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 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.

 

This review was posted on the Raceway section of this forum before that section was deleted. I had saved a copy to a Word document and that is why I am able to repost my original review. I bought this quad back in November of 2007, so the review is from that time.
Since I wrote that review many things have happened to me and my quad. Most of which was described on the Raceway forum.
If you are not aware, the Jetmoto Hunter 250 is completely different from the Jetmoto Sport 250. Apparently the Hunter is a clone of a 2004 Yamaha Bear Tracker. It is also pretty much exactly like a Baja Wilderness 250.
I still have not seen anyone else who actually purchased this quad except for myself and one other member of this forum, so it has been very difficult to get any help, or to benefit from anyone else's experiences.

Anyway.....back to the review. I still had not had any problems with the Hunter as of April of 2008 at which time I was in an accident with the quad where I was thrown off and flown to shock trauma. I was knocked unconscious for a short period and broke my shoulder blade and 4 ribs. Kids.....please remember to wear your helmets.... I could have easily been killed.
The damage to the quad was some broken plastic on the rear of the bike and the handle bars where slightly bent. Other than that, my new ATV was ok. When I recovered and got to restoring my quad (late June), I called Raceway for some replacement plastic at which time I was told that they did not have the replacement parts there but would have to order them from California who got the parts from the factory in China.
One issue the quad had from the start was that you would have to really wind out 3rd gear to get into 4th gear. I didn't consider it a big issue as long as I could get into the next gear I was fine. Anyway, one day in August of last year, 4th and 5th gear were no longer available. It is like there is nothing there at all. From the people that I have talked to online it sounds like it has a bent shift fork or a damaged star gear.
Needless to say I was no longer worried about replacing the damaged plastic but was focused on fixing the transmission. From everthing I have read the engine has to come out and the case has to be split which is a very involved and expensive process. Some even say it is better just to replace the whole motor!
Raceway recommends that I find someone that does small engine repairs to look at it. I have been completely unsuccessful with that search. Noone wants to look at and repair my chinese ATV. So I emailed Jetmoto. They recommend the same thing. They gave me the name of a guy about 4 hrs away in Pennsylvania who I called. He is the one that told me I would be better off replacing the engine, then going through the time and expense it would take to repair my bike.
So for now, I am just riding my 4 wheeler around my property with Reverse and 3 gears which is ok for just my property but nowhere else.
So I bought 2 quads from Raceway back in November of 2007 and today I have about 3/4 of a quad. My son's Kazuma Dingo 150 has a shattered reverse gear box due to a chain that was too tight. I do not blame Raceway for this. Could they be better at keeping you updated about the estimated arrival of parts....definately, but I really feel that Jetmoto is mostly to blame for that. John and Danielle were always helpful but had no control over how long it takes for parts to arrive.
I know this jumps around a bit but I hope it is understandable.

Pete

 

Nice job Gone64! [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif[/img] I wish I had saved some of my posts some where.