08-26-2010, 12:39 AM
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250cc Water-cooled Quad
Discovered this 250cc water-cooled quad/ATV from the manufacturer that makes the Rebel T3, some of the other products that GIO sells. Note all the GIO boxes in the background.
       I just noticed in some of the pictures, it has an air-cooled engine. |
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08-26-2010, 12:48 AM
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Nice looking machine, but I'd choose air cooled over liquid.
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08-26-2010, 12:51 AM
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Maybe I'm just an eagle eyed Canadian, but the motor in the quad on the top has to be air cooled. It has cooling fins and no rad visible. The zoom is side shots of the motor are showing a different powerplant than the above photos.
with that said, maybe it comes in two configurations. The body kit is sweet. |
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08-26-2010, 12:53 AM
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08-26-2010, 12:54 AM
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250cc with relatively low compression does not justify the complexity of a liquid cooling system (especially a Chinese system). Now, if I could be assured that the parts from some specific Honda would interchange, I'd consider it.
Otherwise, you'll be fabricating your own gaskets. Ugh.
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08-26-2010, 12:54 AM
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08-26-2010, 05:25 AM
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that quad looks pretty good, just wish a company would do a better job with the rear swing arm/axle setup, ya know something nice, strong, looks better..
btw everytime i see a kfx450 i like it more and more i also was looking at a liquide cooled motor for my motor, since i thought that air cooled cant really do a good job at cooling a motor.. thought that a liquide cooled motor would "cool" better. ive even thought about adding another fan directly below the stocker on my quad pointing up towards the bottem side of the curve in the header pipe |
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08-26-2010, 12:32 PM
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08-26-2010, 01:17 PM
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It's the total opposite of our machines. Our swingarms are on the outside of the frame with the bushings in the frame. The swingarm is just DOM that the bolt passes through.
The swingarm in the above photo is contained within the frame. Notice how the swingarm doesn't taper in to the axle, Mizke? That's similar to a PM discussion we had.
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08-26-2010, 01:50 PM
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and in green. looks kinda like the kawa 450. it is funny that they put the inner shroud.. usually that is to keep debrie and things from the radiator.. 
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