Posted by Anonymous on June 12, 2007, 5:15 pm
Chinese ATV Is Called Hazardous
June 10, 2007
A Chinese-made all-terrain vehicle designed to appeal to children
is unsafe and drivers risk injury or death, the Consumer Product
Safety Commission said.
The Kazuma Meerkat 50 Youth All-Terrain Vehicle has no front or
parking brake and can be started in gear, the agency said.
Consumers should stop using the product immediately, and demand a
refund, the commission said.
The commission usually announces recalls of items it deems unsafe.
In this case, the distributor, Stafford, Texas-based Kazuma
Pacific
Inc., declined to settle with the agency and will continue to sell
the off-road vehicle, a commission statement said. The four-wheel,
156-pound ATV sells for $525 to $825.
http://www.atvaonline.com/News/07/Meerkat.asp
http://www.atvriders.com/atvnews/cpsc2007kazumameerkat50atvrecall.h
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Posted by Stephen! on June 12, 2007, 5:32 pm
> The Kazuma Meerkat 50 Youth All-Terrain Vehicle has no front or
> parking brake and can be started in gear, the agency said.
Good... Perhaps Darwinism isn't dead yet after all...
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Posted by Turby on June 13, 2007, 4:10 am
>Dude...you are exactly right.....this Chinese stuff is JUNK!!!
But is it seaworthy?
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Posted by oasysco on June 13, 2007, 9:19 pm
> Chinese ATV Is Called Hazardous
> June 10, 2007
> A Chinese-made all-terrain vehicle designed to appeal to children
> is unsafe and drivers risk injury or death, the Consumer Product
> Safety Commission said.
> The Kazuma Meerkat 50 Youth All-Terrain Vehicle has no front or
> parking brake and can be started in gear, the agency said.
> Consumers should stop using the product immediately, and demand a
> refund, the commission said.
> The commission usually announces recalls of items it deems unsafe.
> In this case, the distributor, Stafford, Texas-based Kazuma
> Pacific
> Inc., declined to settle with the agency and will continue to sell
> the off-road vehicle, a commission statement said. The four-wheel,
> 156-pound ATV sells for $525 to $825.
> http://www.atvaonline.com/News/07/Meerkat.asp
> http://www.atvriders.com/atvnews/cpsc2007kazumameerkat50atvrecall.h
> tml
I remember when Honda had all those safety problems with their 3-wheel
ATV's.
Greg
Posted by The Older Gentleman on June 14, 2007, 2:22 am
> Yes they did need improvement, and they did improve, because the Japs set
> up dealer networks with parts and service, listened to the customers and
> made changes ....something the Chinese are NOT doing....well most Chinese
> manufacturers. The Chinese wave is a complete and different ballgame. This
> stuff is cheap, untested, and most of it is complete low quality garbage.
As you say, some Chinese manufacturers *are* establ;ishing proper dealer
sert-ups, at least here in the UK.
As you also say, a lot of productrs are cheap crap. The problem is that
they're being brought in by people who otherwise import garden
furniture, cheap tools and the like who have no intention of setting up
a permanent dealer network - it's just buying and selling.
Remember also how many Japense bike brans there were (in Japan) in the
1950s and early 1960s.
My guess is that there'll be consolidation in China, too. The small
outfits will go to the wall, or be swallowed bup by the boig boy, or do
something else, or just concentrate on a few third world markets, and
the big ones will come steaming into Europe and the US like battleships.
Give them a little time. Chinese bikes have only really been sold in any
numbers in ther West in the last five or six years.
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> parking brake and can be started in gear, the agency said.