2013 Ice Bear Zodiac 300 trike By telcotech (Read 7,875 times)

[telcotech]

Back in November of 2013 I purchased a 2003 Ice Bear Zodiac 300 for my girlfriend. Since we live in the Az desert they sent it to us in a crate and all wrapped up in plastic. Only about 60% of it was put together so after unwrapping it, and saving all the bolts and nuts that fell off in while it was transported here form China I started trying to figure out where all the loose bolts and nuts went. I have worked on motorcycle all my life and also own a 2012 FLHTK Harley. So to get back to the story, I hope this does not happen to anyone else and I also hope that the trike I received was just a lemon. The throttle cable was never connect to the carburetor and after taking the front end apart so I could adjust the linkage to open the seat I was well on my way to getting it together. To make a very long story short and after checking the oil and all fluids I started the motor. Now when I tried to put it in gear I had to roll it about 12 inches forward or back before it would slip in gear. I checked all the linkage adjustments and then called the company. They asked me if I would remove the engine and transmission and ship the unit to them so I did. Just got word today, three weeks later that they did find a major problem in the transmission and it was repaired. Should be on its way back this week. I guess it was a good thing that I had to remove the engine and transmission because I found several more things (minor) that was not correct. I found several missing bolts, and body push pins. The under side of the frame was not painted and was already starting to rust. There were bolts that were to long so the factory used lock washers and on two bolts they piled up 5 lock washers just to take up the space. Would it not been easier to just use a shorted bolt? The workmanship is very poor and if my girlfriend would have rode it in the condition it was when it came from the factory she could have had a major accident. I'm completely rebuilding it now from the ground up using the right bolts nuts, washers and will be making sure everything is connected and adjusted correctly. My advice to anyone that buys one of these Ice Bear Zodiac 300cc trikes don't have it shipped to you in the crate, but have the dealership put it together and they can make sure everything is correct and in a safe condition to ride. I just got the lemon.

[Alleyoop]

You are not alone here is another one with the same problem they also had to send the motor back to have it fixed.
Alleyoop

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[kz1000st]

Jan 6, 2014 12:58:07 GMT -6 Alleyoop said:

You are not alone here is another one with the same problem they also had to send the motor back to have it fixed.
Alleyoop

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Same bike Alley. Mallevina described her hubby and Harley back when she joined.

[Alleyoop]

I don't know, Mallevina mentions HER HUBBY LARRY this person mentions for his GIRLFRIEND


Alleyoop

[tomcat]

I don't know, Mallevina mentions HER HUBBY LARRY this person mentions for his GIRLFRIEND

Love can be complicated.

[novaraptor]

Well, Telcotech, While it was undoubtably a pain to do a through redo, at least now you know that that part of it is done right.. Hope you get many happy miles from it..

[LUKE]

made me mad just by reading that thread.. PEOPLE JUST NEVER LEARN!!! QUIT BUYING THOSE DISPOSABLE SCOOTS... that story is worst... the buyer havent even totally assembled the trike and its not working already?!!!! my goodness!!! now what?? you paid in full and you get a $100 worth of metal scrap if you sell it to the junkyard per pound.. omg

[Alleyoop]

Jan 6, 2014 14:31:03 GMT -6 novaraptor said:

Well, Telcotech, While it was undoubtably a pain to do a through redo, at least now you know that that part of it is done right.. Hope you get many happy miles from it..

I don't know, if he fines love complicated what will he do with the extra parts
Alleyoop

[jct842]

All I can say to luke again is what if you don't have the money to buy a jap trike? oops the japs don't make one do they, so now you have to find a kit to either install or pay some one to do it.

[LUKE]

and kZ even want to think that the poster and malevelina as one and the same person... stop covering up.. these two people bought 2 different trike but are both NOT RUNNING!!

i am officially mad!! ... this is a clear case of a RIP OFF...

i will report this to ripoff.com

[jct842]

And those "training wheel" kits don't turn me on. In my state a motorcycle is defined as a 2 or 3 wheeled vehicle, so I do not see how they can even be licensed here.

[jct842]

I wonder how many people reported yamaha to rip-off for selling them a 2 wheeled molotov coctail, Mine is one of those "used to be" flaming jap scooters and so was lukes.

[kz1000st]

Like you Luke, Davec rides around town fine on his. Why spend $10,000 for a Japanese scooter when a $4000 Chinese trike will do just fine for riding around town. Okay that may be an exaggeration, a Honda Forza is a mere $6500 OTD, and a Morphous is,....is NOT FOR SALE anymore. LOL LOL

[LUKE]

i bought mine morphous for $2.4K,, and no issues up to now.. it already has 27k on the odo...
if you scout around, you can have good deals, imagine if i bought a 250 chinese with my $2.4K i would have been like malevelina begging the dealership to send me a replacement part...my gosh , its a huge punishment , i dont deserve it....

[kz1000st]

and no issues up to now

Excuse me. Don't you own the fireball of scooters. OMG, a fire-hazard fuel pump with decaying electrical connections. Plus, how many times a year are you FORCED to take it apart and fix the clutch and variator?? My wife's Rebel is still on the original chain at 10,000 miles and only cost $3350 brand new. I still haven't serviced the clutch or rollers on my Chinese 150 after five years. Based on that your Yamaha is a lemon.

And your claims of reliability would be a whole lot more convincing if your avatar wasn't a picture of you towing your Yamaha to the dealer-again-to be rebuilt.