Anyone know anything about the Qlink Legend?

[BrianW]

I have no experience with this bike (or company, for that matter) and was wondering a bit. I have heard nothing but good about the XP and XF models, but I am currently looking at a Legend. My friend's girlfriend wants to purchase one locally for him while he is away at boot camp. I told her I would try to find out a little about them. It is a 2007 with less than 300 miles. The guy wants roughly $1000 for it.

[FastDoc]

I have no experience with this bike (or company, for that matter) and was wondering a bit. I have heard nothing but good about the XP and XF models, but I am currently looking at a Legend. My friend's girlfriend wants to purchase one locally for him while he is away at boot camp. I told her I would try to find out a little about them. It is a 2007 with less than 300 miles. The guy wants roughly $1000 for it.

The price is excellent.

There is a good write up about the Legend on www.motorcycle.com.

Its kinda a scooter shaped like a motorcycle.

[SpudRider]

I have a friend from church who own the QLink Legend; he loves his bike. The QLink Legend is nice motorcycle/scooter. :) I agree with FastDoc; if this bike is in good shape, $1,000 is a good deal. :)

Spud :)

[BrianW]

Thanks for the info, fellas. I will be going out to the guys house in the next few days to check it out in person. I will keep you posted on what we end up doing.

[Oengus]

I have no experience with this bike (or company, for that matter) and was wondering a bit. I have heard nothing but good about the XP and XF models, but I am currently looking at a Legend. My friend's girlfriend wants to purchase one locally for him while he is away at boot camp. I told her I would try to find out a little about them. It is a 2007 with less than 300 miles. The guy wants roughly $1000 for it.

The price is excellent.

There is a good write up about the Legend on www.motorcycle.com.

Its kinda a scooter shaped like a motorcycle.

The legacy is the automatic bike, its made by CFMOTO
http://www.cfmoto-us.com/?gclid=CNLh2Jy_paECFQHxDAodtHWfFg

The legend is a regular motorcycle it has the 250cc twin same type engine used on the Johnny PAG bikes, just not bored out.

http://www.gekgo.com/images/q-Legend-250-Cruiser-Motorcycle-Black.jpg

Qlink stopped selling them, I would bet its a Qingqi made bike...they make cruisers

http://www.qingqi.com.cn/en/index.aspx

the XP and XF200 are made by qingqi,

for $1000.00 it would be worth it for sure, bet you could get any parts from qlink for it.

[FastDoc]

Good point, thanks for the correction. My bad.

[Oengus]

Is there such a thing as a Qlink before 2007? They say they have been in business since 1988 what did they sell?

I did a part search on the Qlink site they still stock parts for them, they have a service manual for it $55.00

[Oengus]

Who is Qlink….

http://www.chainrail.com.tw/turinarweb/turinar/www.turinar.com.tw/english/sale-1.html

[Oengus]

its basically a copy of a Honda rebel

[Oengus]

Good point, thanks for the correction. My bad.

its ok we forgot they used to sell a cruiser

[FastDoc]

I wonder if that Q Link is a Hensiem.

[Oengus]

I have seen millions of that design, they all make the design, what’s the difference to the cruiser Tank sold.


http://www.scootersus.com/sitebuilder/images/tank-motorcycle-vision-250e-250cc-01-347x255.jpg

That its branded a Qlink means that you would not have any trouble getting parts for it, but Qlink parts are not alway that cheap....

If you can get the VIN number brian and i will check to see who manufactured it.

Qlink does not have its own VINS they use the VINS of the actual manufacturer.

Qlink may have stopped selling the bike for one reason or another, hopefully not because the warranty cost were over the top on the bike?

They may have just discontinued them because of slow sales of them?
Or that too many others could sell them or versions of the bikes that are nearly identical to them....and there are alot of them.

[Oengus]

The Chinese went after the 250cc and under market, its primarily all they have. That included the Honda Rebel sales.


They squared off the block of the engine and added a chrome head cover, but its basically the same, 250 twin.

http://www.her-motorcycle.com/images/honda-rebel.jpg

[Oengus]

I would do a quick check on Craigs list and any other source for a used Rebel, then see if you can look at one and ride one to compare them.

Just like there is a lot of these Chinese cruisers there is also a lot of used Rebels. There is always 10-20 used ones for sale in my area….some may be close to that price of $1000.00

Technically that bike is not considered broken in with 300 miles on it, it makes you wonder, its not impossible to damage a bike out of the crate. But it came with a warranty that basically, I would think expired a year or so ago? It hard to say when was it originally titled?

Brian you could get the VIN and then check to see when it was titled, with Qlink the warranties are transferable. Warranty start on the date the bike is titled not on the model year, that bike may have some warranty left on it.

Qlinik can tell you from the VIN if it still has warranty left on it.

[culcune]

You might as well try to get a deal on that bike. $1k is not bad, though. I know that Qlink sources their bikes from different sources, and I was never sure where the Legend came from. Not all their bikes were great quality as evidenced by their pre-XF/XP200 enduro, the rebadged Zongshen Sierra, which had some issues-enough to have them drop the bike and bring in the Qingqi bike, although I bet Spud could have put it right, :lol:

[Oengus]

That engine can be bored out,

57x53

270cc

21hp

Thats the engine they use on the reagal raptor/johnny pag bikes

these are all being manufactured by xinling
out of WUXI city.

http://www.tycentre.com/products/gpocketbikes/gpb300ab.htm

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here a single unit khaos the specs are wrong that bike only has 18hp and the engine is only 249cc it not bored out and not water cooled.

http://www.alibaba.com/product-free/109099090/Motorcycle_250cc_Tank_Khaos_Street_Bike.html

Same people attempting to sell the water cooled version of a Tank Cruiser
that also has that same engine but water cooled and not bored out, asking a laughable $4,500.00 for it.

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Its all off the shelve stuff, much of it, notice the gauges are almost alway the same types. There is not one manufacturere, not two or three there may be many making that same bike. The same engine the same components, the quality is about who assembled the bike, who machined the part....were they feed up and tired that day?

Actually did a QC person with a micrometer come by and check the part. did they come by and sample torque on the nut? Some do that and some do not. One is shoddy one is not, its related to the operation.

Then its also a matter of were did the raw steel come from, not all steel is the same.

Two exactly the same designs ones is a Honda one is not which is better and whY?


I think I am going to save my money and spend my energy searching for garage trophies.

the CB500 was one of Hondas biggest all time sellers.

http://www.motorcyclespecs.co.za/Gallery%20B/Honda%20CB350K4%2074%20%201.jpg

Honda dealers sold more than a quarter-million CB350s over the model's five-year run — 67,180 of those in 1972 alone.

Maybe I am alone on this but that is actually the perfect commuter bike.
http://www.motorcyclespecs.co.za/Gallery%20B/Honda%20CB350K4%2074.jpg

[Oengus]

Ever heard the expression asleep at the switch? That’s the Chinese motorcycle industry as whole.


If anything a retro line would sell in the USA, but not if it is not quality manufactured and marketed, distributed and supported. It would be an excercise in futility.

I think copy that 350 engine….but they have to copy it to the exact specifications, but then the exhaust gets restricted and fuel flow restrained… the result is less hp and that is the EPA, they want to restrict the emissions of hydrocarbons. Thats just a matter of the fuel rate and the exhaust being caught with a catalytic device, it traps them.

It would not come with the 1972 36hp rating out of the crate. But we all know that opening up the exhaust and then re-jetting the carburetor changes that.

But the precision the Japanese mastered, the methods they used in production are not being copied by the Chinese.

A tolerance is a measurement, it can be an acceptable level of variation, the Japanese may say with 1/8 or even 1/72 the Chinese may not even be checking. Some may be 1/8 or 1/4…..they are not often doing quality control, the expression is slapped together.



Who makes it what is their reputation?