Since I'm the only one that has actually purchased this quad so far, I guess it is my responsibility to write a review so here goes:

Hunter 250 Review

Delivery - Wow, delivery was definitely a challenge! My quad came in a full-size tractor trailer. We were his last stop and my driveway is all uphill. The driver almost didn't come up because of several overhanging tree limbs which I quickly took care of. He then proceeded to back up the driveway. This was in November so there were damp leaves all over my driveway so he could only come up so far before his wheels started spinning. So his whole tractor trailer is tilted downhill and guess where the atv was located in the trailer? That's right, pressed up tight to the front of the trailer. This meant that the two of us had to push, pull, and fight this monster package to the top of the trailer and on to the lift gate. Once we let it down, we then had another push, pull, fight match to get it the rest of the way to my garage, which happens to sit a little lower on my driveway then my house. It's a good damn thing they sent me a big hoss of a driver cuz had he been any smaller, I don't know what we would have done. I guess he would've had to drop it at the bottom of my driveway providing we could have gotten it off the truck and then I would have had to fully assemble it there or recruit someone to help me load it on my truck to bring up. This thing was ungodly heavy!

Assembly - I was surprised to find that once I got the crate with the wrought iron cage taken apart that the wheels were already on the quad. All I needed to do was jack it up and put the shocks on. The only problem with that was there were no clear instructions on which bolts and nuts to use where. Somehow I managed to figure it out and I'm fairly confident that I did it correctly.
The only other things that needed assembled where the battery, the handlebars, the right hand brake, and the indicator light unit. The acid pack that you put in the battery was damaged during delivery but I still had 99% of the juice I needed for the battery so I put that together while managing to burn the hell out of my hands with all of the leaked out acid.
I then put the handlebars and indicator light unit on the quad with no incident. The right brake was very easy to put on except that it had a wire coming off of it with no place to plug it in. After consulting this forum I found out that it wasn't necessary because the left side also had this safety feature.
So now I wanted to roll it in my garage but couldn't figure out how to get it into neutral since I've never owned a motorbike before. I tried shifting the foot peg all the way down, the up 1, then up 2, and so on but nothing seemed to work. I called raceway and he said that I should turn the key on and shift it down until I saw the green neutral light come on. This is when I found out that my indicator lights were not working. Anyway, I did manage to eventually get it into neutral and into my garage. Now I had two things left to do before I could start it up. Change the oil, pull the carb and rejet.
Now I bought two quads at the same time, this Hunter and my son's Dingo KMZ 150. Raceway sent me in the mail, shortly after I had received the first quad, two sets of identical jets so that I could rejet both carbs. I called Raceway just to make sure that they intended me to rejet both carbs because they had sent me two sets of jets and was told that yes, that is what I should do. The Dingo was fairly easy and I was was very happy with how it went and confident that I had done it correctly. The Hunter was a different story.
I could not get the screws out of the thing to remove the bowl. These puppies were in so tight that all I was doing was damaging the hell out of them. Still not sure if I will ever be able to perform this operation again because they became so damaged. After much, much, much cursing and swearing (probably the same things) I resorted to pliers to crack them, and thank God, that ended up working. So then I look at the jets that were in this thing and it was obvious that the jets I was sent from Raceway would not work. The jets in my carb were much bigger than the replacement jets. I was so ticked! I'm sure it was an honest mistake but damn, I went through HELL with this carb. First with trying to get the screws out and then with trying to get the thing put back in place. Maybe Raceway thought I got the Jetmoto Sport 250 instead of the Hunter, I don't know.
The oil change went OK except that the drain plug was also over tightened and I could not break it free with an open wrench and I didn't have the 17mm socket. I ended up having to go out and purchase the socket in order to crack. Wait did I buy the socket cuz the wrench wouldn't work or visa versa? I don't remember right now. Anyway you get the point.

Starting the Machine - Not much problem there at all. After a couple of tries she started right up. It also has a really nice idle adjustment screw for easy tuning.
Back to the Indicator Lights - After consulting this forum (very helpful) I was told just to check the wires from start to finish for connectivity and that's what I did. I found that they were disconnected inside of the unit itself and after connecting they worked just fine. The other plug for my other hand brake was also in there so I connected it as well.

How's it Run?
So far, it seems to be running OK. I probably have 3-4 hrs on it so far and it seems to be fine. Starts up with no problem. Every once in awhile I will forget to turn the choke off because it seems like it has to run with the choke on for a good bit, and it will eventually conk out but then I figure it out and no problem.
I will continue to update this review as I get more time on the quad.

1/18/2008
Starting to notice some rubbing on the shifter side between the tire and the plastic mud gaurd. Not sure how to fix. It's really close.

 

Gone64 what factory is that Hunter 250 built in? It will say on the plate on the frame. I was just wondering if it was built by Jianshe.

 

Gone64...keep us posted on how well the Hunter 250 is running. I was thinking about getting one this upcoming May. And how is the service from Raceway?

 

Well, the pouch that the tools came in said "Jianshe". But on the motor it says "Chang Qing Heng Yu Company".

 

<div class="FTQUOTE"><begin quote>Originally posted by: glong3

...and how is the service from Raceway?</end quote></div>

glong3,

John was very helpful the couple of times I needed help during assembly and first startup up the Dingo.

 

Thanks for the review gone64! [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif[/img]

 

My pleasure. I'm not sure I was meant to be an ATV reviewer with my lack of experience with all things motorcycle/ATV, but figured the information might be useful to someone.
We are loving our quads so far!!!

 

Don't sweat your lack of experience. I've been waiting to hear a few reviews on this thing for a long time. So far your doing great! Please keep it up.

I'd also like to know if the new jets help your Dingo to start in cold weather.

 

gone64, I think your doing a great job too! [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif[/img] As far as Im concerned, Chinese quads are made for beginner's in the sport. I would guess that the majority of the readers of the forum that arent members. (the ones who never join but read a lot)Are beginners looking for someone they can relate to. I guarantee your post's will influence a few of them. [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-wink.gif[/img]

 

So far so good. No problems starting either quad. It hasn't really gotten too cold around here (Maryland) lately, though, but that is supposed to change for this weekend. Maybe Ill go out there Sunday morning and try to start them...its supposed to be in the teens.