RPS Magician 250

AndyW7771 · 04-08-2021, 05:00 PM

Things I've had to fix in my first 20 miles: exhaust bolts missing, rear brake lever set too high so that piston is halfway into cylinder at rest, no slack in chain, valves set with no gap, gas cap broken, makes highly irritating rattling noise. Do I like the bike? Yes very much. Just sayin

**JerryHawk250** · 04-08-2021, 05:26 PM

Everything you have just mention should of been adjusted, tighten and lubricated before you rode the bike. This is the same pre-delivery prep that a name brand dealership would have to do before they sold you a bike. You have to think of these bikes as kit bikes that you assemble and customize to your liking.

But the good news is you paid a fraction of the cost of a name brand bike and you are enjoying it.

Megadan · 04-09-2021, 02:48 AM

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Originally Posted by AndyW7771

Things I've had to fix in my first 20 miles: exhaust bolts missing, rear brake lever set too high so that piston is halfway into cylinder at rest, no slack in chain, valves set with no gap, gas cap broken, makes highly irritating rattling noise.

Quite literally, with exception to the broken gas cap, almost all of those things are just run of the mill, out of the crate, issues. Even the bolts falling out.

As Jerry said, it's all about that initial setup.

Bruces · 04-09-2021, 07:10 AM

Who assembled it ?

EA · 04-09-2021, 04:11 PM

I set up my Magician and had no mechanical failures til I offroaded pretty hard. But, yeah, you want to check all that stuff anyway. I bought a brand new wr250r, I went over all that before I rode it. I just picked up a 2009 boulevard m50. Guess what, I went over that as well.
It only takes one loose bolt to severely mess up your day. Check everything weekly. Is a good idea to loctite everything as well.

On to mods. I recommend regearing it for your use, better levers, better foot pegs, better tires, better tubes, better mirrors, and hand gaurds. May as well order a clutch cable and speedometer cable because they are going to break real fast. Speedo broke at 277 miles. Clutch cable started fraying before that.
Once I did all that it was fine.

04-08-2021, 05:00 PM	#1
AndyW7771 Join Date: Mar 2021 Posts: 2	RPS Magician 250 Things I've had to fix in my first 20 miles: exhaust bolts missing, rear brake lever set too high so that piston is halfway into cylinder at rest, no slack in chain, valves set with no gap, gas cap broken, makes highly irritating rattling noise. Do I like the bike? Yes very much. Just sayin
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04-08-2021, 05:26 PM	#2
JerryHawk250 Moderator Join Date: Oct 2016 Location: Houma, La. Posts: 11,647	Everything you have just mention should of been adjusted, tighten and lubricated before you rode the bike. This is the same pre-delivery prep that a name brand dealership would have to do before they sold you a bike. You have to think of these bikes as kit bikes that you assemble and customize to your liking. But the good news is you paid a fraction of the cost of a name brand bike and you are enjoying it. __________________ 2023 Lifan Lycan 250 Chopper 2023 Venom Evader 2022 Lifan KPX250 2020 Kawasaki Vulcan S (Sold) 2004 Honda ST 1300 2016 Black Hawk 250 (sold) Keihin PE30 carb,125 main,38 slow.Pod filter,ported & decked head 10:1 CR,Direct Ignition Coil,15/40Sprockets,NGK DPR8EIX-9,De-Cat,Dual Oil Cooler,Digital Cluster 2016 Cazador180 XL 2014 Coolster150 JerryHawk250.com My YouTube Channel
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04-09-2021, 07:10 AM	#4
Bruces Join Date: May 2018 Posts: 1,609	Who assembled it ?
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04-09-2021, 04:11 PM	#5
EA Join Date: May 2020 Posts: 50	I set up my Magician and had no mechanical failures til I offroaded pretty hard. But, yeah, you want to check all that stuff anyway. I bought a brand new wr250r, I went over all that before I rode it. I just picked up a 2009 boulevard m50. Guess what, I went over that as well. It only takes one loose bolt to severely mess up your day. Check everything weekly. Is a good idea to loctite everything as well. On to mods. I recommend regearing it for your use, better levers, better foot pegs, better tires, better tubes, better mirrors, and hand gaurds. May as well order a clutch cable and speedometer cable because they are going to break real fast. Speedo broke at 277 miles. Clutch cable started fraying before that. Once I did all that it was fine.
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