Of late, there has been an influx of Chinese-owned brands in India that have been garnering ample attention. The latest to join this bandwagon is QJMotor, which makes its foray into our market with four models. The most powerful and expensive of the lot is the SRK400 street naked, and we spent a few days riding it.
What is sure to be a big draw for potential buyers is the SRK400’s engine. As the name denotes, it is a 400cc, liquid-cooled, parallel-twin that puts out respectable figures of 40.9hp and 37Nm. It also has a sweet exhaust note, just like the Benelli twins it is based on.
Performance is good too, as the SRK does 0-100kph in 5.86s, which is just 0.01s slower than the new KTM RC 390. As for in-gear acceleration, the QJ betters the KTM’s time in the 20-50kph and 50-80kph runs, but the latter is quicker in the 30-70kph run. The QJ makes its peak power at 9,000rpm so you have to wring it to extract the most from it. When you do that, you are faced with what is this motor’s biggest shortcoming.
