Thanks, will check it after 20:00, after I get off work, that is.
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Thanks, will check it after 20:00, after I get off work, that is.
And buy decent quality CDI, coil, spark cap and cable. They are cheap and might come in handy.
Isn't Qingqi had warranty http://www.qingqi.com.cn/sanbaoxize.aspx, just go there for a FREE checkup in spare time.
OK, so things are as follows: there's a plug from CDI to wiring harness located under the seat. Apparently, when the bike was assembled the plug was plugged but not plugged "to the click". So it unplugged itself. No worries - plug in, click, bike starts. CDI, coil, spark plug and cable seem to be of decent quality and aren't yet subject to replacement. Seem to be OK for the moment.
P.S.: stupid me :)
It is usually something simple it just takes time to figure it out. The Qingqi bikes are decent bikes.
I would like to have one of these and with the 200cc engine blacked out.
Qingqi had a 150 which known as K157FMJ http://www.mtuo.com/news/html/201207...34651107_1.htm
That engine can found on these bike:
http://www.motorfans.com.cn/bbs/view...p?tid=17157755 | http://www.motorfans.com.cn/bbs/view...p?tid=17122339
MJH, that Suzuki bike is one awesome classic! Does it have any other kind of wheels, though? Like spoked ones?
humanbeing, Yeah, QingQi does have 150. Wonder why'd they put the 125cc engine on this machine?
Мaybe I missed explanation, but I must to ask: why in China there are almost the same models of motorcycles, with similar performances, one with 125 cc and other with 150 cc?
OK, why these categories there existed, for example, in Italy, it was clear - by their laws, with 150 or more cc can you ride on the highway, with less - no. Is it the same case in China?
No it's not. Here no matter how large/small your bike's displacement is, you can't take the highway. Which means that even if I get a touring Harley I still can't use that convenient new expressway system. I'll have to take those bumpy rural roads that all those 3-wheelers, cabbage bikers and horse riders take. Those roads have recently been improving but not much. Oh, and the speed limit there is 60-80 km/h.
Then again there is no license restriction, like LAMS for instance. Once you get a motorbike license you ride anything no matter 50cc or 2000cc. I think that's because until recently everything above 250cc was banned.
I can't be sure but I think that 125-150cc diversity is the result of trial and error policy that many (all???) Chinese manufacturers implement. I don't know of one Chinese company that would have a clear roadmap with milestones and coherent development plan. They produce "whatever" and then guinea-pig the market observing what of their "whatever" customers enjoy most. Then they cut off everything else and "focus" on the product that is welcome. Customers lose interest - product run is claimed complete, the product is phased out, another batch of "whatever" is launched.
I saw that happen with Chinese mobile phones, cars, bikes, furniture, TV, computers, laptops, clothes, websites, toys, shops, schools and what not.
In a state-run motorcycle company, you make motorcycles. Lower-case motorcycles. Generic ones. Just like everyone else makes. You have no incentive to make something better, to get close to the customer and understand their needs. So you just copy whatever seems popular, and make it in the millions, cutting corners to cut costs. So everything is basically a crappy, lower-cost copy of everything else.
To my knowledge, China has never had a "ban" on bikes over 250cc; that's an urban legend that is obviously refuted by the CJ750 among others. But because of the industry's utter lack of marketing savvy, and its lemming-like replicative nature, all bikes are in the 150-200cc range because that's what's already out there to mimic. To make a different bike would mean doing some marketing, some design, some innovation, nay, some thinking, and, of course, that means to stick your neck out. Why put your 2500 rmb/month salary at risk by doing that? Just copy what's out there, and cut corners to make it cheaper, and be safe. It's the Chinese way.
Every notice what happens when, say, a Sichuan restaurant gets popular somewhere? Three other Sichuan restaurants open up nearby, and within a year, all four fail. Clever strategy!
Have a look at MJH's indefatigable postings about China's motorcycle production numbers. They are falling, falling, falling, even as China's economy supposedly booms. Hopefully the emergence of the Chunfeng/CFMoto and Qianjiang/Benelli 650s signals a dawning awareness that the way to succeed is to make something fresh and different, and even command a premium for it. We know for a fact that Jialing and its JH600 are feeling the pressure from these new mid-displacement models. It's an open question whether they will be able to respond with intelligence and skill, but I'm not holding my breath.
cheers!