looking at loncin 250 water cooled sport quad, any info would help or reconmendations on other cheaper chinese brands.

 

The loncin is supposed to be a honda clone engine.Its advertised that you can go to a honda dealership for parts.Supposed to be cloned from the old honda mini trail motor bikes.Those chineese quads have attractive price tags.Are they built as well as the name brand jap bikes? In my opinion no.I have one for my youngest child,simply because he will outgrow it in a couple years.I dont think I would buy one for myself.If my budget was short,I would look to a used jap atv. I would probobly break the chineese atv,I tend to get a little rough now and then.

 

I have seen to many water cooling problems with chinese quads. I would stick with air or oil cooled. Like the 2007 Jetmotos.

 

Don't go air cooled on a Chinese ATV. I am having heat issues with mine. They just run way too hot when you're getting down and dirty. It's not like the old street bikes where you have a constant steady air flow and limited clutch play. If you're getting nasty, you ride the clutch and rev high, especially in mud. This heats the engine fast. I micro-fused my clutch the other weekend and now am having to replace the plates. I also amd looking at mounting a car radiator fan to replace the glorified PC fan they have for "cooling". Over 350 degrees and you destroy your oil and it's ability to cool and protect. My engine routinely runs in the 250 to 280 range when I'm out riding.