After over 400 miles driven on my 150cc CHALLENGER, I can report in that this is an excellent ride. If you're considering ordering something, be patient. The paperwork gets sent separately so, as in my case, I had a bike but no way to register it. I wish they'd streamline that. It took a month from the day I called my credit card in to the day I got to ride. Resign yourself to 3 weeks or so, and you'll be less apt to drive yourself crazy.
by Robert, Massachusetts View more>>
I've been riding since the 60s, owned a lot of motorcycles and scooters and covered a lot of ground.
Now I'm pushing 70 and arthritis is into my back, my elbows and aching my knuckles. I want to keep
on riding, so I stepped down to what is fast becoming my favorite bike... a 150cc maxi scooter made
in China by Jonway. It's ultra-light weight; it gets nearly 90 miles per gallon and it cost me only
1,400 dollars.
Most of the time, even riding the biggest bikes, we ride local. We run errands, do
short day trips, just enjoy riding around……
by Lawrence Brown, Cape Cod Massachusetts View more>>
LeeS Knapp
April 11 , 2016They have tax season promotion ,and the price is reasonable, hope my brother will like it .
Sarah Hannon
April 07 , 2016Excellent Customer Service!! Fast Shipping! Correct Product! Excellent Quad!!! and was pretty easy to put together. Will be ordering from megamotormadness again!
Joseph Edelman
March 24 , 2016good bike
Carl Jenkins
February 13 , 2016Bought a 125 for my grandson; he loves it. Had a little trouble with carburetor float sticking and when It was obvious I couldn't fix it the service department sent me a new carburetor in less than 3 days. The grandson is back in the saddle and grandpa looks like a genius. Thanks MMM
Joshua Fowler
January 16 , 2016Ordered this bike for my son this past Christmas and the bike came in excellent condition shipping was perfect and easy to set up. I have had the bike for about a month now and bike runs real good no problems at all. I did change the oil with fresh oil and filled the gas tank with 93 ethonal free gas. my 8 year old son
Noel Raymond
January 11 , 2016Impressive for the price. Contacted customer service about shipping and they responded quickly and kept me up to date with the status. R&L carriers was used as the carrier and they were very good with the handling and delivery with a lift gate. As for the ATV, I can't imagine paying almost $3,000 on a non-clone which does not have a remote kill switch, no reverse, and no working lights. I did not see many reviews on these clones so I knew I was taking a risk. Since there are not too many recent reviews out there, I will try to write a detailed one to help anyone decide if this is for them or not.
Packaging is perfect, palletized and steel outer frame for protection. You can't get much better.
Welds are good, you can tell they are done manually with a MIG and satisfactory. The rear rack welds were not perfect but its a rack, who cares, I didn't even install it.
The tires are much better than expected and on par with the $70 each shop tires. The tires alone on this machine are worth about $280 retail.
Remote kill switch, tested and works great as long as I am in range of my son riding (tested up to 50ft so far).
Gas tank is steel, gravity fed fuel line has a petcock and fuel filter (great upgrade). You can shut off fuel to the carb after every ride so the crap government mandated fuel does not sit in it between rides. There is also an easy access fuel drain and line on the bottom of the carb bowl if you don't run it dry.
Thread-loc was used with pre-assembled bolts. At least the important ones I checked. I did not go over every single bolt.
Battery comes with a charger and the fluid is not installed. The fluid comes in a very easy to use 6-chamber container with sealed top. You just force the container into the battery and allow the acid to trickle into the battery then cap it off. I charged the battery overnight and started up immediately the first time. I have not had any trouble starting the machine since (about a month). I plan to buy a $6 trickle charger from Harbor Freight soon.
The frame looks like it is painted and not powder-coated but you can't expect that for this price. The headlight, although they are real they are not that bright and and run off AC like even the non-clone ATVs and Bikes. They actually dim and flicker when idling. I plan to install DC powered LED headlights but thats personal preference and I doubt my son will be doing much night riding anyway.
What I had to assemble: The battery as mentioned, wheels, the rear shock, handlebars, swing up the front shocks and install the upper bolts (the lower bolts were already installed), wheel end of the tie-rods, the front bumper guard, I opted out of installing the rear rack.
I am a very experienced DIY so assembly was easy and I think the average DIY can do it easily. There were plenty of bolts, lock-nuts, lock washers, etc. There were no real directions or clarity as to which length bolt was proper for each assembly. It's pretty much choose as best you can. It is however pretty obvious as the lengths are quite different and each length will primarily only work in it's designated location. If printing a manual is too much then at least bag the wheel assembly bolts separately, the handle bar bolts could be on a bag tied to the handle bar, front bumper bolts bagged and tied to the guard, and shock bolts in their own bag. That would at least take the guesswork out of assembly. To get real picky the wheels could have a slight countersink to the thread for easier starting of the bolts. It was a task to blindly make sure I had the threads lined up to prevent cross threading.
A couple of things that were not as perfect: The tie-rod adjustments were adjusted at about 1/4 toe-out (typical from factory and stability). Unfortunately this was also at max adjustment and no more room for toe-in. For most, this should not a big deal but I wanted toe-in close to about 5 degrees in and could not get there the way it was. I removed the tie rod bars and cut 1/8" off on my miter saw. This gave me more than enough room to adjust toe as I pleased (this was a very easy task since the rods are easy to get to and I had a miter saw with a steel cutting saw). Again, not necessary for most and other builds might already have the room for adjustment, this was probably isolated to my particular machine. Other than this all assembly was easy.
One last improvement I made was to remove the crankcase ventilation which feeds back into the carb (most likely not legal in CT) but I don't want this dumping into my carb gumming it up. For EPA and CARB regulations I believe they need to sell it this way. There is a hose clip at the back of the motor that fits the crankcase hose perfectly pointing it at the ground. I removed nipple from the air filter and stuck a piece of aluminum tape over the hole while I waiting for a $6 aftermarket 35mm air filter from amazon.
Summary
For $800 delivered to CT I'll take my shot at it. So far extremely pleased and excited. I am 5'10" and it hauls me around easily. I love this thing and my son does too. Time will tell how long it lasts with brakes, bearings, motor, frame, electrical etc. Worst case I can replace the motor with a Japanese version for $220, a Japanese carb for $25 and all electrical for about $40 and thats if i need to in the future. From how things look I would say it is highly unlikely.
The Good:
Mega Motor Madness customer service
Price ($800 delivered versus $2800 + $182 tax in CT)
Packaging quality
Shipping
Upgrades complete it
Overall quality for the price
Can improve on:
Assembly instruction
Assembly separated packaging
I hope this helps anyone trying to research any of these clones, at least a Coolster. I will keep updates on longevity and maintenance as my son breaks it in. From the looks of things it will last until he outgrows it in 4-5 years.
William G. Hawkins
November 29 , 2015I BOUGHT A SPIDER RED ONE ,IT IS SOOOO COOL,I LIKE IT!
Ali Anderson
October 25 , 2015Fast delivery and great service. Great experience so easy to purchase on your site
Rachel MacCulloch
October 16 , 2015It comes in a good crate. You need to have some mechanical abilities to assemble it. use 10-w 40 oil, charge the battery, little things come loose and fix it. I tested these out several times before I let the kids ride them. Good price and good quality.
Dustin Kolleen
October 09 , 2015The process was easy, website clean and easy too navigate. My friend bought a scooter from you. He told me you are a reliable company to deal with. The trike meet my expectation. Low price, function well. It would be better if you put an MP3 player on it. Why don't you do that?