Nice find, hadnt seen them before!

Wrapping the exuast header does sound like a good idea though. Who cares if it is ugly, the whole bike is pretty ugly. If you dont like it, just unwrap it.

I picked up a roll of 1"x15' header wrap and the locking ties that go with it. I wrapped it real tight, overlapped half the width of the last wrap, then let it run for a while to heat up, last I rinsed off the powder that is on it. It did give me a little bit of a burnt smell but after the rinsing it stops. I do notice the engine is running about 10-25 degrees cooler acording to my stick-on thermometers. It is about 60 degrees outside in NC and after about 30 minutes of stead riding my temperature was about 240 Farienhight with out the wrap, After the the wrap and 30 minutes of riding it was about 223 F. I also notice quite a bit more throttle responce. It is pretty ugly, but it's only noticable up close. 15 feet wasnt enough though, there was about 4" of header near the carb that couldnt get wrapped. Overal, I would consider this a good idea. Especially if you live where it is hot and your engine runs even hotter than normal.

Wow good info thanks for sharing your experiment with us. question how much did you actually wrap? from the head to carb or did you skip and restart behind the carb... ob1 your thoughts on how far you should wrap?

I wrap from the head to past the carb. I want to keep the fuel and carb cooler.

AMC ran out of wrap before he could insulate the carb. A 50 ft roll will allow you to do the pipe twice, with some left over. Wrap can get torn up from fall, branches, and washings, I get a few years from mine.

New Dip Stick
 

Where did you order the Dipstick? Mine started to crack and chip. so I need to get a new one before it breaks, I could do the temp gauge or a regular doesn't matter to me.

Steven

I ordered it from a company in Sweden.
It fits my Qingqi 200, Suzuki Ozark and my sons QM80 ATV.
The Qingqi engine oil temp normally lies around 90-95°C

Thanks good to know, so If I find one that fits an Ozark I Think I will be ok
There's a dealer down the street.

I don't think it will fit unless you to have a Suzuki clone engine...
The Qingqi QM 200 engine is identical to the Suzuki DR200 engine.

OK, I will take the dip stick with me when I go.
Thanks.

Catastrophix, not trying to change the subject, but now that the Qingqi's are more easily available in the US through Qlink (they were very hard to get from Pioneer Motors), how close to the Suzuki engine is the Qingqi?

In my galley you can find several pictures of the engine including an "cut open" one.
They are identical to the Suzuki engine (at least the -06 model) some minor changes are made on the -07 model.
Only difference I've found is that Qingqi uses 428 chain, and a slightly different Mikuni carburetor.

I can send you a complete file of Qingqi engine part diagrams (of the whole bike if you like) so you can compare with Suzukis (Alpha sports for example has online parts diagrams) The bikes themselves differ on various parts but a lot are the same..

Example:

Suzuki
http://alpha-sports.com/dspt/2005%20DR200SE/14.gif

Qingqi
http://i176.photobucket.com/albums/w...X/Cylinder.jpg

I was curious, because most of us Chinese bike owners have the Honda-based engines, although they are incompatible internally. I, personally, am partial to Suzukis for no particular reason other than I always like the GSXR-series bikes, and I once owned a DR250s which I sadly sold many years ago :cry: . The Qlink motard is visually very nice, and being based on the Suzuki, is a bonus.

Back to the wrap
 

Do Swedes Rap? Ok, seriously, holding the heat within the header is not a bad thing. It will dissapate down the pipe and finally exit. Not holding the heat can be a problem for short hops on the bike. A product of combustion is water. Exhaust water can be acidic. The water will condense inside the pipe and, if the pipe does not heat up fully, stay inside the pipe. The water will rust out the pipe - inside-out. This happens frequently in automibiles.