Dealers I need your help with opinions on brands

Second-Lap-Motorsports · 03-10-2008, 10:23 PM

I have been looking for a long time for a brand to carry in my shop and don't know which to pick. I see so many different brands on the internet and listed in some of the dealer magazines I get, but don't want to get hung with a brand that has poor quality or poor dealer/parts support. I know a lot of these bikes are the same or similar and just a matter of who is the importer/distributor. I would like a brand that has a lot of variety like dirt, street, atv's, utility vehicle and maybe generators. Also I would like to carry snowmobiles and personal watercraft, but in another thread I found that most of these aren't imported. Q-link was one I was thinking of or possibly Roketa, but I don't know there reputations. If you have any info, but don't want to praise or bad mouth brand X or a certain distributor to the public, then private message me and I'll keep it private. Thanks in advance.

Steve

culcune · 03-10-2008, 11:13 PM

Not being a dealer, but a fairly "typical" customer, I would consider the Qlink to purchase, considering their warranty and parts ("98% parts available..." whatever happened to the other 2%?!?!)Also, UM has a good "high-end" as far as re-branded Korean and Chinese stuff go, IMO. One of the more unknown, but premium brands (premium as far as this segment goes) is Diamo.

BIGHIRT · 03-11-2008, 01:06 PM

Steve,
Hello email at the below email adress i can give you some tips on the companies out there. I have seen the good and the bad through the past five years with chinese and twianese powersports. I personaly test products before i back them.

Eric
Hirt Motorsports
hirtmotorsports@yahoo.com

Second-Lap-Motorsports · 03-11-2008, 02:25 PM

Thanks, email sent.

theENIGMATIC · 03-11-2008, 09:50 PM

Im not a dealer but Im a buyer, and Lifan seems to be the most attractive brand with Hi-Bird and Qlink and Shineray close seconds!
Also I think it depends on the purchaser, me personally I like to experiment, if there was a bike out there that couldnt go over 50 of over a bump without falling apart...I would buy it as long as its the right bike for me, some of the bikes out there look awesome but I would probably kill myself on them! lollololo.......

03-10-2008, 10:23 PM	#1
Second-Lap-Motorsports Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Owosso, MI Posts: 22	Dealers I need your help with opinions on brands I have been looking for a long time for a brand to carry in my shop and don't know which to pick. I see so many different brands on the internet and listed in some of the dealer magazines I get, but don't want to get hung with a brand that has poor quality or poor dealer/parts support. I know a lot of these bikes are the same or similar and just a matter of who is the importer/distributor. I would like a brand that has a lot of variety like dirt, street, atv's, utility vehicle and maybe generators. Also I would like to carry snowmobiles and personal watercraft, but in another thread I found that most of these aren't imported. Q-link was one I was thinking of or possibly Roketa, but I don't know there reputations. If you have any info, but don't want to praise or bad mouth brand X or a certain distributor to the public, then private message me and I'll keep it private. Thanks in advance. Steve __________________ Current rides- 1981 Yami YZ250, 1993 Honda XR250L, 2003 Manco Hornet 50, 2015 Wolf W1, 2018 Wolf RX-50.
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03-10-2008, 11:13 PM	#2
culcune Join Date: May 2006 Location: Yuma, Arizona Posts: 9,056	Not being a dealer, but a fairly "typical" customer, I would consider the Qlink to purchase, considering their warranty and parts ("98% parts available..." whatever happened to the other 2%?!?!)Also, UM has a good "high-end" as far as re-branded Korean and Chinese stuff go, IMO. One of the more unknown, but premium brands (premium as far as this segment goes) is Diamo. __________________ "They say that life's a carousel, spinning fast you got to ride it well..." TGB Delivery Scooter 150 TMEC 200 Enduro--carcass is sadly rotting in the backyard
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03-11-2008, 02:25 PM	#4
Second-Lap-Motorsports Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Owosso, MI Posts: 22	Thanks, email sent. __________________ Current rides- 1981 Yami YZ250, 1993 Honda XR250L, 2003 Manco Hornet 50, 2015 Wolf W1, 2018 Wolf RX-50.
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03-11-2008, 01:06 PM	#3
BIGHIRT Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Duncannon,Pa Posts: 34	Steve, Hello email at the below email adress i can give you some tips on the companies out there. I have seen the good and the bad through the past five years with chinese and twianese powersports. I personaly test products before i back them. Eric Hirt Motorsports hirtmotorsports@yahoo.com
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03-11-2008, 09:50 PM	#5
theENIGMATIC Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 392	Im not a dealer but Im a buyer, and Lifan seems to be the most attractive brand with Hi-Bird and Qlink and Shineray close seconds! Also I think it depends on the purchaser, me personally I like to experiment, if there was a bike out there that couldnt go over 50 of over a bump without falling apart...I would buy it as long as its the right bike for me, some of the bikes out there look awesome but I would probably kill myself on them! lollololo.......
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