2024 Kayo Jackal 200 Test Review

[@Nomadic-Nerds]

Wow, okay, I wasn't expecting much going into this. Kayo looked like it was going to be another run of the mill knock-off sport quad. But that was actually pretty impressive. You guys are right, they can pretty much own the entry level if they keep it up. Also kudos for going over the frame and weld quality.

[@ATVonDemand]

We did not know what to expect going into this either. Definitely better than we thought. It would be and really leaves us wanting to try their A300! Fortunately , we think they are starting to see that they have a chance to gain market share with sport quads. Fingers crossed!

[@volcom21d]

looking forward to seeing this. I started my kid on a kayo fox 70 and after a few little modifications, it was a pretty capable little thing. Maybe Kayo will force more known companies to step their production back up

[@ATVonDemand]

My buddy Jeff at Dirt Wheels has a friend with one of his young test riders who has a slightly modified Kayo 70. Jeff tells me that that kid rips that little ATV and it is holding up fine. So far so good with the little 200. We're most likely not done with it. We're going to tay and get a few hop-ups developed for it if we can.

[@evanhartzel37]

Another Solid Test Video! Keep up the Awesome work! Looks like a fun machine!

[@ATVonDemand]

Glad you liked it. it was nice to try something different. Is more coming your way soon.

[@Gril018]

lets hope big brands get into it again regarding sport ATVs, even if they go mid tier like 300-400 would be cool to see :)

[@ATVonDemand]

Agreed!

[@Kyle_gallegher]

I just left a similar comment. Atv on demand you got more pull than us get on kayo USA's head for the kayo a300 !

[@DirtObseXXion]

Something to be said for small displacement! At least someone is making real quad opinions

[@ATVonDemand]

Yeah like that Moto 4 of yours. I know lots of adults having a ball on 90s. Now hopefully kayo will give us something bigger.

[@angelshopov3844]

My son is 6 has a predator 125 efi , those things are insanely well built glad I spent my money on that machine

[@ATVonDemand]

Thank you very much for your feedback on your Kayo.

[@ATVonDemand]

Easy to learn on and fun to ride. We hope there more sport ATVs to come from Kayo. Looking forward to your questions and comments! SUBSCRIBE for more sport ATV videos.

[@MKK-uf6hm]

Yes please tell Kayo to bring on the 300!

[@ATVonDemand]

Working on it.

[@tylerthrash3155]

Great video my friend.. looking forward to more on these.

[@ATVonDemand]

Thanks for coming to watch the premiere glad you enjoyed it! I feel like we need to do some more with it.

[@danielsantos8625]

It looks really good! It’s something we don’t have readily available.

[@ATVonDemand]

So far we think it's a cool little quad. We need to have fun beating on it some more. Hopefully more to come from these guys.

[@danielsantos8625]

@@ATVonDemand I hope so too! not something you see to often from china

[@joeyholthusen6495]

Curious how it compares to a old honda 200sx

[@ATVonDemand]

@@joeyholthusen6495 Not sure if any of us have ridden that machine. Like to try one.

[@jdroofcleanpw]

So aside from price and any possible reliability concerns, how does this compare to the Honda TRX250X in terms of just being fun to ride on a trail?

[@ATVonDemand]

It's been a while since we've ridden the Honda. But if memory serves correctly we'd say it's in the ballpark. The honda feels a little more refined but that's expected. With a little help from the after market the Kayo might spank it. We would need to do a shootout to say for sure. Dirt Wheels did one a few years back you might want to look up.

[@Kyle_gallegher]

Get on kayos ass about bringing that kayo 300cc here into the states this thing is ok for what it is but doesnt make sense if you own a 400 and still to big for some kids. Need that 300

[@ATVonDemand]

It's being discussed. Fingers crossed.

[@chadminor2360]

Any plans to mod this Kayo? Would love to see what it would do with a different carburetor, air box mod, exhaust and suspension. Maybe lighten it up a bit by replacing steel with aluminum (handlebars, nerf bars, etc) and plastic (gas tank)? See if a little modification could get it close to a raptor 250.

[@ATVonDemand]

Absolutely! Since releasing this test a number of aftermarket companies have started developing parts for it. We will be rounding all of them up and installing them on this machine for a test.

[@chadminor2360]

Any hints as to what kind of parts might be in development?

[@ATVonDemand]

@@chadminor2360 Companies are working on an exhaust, Jetting and possibly intake, skid plates and possibly alloy nerf bars, budget quality after market shocks with the possibility to have high end race shocks built. We will also be checking to see if we can get some light weight aftermarket. Alloy wheels that fit along with some light weight after market tires. We will be doing some checking on sprocket fitment as well to see if there is anything on the market that will bolt up. There are five or six aftermarket companies getting after it right now. It will be a couple months until we start seeing parts roll in. I am sure we will be throwing some photos up on instagram as parts become available.

[@chadminor2360]

Sweeet

[@Kingsoupturbo]

Fun research into shaft drive, I've never seen anything that actually proves shaft consumes that much more power then Chain, in touring motorcycles they assume it does, but nobody has ever actually dyno tested the same motor on shaft\chain, people assume squishing oil out of the way in differentials consumer power, but nobody actually knows if that's true or not as far as I can find. Neat little sport atv

[@ATVonDemand]

The rotating mass of a shaft drive taxes horsepower. So does running heavy wheels, so does running heavy tires. The other drawback is that you cannot change the gearing if you change tire size. We are not against shaft drive but chain drive has its advantages.

[@Kingsoupturbo]

@@ATVonDemand No doubt running heavy and taller tires has performance disadvantages, and on a sport ATV, chain makes sense (chain growth aside) Check it out though, its assumed on touring bikes (goldwing etc.) that shaft drive consumes 25% of power, and chain like 10%, but nobody has ever really tested this, or can really confirm it. I had an Arctic cat 500 with a wonky sliding front driveshaft that was a problem, and seen exploded drive chains that ripped cases open too (I have a Triple-chain drive Polaris 400L) nice to change gearing though and simplicity of chain.

[@OokilliesTV]

Sweet video and super informational! I think for that price point I'll stick to my used yfz 450s xD

[@ATVonDemand]

Well, if a rider has the skill set and is big enough to ride a YFZ, there isn't much better.

[@OokilliesTV]

@@ATVonDemand agreed! But for the price id rather buy an older bike in general and have free range on parts to customize it. A Yamaha blaster, or even a warrior would be solid as an entry platform. Plenty of parts to choose from as skills develop, and shops can work on em. If a bike is being imported and sold at a dealership, that mark up is going to make that bike closer to the TRX's 250X.

[@rzl07375]

Kayo just released the Bull 300 with that same 300 motor, so maybe the Jackal 300 is next.

[@ATVonDemand]

@@rzl07375 😁

[@SINE382]

Kayo a300 look it up

[@ProbeGT2]

I don't understand why CF Moto does not provide a small sport atv. I guess the market is too small. That 200cc looks like an old honda motorcycle engine (and probably is) i'm surprised it ran so well with a carburetor with today's emission. Most chineese carbureted engines runs like crap because they're too darn lean.

[@ATVonDemand]

It seems like CF Moto Is chasing bigger ATVs and side by side like all the rest. We are told this engine is based on the CRF230 But we can't verify that yet so we didn't mention it. Have to say it ran pretty well. Stalling was not an issue.

[@AboutaMileAdventures]

Where is the 400/500 cc Version?

[@ATVonDemand]

We're wishing for it as well.

[@willhutton1516]

I’m surprised CFMoto haven’t taken advantage of this section of the market.

[@ATVonDemand]

From what they are saying, they don't have any immediate plans on doing so, although they may not admit it if they were. Who knows we might be seeing something bigger come from Kayo...

[@willhutton1516]

@@ATVonDemand I can see Kayo taking a shot at the budget/unused 400-class sport atv’s. See if they can make a successor to the Honda 400ex. Gotta have lots of power and reliability to do so. Competitive pricing too. Since most 400ex’ go for around 2-4 grand when in good to perfect condition.

[@hbkkayson1456]

Picked one of these up brand new from a dealership near me today for my girlfriend to be able to ride around with me having some idle issues tho it wouldn’t stay running at all at first I’ve messed with the idle screw to where it will idle fine at half choke but you have to give it gas to keep it running with choke completely off. Any ideas?

[@ATVonDemand]

I have to say that our unit is pretty cold hearted. It takes a good 5 to 7 minutes to warm up and idle Off choke. Honestly, if you just bought it, I would take it to the dealer and tell them to tune the carb.

[@donaldliverance2597]

Good now make it bigger lol we need more race machines again the big 4x4s are way to expensive to fix and repair and not near as exciting

[@ATVonDemand]

We definitely agree with the majority of that.

[@Kyle_gallegher]

​@@ATVonDemandDo we need to spell it out? They could be selling ts out of the kayo a300 and its engine has seen 3 iterations of refinement in the kayo dirtbikes its TIME lol

[@mxbeanz1206]

I wish they would just clone a 300ex. There use to be clone raptor 250s that seemed decent.

[@ATVonDemand]

The clone raptors still exist. Strangely they are claiming four speed transmissions instead of five speeds like the raptor. We're not judging but it's not an exact knock off unfortunately.

[@mxbeanz1206]

@ATVonDemand in Europe, they had 300ex clones. They are called Adly 300. Don't know if they make them anymore. Thanks for the reply!

[@jermainephillips5179]

This thing looks pretty peppy.price attractive too

[@ATVonDemand]

We think it's a cool little starter quad. Probably one of the best ones on the market at or near its size.

[@JoseRodriguez-cr5cq]

Cuantos km puede recorrer sin detenerse?

[@joeyholthusen6495]

I'm sure be fun, but I'd put 23x7 up front and 22 inch tall out back

[@ATVonDemand]

That would be a lot of tire for this little engine to get spinning.

[@joeyholthusen6495]

@@ATVonDemand can always go down a tooth up front on the sprocket

[@ATVonDemand]

@@joeyholthusen6495 true.

[@447Film]

Interesting

[@ATVonDemand]

It's fun

[@447Film]

@@ATVonDemand loved the Honda 250x but I bottomed it out on almost every jump. Sounds like this one is better

[@AmirSavage]

Top speed

[@ATVonDemand]

Didn't clock it.

[@richarddevaottien7724]

Was waiting for that guy to go over the bars onto his neck Drop a CR 500 into it,..about the same size and weight as that Shanghai 200

[@ATVonDemand]

😂 That would be a wild ride. The little four stroke was fun.

[@T3rryR4y]

Good kids quad but the gearing is stupid

[@ATVonDemand]

Gearing or four speed transmission? Just curious.

[@T3rryR4y]

@@ATVonDemand transmission. I’m just used to a regular manual transmission. The Kayo pit bikes the tt140 are rockets in the dirt, same 4 speed without the reverse of course

[@Sustrii]

you can smell the chinesium

[@ATVonDemand]

It's better than you think

[@Sustrii]

keep lowering your standards and some day we will have gncc races in full asphalt roads. It's a shit stain, can this thing even hold a candle to the raptor 250? for example. And I'm not defending Yamaha, because that brand has been gone since 2009 in my opinion.

[@jH-zu9ky]

​​@@Sustrii Didn't have to lower standards to judge this quad. For a 200 cc, it actually stepped up to the plate. The Chinese are getting better at their game. It's a brave new world.

[@Sustrii]

@@jH-zu9ky can it beat the raptor 250 and have the same level of support?

[@jH-zu9ky]

@@Sustrii so far the support has been great considering it's a new company. In your world, are there really a lot of 200s that can beat 250s?