BEHOLD!

[jonathan180iq]

http://i55.tinypic.com/308k37o.jpg

I pick it up tomorrow @ 7:00pm. Only $1000

2001 w/ 19,000 on it.
New tires
New battery

WOOT!

PS: So it's really more like a reintrodction. :rawk:

[blaine]

http://s2.postimage.org/21r5nof8/th_Congratulations_CAE99_KHU.gif (http://www.postimage.org/) :) :cool:

[burkbuilds]

Hey Jonathan, glad to see you back on two wheels. Congrats on the new (to you) bike. :2tup:

[Rionna]

Congrats Jonathan! Great deal on a great bike. Just in time for the weekend. Enjoy

[geezer]

wow you got alot of love for the gezzer! so this is your second right?

[mole2]

Welcome to the forum from South Carolina. Ride safe.


:)

[Water Warrior 2]

Welcome to the forum from South Carolina. Ride safe.


:)
Too funny.

[alanmcorcoran]

Perhaps a promotion is in order? Master of All He Surveys? His Royal Highness? Pope of the Forum? King of All Geezers?

Just asking...

[jonathan180iq]

Welcome to the forum from South Carolina. Ride safe.


:)
Too funny.

I must admit that I chuckled.

[jonathan180iq]

wow you got alot of love for the gezzer! so this is your second right?

Not so much the Geezer in general. I'm just a fan of the 250 class motorcycles.
Dont'get me wrong, I obviously like this bike enough to consider a second purchase. But if the door opened up for an older EX250 or even a vintage VFR 250, I would be all over that.

[CMS]

I too have purchased another GZ. Bought a 2008 brand new [gray color] and traded it in for a new 2009 TU250 [still own] love the TU but missed the GZ. Tried to buy it back from the new owner but she won't budge, loved the bike to much to sell it. Found an idenical 2008 with 900 miles , bought it. Own and ride both 250's, very happy with both. Looking forward to a 500 mile trip in August, ,will take the GZ, its more suited for touring [ava. accessories, rear rack,saddle bags etc ] the TU does not have Suzuki support of accessories as yet. I did get with the help of a friend and fellow TU rider a rear luggage rack from Japan,expensive but works great. Suzuki is missing the boat here by not following up with accessories for the TU, its a great bike and with the GZ being discontinued in the US, I don't under stand their marketing policy.

I followed Johathans lead [on the GZ]and cut off the back rest from the Suzuki rack and mounted a Givi top case, works great, also have a set of Cortech softbags and a Cortech tank bag. Looking forward to the trip and have talked a fellow GZ rider into going along also. Of all the bikes I'v owned the 250's are the most fun , at least for me. Terry [CMS] :2tup:

[jonathan180iq]

Where are the side-by-side photos and pics of your all your luggage?
Sounds like a good set-up :)

[CMS]

Will provide pictures asap,will include the bikes also. Terry :rawk:

[Moedad]

http://i55.tinypic.com/308k37o.jpg

I pick it up tomorrow @ 7:00pm. Only $1000

2001 w/ 19,000 on it.
New tires
New battery

WOOT!

PS: So it's really more like a reintrodction. :rawk:

Neato!

[5th_bike]

Great news !!! Glad you finally got one again ! :2tup:

Time to celebrate !!! :bong:

[GZBrian]

Hello Jonathan, Sounds like you got a real good deal on it. Looks nice. Ride safe. GZBrian.

[mole2]

Welcome to the forum from South Carolina. Ride safe.


:)
Too funny.

Whoops! I didn't notice he was a long time memeber. Why did he post this in the intro area. LOL


:)

[Water Warrior 2]

Well pardner I reckon he was introducing his new friend. :2tup:

[jonathan180iq]

So.....
I went down to Atlanta to get my a Gz250 and I came home with this:

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Sorrt for the crap photos. It was 11:30 at night in a cramped garage. I'll give her a proper photo shoot later.

Liquid cooled, 250cc single, belt drive w/ floorboards and MP3 hook up & front and rear disc brakes. ;)
For those not familiar, it's a 2007 Qlink Legacy 250.

[Water Warrior 2]

Interesting look with the enclosed engine. When do we get our first "First Ride" report.

[jonathan180iq]

Well, I purchased the bike in Marietta and had to drive it back home.
The first hour of that trip was awesome, until I got all but 3 miles south of my house. After pulling off the interstate and turning left onto Hwy 41, I made it about a mile when the bike lurched forward a bit and slowly rolled to the side of the road.

As you can imagine, I was quite upset that my brand new ride died on me less than 2 hours after purchase. I threw my helmet down in disgust and pushed the bike to the Kangaroo gas station just on top of the hill. I wasn't alone, luckily, as my brother was tailing me in my mini van.

I parked the bike and promptly called the previous owner. He was nice enough when I purchsed it, even threw in a battery tender and showed me his replacement bike: 2010 Vectrix (all electric highway bike)

http://www.metaefficient.com/wp-content/uploads/vectrix-electric-scooter-gas-free.jpg

We discussed what etiquette was for a break down so soon after purchase and he agreed to give me a full refund the next day.

Needless to say, that cooled me off substantially.

So now using a cool noggin' and thinking clearly, I began to diagnose the problem. Having owned a chinese scooter before and knowing the general make-up of the beasts, I pulled the CVT cover and found that 1/4 of my drive belt had been eaten away. I noticed the words of the belt read "Mitsuboshi" and could only assume that this was an original Chinese knock-off belt. By this time, it was 1:30 in the morning and I was just beat from both mental exhaustion+frustration plus having just completed a 1.5 hour motorcycle ride on the highway for the first time in about 2 years.

This all happened Friday evening and I left Sunday for a vacation in Pigeon Fordge, which is why you guys are just now getting the scoop. (When I vacation, I disconnect completely.)

So now, back at home, I found a Qlink dealer 12 miles north of Dalton and picked up a belt for it this morning. I'll be putting it on when I get home and she'll be ready to ride again for tomorrow morning's commute.

I'll let you know more after I spend a few more days in the saddle, but so far I am impressed.

If you haven't already assumed, it is an automatic CVT drive, just like a scooter, but that's about all it has in common with a scoot. It is 100% motorcycle, except for the plastic side coverings over the engine. Those things make it a bear to do maintenance on, but luckily I only have to remove one side at a time, depending on what the job it.

But, on the whole, I really like it. I chose it over the GZ simply because of the features that it offers, like the rear rack, floor boards and liquid cooling. It also has a nicer gauge set than the GZ and, to be honest, I just want to try something different.

This make my second Chinese bike, out of 4 total motorcycles. As much as I hate to say it.... I like the utility of the Chinese bikes better than their Japanese counterparts. My Ninja 250 and the Suzuki made more power than the Qlink, and obviously more than my 150cc scooter, but these China-bikes are just more fun to piddle around on.

[Water Warrior 2]

Nice to know it was only the belt going south and not something major. Sounds like a fun bike with no shifting and nice footboards rather than pegs. What is the bikes age, mileage, weight, the usual info we need.

[jonathan180iq]

2007 w/ 15,000 miles. 356 lbs dry.
They don't make them anymore. But you can look up the CF moto v5. Cf moto makes the bike but Qlink was "perfecting" them for a while. Not really sure how that worked but Qlink is an independent company who makes their own bikes.

[Water Warrior 2]

Did a quick Goggle and found out it makes 18 HP. Should do well with the CVT.