My local St. Louis dealer sold me a KX-75 which, looking at Redcats website, must now be an orphan. Anyway the dealer immediately closed and now I've got problems. The only way it will run is with the choke "Fully" pulled out. Even pushing in the choke 1/8 inch shuts it down. It won't idle enough for me to set the back wheels down on the ground. The dealer had lost the owners manual so I can't tell which screws to try to adjust on the carb. Heck, I don't even know if it is a 75 or a 55 or what I've got. Since I'm "mechanically challenged" I'm really frustrated.

I've got 3 other model Redcats that I love, a 50 and a 110 Lacoste and a 150MKII.

Althought I haven't purchased any from Raceway I can tell by everything I've read over the months that these guys go out of their way to help their customers.By the way John, what is the new model that replaced the 110 Lacoste? That's a really neat little bike and I think I want another one for my daughter'r friends to ride when they come visit.

 

Hey, sorry to hear about your problems with you 75.But how has your kazuma 150 mk2 going?

 

Thanks for the reply.

I bought the 150 around Easter for my wife to ride and it has been really great. No problems at all. We ride pretty safe and sane but it is certainly fast enough to break a few bones! We've read all the posts and have been really careful when shifting as that seems to be a weak link. We also added "spacers" to widen the stance which really, really helps. At first I just put the spacers on the front but found that adding them to the rear made a big difference.

By the way, by trial and error I was able to get the problem resolved on the mystery Redcat. (I've seen what seems to be this frame having a 55, 70, 75 and 90 cc engine.) Anyway, I'm now the proud owner of 4 Redcats but Dad still doesn't have one to call his own.

 

If you would like to give me a call I will try and help you out!

 

Thanks John, I've got it running but I want to call you about another purchase.

Any of you guys who want a good laugh follow along.

I confess I'm NOT mechanically talented but if I have a manual I can read and follow instructions. Unfortunately the owners manual on all my Redcat's leave alot to be desired and on my 75 they didn't have one. The carb adjustment screw was totally closed and through trial and error I finally got it running. Based on other posts I knew that I should change the oil ASAP. I jacked up the little monster on my brand new ATV jack and saw two drain plugs....one was sort of chrome plated and easy to reach (it was crying pick me, pick me) and the other looked like a bolt not meant to be removed and of course access to this bolt was blocked by the frame. I'm sure you all guessed, the shiney bolt wasn't the oil drain plug. Lucky I didn't lose more than a couple of drops of the goo that is in there.

Oil was changed, engine started right up and my 6 year old girl drove it so much on Saturday that I may have to re-sod my yard next spring. Also, the smile was worth it all!