Subject: Kasea Adventure Buggy, a Chinese Import
Importer: Kasea Motorsports, Seattle, WA.
Distributor: Stovall & Co. "Amed" Austell, GA

We bought seven karts, one customer had their kart for only one day returning it to us demanding their money back. Another dissatisfied customer returned their kart to be sold by us on consignment.

The following problems occurred on our first kart sale on the first day's use! Customer complaints:
1. The entire exhaust system broke and fell off. In doing so an exhaust pipe bolt broke off in the engine.
2. The drive chain would not stay taught, made loud "popping" sounds as it jumped over the drive sprocket.
3. The tail light plastic holder melted around the bulb and stopped working.
4. The headlights stopped working.
5. Customer complained the brakes were sticking.

Aside from the tail light we were able to remedy the above complaints.

We designed and built a bracket which attached to the muffler and secured it to the frame. We redesigned the brackets holding the drive chain, replaced their drive system adjustment bolt to a lug nut. These two efforts worked well and solved the problem of the chain jumping over the axle drive sprocket.

In addition to the above we were advised by Kasea to open the container for the electrical components and secure them to prevent shorting.

We changed the rear tires from 18x9.50-8 to 18x11-8 Badland to provide the kart better stability and traction.

There is not enough room to use the foot activated recoil starter, a back-up system if the electric starter fails. 

In our opinion, aside from the rear tire size, safe use of the kart was not adversely effected as most of the complaints could be resolved. We advised owners to be careful of the terrain they encounter as the frame pan where their feet are positioned is very close to the ground. In some instances this pan area had indentations resulting from contacts with ground objects.

During one of our recent kart evaluations we filmed four different brand karts.
1. Murray Adult Sized Full Suspension.
2.Yerf-Dog Model 3200 Full Suspension
3. Kasea Adventure Buggy Full Suspension.
4. Carter Model 1736. An older kart in like new condition. No suspension.

We filmed two driving functions, a slalom steering comparison using pylons as a course and the braking distance required to bring the kart to a complete stop after attaining full speed. Imagine our surprise, during the braking test to have the Kasea brake pedal break off at a wield point! In fairness, we attribute this failure on the driver's excessive pressure on the brake pedal in order to stay competitive.

A problem did occur with two different customers that is a concern to us. Loss of steering. The cause, according to the customers viewpoint, may be correct. Should one front steering wheel contact the ground while the other steering wheel is off the ground, the tie rod attached to the wheel striking the ground first will cause the center steering wheel frame bracket to bend, allowing the rack and pinion steering components to go out of adjustment resulting in an immediate loss of steering control.