Now what?

[felix]

Hey and what's up with that funky kick stand? Looks like it's too short from this angle.

Galaxy have not yet figured out how to make a kick stand, they're either too short, too bent or rub the swingarm down to dust. And mine recently broke off so i have to lean it against a wall now.

I think i recall seeing a picture of ChinaV with a mullet somewhere, could you possibly dig that one out for us ChinaV? Though i'm not really one to talk either

[ChinaV]

could you possibly dig that one out for us ChinaV? Though i'm not really one to talk either

Leave my mullet out of this...it was 1990 and they were in fashion then, what's your excuse?

This may or may not be me with a mullet.



And yes, Galaxy kickstands are poo poo.

Cheers!
ChinaV

[felix]

Thank you sir, that may or may not have made my day!

My excuse is that i had long hair and was gonna cut it all off, so i thought i'd rock a mullet for a couple of weeks before chopping the rest off. And rock it i did.

[richardktm]

I'm going to engineer a telescopic sidestand for
the XTR now we are sharing the same block of
Wood.
It's perfect with supermoto wheels and about 50mm
short for offroad wheels.
I don't mind it falling over with dirt wheels
thou.
Looks great in black chinaV.
Is the power upgrade kit available yet???

[Rotortrash]

Not to rub salt in your wound, but I own that qingqi here in Peru------A fantastic bike! Plenty of muscle for a 250, --but it has no gas guage, or trip odometer to judge how far you can go on a tank......they kinda dropped the ball on that part...it sells for 7,800 nuevo soles here, or about $2,300 USD. no smog stuff either. Here it's called a Qingqi "Challenger XT 250" ---planning on bending up some nice luggage mounts for it soon----overall, very happy with this bike!

[ChinaV]

Not to rub salt in your wound, but I own that qingqi here in Peru------A fantastic bike! Plenty of muscle for a 250, --but it has no gas guage, or trip odometer to judge how far you can go on a tank......they kinda dropped the ball on that part...it sells for 7,800 nuevo soles here, or about 2,800 USD. no smog stuff either. Here it's called a Qingqi "Challenger XT 250" ---planning on bending up some nice luggage mounts for it soon----overall, very happy with this bike!

Hi Rotortrash, please keep us posted on your progress with the luggage mounts and share some pics of your bike. I mentioned the same issues as you in my QM250 thread and I'm wondering if you have these gauges on your bike? I saw them at the factory this week but forgot to ask if the digital one might have a trip meter.



Cheers!
ChinaV

[Rotortrash]

Those are the same shape, but mine are the analog gauges ------maybe I could find those and change them out if they have a trip odometer...... I think it does as that's probably what that little button is for in the lower right hand corner---the trip reset....
I'll be bending the mounts up sometime in the next month, and I plan on using a couple of Pelican Cases to use as boxes----they are tough, waterproof, and less than half the cost of tourfella, or tourtec boxes. I be sure to post some photos if I can figure out how to get them uploaded-----------thanks for the piture of the other gauges, that's the first time I've seen those!

[Mfpthebronze]

ooooo, those gauges look promising! Now if only QingQi were interested in actually providing after sales service (read: even answering e-mails).

Looking forward to hearing how things went with your factory visit ChinaV! *greedily rubs hands together*

[ChinaV]

QingQi answer an e-mail as if...

Unlike Yingang Motor, Who took all of 48 hours to confirm everything I needed to know about the YG250NF and will ship mine tomorrow.



Not only did they act quickly, they followed up each of my e-mails with a phone call to be sure everything was the way I wanted it.

I will still try to work with QingQi on one of their bikes, but at times I really start to wonder why I have to put so much effort into spending money on their products.

Cheers!
ChinaV

[euphonius]

ChinaV, am I reading this correctly? You tried to buy a Qingqi 250 to replace your Qingqi 250, but couldn't persuade Qingqi to actually follow through with the sale on terms and support you could live with, so you are switching your affections to Chongqing maker Yingang and buying its YG250NF? I have to say, it's a nice looking bike. Dual front disks. Very nice geometry (ZMC888 will appreciate!). A black (anodized?) engine and cylinder? A strange tubular/quasi-trellis frame. Mag wheels. Seriously questionable routing of the exhaust tube....

Now this is looking adventurous!

Do keep us posted!

cheers