The new Typhoon 125 mini quad was scheduled to be ready for us to do a complete ride review and evaluation on, but delays getting them in the country had our dealer bringing us a Typhoon 90 to ride. The 125's are being fitted with stronger transmission gearing according to our source and will offer the buyer a 1 year warranty on the bottom end. While I could not confirm this, this is the information being released by an Xtreme dealer, and would benefit anyone purchasing the 125 model.
Never one to back away from a free day thrashing a quad, I tried to go into this with a completely open mind and see what we could find on the 90 model as it shares everything it's big brother will have to offer us except the larger displacement engine and the upgraded transmission. The dealer had broken in the engine and had set the Typhoon 90 up for sale, so this made a perfect test mule for our young rider to wring out.
Looking over the Typhoon had most people pointing out the obvious benefits the quad offers. Dual fully adjustable control arms, piggy back reservoir shocks that boast 7 inches of wheel travel and a unique rear suspension that utilizes what Xtreme calls its "Pit Pro Geometry". A closer inspection revealed a rear end set up that places a linkage type system that mates the pitbike shock to a quad style swing arm. This is obviously a pitbike that wanted to grow up to be a quad, and while it may be different then other models on the market, it actually did not preform all that bad when you consider the amount of work that went into making all the different components work together. This could lead to some having trouble working on the quad themselves, however it is all pretty basic. The rear master cylinder which operates the Single Hydraulic Disc rear brake looks complicated but I am happy to report that it worked and did not bind.
Our test rider was eager to get on the dirt for some riding, but we had to make a small change that you may notice in the pictures. Removal of the left brake lever was needed due to our test rider wanting to grab a handful of clutch which is not offered on this model. The first ride would be on a small pitbike track that offered very tame jumps so that he could get accustomed to the handling of the machine.
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