Typical BAD chinese origin quad.

[catmandoes]

This a typical Crappy bad value quad thats been sold on ebay at the moment. Makes my blood boil. Conning people. The description says this is one the best quality quads on the UK market. Total rubblish.



"you are Purchasing a Brand New 200cc Road Legal Bashan S-7 Quad Bike which Will have to Be assembled . The Bike is Packed in the Factory Crate Direct from the Manufacturer . Assembly will take around 2 -3 hours work by a Component Person with Mechanical Skills and A good set of Tools . Bashan Quad Bikes are one of the Best Quad bikes on the UK Market and they are really well put together with quality parts. Top Speed is around 50 Mph + and 60Mpg is easily Obtainable with normal road Work . This 200cc Bashan is Finished in Matt Red and Black Which Looks stunning and Really Stands Out . This 2007 Model is Fitted with The New Style race-style aggressive design Plastics , Road / Offroad Tyres , Powerful Watercooled Engine , Quality Electrics and Digital Speedometer . The Bike will be delivered with the Nessesary Paperwork to Registar it with DVLA . If you Need any more Information Please ring us on !!! or !!! after working Hours . The bike can be picked up from our Warehouse or delivered nationwide by our Carriers"

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I really dont know how they pass as road legal, dont they have to have SVA or any checks, someone, somewhere is breaking the law .
If any of the guys we saw the other day on those chinese quads is reading this, do yourselves a favour and get rid of them ASAP and get a decent make like Honda, Polaris, Yamaha, Can-am, Kawaskai, Suzuki (no particular order there) etc .
Those quads will self destruct eventually .

[catmandoes]

I believe they are Homologated. Just show how little the Government know about quads and whats safe .

The Quad take-up in the UK is growing quite fast and we have death traps like this around !!!

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The thing about the chinese quads is that they look so bad from an engineering point of view, in engineering there is an old saying ` if it looks right, it is right`, on that basis the chinese need to eat more carrots .
On top of that, the materials look so poor and the quality of the fastenings is unbelievably poor .
Just dont do it people .

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They are not homologated in the way Polaris are, I have no worries about the quality of my homologated Pred (oh all right, the indicators are crap, prob chinese LOL) but everything else is fine, Qz are homologated and are pretty good, I think the chinese importers make one up specially to get through a test and dont bother with the rest .

[admin]

My god, Some of those bikes in those google ads are shocking. How do people get away with selling that crap. I fear it going to take a few fatal accidents before the government clamp down on these cowboys.

[admin]

Has anyone had any positive experiance with far eastern cheap Quads ?
If so we'd like to hear about it.

Please step forward and tell us your experiance, I promise everyone will play nice. :)

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i think there must be a legal loophole being exploited that allows the sale of chinese quads, there is no way any of them would pass the proper SVA examination .

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Have a look at this joke, those exhausts and the indicators-quality lol

http://pages.ebay.co.uk/viewitem/viewitem_popup.html?domain=ebay.co.uk

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The link did not work, they must be embarrassed .
Here are some pics to show you this beauty .

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Just deleted some pics in my attachments, try again, this is such a heap of junk it was worth the effort to put these on, start at those exhausts, then the headlight, then the dodgy looking suspension, everything about this junk looks out of proportion and badly designed .
I would rather not have a quad than this .

[catmandoes]

What an absolute mess !!

I just dont understand how these get approval for use on the road.

[secret solo]

i think there must be a legal loophole being exploited that allows the sale of chinese quads, there is no way any of them would pass the proper SVA examination .


They do not need a sva examination (msva to be correct) as they are european homologated. An msva,d quad is only valid in uk. what happens when you take it to europe is another matter.
each part of a motor vehicle is "E" certified by different states within the eu community. ie, e11 on tyres means it is holland/netherlands? that certified them.
Ragardless of what member state homologates a vehicle, all member states have to accept them regardless of how bad these chinese quads are.
the british government is currently lobbying the EU to ban micro cars (these electric things that are buzzing around all over london) claiming they dont meet up to crash testing. Quads are also in the micro car category.
What they really mean is these electric micro cars pay nothing within london (congestion charge,parking etc) therefore the government wants them removed.
A bike can do nearly 200mph and will not stand up to crash tesing either but they are ok?? Double standards again...
China sells us so much way below par junk (ie tools,quads,motorbikes) and all the time demand is there we will continue to get flooded with this junk.
Shame these idiots on ebay dont try using some of the junk they are selling first but guess they dont care as they are only in it for the money.
Went into a mobile phone shop and guess what, they give you a free chinese quad when you take out a contract ;(

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LOL, they would have to reward me handsomely to take one of those heaps, they look like a scrapheap challenge project .
You are right Secret, the country will be flooded with cheap chinese crap before long, have you seen those huge tankers that bring the stuff in :scared::scared:

[upperdeane]

This is a serious commnet .....

As a complete novice in the quad world myself a few weeks ago I was fairly close to buying some of the "chinese stuff" myself. Unfortunately most people are not lucky enough to use google and stumble across an association such as the BHQTA and be given some helpful advice like I was lucky enough to receive. My quad cost me more money than I wanted to spend, but looking back i'm really glad I spent the extra. To be honest I think most people would be better buying a second hand decent quad than one of these new ones.

Now I look at the pictures posted it makes me laugh and I can see its crap myself after only a few hundered miles quadding, but unfortunately most people buying their first quad wouldn't know this. Its sad, but in my opinion its marketing thats selling this crap.

Lets hope more people find sites like this and get some honest advice.

Playing devils advocate, I guess we need somebody on this site to buy one and review it to get a 100% honest view....not me!!

Oh well, my 2p worth for what its worth....

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Good point but if we spent money on crap like that we would be adding to the profits of people that import it .
Unfortunately we can do nothing to stop it, I would not waste my time trying, even if we did stop one company there would possibly be another dozen start up, its easy money because quads are desirable and at those prices they look a bargain .
Its the old supply and demand syndrome at work .

[WELLZY]

my first quad was chinese!

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Wellzy, that last comment of yours says it all mate :amen:

[WELLZY]

Wellzy, that last comment of yours says it all mate :amen:

:assassin::D
the electrics, drive train, rear light and front lights either fell off or broke!!:thumb_thisthreadisw

i've still got the old drive train that i took off and replaced!

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You strange young man, why would you keep a knackered drive train, are you steptoe or something-steptoe was a great comedy programme if you dont know lol

[WELLZY]

You strange young man, why would you keep a knackered drive train, are you steptoe or something-steptoe was a great comedy programme if you dont know lol

i was watching step-toe two weeks ago.

i found the old drive-train and thought i would keep it, as that is all that is prob left of that quad!!

[BUG]

[QUOTE=RED PRED;2020]I really dont know how they pass as road legal, dont they have to have SVA or any checks, someone, somewhere is breaking the law .
If any of the guys we saw the other day on those chinese quads is reading this, do yourselves a favour and get rid of them ASAP and get a decent make like Honda, Polaris, Yamaha, Can-am, Kawaskai, Suzuki (no particular order there) etc .
Those quads will self destruct eventually .[You dont have to go to China for ilegal quads, you can buy em in Essex haha, sorry admin, I couldnt help myself lol]

[Dave01]

This a typical Crappy bad value quad thats been sold on ebay at the moment. Makes my blood boil. Conning people. The description says this is one the best quality quads on the UK market. Total rubblish.

i just found this and dont agree with you my bashan is great and built really good it is one of the best quality quads and you cant spell rubbish lol
you have not ridden or seen one so dont know what you are talking about you are just jumping on the hate chinese quads bandwagon like everyone else who has lots of money to buy japanees or america quads
there is nothin wong with chinese quads

[johnnyboy]

I like chinky quads!!!! they give us all something to laugh at, they make a good sturdy base for a BBQ, you can give the kids all the nuts and bolts to use as playdoh, the chains make good belts as there so stretchy, the plastics are fantastic for use as frisbees, the stator windings are great for locking wire, they are good for learning how to use the correct type of mole grips/pliers and various weight hammers, and theres not a hope in hells chance of even the gypos nicking one, and most of all there biodegradable

[johnnyboy]

now this is quality!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! would you let your kids ride it

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ROFLMAO-Johnny, that was sooooooooo funny, LOL
I think Dave is a bit retarded, then again, he is from Devon where the local limousine is a tractor :D