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	Kazuma ATV Reviews
Posted By: ATV Expert On: 07 Nov 2008 08:40 PM

Details An in-depth Kazuma ATV review article written by an experienced supplier of Chinese ATVs and specifically Kazuma ATVs and Kazuma Parts.

What is a Kazuma ATV and where did they come from? Kazuma is a large auto, truck parts factory located in the Far East. (Stannic Manufacturing?) A huge world supplier of car replacement parts distributed globally. Kazuma began production of Kids ATVs and distributed them mainly in Australia where they became very popular. So popular that one model of the Kazuma ATVs was voted ATV of the year in Australia. Kazuma expanded their ATV line-up and was first introduced by Redcat Motors here in the USA. Darin was at the controls of Redcat Motors and started advertising them on Ebay. Sales exploded and Redcat Motors created a highly successful Redcat Dealer Net Work throughout the USA. Kazuma ATV's were being re-branded with the Redcat name. This was one of the most successful "branding" sales campaigns ever developed and implemented. ALL early Redcat ATVs are actually Kazuma ATVs. The stickers on the Kazuma ATV's said Redcat, the cardbox container the Kazuma ATV's arrived in had Redcat all over them. ONE EXCEPTION--THE ENGINES SAID KAZUMA ON THEM! Redcat Dealers loved them little Redcat ATV's (kazuma) because the CONSUMER loved the Redcat ATVs.

One point to make here is a very important fact. Kazuma had experience in distributing PARTS because the factory is in the CAR and TRUCK PARTS business. Kazuma would send containers of replacement and warranty parts along with the container shipments of ATVs. Redcat did a fairly good job of providing parts support to their dealers.

Fast forward----Kazuma Factory decided they wanted to try their hand in USA marketing 101 and started popping warehouses across the USA. Redcat lost sleep and much more and dropped the Kazuma ATVs and flew across the ocean to find another ATV Factory to put the Redcat Brand on. The Chinese have not figured out what dealer protected territories actually means, or Kazuma thought they could make more money for the factory by having their own people over here doing the marketing???? Did Redcat find a "quality" ATV factory able to build enough ATVs and SHIP enough ATVs to satisfy the huge USA demand.???? Did Kazuma's new warehouses and staff successfully market the ATVs as well as Redcat??? I know the answer quite well to both questions.

Bottom line -- Buy a Kazuma because they have the parts here in the USA to back up their ATVs. AND there is more Redcats - Kazuma ATVs in this country right now than 10 other Chinese ATV Factories combined. The numbers of previous Redcat and Kazuma ATVs sold in the USA are WAY OFF THE CHARTS.......mainly due to Darin's Redcat Branding. The Redcat Dealers already knew the quality of Kazuma and already knew how the consumers gobbled them up. It was easy for them to put Kazuma ATVs next to the Redcats already on their showroom floors because THEY WERE THE SAME ATVs. (NOTE: later model redcats are not kazuma---see above)

USED Kids ATVs such as the Kazuma Meerkat 50 or Redcat KMX50 are currently HOLDING higher resale values than what they sold for 10 years ago. The Kazuma Falcon or Redcat SFX110 is still a very popular raptor styled ATV. Plenty of parts everywhere for these models.

Jump Forward-----The current Chinese ATVs being sold by other Chinese ATV Factories have improved tremendously in last couple of years. Some of the other brands are worth owning also. Just remember they do not have the PARTS SUPPLIER EXPERIENCE that Kazuma has.

DUMBEST CHINESE ENGINEERING DESIGN----My vote for stupidest goes to putting a shaft drive on a KIDS ATV. WHY?,,,why would you take a perfect Honda Copy E22 Chinese Engine and trash it with a shaft drive?? No dealer can afford to stock replacement Chinese shaft drives on their shelves, thereby giving the Chinese ATV Factory the false reading that there is no demand for replacement Chinese ATV shaft drives----then the factory doesn't send them over here and guess what? I get TONS of emails and phone calls looking for Chinese ATV shaft drive parts. JUST GIVE ME A CHAIN DRIVE because ALL DEALERS already have chains and sprockets on their dealer parts shelves. Parts-Unlimited and Tucker Rocky and ??? all have tens of thousands of chains and sprockets IN STOCK ready to ship to a dealer for customer ATV needs.

You will not find any CHINESE ATV SHAFT DRIVES on a Kazuma ATV. Maybe their ATV design experience paid off here.

More to follow on the Kazuma ATV Reviews subject---stay tuned!

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