Jetmoto Repair Assessment Page

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This will be a page in the making; it's a real assessment of all the repairs I have made to all my 4 Jetmotos.

As of 08/10/2008

OK, my true assessment of the 07 150 as I have 2 of them and have ran them pretty hard through the summer over many types of terrain most being pretty rough. Over all they have been fun and great quads for my newbie to ATV's family from my 8, 10, 13, 16 year old, Wife ("Undisclosed age for fear of losing my ATV privileges") to me at over 45 and 230+lbs.

The Motors have been work horses and have not given any mechanical problems.

Front end Tie Rod Ends sloppy but are holding up. Have had several rubber boots on ends and ball joints rip.

I do have one 150 transmission that pops out of Drive every so often but have not really dug into what is causing it yet. The Auto clutch has been trouble free and has always been smooth in the operation.

Had to increase the Turning radius as it was horrible from the factory.

The Batteries on the 150's are Junk now (Funny the 250's are still going strong) and only lasted (held a charge) longer then two days from the 2nd month.

Have lost several body bolts and the Gas tank bolts (should have loctited my bad)

Have had to replace Fuel filters

Have had a stupid rattle (on both) that for the life of me cannot find! (Almost from day one)

Now my biggest complaint is the pretty blue 150 is now turning Purple and the bright red is turning a bit reddish orange due to UV exposure because of the cheap plastic coloring.

Each time we go out riding I have to spend a couple hours going over the quads and tightening and fixing all the stupid little things but we have had a lot of fun on them and sure look forward to another fun summer.
Am I pleased with my purchase, ya I think so. I don't think the big 4 has a quad that is a versatile as this 150 and it's what we could afford. I don't know if there is better 150's out now and I hope Jet has learned from all of us this year and will correct some things and possibly make the 08's even better. Although I don't get the impression Jet is listening to us!

Now On To The 250's

As of 08/10/2008

Alright here is the low down on my Jetmoto 250's repair wise.

The Inner tie rod end mounting bolts on steering came lose causing sloppy steering (needed an additional washer to lower the Castle Nut down to meet Cotter pin hole better (150 & 250)

(Added washers and re tightened)

The front end alignment They were all out and needed to be adjusted toe in slightly to make up for sloppy front end assembly (150 & 250)

Battery and tool case rubber hold down strap cracking (150 & 250)

Most all my Jetmoto Decals are coming off (150 & 250)

The Rubber boots on front end ball joints are ripping open and going bad. (150 & 250)

Front Hydraulic brake needed bleeding.

Gas tank rear mounting bolt Rubber Spacer broke apart along with losing several bolts that hold the tank down.

The Red 250 when started up this spring the first time puffed out blue smoke and continues to to this day. I figure when it gets bad enough I will have to rebuild the top end of the motor! At the moment you can only see a tab bit of smoke and the faint smell of the burning while following it.

Lost several muffle to tail pipe bolts.

Broken CDI wire on the Red 250.

CDI rubber mounts go bad and break.

Added extra washer to make the rear axle castle nut match up correctly to cotter pin. (See Photo Page)

Bad starter safety switches on both the 250 and 150's.

Cracking Fuel lines, replaced them all along with the Filters.

The Red 150 broke at the Front Left Spindle, had to replace it at $38. from Raceway.

The Red 250 broke at the lower rear shock mount, had to strengthen the location the shock mounts to the swing arm, (See Mod Repair picture page)