Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

I purchased 2 of these bikes last month. Here is the complete breakdown of my experience with these bikes from purchase date to riding for several weeks- ORDERING PROCESS: You will receive a call from the dealership and/or seller who has the bike in stock. They will confirm your color choice and bike model. You will then get another call a few days later from a shipping company to set up a delivery window and date. All of this went pretty smoothly. DELIVERY DATE: You should get a call shortly before the bike arrives. Delivery truck driver will bring the bike down to your garage with a pallet jack. I would suggest clearing a good workspace ahead of time, as you will have a hard time moving the pallet later. ASSEMBLY: Assembly was fairly easy, I did the first one by myself and it took about 2.5 hours. (I also installed an aftermarket carburetor) The 2nd bike took me only 45 minutes because I already knew what to do and had some help. 1st step, find a good youtube video of the assembly. The included instructions are hot garbage, but hold onto them as the picture diagrams can be useful. (I had to use them to find out about the front wheel bushings. ie: longer bushing goes on the brake caliper side). Everything else is pretty much self explanatory when putting it together other than a few small details which can be found on youtube or the provided picture diagrams. I suggest putting everything together loosely, not tightening it down all the way until it's all assembled. BE CAREFUL with some of the smaller bolts. I stripped 1 bolt on each bike using only a socket wrench. Don't use power drills. INITIAL SETUP: Air up the tires to the recommended PSI. Then CHANGE YOUR OIL! Please don't run your bike with the shipping oil in it. The included owners manual has all of this info (its actually decent unlike the assembly handbook) MY PRAISES FOR THE BIKE: The bike sits nice and tall, so it doesn't feel like a children's bike. I am 6' and 165 lbs. The bike is plenty powerful enough to get me moving. It always starts right up 1st or 2nd kick, and it's very easy to learn on. Acceleration is pretty good (the aftermarket carburetor helps. Highly recommend ordering it with the bike). The suspension is pretty beefy. I only bottomed out the front fork once when I landed hard on my front wheel from a 4ft drop-down. The exhaust sounds great! It's deep and sexy, but loud for sure. The handling is great and the bike is very lightweight. So much fun. Also I noticed several of the complaints other users have mentioned have been fixed on the new 2018 models. MY GRIPES ABOUT THE BIKE: You get what you pay for. Do not expect to be riding motocross competitions or hucking sand dunes with this bike. It is great for playing around and having some good fun, but don't forget that it is a $720 bike, brand new. You'll lose some bolts. Usually just minor ones like the exhaust cover, but it'll happen. You NEED to check important bolts and clamps every other ride and probably re-tighten stuff. When you eventually take a spill or wipeout, some parts are gonna break. I promise you that. You're gonna bend your brake lever, kickstand, and foot pedals after riding it for a while. (Mine haven't broke yet. Still going strong). My brother wasn't so lucky with our 2nd bike- He took a decent spill and landed the bike on it's left side. His clutch lever completely broke. Looking at the piece you can see it's cheap Chinese metal, low quality. His chain also jumped off the sprocket and broke. (I have yet to fix his bike, this just happened 2 days ago). His bike also shipped to us with a tire tube that wouldn't fill with air. Valve stem was messed up. Easy fix but still annoying. I am aware that even Yamaha's and KTM's will bend and break, but this bike is much lower steel quality so expect to fix and bend stuff back into place after even a small wipeout. It'll happen. OVERALL: I give it 4 stars because it is loads of fun, especially for the price. I am a novice rider who likes to just play and jump around on my own property or nearby trails so I don't need an expensive brand name bike. The bike looks great, sounds great, and can be kept in good shape if you are careful with it and do basic maintenance. Give it a try!