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You guys should check out Princevaliant's post about Chinese quads.
Here's part of the intro:
Chinese branded atvs are a legitimate part of the market now, are they right for you?
This topic brings up a lot of opinions among ATV enthusiasts on forums and general conversations. Most people form those opinions based not on personal experience, but out right hear-say and just general perceptions either directly or indirectly of any foreign made product. In this article I am going to take a look at what Chinese “off brand” atvs, are and are not, as well as give some tips should you decide to purchase one.
Read the entire piece, here:
http://www.atvmagblog.com/2009/01/13/chinese-atvs/
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princevaliant1975
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Here is a little help with the link.
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^^ damm nice blog you've got there, Jon ^^
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Prince, something you wrote down on your blog caught my attention, you wrote:
"In a lot of cases the Chinese frame geometry/suspension, especially in the youth atvs, it is superior to some of the top brands"
i am wondering where did you get this information from?, i mean, was there a comparison between the chinese and japanese brands? or how exactly you came to this conclusion?.
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Thanks for the help Jon. My bad.
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princevaliant1975
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twin turbo pervert wrote:Prince, something you wrote down on your blog caught my attention, you wrote:
"In a lot of cases the Chinese frame geometry/suspension, especially in the youth atvs, it is superior to some of the top brands"
i am wondering where did you get this information from?, i mean, was there a comparison between the chinese and japanese brands? or how exactly you came to this conclusion?.
I should have made that clear that I was talking in general about the "youth" (50-90ccish) quads. As SOME (not all) of the major brand youth quads use antiquated Y-arm front and link-less rear suspensions while a similar sized Chinese atv uses dual A-arm front and link-aged rear suspensions. I am however excluding ATV's like Cobra, LEM, and Apex basically the youth motocross machines. I am comparing to the likes of the Yamaha badger, TRX90 ect... with Chinese atvs such as Xtreme Typhoon, SSR SRQ125R, DRR 50 and 90, PitsterPro FXR. This has been stated in a few ATV magazines that have tested the youth atvs mentioned above. I was in no way trying to imply that the adult sized atvs had superior stock suspension to the major brands. It was a generalized statement that could be worded differently.
The real point of the article was to outline the basics of what to expect from a Chinese atv, and some of the main differences of buying one vs.'s a major brand from a dealer. From my experience most people don't realize how much of a service it is to buy from a dealer and I was just trying to point out general differences, but as I stated Chinese ATVs vary greatly in quality/value per dollar. Bottom line is do your homework before buying.
BTW, thanks for the comment! Its comments like yours that only make my articles better!
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