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Post by chyder on Aug 19, 2010 18:47:48 GMT -6
The Roketa is made by IceBear and sold to Roketa, so I understand. As an owner of an IB Ruckus I can feel your pain. Nuff said!! I've seen one other person state this, but I believe it to be untrue. The Spyder clone (if you can call it that) is made by Kandi, the same ones who make the little car-like machines. And I highly doubt that IceBear is buying them from Kandi, who bought them from the manufacturer on the COO, only to sell them to Roketa, who sells them to Infinity Accessories, who supplies them to Thrifty Scooters (the dealer who left me hanging with these problems). That's just too many hands. I think this one is all Roketa's fault, at least on this side of the world. |
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Post by chyder on Aug 18, 2010 21:55:01 GMT -6
Any one out there have any experience with the Roketa 250c Spyder reverse trike? Built like the Can-Am trike. Seriously, I have had nothing but problems with this very expensive machine, and squat for support from Roketa. The most recent repair is the use of epoxy putty to repair long cracks around every screw hole on the plastic rear fender. It looks like there is supposed to be a metal bracket to support it, based on the many screw receptacles on the underside, but it probably cost them an extra dollar for it, so they left it off. If you get one, reinforce those holes with something immediately, or make your own bracket. The brittle plastic on this thing can't take a bump from a persons leg without cracking (ask me how I know  ) As for those front end alignment issues, good luck. The front end doesn't come pre-adjusted at all (actually, almost nothing does on this overpriced turd). I literally adjusted mine over the course of days, and now have it so it grips the road and goes straight, as long as you don't hit a bump. It's still a little tight, so it may need a little more toe out. But the difference between an adjustment that provides manageable steering, and one that feels like you are going to fish tail into the ditch is almost nothing on these. Probably explains why all the alignment calls from the poor folks who got suckered into buying one. They market them as Can-Am or Spyder clones, but they are far from it. A more accurate description is a poorly built Chinese 4-wheeler that is sans one of the wheels, with a big price tag. Feel free to contact me if you want pictures of all of the problems the machine had upon arrival, and were subsequently ignored by Roketa. BTW, anyone know where to get a decent muffler that fits one of these? The one they use crapped out after about 400 miles and I'm tired of the thing sounding like a $50 mini-bike going down the road.  Tired of the thing overheating when run over 50mph for more than 2 minutes at a time as well. |
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Post by chyder on Jul 26, 2010 20:12:32 GMT -6
Sorry to hear about the CVT problems you are having. I bought one of these as well. My blinkers were DOA. My battery went dead and stranded me. It made / makes the same belt noise from the CVT (I haven't really noticed it lately, though...I may have learned to block it out once I opened it and saw it was just belt noise). It wouldn't start unless I shot some starting fluid into the air intake, and would only idle until it was exhausted. To keep it running, I needed to work the RPM up high constantly or it would just quit. And, there were some body / seat problems, and no spacers to allow the mirrors to be tightened down. On the bright side, the seller (bargaintory) was fantastic about getting replacement parts to me, and were very apologetic for the issues. Apparently their mechanic guy was not going over them as well as they were being told. So here's the issues that are resolved, with parts from the seller. Blinkers now work fine. Bad "beeping" flasher unit. Mirrors now much more solid after installing the spacers. Battery is now charging, after I found that the factory forgot to plug the two stator connectors together and strapped them down to the frame well away from each other. Unstrapped, connected and re-strapped. Damaged seat and panels replaced. Adjusted idle and mix on the carb and it started idling properly. Was still very hard to start, so adjusted valves. Now fires right up with the remote start. No battery drain issues observed from the alarm / remote start. Two flaws noticed were: 1) it does not have kill switch which seems even more essential in 250cc considering its larger displacement; and 2) it does not have a temperature gauge, only having a warning light in the instrument panel that I assume would turn on if the engine is getting too hot or about to overheat. No kill switch is a pain. If you start the bike with the remote, you can't turn it off without it. The key switch gets overridden. So if you use the remote, make sure you have a spare battery for it. If it goes dead, or stops working, after you start the vehicle, there's no way short of pulling the plug wire or battery to shut it down. As for the warning light, I have a feeling you will see that in action first hand. The light lights up and a high-pitched beeeeeeeeep warns you that it's overheating. My fans are both working, and the system doesn't seem to have any air in it, but it still overheats. This issue, and shaky handlebars (possibly due to out-of-round tires), are the only two issues that are keeping me from really loving this scoot. I have had it up to about 80mph on the dial, and on a frame this small, it feels like flying. I like the small style so much, I also bought the more open M3 (as-is) from them as a project scoot. I have confidence that I will eventually be able to work out the heat and vibration issues. I think they will be as decent with you and get you taken care of as well. Good Luck! |
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Tired of the thing overheating when run over 50mph for more than 2 minutes at a time as well.