I'm right there with you bro. The order that I cancelled.. or at least though I did showed up on Tuesday. I made the driver wait while I tried (for a long time) to get ahold of BestPriceATVs.com. Noone had a record of my order being cancelled, and if I refused the buggy I would be charged a 15% restocking fee. Now, my issue is not with the Kinroad buggy - which kicks butt by the way - but with the assclowns at BestPriceATVs.com; and there is no way in devilville I am giving them $300 because they screwed up. I wish I had gotten ahold of Glade long before I screwed up and ordered from these losers! Glade - I am sorry I can't get that buggy from you instead, but I will be sending my brother-in-law your way when he decides to order his. Thanks for all of your help anyway bro.

All said and done, here would be my ratings on a scale of 0 - 10:


BestPriceATVs.com - 0/10 (and if I figure out a way, I'll try to sue your asses!)

Raptor 250 Buggy - 8/10 (I love the buggy so far, but it requires alot of bolt overtightening to get the vibrations to stop. The cage and rack could have been fit to the frame a little better. Thats my only complaint so far.)

I'll get some pics up later. Thanks to everyone on this site for all of your help and advice. I just wish I had not been the test subject for BestPriceATVs.com.

One thing I was very happy to see were the skid plates protecting the rear rotor and drive sprocket. They aren't little plastic covers like I figured they's be, they are bolt on steel plates.

Glad to hear you like it... post some more pictures!!


-Steve

Here's a few more pictures. Maybe this weekend I'll clean it up a bit; unless I find a huge mudhole to play in!

I do have 2 questions perhaps someone may be able to answer.

1.) Should my radiator fan be running all the time? As soon as the key is on, the fan is running. The engine itself has yet to get even remotely hot, so overheating is not a concern. I thought I remembered reading a post where someone stated the fan would almost never run since the engines don't get to terribly warm.

2.) Is this the fill plug that was referenced in another post for the Final Drive Gear Oil? It was a 10mm bolt instead of what I believe was referred to as a 14mm bolt, but none the less I put gear oil in it anyways. When I pulled the bolt no oil or lubricant of any type came out, so I filled it. Figured I'd better ask now before I rack up to many hours on it! LOL!

The more I look at this picture http://www.buggynews.com/files/final_drive_oil_154.jpg I'm thinking... umm no its not. What did I put oil in?

Okay, umm.. I found the Final Drive Oil Fill Plug, and what I referenced above is most definately not it. LOL! WHat I filled up is opposite of the transmission on the "drive line". I'm sure whatever is in there needed lubrication, but if I need to remove that gear oil, someone please let me know soon. It also wouldn't hurt to tell me what the heck I filled up.

Until tomorrow... Be safe everyone!


Bruce

You lucked out.....you got the new Kinroad 250 with the anti vibration mounts. Should be a smoother ride with very little motor vibration.

I really didn't notice too much vibration (other than in the front end a little) until I mounted the cargo rack on the back. That bad boy is a single females dream come true. I just severely overtightened the mounting bolts and cured most of it. I'm really happy with it so far, just need to learn more about the engine/tranny components.

Superty - tell me about the little buggy your son was driving! Who makes it? Is it electric? Can it climb?