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I bought a DF250RTG in early April. I'm getting near 500 miles ridden since new. I absolutely love the little bugger for around-town and country lane riding, but I can't say there haven't been some snags along the way. The assembly is simple, but having absolutely no instructions introduces enough complication that it can get a bit puzzling at times. Beware of soft bolts, especially the ones that attach the handlebar. They are small and very soft, and it is real easy to twist off a bolt head before you get them tight -- trust me, I know. Those were replaced with much higher-grade bolts.
Check the tightness of the spokes. On my first real ride out side of town the rear tire went flat very rapidly at 55 MPH, caused by a loose spoke puncturing the tube. I got stopped safely, then studied up on spoked wheels and re-tightened all spokes. Funny thing -- the front spokes were fine, the rear spokes were all loose.
Consider replacing all light bulbs. They are cheap in the extreme, and I had two signal lamps and the headlamp blow in fairly short order. Again better-quality replacements were easy and inexpensive to install.
The mirrors that come with it are crap. I couldn't get any of the four (FOUR!) mirrors to work for me, and replaced them with some inexpensive bar-end mirrors off eBay.
The original seat looked neat but just did not work for me. I ordered a generic replacement flat seat of off eBay that fit well and bolted right on but was as hard as a board. Fortunately, there was enough saddle material to allow me to add about an inch of high-density foam under the cover, and the result has been very comfortable, if still pretty firm.
I hope you've gotten yours by now and are enjoying it!
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