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Ranking

The best spent franc

Which Chinese motorbike to buy in Switzerland? It depends on your licence. Of the 43 Chinese-designed motorbikes listed here with a Swiss price, entry level costs CHF 3'490 for category A1 (QJ Motor SRK 125 S and QJ Motor SRV 125), CHF 4'990 for restricted A 35 kW (Kove NK 321R) and CHF 5'990 for category A (QJ Motor SRK 421 RR and QJ Motor SRK 600). Measured against power, QJ Motor SRK 800 Dark comes first, at CHF 100 per kilowatt.

What a kilowatt costs, and what a kilometre of range costs, brand by brand. One figure, computed on official prices: it tells you whether you are paying for the machine or for the badge.

Francs per kilowatt

RankModelCategoryPriceRatio
1QJ Motor SRK 800 DarkMotorcyclesCHF 6'990CHF 100
2QJ Motor SRK 421 RRMotorcyclesCHF 5'990CHF 105
3QJ Motor SRK 800 RSMotorcyclesCHF 9'990CHF 114
4CFMoto 675SR-RMotorcyclesCHF 7'690CHF 117
5CFMoto 1000MT-XMotorcyclesCHF 9'990CHF 120
6QJ Motor SRK 800MotorcyclesCHF 8'590CHF 123
7Voge 800DS RallyMotorcyclesCHF 8'990CHF 128
8Zontes 703 RRMotorcyclesCHF 8'990CHF 128
9QJ Motor SRT 800 RXMotorcyclesCHF 8'990CHF 128
10CFMoto 800MT SportMotorcyclesCHF 8'690CHF 130
11QJ Motor SRK 800 RRMotorcyclesCHF 9'290CHF 133
12Kove 800X ProMotorcyclesCHF 9'790CHF 141
13QJ Motor SRK 921 RRMotorcyclesCHF 13'490CHF 142
14Voge 900DSXMotorcyclesCHF 9'990CHF 143
15QJ Motor SRT 900 SXMotorcyclesCHF 9'990CHF 143
16QJ Motor SRK 600MotorcyclesCHF 5'990CHF 146
17QJ Motor SRV 600 V4MotorcyclesCHF 7'590CHF 152
18Kove 625X ProMotorcyclesCHF 6'990CHF 152
19CFMoto 450NKMotorcyclesCHF 5'290CHF 153
20Kove 800X RallyMotorcyclesCHF 10'990CHF 158
21QJ Motor SRT 700 SXMotorcyclesCHF 8'290CHF 161
22Kove NK 321RMotorcyclesCHF 4'990CHF 164
23QJ Motor SRK 600 RSMotorcyclesCHF 6'790CHF 166
24QJ Motor SRT 600 SXMotorcyclesCHF 6'890CHF 168
25QJ Motor SRT 450 RXMotorcyclesCHF 6'490CHF 185
26Zontes 350 RMotorcyclesCHF 5'390CHF 186
27Zontes 350 GKMotorcyclesCHF 5'490CHF 189
28Kove 500FMotorcyclesCHF 5'990CHF 190
29Voge 625R NakedMotorcyclesCHF 6'690CHF 191
30QJ Motor SRV 600 V2MotorcyclesCHF 6'690CHF 191
31Kove 500XMotorcyclesCHF 7'390CHF 231
32Kove 450 RallyMotorcyclesCHF 8'990CHF 290
33QJ Motor SQ 16 125ScootersCHF 3'290CHF 299
34QJ Motor SRK 125 SMotorcyclesCHF 3'490CHF 317
35QJ Motor SRV 125MotorcyclesCHF 3'490CHF 317
36Voge SR4 Max 350ScootersCHF 6'990CHF 325
37QJ Motor SRK 125 S2MotorcyclesCHF 3'690CHF 335
38QJ Motor COV 125MotorcyclesCHF 3'690CHF 335
39QJ Motor ATR 125ScootersCHF 3'890CHF 360
40QJ Motor SRT 125 DXMotorcyclesCHF 3'990CHF 363
41QJ Motor SRK 125 RMotorcyclesCHF 3'990CHF 363
42Zontes 125 GK ALUMotorcyclesCHF 3'990CHF 369
43Kove NK 125RMotorcyclesCHF 3'990CHF 391
44QJ Motor FORT 125 NScootersCHF 4'390CHF 399
45Xiaomi E-Scooter 6 (CH-Edition)E-scootersCHF 449CHF 1'123
46NIU XQi3MotorcyclesCHF 4'490CHF 1'151
47NIU NQiX 150ScootersCHF 3'290CHF 1'265
48Xiaomi E-Scooter 6 Max (CH-Edition)E-scootersCHF 649CHF 1'442
49Xiaomi E-Scooter 6 Ultra (CH-Edition)E-scootersCHF 799CHF 1'598
50Ecooter E2 UrbanScootersCHF 3'350CHF 2'233
51Engwe P275 SEElectric bikesCHF 1'298CHF 5'192
52Yadea Star GTScootersCHF 3'390CHF 6'780
53Himiway D7Electric bikesCHF 3'490CHF 6'980
54Engwe L20 3.0 BoostElectric bikesCHF 1'748CHF 6'992
55Engwe N1 Air STElectric bikesCHF 1'899CHF 7'596
56Engwe LE20 Cargo (2 batteries)Electric bikesCHF 2'399CHF 9'596
57Himiway D5 ZebraElectric bikesCHF 2'499CHF 9'996
58Himiway Escape ProElectric bikesCHF 2'590CHF 10'360

Francs per kilometre of range

RankModelCategoryPriceRatio
1Engwe LE20 Cargo (2 batteries)Electric bikesCHF 2'399CHF 7
2Xiaomi E-Scooter 6 Max (CH-Edition)E-scootersCHF 649CHF 9
3Xiaomi E-Scooter 6 (CH-Edition)E-scootersCHF 449CHF 10
4Xiaomi E-Scooter 6 Ultra (CH-Edition)E-scootersCHF 799CHF 11
5Engwe L20 3.0 BoostElectric bikesCHF 1'748CHF 15
6Engwe P275 SEElectric bikesCHF 1'298CHF 16
7Engwe N1 Air STElectric bikesCHF 1'899CHF 19
8Himiway D7Electric bikesCHF 3'490CHF 27
9Himiway Escape ProElectric bikesCHF 2'590CHF 32

Computed on the CHF prices and power figures published by the Swiss importers. A low ratio is not a quality verdict: it is the price of power, nothing more.