fourlix, will you please give us your review of your new 150's. Are they to resell or for you to ride? We have been having a hard time getting anyone to reply on any real riding reviews of this new quad.

 

Sure. Give me a while. One will go onto the showroom, and one will go into immediate duty. We will be looking for immediate riding impressions as well as longevity and durability. The smaller Polaris Predator 90 has been the best mini for some time now, and even though this is a much larger machine, we will be comparing it to the Predator 90 because the Jetmoto 150 should be a significant step up, especially for a larger kid who has outgrown the Predator, but isn't ready, or big enough for the 400 lb. 250's. I would like to see Jetmoto come out with a 250 full automatic sport, with reverse, that keeps its weight down to 350 lbs, yet has the same wide stance with low center of gravity that we are seeing from Jet Moto.
A Predator 90 with a pipe is amazingly fast. We don't expect this to be quicker, just bigger, better, and more stabile. I hope we are right.

 

Im anxiously awaiting your review fourlix. [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif[/img]

 

I was hoping we'd have the 2007 JetMoto 150s by this weekend, but alas, they haven't shown up yet.

I wanted to point out that we will also be comparing the JetMoto 150 to the Polaris Phoenix and the Can-Am Rally, (as well as the Predator 90 and Outlaw 90). Both of which are TOO HEAVY for their class. This is one of the main reasons we are looking for alternatives. The Phoenix and Rally are both around 400 lbs. Which is Bull. The Rally has a really nice engine, water cooled, auto with reverse, and SINGLE A-ARMS! What are they thinking? Plus it weighs in at 416 lbs. It has a high center of gravity to go with all that weight. The Phoenix is nice and low and wide, but we have had lots of problems with them, and they are too heavy at 396 lbs. The DS-250 is huge and heavy, and underpowerd, but very reliable, as is the Rally. I think the Rally is actually faster than the DS-250.

A Suzuki Z-400 only weighs 360 lbs, as do all of the 400cc and 450cc class sport machines. These main stream 250s weigh more because they are using cheaper and older designed components.
The Honda 250EX and Suzuki Z-250 aren't bad, but they still have semi-auto trannys, and we are looking for full automatic for this class. I hear rumors that Suzuki is redesigning the Z- 250 as its own machine, instead of a converted Ozark. But I know of nothing specific.

The JetMoto 150 is supposed to weigh in at 314 lbs. That's what it should weigh. We will weigh it. It is supposed to be 43 inches wide. We will measure it. We will take extra care putting it together, making sure bolts are tight. We will probably have to rejet it because of our 6,000 ft. elevation. Then we are going to ride it. Our test pilots will range from 80 lbs to 160 to my fat a$$ 240. It will be fun, and we will keep you posted.....

 

"my fat a$$ 240"
Glad I'm still am a skinny 235!

It sounds like the kind of comparison I am looking for, just wish you would compare some of the Chinese 250 also! oh well, might have to do my own!

 

Okay we got two 2007 150 st Jetmoto quads in today. Put one together right away. Overall we are very impressed. Adjustable dual A-arms (!), decent shocks, not overdamped, not oversprung, seems like very adequate travel, you can see the A-arms move as someone is riding toward you. The suspension is doing its job. The front is wonderfully wide, the dual A-arm front suspension and shocks are way better than anything you would expect, but the back needs the wheel spacers to even up with the front, even though the rear suspension is also beyond expectations. The rear swing arm is also very impressive looking, and I think it has a removable aluminum subframe!
The 150 has no nerfs either, so I immediately ordered both nerfs and rear wheel spacers.
Very good looking quad, Looks like Raptor 80 plastic with a nose piece to change its appearance. Very clever, and very good looking.
We drag raced it against a stock Predator 90, used, running good and well broken in. The Jetmoto was running very well and seems very comfortable with our 6,000 ft elevation. It sounds great. The muffler is throaty, not silent, but not too loud. The Jetmoto with my 240 lbs beat the Predator 90 with a 160 lb rider by a length at 100 yds. It hooked up right away and never gave anything to the Predator 90. . And the Jetmoto engine was only minutes old. The JetMoto carried me right up several small hills with plenty of torque and appropriate gearing from the CVT transmission, yet I think it topped out around 30 or 35 miles per hour. So overall gearing gives it plenty of grunt and not too much speed. That is just right for this quad. Next we will race a Phoenix.
Steering was stiff, and the stop at the base of the steering stem needs to be ground back to allow the front wheels to steer at sharper angles. We will also reroute the front brake lines so they don't pinch in at tighter steering angles. Steering effort was a little stiff, as was the throttle spring, but I think both could be improved or will break in.
There are two brake levers on the handlebars, right for front, left for rear, but NO FOOT BRAKE! ??
I was told that there would be no neutral, just forward and reverse, but there seems to be a neutral between reverse and forward like you'd expect. The hand lever is easy to use. The incator lights showing neutral and reverse don't work because there is no electrical switch in the reverse gearbox to trigger them, as I was told.
It has a Keihin Japanese carburator, which is great. But I think the chain is a cheap non-o-ring type that will stretch and wear out in a year.
O-ring chain, nerfs, rear wheel spacers....This is a very nice little quad. Perfect for a 10 to 13 year old or a small woman. It fits a nitch almost perfectly that no one else even comes close to. Tomorrow we will weigh it. It seems very light, and hope it weighs close to the claimed weight of 314 lbs. dry.
The narrow (er) rear end hurts its' ability to slide. Wheel spacers, by JetMoto, should even things out and get this puppy sliding and handling like it should. I think this quad should come with rear wheel spacers as well as nerfs and a decent chain, but for the money, we can make these easy and most necessary modifications. We will do this for our customers.

 

Thanks for the very informative review, Tell me did you feel cramp on this 150? I hadn't noticed that there was no rear brake peddle. I guess that's not a big problem, better then most 150's that have drum front brakes! I would like to see Nurfs also on them! What colors of the 150's did you end up getting? Any photos? I truly think this is the best Chinese 150 out there and I have looked extensivly on the net at all the different offerings!

 

I'm 6', 240lbs. If this quad fit me it wouldn't be what I was looking for. I ride a DS-650 and will be riding a new 800 Renegade as soon as one comes in. The point of this quad is to fill a gap between the 90cc minis, which in the case of the Polaris Predator has become a very good little quad, and the 400 sport machines that fit kids when they get about 14-15 years old. At 12, even 10, kids outgrow the 90cc minis and need a bigger machine. The 250s that are offered are way too heavy, outweighing the 400s and 450s, because they are using cheaper and older components. This 150 Jetmoto is about 325 lbs ( we will weigh it today, with oil and just a splash of gas, so it won't be dry weight, just moist) I think this is a remarkable machine, and unique in its size, weight and displacement.
If you are an adult intent on riding this quad, well, okay, whatever floats your boat, but I think you should at least look at the 250 with its larger wheels.

 

Thanks, I'm looking to buy 4 new quads for my family. I have my sites set on two Jet 150's to fit my wife and three sons ages 8-13 and two 250cc for me and my 16 year old son. But my father in law may want to come along on a few trail riding trips and he most likely would want to ride the automatic 150 and if so I may want to ride one also. So I guess what I am asking is would it be tolerable for you to take a short trail ride on?

 

Not me. An adult quad that would be the absolute minimum for me would be a Polaris TrailBoss 330.
It is large, very comfortable with an automatic transmission. I really don't like riding any of the "little" sport quads. I would rather ride a Sportsman 500 than a Z-400. I really like my DS, it is the third one I have owned. And I look forward to this new Renegade. When I ride the 150 Jetmoto, I am evaluating it for a rider that is one third of my weight. Great suspension is very important to me, check out my pix and the Raptor 80 I built for my son. You are buying a fleet of quads, and I can appreciate your approach, but I think you should mix it up a little more. No quad is perfect for everyone. A bunch of Jetmotos for your kids is a great idea. Ride as many quads as you can, your butt will tell you which one to buy for yourself.