I and 3 of my boys took all 4 Jets out today. We had a good time and was looking to be incident free until my 14 year old ended up with a broken front spinal on the Red 250 in a 20' deep rivine.
I know we put the quads through some rough stuff today but I don't think it should have broke. Oh well, the Red 250 seems to be my problem child!
It also broke the caliper when it gave way![img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-disgusted.gif[/img]
Other then that we had a good time, oh ya you can ride it with just 3 wheels. I had a good time getting it out of the revine but the Jet did power up this big hill with just the 3 tires.

 

Dang I trust he didn't get hurt?Glad you all had fun never the less.

 

No, he was going slow and was just fine!

Here is a new page on my site for todays outing!
03/22/08 Outing

 

Wow thats a bummer but hopefully you can fix it soon and get back to riding. And thats good you guys are alright!

 

Thats a bummer outofline, Good to know he wasnt hurt. Thats the 2nd one of those Ive read about.

 

Finally got the Red 250's spinal replaced. The first spinal they sent me had too large of holes for the upper and lower ball joints. They had me ship my broken one back to Jetmoto and with in a few days I received the correct spinal and it went right on and all seems well. I need to do realignment on all 4 jets now that the joints have lessened up.
So as of right now all 4 Jets are in reasonably good running condition but the summer is just beginning!

 

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So as of right now all 4 Jets are in reasonably good running condition but the summer is just beginning!</end quote></div>

You dont sound too confident outofline.....do you have any specific concerns?

 

No, I just know these atv's. Trust me I would love to say hey I've got all the bugs worked out and they are sound now, but just like the swing arm and the spinal neither should have EVER broke! The Red 250 is still blowing smoke, not sure what is wrong there or how long that motor will last. I knew I was taking the inexpensive route by buying Chinese and that repairs were going to be there and these have not let me down!
Wish I could have been the Jetmoto Poster Child but I am reporting the reality of these 4 atv's. I have worked hard to show the fun we have had and supplied more positive photos of the Jets then anyone on here but reality is that they are always in need of repairs of some sort. I don't think the Jets are any different then all the other Chinese atv's out there in the build quality aspect, I think they have taken possibly a lead in design over certain aspects for instance the stability and suspension I feel is better then alot of the other chinese atv's (we are yet to roll any one of our atv's and that is with beginner riders) but the over all part quality is the same you will find on any other chinese atv. This in my opinion is were Jet needs to improve on!

 

Your absolutely right about the swing arm and the spindle. Should never have broke.

I still think you're the Jetmoto Poster Child. [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-happy.gif[/img] ..Maybe "the good , the bad and the ugly" version. [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-wink.gif[/img] But you have told it like it is and also shown all the fun your family has had despite the problems.

I have said this before but the Chinese quad boom reminds me of the minibike boom of the 70's. Lots of good, bad and ugly back then too. And lots of people, including myself learned a lot working on and riding our low budget toys.

 

Know what you mean, my parents bought us JC Penny's mini bikes back in the 70's and I know we had many problems with them from burning up Tecumseh motors, bad brake design and so on. We did manage to fix and mod them and got several years of playing on them. This is the same type of memories I wanted to give my kids with the brand new Jets over used who knows what miss and match big 4's and so far I feel we have accomplished that. And I'll bet the things they remember the most is the brake down incidences. I am just glad to date no one has been hurt as a result of a malfunction.
Who knows perhaps this year we won't see as many problems and the tow ropes can stay on the rear bumper and the jumper cables can stay under the seat. I'm on a 14 day 12hr shift work schedule right now so it will still be a bit before we get out, but we are looking forward to riding as soon as we can!

I can handle the Good, bad and the Ugly tile! I have hung around here to learn from others to keep my Jets going and also help someone else who has taken the same atv route. Will I tell others to buy Jetmotos, yes I would but they need to know they will need some wrenching from time to time.

Ya know had I just bought one Jetmoto and that Jetmoto that was delivered to me was my Blue 250 I would be singing many praises, to date my Blue 250 has not given me any problems other then some rubber parts going bad. I have put more miles on it then any of my Jets and have rode harder then any other and it's still running great and is my most reliable Jet. But where I have 4 Jets I have seen the good, bad and the ugly!