No person any age is ever safe on an ATV quad or 3 wheeler.

Hi, sorry to butt in but those of you who know me......

Even though Blade is not carrying the Sahara 250 I enjoyed your review, thank you.

As far as the age issue is concerned, it is a difficult thing for us at Blade, and I am sure it is the same for all of my fellow distributors. From a liability standpoint, we do not even like to hear about any purchase for a child under the age of 16, for that matter, if they have a drivers license even better. BUT...it is ultimatly for the parent to decide if the child is ready for a adult size buggy.

I will say, I personaly rest easier knowing that the buggies do afford a much better source of protection then a quad and I can't tell you how many 5 year olds I see driving dirt bikes out there.
So I guess "Off the record" If a parent is going to get a child involved in off road sports, which I highly endorse, the buggy is an excellant choice...

My 5 year old is getting a BLADE 50XT which is our new kid kart being introduced this Xmas. and I am sure he will very quickly graduate to a fully moded 150sx or DX.

The bottom line is for the individual parent to know their child and for them to be responsible enough to use the Buggy as a teaching tool so they can grow up enjoying what we have learned to love.

I see too many young drivers with no supervision doing stupid things on their Bikes, Quads and yes Buggy's. So Safety first, But it is all for the Kids isn't it!!!!!!

Sorry to ramble...

STU

Nice.

Well put Stu...

I just got a Kinroad 250cc and the speedomoter on my buggy doesn't work either. There are three wires a green, yellow and black wire that appear they are to be soldered to the computer board (lack of better wording)beside it. I believe there was damage to this area in shipping. Anyone know the placement of these wires, or can it hookup directly to the magnet collar?

Contact your dealer for a replacement....Unless the alignment is off on the pickup magnet and it won't read.

Glade

Phil, My speedo was not installed correctly and it melted on the first run, it never worked. That was in December. I have been told by Kinroad that the sending units are on their way (container ship ) and sould arrive soon. Seems they have a lot of problems with these speedo's. Make sure your magnet collar is centered on the shaft so you don't have the unit melt down. The 3 wires? Do you mean where they solder to the pick-up attached to the rear swing arm? If so, I can have a look at mine (I took it off) and get you the solder points.

Tom

The three wires are not attaced to the board at all. It seems like there was damage in shipping. The wires were pulled off of the board all together, I can't even tell if wires were even attached to the board. I assume they were, I am not sure if it will work if I solder back on, the board, it looks as if there is damage to the board itself.

I spoke with someone at Awesome Buggies and they do not have replacment parts for this.

If it is still under warranty drop runmaster here on Buggynews a PM. They are the North American reps for Kinroad. He is a great guy that cares about their product. He may be able to help you out.

Tom

I will announce the arrival of the speedo sensors when they arrive, here on BN.

Thanks Tom.

Davin