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	Gerald's Dong Hai parts. Look at this brand new headlamp.
	Anybody need parts for their Dong Hai 750? Get in touch with Gerald if you do.
	Here's a speedometer and all the other important stuff you'll need with your new headlamp.
	Clay Jones sends these two images of Lai Fang's Dong Hai taken in Changchun.
	Like Chang Jiangs it has a black headlight bucket with a visor. Lai has lettered the fuel tank and sidecar DONG HAI.
	How about this brand new sprocket?
	And some brand new shocks..
	...and pistons...
	...and starter guts...
	...and a whole box of pistons and rings...
	...and another box full of all kinds of stuff.
	Gerald was snooping around Dong Hai Wonderland in Beijing. He acquired a large stash of NOS Donghai 750 parts. I wonder what's inside this box...
	...Whoa. It's a brand new old Dong Hai generator. This has to be a rare item.
	It's not even remotely similar to a CJ dynamo.
	This wooden crate contains another equally rare Dong Hai part—a brand new old crankshaft.
	It still has the protective wax coating that was put on at the factory.
	Here's another mysterious box from the same stash. (The enlarged image shows the whole thing.) What's inside?
	A brand new old twin cylinder jug. It's amazing the stuff Gerald manages to find. All of these items are available for sale to those of you needing parts for your Dong Hai 750.
	1973 Dong Hai parts catalog, courtesy of Gerald. Now that's cool.
	The delivery of Clay Jones' Dong Hai 750. The man in.blue man works for the trucking lady—not a company—just a lady with a truck.
	Even though Changchun has over 6 million people, the people who worked in the train station said they were very familar with Clay and Jia Yin. A foreigner with a Chinese motorcycle and a Chinese girlfriend is not common. They not only remembered them but seemed thrilled to meet them as well.
	Everyone was helpful if not prompt. Clay's neighbors seem to wonder why he needed another bike. Some wondered why he would buy an old one. For them the value is with the new hi-tech, not the old low-tech that we admire. Clay just tells them he understands old-tech better...
	...and that seems to satisfy them as they see no value in old machines.
	Even though Clay went to the train station every day, he didn't discover the bike had arrived until two days later. That way the freight office could charge a few RMB for storage... plus the forklift fee for taking the bike off the freight car...
	...but it was free to put on the back of a blue FAW (First Auto Works) deuce and a half. The cost of transpotation was 140RMB. The truck lady had worked with Clay moving bikes before.
	Now Clay's looking for storage—sometimes costing as much as an apartment. Garages are hard to come by in the Northeast as families sometimes work and live in shop space. (That's coming to a close with the building of new units. China is changing fast.)
	Unloaded. What a lucky guy..
	Shao Yiqi has this beautiful Dong Hai for sale. This has to be the nicest one I've ever seen.
	The price is only $4899.
	From the stern.
	Here's your chance to own one of these rare machines.
	The Dong Hai 750 Clay Jones just bought from this nice old gentleman in Changdu. He was the original owner and a former soldier in the PLA. He and Clay got along great.
	He sold the bike to Clay instead of some dealers from Beijing because they were into resale. He appreciated the fact that Clay loves motorcycles as much as he does. They even traded photos and army pictures as well.
	But best of all, the old fellow is quite excited that his old hack may become "famous" on the Internet.
	The bike came with two crates of spare parts. (Sorry, not for sale..)
	One of the coolest details is that casing.
	This is great.
	Not a bad looking bike at all.
	From the stern...
	...and a look at the sidecar.
	Shao Yiqi sent these images of a Dong Hai taken in Beijing.
	From this angle, it's a very stout looking machine.
	Same here.
	See the Triumph influence?
	And here's a whole stack of new-old Dong Hai tires.
	More Dong Hai images from Scott Snaden. There can't be very many Dongs running around with paint like this.
	Compare it with the olive drab bike below. Quite a contrast.
	I like the red star on this bike. This is one of the ten Dong Hai 750s mentioned on the news page. Read the August 23 message if you've ever dreamed about owning one.
	I also like the military looking green paint.
	These bikes are just plain cool. How does the quality compare with that of a Chang Jiang?
	Parts availability must be a problem at times.
	A German article about the Dong Hai. Can anyone tell us what it says?
	A red Dong Hai in Shanghai.
	It was buried in the back of an old shed.
	My favorite part. Wouldn't you love to hear this thing run?
	Gerald Gardebled's Dong Hai 750.
	These bikes are rare, even in China—and this one's for sale.
	My favorite part of the bike. Neat.
	A bit more substantial than a Chang.
	Chain & sprocket cover.
	Looks like a Triumph, doesn't it?
	The Dong Hai 750.
	Here it is again with a 1971 PLA M1M. This Dong Hai is a 1974 model.
	One of the very few non-Changs we permit on this site, and here we have FOUR of them. Yep, they're Dong Hai 750s. Most of us have never seen one of these interesting machines and probably never will.
	This Donghai image was sent by Michele Cuoccio in Italy. He points out that Dong Hai production ceased in 1989-90 when the plant converted over to manufacture air conditioning units instead of bikes. These are extremely rare machines.
	Scott Snaden is one of the very, very few people in North America who owns a Dong Hai 750. That's it in the foreground.
	And here's his CJ.
	The Dong. ..
	...and again.
	The previous Chinese owner did the blue paint.
	And the stern.
	Scott feels truly blessed, and his Dong is the reason why.
	Here's a view most of us will never get to experience in real life. The speedo bezel is brass.
	Dong Hai engines aren't boxers... or are they?
	Is this GREAT or what?. And it runs.
	Snug in its new home.
	It's not a CJ, but it's still pretty cool. This Dong Hai was brought to Ontario, Canada by David Mackay's dad.
	There can't be more than a handful of these in North America... if even that many. The Mackay's want to restore this bike and would appreciate hearing from anyone who knows about them. David's e-mail address is davidtmackay@msn.com
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