SYM Citycom 300i...WOW LOL By Bashan (Read 10,530 times)

[Bashan]

The floorboards are a minor annoyance and I think mainly because my feet tend to evert quite a bit. I'm going to look into some floorboard extensions like they have for the Fashion.

[cyborg]

Well what are you waiting for?? You've got paying customer waiting for cryin out loud!!!! jeez buddy do i have to do everything around here??,,,eeeerrr i would be very interested in at leat a few 4-5 xxl in white with a pocket please

[cyborg]

I feel a let's find out how many other poor pathetic slobs would like a tee shirt thread coming ,,,what say you?

[fkenisky]

I'm new here so please be gentle.  

I've got a 2013 SYM I bought last year in December, love it, love it.  Got a Givi box E47.  The thing is that it covers my stock lights for breaks and turning a tad more than I like.  I found a few light kits.  One on Givi for like 60 US bucks and another for like $140 us bucks.  Way too much for me to dish out but I like the lights.  The Givi light kit is only for the back reflector and not the sides.

I discovered that walmart (http://www.walmart.com/ip/Pro-Burners-Thinline-LED-Racing-Light-Kit/28848147), not really what I saw but close enough.  I read the review and I'm not trying to make it light up the road just be bright enough to make the reflectors on the givi box light up so other traffic can see me.

What I'd like to know is, is there a wiring diagram (simple for a novice to use) that I can get a hold of so that I can wire my givi to my tail lights and blinker?

Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks
Frank

[fkenisky]

Another post from a newbi here.

Did I mention I love my Citicom 300i? Oh baby it's sweet. However, I found out that SYM has a 400, almost a true 400. 399cc's. It's not being sold here in the US, YET. Does anyone know if it ever will be? I know they have the 600 but that is a bit out of why I bought a scooter in the first place.

I get 70mph on my SYM. Love it. I heard the 400 gets like 65mph. Not much difference, plus it's a lot faster and heafty on the road.

[Bashan]

Never be paranoid about posting on this forum. Everybody here was new at one time so we know what it feels like. Except Cyborg, he has no heart, he's a machine. But seriously, we treat each other like family and sometimes that involves some bickering. So never worry about saying something silly....you dolt. I'm kidding!!

I was popping 82 MPH on the way home last night and the tach had over a thousand left before redline. I have to duck down a little because the wind starts coming in low over the shield and I start to get some buffeting. The specs say 85 tops but I know if I had the nards I could top that. Maybe you mean MPG? There's no info on the 400 being sold here, I could ask Cookees, he sold me my 300i.

Anyway, enough testosterone driven rhetoric. Those lights would work great, LEDs draw so little power you don't really need to calculate the draw. I believe these were the ones you were referring to:

I used LEDs on my Fashion and they worked great for what you want, being seen by the cagers:

Not so great for illumination but they helped a little bit there too. So how to wire it in? I've actually thought a lot about this topic. Here is the wiring diagram to our bikes:

I have wired several scooters from the frame up but I am just not ready to start rooting around in there. I really don't want to buy an ECU and have to refinance my house. So what I have thought of doing is wire right off of the battery and use a toggle switch. I did that on my Fashion and I always remembered to shut it off because it was lit in the dark shop when I got home. You could also wire into the accessory outlet but that is essentially the same, it's a direct connection to the battery and is hot all of the time. Right now I don't have a trunk but I'm thinking of getting one, I've been using this lately:

It's kinda nice, it has a backrest built in. You have to take it off to open the seat but it takes one minute to remove it. You don't really need to get into the bucket, you can put a body in the trunk...um...or so I've heard. Rich

[fkenisky]

Thanks, I checked a few places where they sell custom lights. They are like I said about 150 bucks and that is way too much. They are pretty nice and easy (from the youtube videos) to install because they have everything there to just clip and connect to the rear lights. I'm just concerned about hooking up to the battery because I'm pretty forgetful about things like turning off the toggle, locking my back doors, closing the garage door at night, leaving the car doors open, so I could just as well pay 150 for the custom lights as well as end up replacing 2 batteries.

But I thought it would be easy enough to do the same wiring using a few items at radio shack, some auto supply store and these LED's and pretty much to the same thing.

Not that I want to make the WalMart LEDs do the same but as you can see the RINO lights utilize all of the reflectors not just the back one.

[fkenisky]

One more post, this is a video of the MaxSYM Citicom 400i. Look at the end where it gives you it's stats. 100mph. This is an awesome bike.

[Bashan]

I wish I hadn't watched that video on the 400. I can't quit thinking about it and I feel like I'm cheating on my 300.

If you really want to wire some LED lights up you can get inexpensive ones at Wally World or Auto Weinie. Then pull plastic until you have the ignition switch exposed. You will want to use the black wire off of the ignition key for a power source. You will have to splice off of it so be careful. The black connects to the red when the key is on so it will be the positive source for the LEDs. Then you will not need a toggle, they will shut off with the key.

[fkenisky]

I know, isn't that 400 sweet! I can't wait till they sell something like it here and can't for the life of me figure out why they don't. It is built for US roads and is (IMO) perfect for gas millage and power. You've got enough room for your legs to stretch out for us long legged riders and looks comfortable enough for those nice long 2 hour trips.

Thanks for the advice on the wiring.

I've got the lights on the givi box and looking at how best to run the wires. I really want to connect them to the rear/break/blinkers.

Thanks

[Bashan]

Isolate the connector to the rear light assembly. The brown wire energizes the tail light and will make your light come on and go off with the key. The green/yellow is to the brake lights and will make your light come on when you hit the brakes. The orange is the left turn signal and the light blue is the right, if you want to tie on to those splice in accordingly.

Splice your positive feed to the LEDs to the G/Y for energizing with the brakes, or brown for the tail light. Since they are LEDs you do not have to factor in draw. You can push a wire in behind the connector and then tape it off like this (pre tape):

You will need to ground the circuit on the green wire in the connector. Rich

[fkenisky]

Wow, thanks! I'm one of those picture guys. Thanks so much. I've taken my Givi apart and just trying to figure out the best way to run the wires so it doesn't impair the working of the box lid. The exactly how to run the wires so there is minimal wire exposed as well as a quick disconnect since my Givi has a quick disconnect. I've heard I can download the givi light kit assembly directions. This might help too.

But thanks a million for all your help.

I'll try to send pix of my step by step how do so anyone else can do it.

Frank

[jvino]

Wow I wasn't awair you got your city com from hps that they had to ship it to you bashan they are about 5 miles away from me they are going to move to bethal park I gave them a call on the phone. They didn't have any city coms new or used you got a deal. I just saw one 2 days ago in the waterfront that was gray. You did well the city com is a great scooter probley has to be up there in the top ten that are for sale. They look great and look to be built very well.

[Bashan]

Frank, if you need any help with that just e-mail ([e-mail]) the instructions to me or give me a link. I need to get a trunk like that. Do you have suggestions for purchasing one? They're kinda steep. Rich

[fkenisky]

I live in South Texas by San Antonio.  My local SYM dealer is themotorcycleshopsa.com/, great guy, Jason.  Sells, Kymco, buddy, vespa, piagio, and a few others.  I got the SYM Citycom 300i 2013 in December 2012 as a gift for my wife and I.  After we had been to Europe and the Caribbean and instead of tours and excursions we rented scooters and had the time of our lives.  I wanted to get one for other reasons as well.  Gas was top on the list, but I also wanted something that had some power to get me and the wife around.  The 300 was perfect and Jason had just got them in.  I was sold.

I love my 300i, don't get me wrong.  But it could use a little more leg room. Those long rides on those long one hour straight shots down the highway would be nice to be able to stretch out the legs and just cruise.  I want to take it on longer trips but it is a bit cramped so my only jaunt are just around town, no more than 45 to one hour rides.

The 400i looks awesome, although I'm not crazy about the way the handle bars are set that really is more of a love of the 300i set up.

I sat on the KYMCO 300 which is closer to being a 300 than the SYM (272cc I think).  But the 400i is like 399cc's which means that it has the power to cruise at 70 easy.  My sym hits 70 with no problem but I just don't feel like it can handle that for long periods like a 3 hour ride from San Antonio down to the coast.  Or up into the hill country, with lots of inclines.  The 400i might just be that perfect bike for me.