Chinese Clones!

bmxr123 · 03-14-2013, 09:55 PM

Below is a picture of a Qlink 250..Its a GZ250!!!!If they didn't purchase the blueprints for that motor from Suzuki, then they certainly stole them!! Jk..Same single-cylinder, four-valve, dual-header design..I saw one of these in person and freaked out..The dead giveaway in my opinion was the(identical to the GZ line) "cosmetic" valve cover caps on each side of the top end. To be specific, it is the plastic chrome you have to pull with an allen key to change your spark plug. On the other hand, the big difference was the mag wheels. But this "asian" suzuki seems to bridge that gap! Cool...but, scary: Japanese engineering making way to a much more profit-oriented, cost-cutting, business savvy China. I dig the "honda-vtx-style" headlight too.

I also have noticed that Honda sold their bulletproof 35-years-strong single-cylinder XR,XL, NX 100, 125, 150, 200 blueprints as i see them on EVERYTHING CHINESE OFF-ROAD. And if we Americans weren't so OBSESSED with big twins and SUV's then we would probably see more on the road.

I once built a Honda 1970 cb100 cafe racer in which the motor was experiencing blow-by. While the rebuild was taking place, i bought a Panterra(chinese)125 dirt bike off of craigslist for 150 and swapped the motor right onto the 1970 Cb100 frame with no modifications and she was breathing life again within the hour! That chinese motor ended up being pretty reliable, and once rebuilt, I mounted the fresh honda nx125(technically a 175 after the .50 over bore) onto the Panterra dirt bike. Both machines still scream to this day....aaand get oil changes frequently

below is the pudding:

03-14-2013, 09:55 PM	#1
bmxr123 Junior Member Join Date: Mar 2013 Location: Orlando, Fl Posts: 11	Chinese Clones! Below is a picture of a Qlink 250..Its a GZ250!!!!If they didn't purchase the blueprints for that motor from Suzuki, then they certainly stole them!! Jk..Same single-cylinder, four-valve, dual-header design..I saw one of these in person and freaked out..The dead giveaway in my opinion was the(identical to the GZ line) "cosmetic" valve cover caps on each side of the top end. To be specific, it is the plastic chrome you have to pull with an allen key to change your spark plug. On the other hand, the big difference was the mag wheels. But this "asian" suzuki seems to bridge that gap! Cool...but, scary: Japanese engineering making way to a much more profit-oriented, cost-cutting, business savvy China. I dig the "honda-vtx-style" headlight too. I also have noticed that Honda sold their bulletproof 35-years-strong single-cylinder XR,XL, NX 100, 125, 150, 200 blueprints as i see them on EVERYTHING CHINESE OFF-ROAD. And if we Americans weren't so OBSESSED with big twins and SUV's then we would probably see more on the road. I once built a Honda 1970 cb100 cafe racer in which the motor was experiencing blow-by. While the rebuild was taking place, i bought a Panterra(chinese)125 dirt bike off of craigslist for 150 and swapped the motor right onto the 1970 Cb100 frame with no modifications and she was breathing life again within the hour! That chinese motor ended up being pretty reliable, and once rebuilt, I mounted the fresh honda nx125(technically a 175 after the .50 over bore) onto the Panterra dirt bike. Both machines still scream to this day....aaand get oil changes frequently below is the pudding: Login or Register to Remove Ads
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