget WWII replica!
August 15, 2005
	This fancy OHV was parked at a Beijing Starbucks. Looks like the owner is also a golfer.
August 8, 2005
	Here's a flathead CJ in traffic that Clay photographed from the back seat of a taxi.
August 6, 2005
	On wedding day I went back to Bike Street because the owner told me he had an old sidevalve. It turned out to be an 80s engine and not a Type I but it is still for sale if anyone is in Changchun and needs a SV. By the way, my traditional garb is called a da qua and the hat was bought at a habadashery on Wang Fu Jing Street near T-Square. It's the same hat worn by Jiang Ze Man, the last leader before Hu."
August 3, 2005
	"A Chinese member of LMMC from Shangahi sent these photos of his bike. His e-mail name is NuNu."
August 3, 2005
	The PLA rides again... on "modern" Changs.
August 3, 2005
	All I know about this old-school CJ is that Clay calls it the Hutong bike. Look at the toolbox tank and other details.
July 25, 2005
	More spy photos! A PLA formation using 'plastic' CJs. Neat!
July 23, 2005
	Jia Yin with one of Clay's bikes—looking as pretty as ever.
July 20, 2005
	Spy photos! Clay caught these PLA soldiers with their "plastic" CJ at a local 750 shop. Check out some of the other CJs visible in the pictures. These are the last of the PLA CJs.
July 20, 2005
	The Honda-Jialing JV replaces the Chang Jiang 750 as the PLA's standard issue bike. These spy shots show two of them loaded to the hilt with PLA soldiers.
July 20, 2005
	"Plane spotting or the Chinese version of it... We were cruising after trying out some paint and ran into some plane spotters who were watching from a farmer's graveyard. No, I didn't take any photos—too many people looking and I still have some manners, a few anyway. The tarmac runs the length of the fence and we were able to watch for some time. Reminded me of hunting jackrabbits at the end of the runway in B'ham, Alabama. The second shot is a signal guard. We took a picture of the bike to hide the fact that shots were being taken of the miltary. I can see it now in the interrogation room, I'm no spy, I'm a Chang-a-razzie."
July 18, 2005
1 2 3 4	"Now that it's summer the CJ in its natural habitat is back. Look for more pics from in and around Beijing... 1: A CJ in traffic 2: Gas tank at the paint shop. (Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery!) 3-4: A couple Chinese guys near Changping last winter. 5-6: The view from my kitchen window (!) 7: A couple service men with a 50 gallon drum going I don't know where, but some speculate it was to one of your sponsors where the bike has been seen before... with the same two riders! Clay".				5 6 7
June 14, 2005
	CJs in front of the Greek embassy in Beijing. (There are four in the enlarged image.) That's Gerald on the left.
May 5, 2005
	On the left, Chairman Mao keeps an eye on things while in the foreground a CJ gas tank has pinstripes applied. On the right, DL-50 and DL-38-12 horns made in Shanghai.
December 30, 2004
	Clay stumbled upon a possible solution to a challenge I've been facing recently—how to get that big nasty John Deere tractor sound out of a set of original fishtails. Well, here's how one person in China addressed the problem. This 12V SV is belongs to the owner of a H-D custom shop. Here's how Clay describes it: "If you want that big sound from your fish fin mufflers you've got to have gills. Here's how he's getting that big bike sound from his iron." Okay.
December 2, 2004
	Clay shot this old-school Chang in Beijing traffic.
	Here's a Chinese-owned bike parked outside a Beijing restaurant. It's a flatty with leg and hand guards.
	It's Halloween weekend with the Press Secretary for the Italian Embassy in Beijing, and Gerald was there.
	Gerald poses with a bike he's just completed for one of his customers. It's a lovely 6V solo machine with a lowered front fender.
	I don't know the story on this picture other than it's a sweet looking M1M.
November 2, 2004
	Inside an army surplus store, Gerald poses with a big bullet... a really big bullet.
	Looks like he's made a purchase.
	Well everyone, here it is, Clay's new M1!
	He bought it for $125!
	Clay has big plans for this bike—inspired by Alpha and Beta, no doubt.
	A little worse for wear but it's all there.
	This is quite a buy for $125!
October 20, 2004
	Gerald oversees the crating of a 6V machine for shipping.
	As you can see, the bike is being shipped partially knocked down.
	A couple of the workers.
	And a few more.
	This is a serious box. The outside is thoroughly braced.
	In goes the bike.
	The bike is blocked and secured into position.
	Ten penny nails hold everything in place. This bike isn't going to budge.
	Clay looks on.


	Maybe Gerald is saying a quiet 'goodbye' to the bike?!
	He reminds me of a proud father sending his kid off to Harvard.
	There's the gearbox...
	...and the engine.
	The engine gets a crate of its own.
	Loading by hand eliminates the danger of forklift damage.
	Heave.
	Ho.
October 19, 2004
	Clay's newest bike as another 6V Chang and this is the frame—an M72 type.
	Bringing the "new" sidecar frame back to the shop.
	Here's a bike for sale in Beijing. Look closely—it has bullet holes.
	This Super has an unusual rear fender and parcel carrier.
	This old girl has seen some pretty hard service from the looks of things. Those ape hangers are ideal for drying produce.
	Here's Gerald and Mister X with one of the newer water cooled Changs.
	The radiator is between the bike and sidecar.
	Gerald has spotted a speck of dirt.
October 13, 2004
	Just a few odds and ends this time. Say—what are these guys up to?
	It looks like they're transporting a propane bottle in the sidecar of this Five Star M1M.
	You can just see the top of it in the sidecar.
	The sidecar of this bike has a unique running light fixture.
	Off they go...
	When was the last time you saw a Soviet T34? There's a tank museum just outside town on the Badaling Expressway where Clay took this shot.
	That's Jia Yin in the sidecar of Clay's Super. Cooool!
	And last, a group of boys building a flathead Chang.
October 1, 2004
	You CJU and CJE regulars know that Clay has moved to Beijing... sort of. (He's actually on the outskirts, for now anyway.) But he still spends some of his time doing CJ stuff with Gerald—like picking up a couple of old PLA bikes with hardly any miles on them!
	This one shows 159km... and that's after it was ridden back to LRM. Clay says many of these bikes had around 30km showing. Whoa!
	Here we see a professional hard at work on an M1M. That's Alpha in the background.
	In front of the Lido Holday Inn sit Clay's Super and Alpha while the guys relax with a Starbucks coffee.
	Alpha looks pretty good.
	Clay's Super again. I really like the Chinese license plates on these bikes.
September 26, 2004
	More video action at the clay flats!
	Clay does the clay solo.
September 11, 2004
	Clay's bikes all lined up. There's a Donghai 750, an OHV CJ and a flattie. Sweeeeet.
	That's the Donghai in the foreground. Clay says all three bikes are currently up to snuff. He's moving to Beijing to work but will keep the apartment in Changchun since he has so many pals up there. Beijing is a CJ heaven.

	Clay and a couple of his Changchun buddies went on a camping trip. They rode 200km to reach the site. Here they are starting out with Zhang Yu's bike in front.
	On the road as seen from the sidecar of Clay's OHV.
	Try this in America! That's Jia Yin with a cold one.
	Mr. Ji's flattie.
	Here he is again—with Wang Xin.
	Wang Xin.
	Here they come.
	Mr. Lin relaxes as he rides his 12V SV.
	Here's a little video clip that was shot from Clay's bike.
	The destination was this clay flat. Oops.
	Those noodles never stood a chance.
	Ji's tent.
	Clay's tent.
	Who goes there?
	Clay on the clay.
	Clay still on the clay—with Ji's excellent M1M.
	This road is just being completed as you can see behind Ji and his bike.
	A slightly closer look.
September 11, 2004
	CJ for sale... in PRC, that is. The sidecar has one of those John Deere tractor wheels.
	It's an M1M and if you're interested in it, Clay has posted information on LMMC.
	One last look from behind.
August 30, 2004
	Know what this is? It's Clay's points card, a new and legal requirment in China. You can learn all about these things and more at Long March MC.
August 28, 2004
	Clay found a couple of old Changs in Changchun. This flattie is all there.
	I can't quite make out the number tag. Can you?
	The owner says this gas cap is original. Ever see one like it?
	The second bike isn't quite as complete as the first one, but it has a good frame that Clay has his eye on.
	It also has yet another type of wheel which looks lethal.
	The owner is a scooter mechanic, by the way.
	If you read the CJ message boards you'll know that Clay's had his fill of scooters these days.
August 26, 2004