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by: w650 - Mar 22, 2017 12:22:27 GMT -6
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Post by w650 on Mar 22, 2017 12:22:27 GMT -6
I'm not saying I want real old school but I would prefer some of the conveniences like electronic ignition and disc brakes on a bike. I just know that these newer bikes won't stand the test of time. Once some expensive piece that requires pricey tech services on a bike goes that bike will become a shed queen.
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Post by w650 on Feb 13, 2016 13:24:21 GMT -6
Very cool.  Hey aren't you the KZ guy? Yes. |
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Post by w650 on Feb 12, 2016 10:32:07 GMT -6
Hey! That's them in the picture. I'm going to have to hear this at Holidays forever. Oy.
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Post by w650 on Feb 12, 2016 10:21:52 GMT -6
OK, a little brag. A Facebook Friend said NBC was looking for couples married over 50 years. My Parents just celebrated 68 so I fingered them and they got on the show. Dad's the one dancing with Ingrid Michaelson when Mom taps her on the shoulder. Mom got to throw the wedding bouquet.
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Post by w650 on Feb 8, 2016 17:22:54 GMT -6
Somebody at Modern Vespa has it under his icon that he put a deposit on G400 so at least the dealers are taking money. Hopefully it's a good sign that it's coming.
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Post by w650 on Jan 25, 2016 17:03:51 GMT -6
OK. Here's my report on the final repairs. The Snowmobile/ATV shop I took it to installed a 72cc BBK on the scooter, a new stator and some other incidentals. Final cost $663.00. Which would have been worse if I took it to a bonafide Kymco shop with stratospheric hourly rates.
So an $80 starter motor and $90 stator later on top of the $300 original investment rockets the cost to over $1000. I can hear it now, "Yes, but unlike a Chinese POS this scooter will last." Not so, China scooter haters. It will last only if the next owner doesn't flog on it like the last and takes good care of it with regular maintenance unlike the first owner who beat it to death in 2,000 miles.
Which is about what you can say about a Chinese scooter. Care for it and don't abuse it and the 50cc China scoot will last as long as many other similar sized scooters. Bintelli and a few other China scoot sellers have customers topping 20,000 miles with ease.
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Post by w650 on Jan 21, 2016 8:38:25 GMT -6
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Post by w650 on Jan 14, 2016 7:48:08 GMT -6
The P indicates it might be a "Secret 62cc" engine. Otherwise it's all the same.
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Post by w650 on Jan 11, 2016 6:33:49 GMT -6
Oh and those Lance scooters that the owners preen and fluff so proudly about because they're built by SYM and have Taiwanese VINs. Built in China, no matter what the VINs say.
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Post by w650 on Jan 10, 2016 20:16:04 GMT -6
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Post by w650 on Jan 10, 2016 20:14:42 GMT -6
I thought Kymco and Sym were both built in Taiwan. Both of those outfits have plants in China. The SYM Mio and Fiddle II scooters are built there. Kymco builds the Like, Agility and Super 8 models in China. |
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Post by w650 on Jan 10, 2016 15:32:13 GMT -6
Guys like Jack and me are racking up some pretty good mileage for alleged "Breakdown Specials" from China, as have many people here. It took a crazed dog to stop JCT's scooter. He would still be going if not for Cujo.
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Post by w650 on Jan 10, 2016 12:51:05 GMT -6
I just googled Benelli and look who their new American distributor is? SSR, the importer for SSR pit bikes, dual sport bikes and scooters. benelli.ssrmotorsports.com/ In 2014 SSR and Q.J./Keeway penned an agreement to control North American Distribution of both the Benelli and Keeway product lines.
Unlike the lumpy, fragile Italian bikes of old, and new, Benelli has it's R&D done in Italy and built in China with heavier materials and eye on durability. Let's see how this develops. |
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Post by w650 on Jan 10, 2016 2:19:16 GMT -6
More than likely. You see though, if a person can blow the snot out of a Brand Name scooter and reduce it to trash why don't the Brand Name advocates see that could be why Chinese scooters have so many problems.
Look at the people who own Chinese here and have scads of trouble free miles? Might it be the rider? Oh no, we were just lucky and got the one in a hundred thousand good ones.
I'm saying that this Kymco is proof positive that the rider makes the machine and not the other way around.
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Post by w650 on Jan 9, 2016 13:40:38 GMT -6
No, you're right. I was stupidly looking at the gleaming, beige Kymco and thinking, "This is too cool. $300, I'm the luckiest guy on the planet." The girl wasn't as good looking as the scooter.
I bought the starter for the Fashion, a big clone of a Helix starter for $60. The tiny little Kymco starter was $70 and probably made In China too. And guess what? The VIN number starts with an "L". Yup, a Chinese built two stroke 50cc for $2200 or a tad bit more than a new Lance Cali Classic 125. I could go on but what a scam.
I bought the 50cc Lance I sold to Mad Collie for less and it really only needed a carb clean, but was as solid, well built and nearly as fast as the Kymco. It's just hype, it really is.
I have a brand name scooter to compare my others with and this "Chinese sucks" is just BS.
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