So far the whole experience has been a good one. Got 2 Dingo 150's w/helmets from almost free atv for under $2600.00 delivered. Bought last Thursday, they are in the garage assembled today.

Aside from some small issues in build quality and everything lining up the way it is supposed to...both running in about 4 hrs.

Have some carb adjustments to do on one, the other is fine.

Tomorrow I have to do some minor fix's, but all in all coulda been a whole lot worse.

I do have a few warranty issues and will update all on this companies performance in that area.

But so far they have been a pleasure to deal with.

The Dingos are cool.

But I can see the future very brightly,I will upgrade about 3 time in the next year :-)

You never have "enough" speed or power....never.

 

Sir,
Keep on them about warranty issues and keep us posted. I dealt with them last year and it go too difficult ....I gave up and asked Raceway for help. Sometimes they honor a warranty, but they made it so difficult and painful it wasn't worth it. If what you say is true, then they have improved. However, if it is early lip service like I got, let us know and we'll hammer them. SEADAWG

 

Have not run mine much as it is a christmas present for my daughter so it's not really broken in yet. I've noticed that it seems cold natured as compared to the jetmoto. The dingo has an automatic choke whereas the jetmoto has a manual choke. We'll see how it does after they get some hours on it.

I do like the transmission as compared with the jetmoto which has the reverse in the rear.

The tire beads will not seat. I've overinflated to 25 psi a couple of times but every time I lower the pressure, they begin to leak again. I'm going to try this one more time with soapy water. I will slime them anyway as trail insurance but was hoping to get the beads seated properly first (never was able to get one of the 110's tire beads to seal).

I do not like the headlight on the dingo. It reflects off of the rack when set for driving. I think I may remove it, put a small amber reflector where it was mounted to cover the mounting holes and install a pair of driving/fog lights between the rack and bumper. The original headlight has an h3 55 watt halogen bulb. Most driving/fog lights have the same bulb but by adding two, I would be doubling the wattage - I hope that will work.(?)

Rodney

 

I tried the same fog light set up with two lights and the stock light off and did not have enough output to get close! I don't like the stock light either and am looking for a way to mount dual lights on the front rack. Maybe someone can help out with this?

 

You could replace the 55watt bulbs with some 35watt bulbs. Going to 35 watt bulbs still might not be low enough.

Bulb: 35w H3 Halogen

SB.

 

Thanks for the advice.

I boughts a pair of lights at O'Rielly's auto parts today. They are almost identical in appearance to the factory light; i.e., black plastic housing - just slightly smaller. They came with the 35 watt bulbs. I will install them later and see how they work. I would think they would do ok as the total wattage is only 15 watts higher than stock. I can get the name and model number off of the box later if anyone wants it.

Rodney

 

Rodney,
Let us know how these work. This is still an issue with this quad and the company continues to ignore. However, if you get a good workaround, let us all know. The name brand, watts and etc...also, the extra the instructions will not tell us. Good luck. SEADAWG

 

Ok. The brand is "Blazer". It says "Xtreme series" on the box. Also, what I suppose is the model number, "XT861" and the part number "20-3546-6", appears on the box. As I mentioned, they are almost identical to the factory light in appearance. The housing is black plastic and the lens is mounted in the same manner. They are slightly smaller than the stock light - maybe an L x W of -1/16" from original. The mounting bracket differs in that it is black plastic, instead of metal. It can be mounted with screws or 3m double sided tape supplied.

I noticed two relatively simple mounting methods. The first one is to drill an extra hole thru the center of the mounting bracket and reverse the mounting bracket such that the light protrudes from the bracket; i.e., the light is attached such the bracket sticks out some behind the light. You can then mount the lights by securing them from the bottom of the front part of the rack using the bolts that secure the metal railing around the rack. This works good in that there are no obstructions in front of the light - the lights stick out a couple of inches in front of the rack/bumper. The problem is that the lights are then exposed to brush, tree branches or whatever you decide to run into.

I decided I wanted some protection for the lights so I then tried method # 2. I removed the plastic portion of the rack so I would have some room to work (4 bolts thru the top of the plastic rack). I then mounted the lights via self tapping screws to the piece of square tubing where the two of the four bolts securing the top of the plastic rack bolt. The mounting brackets had to be returned to the way they were attached from the factory.

I drilled two holes for each of the lights on the bottom of the tubing. I mounted them at the ends of the square tubing with the aforementioned tapping screws. This placed the lights just behind the bumper - and between the top of the bumper and the bottom of the rack. While the rack was off, it was easy to hide the wiring by black taping it to the tubing and running it down the rack mount with zip tes so that it could go under the front cover and plug into the factory connectors. I like the looks of them mounted here better.

I had a couple of little rectangular amber reflectors. I placed one where the factory light was mounted - just to cover the holes. A cool sticker or moving the "Kazuma" emblem would probably be a good way to hide the holes too.

As to luminance, I drove it around the pasture a minute ago and cound see fine (5 a.m). The light was not as white as the original but I could see better after I got them adjusted - since the light was not reflecting off of the rack.

I like it better than original but I'm not going to totally endorse this mod until I have some time with the set-up to make sure I really like it.

Also, unlike the jetmoto (and the sunl for that matter), the lights do not run directly off of the battery - the bike has to be cranked to turn on the headlights - rev it up and they brighten (like the old hondas etc). I suppose they are connected to the charging system before the battery - they may be better hooked to the batt.

Rodney

 

Rodney,
I feel you are still a little skeptic. Keep us posted, seems reading between the lines that it was a small improvement...but an improvement never the less. However, no thumbs up for the money. In saying that, Kazuma needs too read these and change it from the factory. Also, once they see these flaws, they should sell aftermarket fixes to please their audience. SEADAWG

 

Well, it's just that I don't want to be stuck with my first impression. My first impression is that they are somewhat more than a small improvement in lighting - better than or at least equivalent to the old atc hondas but not as good as the rancher or timberwolf - roughly equivalent to the overly quality of the lighting of the jetmoto (not as white of a light but more area illuminated) - and vastly superior to the kazuma baby falcon 110.

But, you have to understand, my time for impressions is short. The jm 150 and dingo 150 are presents for my kids for Christmas. They are unaware of the quads' existence. As such, I can only test them outside of the shop when they are either snuggly asleep or gone. At night, they're home and we go to bed at roughly the same time, so I cant test them at night. Obviously, you cant tell much about the lights during the daylight when they leave for school. So, I'm only left with the early a.m., if I happen to wake up before the alarm clock.

I wouldn't want to make a recommendation based on one two minute blast across the pasture, so I equivocate. I really need to see how they hold up where I mounted them and what I and my daughter think about them after some more use.

I will say this, the appearance of the bike, in my opinion, is vastly improved. I didn't like the way the skinny little light mounted below the handle bars looked. The mounting of the lights now gives the bike a more aggressive/ offroad suv/ macho flavor, at least as I view it.

In any event, the lights cost 19.99 plus tax. I used some of the wire that came with them as well as some of my own wire, connectors, elect. tape and zip ties - maybe 2 to 4 dollars worth.

Rodney