Rhino 250???

[2LZ]

Once I got it unboxed, I pulled all the parts out that were roped to the quad. I found only one damaged part, the plastic front rack cover. I've already contacted Superior this morning with pic, in hopes of getting it resolved. I'll trim this one up with a Dremel, just in case.

Overall, I was impressed....even though they have perfectly square tires in China. I was able to coerce them into "round" by increasing the atmosphere between the tire and rim.

The welds have seemed to improve over the last decade and mechanically, it seemed very sound. Of course, the venerable 167FMM pushrod Hondoid motor I'm sure will prove itself to be bullet proof, as always. The frame was much beefier than I was expecting as well. Of course, the shocks are garbage....but at least they're adjustable garbage. I was expecting the little 428 chain on it but it seems they've upgraded it...or the 250D always had this size, I'm not sure which. Also, the fact the rear brake line is braided was an unexpected bonus.

Fret not, once I got past the basic mechanical stuff, some of the old China Bike plagues showed up as I assembled. First, the upper ball joints were mounted in a rocked position so I straightened those. No big deal. I'm used to their overall lack of attention to detail. As usual, some of the predrilled holes in ends of things didn't thread in straight, forcing one to either cross thread your bolt or hog a hole with a drill. I chose the latter. The rear front rack mounts were a B%$CH! That took multiple hogs to get the bolt angles correct to thread easily....and you want everything to thread easily as we all know, China bolts are made of an easily strippable metal substitute. (kind of like Velveeta to real cheese)

On to the body plastics. Same old stuff, though the green camo was nicer than I expected. Bottom line, keep the drill handy. I promise you, especially in 28' weather, the foot bucket holes will not even come close to lining up. What's one of the things that makes the Rhino different from the 250D? The cool plastic hips on the fenders. Those cool hips also make one more layer of holes that don't line up.

Last but not least, the DVD they send wouldn't play on anything I own....but i only had a question or two anyway.

I'm not done assembling yet. Night fell and I ran out of propane for my little bottle mount heater that kept me from breathing steam.

Two things:
One- Does anyone know what rear wheel spacers work on these? 4X110?? I'll need to measure. The quad looks like a crab standing there. Must fix that.
Two- Does anyone know what lower shock mount the front shocks go on? I have it on the bottom holes right now. I'd refer to my DVD but you know that story.