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#51 Re: Need Help Choosing a Bike07-05-2012, 02:41 AM
Thanks :)
Somoto and QingQi look similar (especially that Somoto Classic-B and my bike), but at a closer look the're different. The engines are different and QingQi doesn't offer 150 and 250cc options of that bike. I'd buy a 250cc if there was one :)
Besides, Somoto classic lineup has been around for some time, whereas QingQi claims to have put their U-Zeal in the market last month.
Anyways, is there any info on Soomoto sold in China? I went through their contacts, and apparently they're located in GuangZhou, but I haven't heard about the brand/haven't seen their dealership before you posted that website link.
I'll sure do a writeup on my QingQi as soon as I got time (this summer happens to be a busy one).
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#52 Re: Need Help Choosing a Bike
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07-05-2012, 02:50 AMDear Steve,
Nice looking bike -- great retro styling! Any further details about this steed? EFI or carb? Hope you can launch a new thread where you can give us an ongoing review and update that is easy for others to find.
Did you ride it yet? Tell me again, isn't Nanjing a dry city? How and where will you register it?
cheers!jkp
Shanghai
2010 JH600 "Merkin Muffley" (in Shanghai)
2000 KLR650 "Feezer Ablanalp" (in California)
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#53 Re: Need Help Choosing a Bike07-05-2012, 03:10 AM
Docs first: I'll register it through the dealer I bought it from. It's 8500 yuan for plates all the fuss taken care of by the dealer.
I have ridden it indeed and it's everything you'd expect from a 125cc carburetted bike. No Hayabusa, still great for traffic. I'll post a review as soon as I get to it :)
And, yes, that was the styling that I bought it for.
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#55 Re: Need Help Choosing a Bike07-05-2012, 03:36 AM
That is a grand looking bike Steve i am just plain envious of the seat!
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#56 Re: Need Help Choosing a Bike
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07-05-2012, 03:48 AMThat must be a really new model. Qingqi has a bike with a similar model number but it's got dreary sport bike styling.
Dying for details!jkp
Shanghai
2010 JH600 "Merkin Muffley" (in Shanghai)
2000 KLR650 "Feezer Ablanalp" (in California)
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#57 Re: Need Help Choosing a Bike07-05-2012, 04:05 AM
There is one interesting detail: for this motorcycle under Qingqi brand, I've heard more than a year ago. They showed it at some motorcycle show and what instantly attracted my attention (other than orange paint and chessboard labels, which have directed me to Somoto), is the motor. Not Suzuki derived one, but the old Honda CG pushrod clone.
Qingqi_125.jpg
I have noticed a lot of seemingly unusual things in Chinese motorcycle industry which couldn't explain. A fresh example: do you remember that a few days ago I mentioned Qingqi's Suzuki Grasstracker wannabe? Literally yesterday I found this article - http://www.skymoto.com.ua/images/DTR 125.pdf . What is wrong with this picture (except the front fender, fairing and gauges; on this bike they look like a saddle on a cow)? Engine again. God knows who made this "saddled cow". Qingqi is probably not, and there is no mention of this bike on the Pioneer's site too. "You have now crossed over into The Twilight Zore..."Ask me nothing - I DO NOT speak english. Really...
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#58 Re: Need Help Choosing a Bike07-05-2012, 06:14 AM
It's all very obscure here in China since nobody knows who's whose friend and who stole/copied what from who. Plain guesswork here...
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#59 Re: Need Help Choosing a Bike07-05-2012, 06:15 AM
Posted my first impressions of QingQi U-Zeal:
http://www.mychinamoto.com/forums/sh...-to-the-Basics
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