Lifan Dirtbike?

Im sorry guys, i know this is a Kawasaki forum but i dont know what the hell to do with this bike i just got. Its a Lifan 100cc trail bike that i scored earlier tonight. It started out as me working on it for a buddy of mine until we found out it didnt have 3rd gear. First off, ITS FUN AS HELL TO RIDE. Its a Lifan 100cc trail bike. A buddy of mine got it from an auction for 300 bucks and it supposedly ran great. When he got it home it ran like poop and for some reason the digital gear reader on the instrument panel read 3rd as neutral. I rode it to my house to work on it for him since i had all my tools there. It would only do about 15mph and i was stuck in second gear. As soon as i got home i removed the plastics from the tank and proceeded to remove the carb. while loosening the bolts that hold the carb to the motor, i found a choke lever that was kinda hard to spot (didn't even know it had one...). It was set on full choke the whole time since the butterfly was closed inside the carb. I flipped the lever and turned the choke off. The bike popped right off, idled by itself and seemed to wanna do wheelies at this point:) So, at this point i was wondering why the clutch was so stiff and why 3rd was neutral... Some WD40 did the trick with the stiff clutch. I got the bike to start with the kick starter and pulled it out of the garage. To get the bike into first, i literally had to stomp on the shifter to get it to go down to 2nd, Neutral, and then 1st... I took off, accelerated through first, shifted to second, accelerated through that gear and then TRIED to put it into 3rd. 3rd was like a second neutral.. I did research on Google and found that this bike had a know issue of having a "false neutral". so i revved the bike slightly and forced it into third while there was a load on the tranny without using the clutch. It went in, drove for about 2 seconds, then slipped back out again. So i just shifted past 3rd and went to 4th (with lots of difficulty). The only gear thats giving me any problems right now is 3rd. The bike fires right on down the road in any other gear but that one. I tried adjusting the clutch because it wasn't engaging fully when you pulled in the lever. Now the clutch is set perfect and it shifts to all gears except for 3rd with no problem. Is this a bent shifting fork, factory defect, or is something seriously wrong with the tranny and this isn't a normality? Has anyone ever heard of this brand before?

Any help would ROCK.
Thanks guys,
KT

Is that a chinese pos?

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lifanmc.co.nz/

Well i got it for free.. i just feel bad for my poor bastard of a friend that blew 300 bucks on it. He doesnt know much about bikes other than how to ride one. He got it for his nephew to learn on. After we found out the gearbox was poo he just told me to keep it. Honestly, i have wanted a dirtbike since i was like 8. i called a damn good machanic that lives in town that i go to for help (other than this forum:D) and he said to just ride it till it dies. its a damn shame, The top end of the motor seems very solid. No valve chatter and it has about 130PSI compression. The bottom end is COMPLETE garbage. The gear that is indicated as "0" and is supposed to be neutral is like a mix of 1st and 2nd all jammed together. 3rd is a better neutral than that gearXD. its fun to ride and who needs 3rd when you can just skip past it and go to fourth? i knew it was probably junk as soon as i saw it. Off brand anything.. Especially a motorcycle, is probably not to awesome.. i wouldnt mind fixing it for him and then giving it back honestly.. do you guys think a honda transmission from a 70cc or 100cc dirtbike might fit in there and work?

P.S. thank you guys for the replies:)
KT

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ok then, ride it till it dies it is:) ill post a video of the piece of crap on here tonight so you guys can see it.

A buddy of mine got a GIO dirtbike for like 100 bucks, it was chinese too..."honda inspired" as well. He went through 4 rear hubs, they would crack and fall apart any time you landed a jump. The dealer would promptly replace the hub with a new one for free, so it didn't cost anything, but the hassle was not worth it. Since you got it free, just ride it like you stole it and then flog it on C-list as a parts bike for 50 bucks.

www.thumpertalk.com/forum/forumdisplay.php?f=388

yea since i've had it i pulled the muffler off, changed the oil, removed all the plastics, and installed a toggle switch for the ignition. The key ignition was broke and i was sick of using a screw driver to turn the damn thing on. Im kinda proud of myself on this one... i actually kinda fabricated a mounting tab of my own to mount the switch into and wired it into the clip on the harness. Only thing i cant understand is why it starts when nothing is plugged into it... the only conclusion i have for that is that the stock switch completes a circuit when turned off so the bike wont fire? im not sure how the hell it works. Im posting a video as we speak of the bike so you guys can get a look at it:)