Here is todays video with the 150's and the 250's!
03/31/07

 

Looks like you all are having a great time. Its great that the whole family can play together. It sounds like mom is a little worried sometimes.

 

outofline,

Great video. [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif[/img]

It's so cool to see families out riding and having a good time together.

Keep the videos coming.

Have a good one.

SB.

 

Thanks! I really think this is great for our kids, gets them away from the virtual world of video games and into the real world. This was the first day we let the 8 and 10 year old ride by themselves. They really did good and surprised us. The 10 year old rode trails for several miles on moms Red 150. The 16 year old was not able to go with us today so my wife rode the Red 250 and that left the Red 150 for the 10 year old. By the time we left that area they were going up and down the hills and no accidents just one close call by the 8 year old!

 

Oh ya I forgot to mention something, ya know the carb problem I had with the Red 150 that has stalled the motor many times and made our first outing a pain. I swapped the carb from the blue 150 to the red in hopes the problem would transfer to the blue quad just to verify it was infact the carb that was the problem. Well the problem stayed with the Red 150. So I swapped the coil, wire and plug and still remained with the red one. Finally I remembered reading somewhere I believe on here that someone had a Chinese quad that the manufacturer forgot to put a vent hole in the gas cap. So I pulled the cap and inspected the rubber seal and no hole. Then I pulled the other 3 caps on the other quads and they all had holes! Could it be this simple of fix (after I have spent several hours fighting with and may have said a few choice words in trying to solve my problem)? I drilled out the hole that should have been there and it has not stalled sense. [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-disgusted.gif[/img]
It appears this cap vents through the cap threads and not through a hose that many other caps do. They all need a hole to breathe either way, so make sure you check your cap.


outofline

 

smb05, it was your video that reassured me that a 150 would be great for our family, so sometime I hope my videos can help other make a better-educated choice. Buying from off the net can be a bit scary on purchases like these! I must have watched your video a dozen times! Thanks!

 

We've had our 2007 JetMoto 150 for a good month now, and it has been an excellent kid quad. This makes a very nice transition from the 90s.
To sum up, it has rear wheel spacers, and ITP wheels with Holeshot tires. This widens it up in the rear, and makes it slide like it should. I used a die grinder to cut back the steering stop to increase wheel lock, as turning radius was ridiculously large. It runs great, seems like it is geared too low, as top speed is only about 25 and it will pull an adult up a very steep grade effortlessly. And that is perfect for my 10 year old.
IT needs an o-ring chain before the stock chain stretches and wears out the sprockets. I would like to try the better front shocks from the 250. It needs nerfs. And I am still curious about the front end geometry. It seems to have a lot of steering effort, which could either be too much caster or not enough mechanical advantage in the steering linkage. Also, it needs a rear foot brake.
The engine is amazingly quiet. Very little mechanical noise. That's a good sign. The exhaust is right on, throaty, good sound, but not too loud. The CVT clutch works as well as any.
As far as adults riding this quad....you have got to be kidding. This is the best, and only kids' quad under 250 cc worth looking at. It is better, and more appropriate than anything offered by the major manufacturers or the swarm of overweight Chinese 150s. It is in a class by itself. It only weighs 314 lbs, and that is perfect. But for an adult? Man, I just don't see it.

 

I guess it all depends on what your used to riding, coming from not riding any quads my 13 year old (big) boy 5'10" 190lbs and myself had a ball on these last Friday as seen in the Outing on the 150 video. I am not the type that needs the biggest and best of everything so these along with the 250 Sport works great for us for now at least. These to us are just family toys, we are not going on any atv jamborees or anything just playing in the dirt and riding some trails. Everyone in our family loves the 150's! I would hate to have it geared any different and lose that climbing ability, they can keep up with the 250's at comfortable speeds along smooth trails.

 

Update: My jet 150 will not ship out until April 19th... Some sort of Delay... [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-sad.gif[/img]

 

From what I have heard the 150 was the hottest seller of the 3 Jetmoto models with the new chassis. I guess they ran out of them.

outofline, Keep up the great work with the videos. Its neatto watch your family having a great time!! [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif[/img]