kinlon sprocket job ... blimey, i did it!

**ChinaV** · 01-08-2011, 01:18 PM

Originally Posted by barnone

ChinaV,
Speaking of center stands, how about finding me one in China for my Qlink XF200 like this one?

Thanks

How does that stand work, I don't see any springs to keep it in position when it's raised.

If you guys need something, just PM me. I'm always happy to send stuff from the Guangzhou MC market, or Taobao stores, to members of the MCM family.

Cheers!
ChinaV

**humanbeing** · 01-08-2011, 01:45 PM

Originally Posted by ChinaV

How does that stand work, I don't see any springs to keep it in position when it's raised.

If you guys need something, just PM me. I'm always happy to send stuff from the Guangzhou MC market, or Taobao stores, to members of the MCM family.

Cheers!
ChinaV

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**slabo** · 01-08-2011, 03:34 PM

Originally Posted by jape

Excellent news, what was the problem?
Enjoy it for a while before you start in on the mods mate. What is the weather like your way? Rideable?

Enjoy it before I break it you mean? I've enjoyed it enough as it is. Can't find mechanics to do the job for me, so I'll do it myself, or scrap the bike eventually.
Weather? Lookup kunming, the spring city. We only get rain a couple of months a year, rest of the the time it's ride ride ride.. gets cold sometimes, but nothing that gets in the way of riding..

About the bike not starting, I think ChinaV's suggestion was spot on. Something stuck in the bottom of the carb. bleed the float bowl, tapp tapp, to make sure whatever is in there actually moves. Couldn't pull off by myself afterall.
You see what's difficult here? Back home I could have called for help, or if i needed tools, I would just borrow what i needed. If I go to a mechanic, i could reason or fight with him. Here, i feel as helpless as a 5year old.

**barnone** · 01-08-2011, 03:44 PM

Originally Posted by humanbeing

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hb,
Thanks for suppling the link again. I thinking of building one that would be permanently attached to my Q but was hoping that one was already available.

**felix** · 01-08-2011, 05:47 PM

Originally Posted by slabo

Too bad I live out in the west, taobao is my only option. Would be best if I can find a center-stand, but this also looks very good.

Here are a couple of results on taobao that might help you:
http://s.taobao.com/search?q=%CE%AC%...style=grid&s=0

I got one of these and am fairly happy with it. It doesn't have that piston thing like ChinaV's but it works ok, just hold the bike firmly and watch your feet when lowering it because it drops very fast!

**slabo** · 01-08-2011, 06:09 PM

with my limited google translate voodo skills i found this http://item.taobao.com/item.htm?id=1719185935
tried finding something similar, no luck. What's the correct term to search for something like this? If i can't find a centerstand, i'll get a hydraulic jack type stand.

**jape** · 01-08-2011, 10:19 PM

I am surprised you are still feeling negative about this sort of work. We are all helpless as five year olds in most things anyway, however cool we think we are and usually achieve maybe one or two areas of competence and confidence before we die. The rest is delusion. Anyway, you had a bike that wasn't going, a few words on a forum, a bit of effort to overcome it, and you are going again! I am impressed. Riding in the sunshine. Find that bikers' cafe and sit outside for a coffee or whatever they brew. Let folk come to you and you can nod politely and choose which ones seem ok to respond to. Then you can be the fool as you seem to predict about yourself, just your turn, thats all. Its fun mate. Forgive my philosophical bent. Good luck with getting a jack, you have some choices now. I want one too! But I shall work with the milk crate and pay some bills instead of spending for a while I think. Been getting quite a few small cheap things and they sort of added up to a big shock!

**a286rules** · 02-17-2011, 12:00 PM

Re: "The 35t sprocket I got didn't sit well on the hub as it is in fact 1.5mm thinner so the large spring clip doesn't hold it back tight" - dont accept delivery on a standard sproket unless no sideways movement, it will last more than the 6 months warranty before the circlip/sprocket pressure starts chewing out the hub.
Dont believe a dealer if you bought yours from one that this is normal for the sprocket to move around so much "to take the pressue off the gearbox".....dont believe the crap. My hub at 8500km is now chewed out enough to for the chain to come off with a hard hit (nsw potholes). I am now off to the wreckers this weekend of get a new rear wheel from a jap bike so this crap wont happen again. Dont get me wrong...my motard does every thing I expected it to, but these annoyances start me to second guess not to buy a 2nd hand jap bike, my 1969 suzuki a100 doesnt have any of these parts mis-match issues so why should a 2009 chinese bike have these.

sales 101 pre internet....have a positive response from a customer they will tell 3 people. Have a negative response they will tell 10. thankyou mr west gosford nsw australia chinese bike dealer

**jape** · 02-17-2011, 12:14 PM

Welcome, why don't you get it off your chest eh?

Come on, tell us more about yourself, your bike and rides you make and any other good as well as bad experiences.

And if you want to name names, do that too. Just tell the story straight and don't embellish it.

We get these bikes because we are poor, or brave and adventurous. We deal with some good dealers and many bad ones, in Australia as well as China and in the USA. Human nature.

One thing we all do quite well here, is help and support. So make your visit valuable and tell us more, explain better so no-one else is annoyed or possibly hurt.