Qjiang QJ600GS / Benelli BJ600GS - rumors thread

[Steve_Halt]

I think no matter Benelli or Keeway branding this very bike will have its own market share in Europe. Would be very interesting to see it compete in American market as well. Given it's based on the R6 engine (na matter what generation) it could be a strong selling point. If aftersales support is good and the overall quality is sufficient I can see it outperforming Hyosung in European market by 2014.

[MJH]

Nothing the Chitaly group does seems amateurish….but then again.

ORDER-WINNING AND
ORDER-QUALIFYING CRITERIA

[felix]

A little FYI for those of us considering this bike. It seems that a lot of taobao retailers have noticed the growing interest in this bike; there's already a lot of parts available to buy online.

This is good news for us as it's so much easier to get stuff on taobao, you don't have to deal anyone and you don't get ripped off.

All the common bits you might need are there. Oil filters, air filters, and all the stuff that breaks when you crash like controls, lights, panels...

http://search8.taobao.com/search?q=%...J_FilterTabBar



It seems even our Tourfella friend in zhejiang has taken notice and is already offering a custom luggage system for the bike:

http://item.taobao.com/item.htm?id=14791779893



All good news.

[Steve_Halt]

All good!
Those panniers are quite expensive, though. It's 800 yuan for the rack. The whole set's 4000 yuan.

[euphonius]

All good!
Those panniers are quite expensive, though. It's 800 yuan for the rack. The whole set's 4000 yuan.

Many of us are using the Tourfella panniers and can attest that the quality as well as the service is excellent. One of my boxes was badly mangled in my Kunming getoff. I couriered it to Du Rui (25 rmb) and had it back 48 hours later, perfectly realigned. No charge, not even for the return shipping.

I see Du is adding quite a few bikes to the list for which he makes custom racks for his panniers, including the GW250 and DL650. I asked him yesterday about a setup for my KLR650 in California; he's done only one before, since these Kawis are so rare in China, but we're working on a solution. I've got buddies in the US who will want them, given that the price is maybe half of what you'd pay for the comparable Trax system at Twisted Throttle.

cheers!

[Steve_Halt]

That sounds professional!
Any idea if he makes rack+panniers setup for CRF450/LD450???

[euphonius]

That sounds professional!
Any idea if he makes rack+panniers setup for CRF450/LD450???

PM'ing you his contacts. Please let us know what you find out.

cheers

[TB-Racing]

PM'ing you his contacts. Please let us know what you find out. cheers

I know its a long shot but does he have a website by any chance, never mind English or Chinese.... thanks!

[euphonius]

I know its a long shot but does he have a website by any chance, never mind English or Chinese.... thanks!

Just go into Taobao and search for "tourfella". You'll find everything. Actually, not quite everything. There are some pages that don't include the word Tourfella, but you'll find them in "related items" links on the various pages. I see the XTR250 is listed too.

cheers!

[TB-Racing]

Just go into Taobao and search for "tourfella". You'll find everything.

thanks, makes the BJ traffic chaos more bearable in the back set of a car..... we still should plan a ride out to Tourfella as mention in other threads and posts.