me and my buddies went out last weekend with our atv's mine a yamaha 250, a honda 250, and my frieds new baja 250. we laughed at him for buying it expecting it to really suck. but 50km down the trail my friends honda broke a front rim, the bolts actually pulled through the rim, there was no chance of fixing it there and we dident want to try and tow it behind with a rope......we where stuck. finally after a while i cane up with an idea to put the front of the honda on the back of the baja(since mine dident have the rack on it.) strap it down and tow it like that and see how far we could go. i was sceptical but once we started goin it wasnt so bad. on steep hills it had enough traction and power to pull itself me and the other atv up. in the mud it done fairly good only got stuck twice. and on the straight stretches i could actually get it up to a good speed without anything going wrong. its only been the first real ride we have taken it on but so far so good. the only thing that happened was the rack got a bit scratched. im really impresed with it and even thinkin about getting one for my girlfriend.

 

Hi,

My brother-in-law and I both purchased a Wilderness 250. Prior to purchase I was quite sceptical and wasn't sure if I'd be happy with the machine. After months of research we both decided to go for it. All I have to say is YES!! The machine is well worth the money and is a ton of fun. I only has a minor issue with my machine; it was missing a front decal when it was delivered. I contacted Baja and they were more than helpful providing me with the decal. I think these guys are good people to deal with.

If you are like I was (on the fence about buying one) do it! You won't be disappointed!! My wife wasn't too thrilled about the purchase however she enjoys driving the unit too!!

We really tested the limits of the BAJA 250 this summer and I am really pleased with the results. For a 2X4 it performs well in the mud, on rocks and on sand. From time to time I wish it had a bit more power but overall a solid unit. I got mine up to 81KPH (with the wind and on a very level dirt road). Normally the unit has no issues getting up to 75KPH, above that depends on wind etc..

Anyways 400KM on the machine and all is well except for 2 broken fans, 2 broken headlights, weak back breaks (I think they have shipping oil on them... fixing soon), cracked front gaurd, and minor scrapes. Parts on order!

 

I just picked up a Marshin Titan for $1605.00 including shipping. Looks just like the BAHA and Wilderness. I was pleasantly suprised that it was already road ready. Rear view mirrors, turn signals, horn, even has passing light button. Wow, hard to believe. Runs beautifully, all bolts have been marked that they have been torque checked, nyloc nuts, dipped frame, wrinkle finished powder coated racks, power supply outlet. Hard to believe anyone would have something bad to say about these units. Maybe they are just jelous. Woops, did I say that out loud?

George.

 

Does anyone have an electronic copy of the LLCL service manual for the BAJA 250? If yes please private message me and I'll send you my email address.

Thanks,
Dan

 

Yep, cleaned up the back breaks and all is well. It turns out they had shipping oil all over that caused them not to fully function. I can't lock the back wheels up but it stops the machine when I use the back breaks alone. Prior to the cleaning they were pretty much useless (except using the parking break). Removing the back wheel was easy and disassembling the rear breaks was a snap.

Just an FYI to anyone who has a similar problem.

 

<div class="FTQUOTE"><begin quote>Originally posted by: DanOMite01

Does anyone have an electronic copy of the LLCL service manual for the BAJA 250? If yes please private message me and I'll send you my email address.



Thanks,

Dan</end quote></div>


Dan. What I did was to go on Ebay and bought a cd manual for the Yamaha Beartracker. The Baja 250 is a knockoff of the Beartracker. The only difference I have found is the body plastics. Everything else is the same. I have even purchased Yamaha parts for my Baja and they fit perfectly. Here is a link to some manuals on ebay. I usually follow the 2004 model for repairs. http://search.ebay.ca/search/s...m=1&coentrypage=search

 

Awesome, thanks a bunch fullup!! As I use my machine some items are breaking / getting loose and I want to fix things properly.

 

To anyone else who wants a copy of the BAJA manual, I was succesful in sending it out to DanOMite1. What we did was have him set up a "GMAIL" account. I guess just google it and you should be able to find out how to do it. Maybe DanOMite1 can help me out here. Anyway, he set up the account with MORE than enough capacity to send out the manual. Once you have done this, PM me with your gmail address and I will send it out to you.

 

I have had to replace all the vent lines (rear diff, rear brake, etc). The original rubber ones cracked at the fittings and fell off. This winter I pla n to replace the fuel lines as well as the driveshaft boot and the rubber between the carb and intake manifold. I think I will go see the Yammie dealer for that. The vent lines I replaced with clear vinyl fuel line.
I had to make up a spacer block for my back brakes to get enough travel to adjust them properly. I'll see how that holds up on my next ride.

My last ride, I almost lost the forward/reverse shifter because the nut holding it on backed off. Good thing there was a rubber boot behind it so I didn't loose the nut or the shifter. I went over the bike and found several bolts had fallen off the front rack and the fenders. I replaced those and then tightened EVERY nut and bolt I could see. Several of them requires at least two turns to tighten properly. I plan to go over them all again this winter and apply thread locker on them. It makes you wonder why, for the difference in cost between regular nuts and nylon lock nuts, they don't use those and then charge another $10 for the bike!?!?

 

Thanks for the manual 35Wailin. The way we got around our emails being rejected was to create a Gmail account. Gmail is a free web based email solution owned and operated by Google. There are no hidden strings or any exchange of money, this is a quick and easy way to get around emails being rejected because of the attachment size limitation enforced by most ISP's. Gmail allows a maximum attachment size of 20MB per emal. This is double that of most ISP's out there. They also give you 4262MB worth of email storage. They boast "you'll never need to delete another email again". I would agree because 4.2GB (4262MB) would be a ton of emails!

Glad to see there are good people out there like 35Wailin, thanks again buddy!