If you'd told motorcycle fans a year ago that one of the industry's most talked about personalities would be the founder of a young Chinese manufacturer, plenty would've raised an eyebrow. Yet here we are. ZXMoto has already turned heads by doing what many thought was impossible, winning in the FIM Supersport World Championship with its 820RR-RS. Now its founder, Zhang Xue, is making headlines for something that has nothing to do with lap times.
Zhang has donated 5 million yuan, or about $735,000, to help communities affected by severe flooding in China's Guangxi region. The company also reportedly sent more than 33 tons of relief supplies, including food, milk powder, diapers, and drinking supplies. But perhaps the most motorcycle thing about the whole effort is that ZXMoto dispatched a team of riders on its own bikes to deliver aid to areas where damaged or flooded roads made larger vehicles impractical.
