Subaru has relesed 3 of there motors to 2 chinese plants. One of those motors is a 450cc race motor. 2 company's in the US are bringing that bike in looking to get some feed back on what people think. Here is what a Aussie magazine said after they tested it.



China's first serious 450 sports quad is here.
sto ry & photo s: Barry ashenhurst
Tester: Pa ul Nixon
arqin F450
When testing a Chinese quad like
this you have to accept that
there are major differences between
it and its Japanese counterparts. As
yet there is no local market in China
for a 450cc sports quad and so the
manufacturer of the Arqin F450 is
flying blind.
He doesn't know about slick
plastics, graphics kits, alloy frames,
aftermarket bolt-ons, billet gear, easy
maintenance, or why Aussies like chip
butties.
That's why he secures the front
fairing to the fuel tank with zip-ties.
But one day he will know about these
things. If only a miniscule percentage
of China's population of 1.3 billion
develops a passion for ATVs, look out.
They won't want prototypes, they'll
want the real deal.
The point is, this ATV is not a race
bike or a copy of a TRX450. It's the
first serious attempt by a Chinese
manufacturer to produce a sports
quad for the export market, and
we'd have to say it ain't as bad as
we were worried it could be. There
are rough edges but at least they're
Chinese rough edges. Where other
manufacturers have a 'formula' for
their sports quads, and all conform to
the formula, the Chinese have never
laid eyes on the 450 Bible so they
do their own thing. And good luck to
'em.
Some of the design features are
a bit whacky we admit: removing
the seat takes forever (and the rear
guards come off with it), and the oil
tank has a sight-glass begging to be
roosted, but despite this, for firsttimers
in this market there's more to
like here than dislike.
Here we should note that this
ATV is actually made by a Chinese
manufacturer called FYM. In Australia
it's been badged 'Arqin' by its
Aussie importer, Arqin Motorcycles,
that name in turn coming from a
combination of 'Australian Registered'
and some letters from another
Chinese manufacturer whose products
Arqin Motorcycles also imports.
WHAT'S IT MADE OF?
The powerplant is straight from the
Japanese factory that makes the
FAST ENOUGH: The Arqin goes like a
standard Predator 500. It actually handles
pretty well, the ride quality is okay and it
has strong twin-piston front brakes. What
it needs now is an engineer who knows all
about build quality and attention to detail.

 

Seems pretty cool. Good luck to the company.

http://www.taylorsmotorcycles.com.au/template6221.htm

 

Yea i hope it works out

 

You'd have to be out of your mind to pay $8500 bucks for a Chinese atv!..You could buy a proven Japanese quad for the same money that is likely 10 times better.

 

oldyeller that's in Australian dollars

 

That's 8,018.90 in US dollars. I thought it would be much cheaper!!![img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-shocked.gif[/img]

 

<div class="FTQUOTE"><begin quote>Originally posted by: oldyeller

You'd have to be out of your mind to pay $8500 bucks for a Chinese atv!..You could buy a proven Japanese quad for the same money that is likely 10 times better.</end quote></div>


I was thinking the same thing.

 

isn't the new ktm less than that?

 

The new KTM is 9300.00 MSRP on the chinese 450 will be 5999.00

 

<div class="FTQUOTE"><begin quote>Originally posted by: bigboredhonda12

The new KTM is 9300.00 MSRP on the chinese 450 will be 5999.00</end quote></div>

That is still a lot of money for a Chinese quad.
I wonder if it will come with a decent set of service manuals for that price?