Let Him Have It!! By kz1000st (Read 572 times)

[kz1000st]

I did. If he doesn't delete my post

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I’m going to try and stay calm about this. You see that yellow scooter you’re using as an example? I have one. Contrary to what that terrible mechanic Phil Walters of Pride Of Cleveland says, whose ad you used. They work just fine in the hands of non-Vespa owners.
Let’s take your points, one by one.
1) The Chinese use cheaper materials but guess what Honda uses cheaper parts than BMW. The problem has ALWAYS BEEN the importers here. You want a cheap piece of crap? Fine sir, here you go. Companies like GS Motorworks have speced better quality scooters and it shows. Mine has 8,000 miles, runs just fine and will continue to run just as well as any Italian, ancient, pressed steel overpriced scooter. I have the original fuel lines, vacuum lines and tire valves. All because the importer ordered them.

2) Every smart person here in the states has heard of www,scrappydogscooters.com , www.partsforscooters.com , www.scooterbelts.com and many other firms that sell Chinese parts at reasonable prices. I needed a transmission shaft for a CF Moto CN 250. I ordered it on Tuesday and had it by Thursday, less than 48 hours later. For laughs I also ordered the matching Honda CN 250 shaft. It came, in 8 days and cost twice as much.

3) At this moment all Chinese scooters are the same inside and out. You can order parts from those people above and not pay an arm and a leg for parts. Try putting a Kawasaki transmission shaft in a Honda. Let me know how that works out.

4) I recommend them, have been riding for 52 years and am the son of an old Triumph dealer. Your resume please. Yes, if you buy a Chinese scooter, ride all day at WFO and never service it the thing will blow up. If you ride it like something costing one third the price of a comparable brand name it will last. $5000 for a 150 Vespa ROFL.

5) Who will work on it? How about you? I have. They’re not ceramic lined, V VTI or fuel injected. On the scooter forums many people ask for advice having never worked on a scooter before and succeed. You can’t do that but want a Chinese scooter. Here in the States we have Lance, Puma, Bintelli and Wolf brand scooters, sold by dealers who back them and they still don’t cost an arm and a leg

I have three Chinese scooter.
2008 Bashan Biella-8,000 miles
2009 CF Moto Fashion 250-8,000 miles
2009 Bashan 50cc clone of a Honda Cub-3,200 miles

Lets see, three Chinese bikes, almost 20,000 miles together. But what do I know, right Phil?

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[jvino]

Kz yes your scooters have been good to you I am surprised to see that many miles on a bike without a rebuild. Good luck fixing your 250. Not sure why you bought the Honda part? I guese to see if there the same.

You haven't put many miles on your scooter yet this year hope you have fun and ride safe.

[kz1000st]

I already fixed the Fashion, that was almost two years ago. I originally ordered the Honda part on Monday when the scooter broke the shaft on Sunday. I was sure, like so many others, that getting replacement engine parts wasn't possible. So I jumped at the first thing. On Tuesday I discovered via search engine that Parts for Scooters sold the shaft I needed so I ordered it. I didn't cancel the Honda order so I'd have a spare in stock. It is a beautiful looking piece and looks splendid on my shelf. The PFS Chinese shaft cost $35.00 shipped, the Honda shaft-$69.00. It took me 4 hours to do the job, a good part of that curing a self inflicted mistake. Almost 5,000 miles later everything is fine.

Oh, the reason I didn't install the Honda shaft. It came on Monday, four days after I got and installed the Chinese shaft and 120 more miles on the clock.

Here are the new numbers on my odometers. The old were 150cc-7750, 250cc-7793. 50cc-3247

[jvino]

Nice job glad to hear your all fixed up must of been a pretty complex fix up huh? Good you know how to do the work you probley saved yourself couple hundred dollars.

[jct842]

I just ordered a steering shaft nut from a yamaha store, they said about a week, I am betting it will be at least 8 days as past experience. $12 for a 1/4 inch thick or so nut with 6 notches to use a spanner on, and $3 for a woodruff key. When I grow up I am going to own a key factory, they must be $5000 a pound when ordered from yamaha and yes I probably could have got an sae at the hard ware store for .50 cents and filed it down.

[kz1000st]

Apr 21, 2014 14:55:56 GMT -6 jvino said:

Nice job glad to hear your all fixed up must of been a pretty complex fix up huh? Good you know how to do the work you probley saved yourself couple hundred dollars.

No, the job was very straightforward. I lost a dowel in the dirt, had to get another one and grind it to length. I was also very careful about case bolt and transmission shaft nut tightness. I had to use my torque wrench but first I had to clean off the dust. Oh. And of course I found the lost dowel the next day. It's on the shelf next to that Honda shaft.