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Old 03-01-2011, 01:02 AM   #11
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I'd suggest searching for someone in your area where a Q-link is available. I'm going to be picking one up for 1750.00. Best price around in the PRK and they are dealt out of Texas, from what I hear.

I have an X-moto and have ridden a couple of his Q's. I like my X-moto Lifanoid (Honda clone). Great, durable bike. Well set-up. However, the Q is rockin.... Way more "Japanese" for lack of a better explanation. Worth a couple hundred extra bucks, for sure. Has a real Mikuni, too.

X-Moto....I have one. Just another generic Lifanoid under that name.
We seem to make the mistake of pidgeon-holing our thinking, it seems, with brand names on our bikes, especially when it comes to the mass-produced Honda clones. It's not like they're actually planned, engineered and built as different products, such as Yamaha, Suzuki, etc.... They're really not. I think that hurts our searches for parts. "I have a GIO, not a Hensim or X-moto or whatever Honda clone."

My China Bike guy, who goes to China a month every year, explained to me. "There are different provences that make a lot of the same parts....some are better than others, welds and things, though they all fit. They all get put together and imported under a bunch of different importer names (Gio, X-Moto, Hensim, Red Cat, etc....) but a million parts are interchangeable."
For example, I can take a ton of parts off my X-Moto and swap them on my Hensim.

He's been very impressed with the Q Link folks, with everyone he's dealt with, concerning American marketing and support. He's been doing the CB thing for quite a few years now and says they're on it. Unfortunately, he told me the other day that the XP and XF 200 are not going to be made (or possibly imported?) anymore and they're going to a water cooled 250 and bigger bikes. I'm jumping on an XP 200 while they're available. Great bike.
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