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I’ve recently been looking into getting a another 150cc scooter. Someone a couple of years ago relieved me of ownership of my last one.

I am thinking of buying a new one more localish so I don’t have to deal with waiting for the mco paperwork & then going to the dmv to pay the fees.

After doing a bit of research I found a place up in Arlington, Tx (I live in San Antonio) about 4.5 hrs from me. I decided to keep searching to see if I could possibly find a better price & discovered something interesting. Txpowersports.com, lowestpriceatv.com & myscootersandatv.com are all the same company.

Why they need 3 different web sites is beyond me. To me, with all the shady dealers, this doesn’t put my mind at ease. According to the BBB, they have 23 complaints against myscootersandatv.com. Lowestpriceatv.com has one complaint on the ripoff report and both txpowersports.com & lowestpriceatv.com are not listed on the BBB web site. Myscootersandatv.com does get a B rating from the BBB tho.

Now I’ve been looking at the Tao Tao Lancer for a variety of reasons & here is what I’ve found out so far from the 3 sites. Both lowestpriceatv & txpowersports offer “free shipping” (cha right!). Myscottersandatv charges for shipping, but has a lower initial price. Interestingly, lowestpriceatv does not have the lowest price lol. When figuring in the shipping of the one site, it goes like this...txpowersports $939, myscootersandatv $944 ($799 bike & $145 shipping) & lowestpriceatv is $949.

All offer a 3month parts warranty std & a 1yr motor warranty std free although the one ripoff report claimed the warranty only covered parts now.

I can’t say how legitimate this/these place(s) is/are since I haven’t purchased anything yet, but I most likely will since I’m having a hard time finding another dealer closer. I personally will be be going up there in person to keep any b.s. to a minimum. I just wanted to let others know about the multiple sites and which one is actually the cheapest. If your going to order online from another state, you might want to try to find what you’re looking for from someone else more reliable. I’ll update this after my purchase, but it could be a couple of months since the holidays here now and all my money is going towards presents for the family.

Solymar

After going thru the wiring with a fine tooth comb, I found everything was as it should be. Oncee I confirmed that it wasn’t electrical I took off my carbs again. This time I separated them & then dipped them in carb cleaner. That did the trick! Finally got it running and tuned. It’s nice having it back!

Thanks for all your help, I really appreciate it

Have you changed the spark plug recently? Also kinda sounds like the choke isn’t operating properly. These are my guesses

Fyi, I’m using a aux gas tank with the gas I use for my mower. Since I just used that gas yesterday for the mower & the mower started right up, I don’t think the gas is a problem.

Things I did to my carbs...I took off the diaphragm covers & the float bowls, cleaned everything the best I could without separating the carbs completely. I replaced the main jets, slow jets & float needles. My floats are not adjustable and after inspecting them I didn’t see any issues & no need to replace any. Everything seemed to operate smoothly before installing it, but I’m sure that I’m not infallible lol.

Any thoughts you might have would be appreciated.

Not yet, kept having leak problems with my carbs. First with the float bowl gaskets & now from the fuel joint in between the #2 & #3 carbs. Luckily the new fuel joint & o-rings are supposed to arrive Monday. I’ve already replaced the coils, wires & plugs.
Once I have the carbs back on & holding fuel without leaking, it should start back up again. I figure at minimum it should be back to where it was when this all started, but I’m really hoping it’ll be running like it should be.
I’ll update you soon.

Makes sense. Always a good idea to have backups. Thanks for the suggestion.

Wow, 320k is crazy. I've read about people putting 200k on them, but I thought they were the rare cases. If I could get 100k out of mine , I'd be ecstatic!
Thanks for your insight, I was thinking about the coils as well. Being that the bike is nearly 25 years old, I wouldn't be surprised if it was one or both of them. I'm about to pull them this morning and test them with an ohmmeter. The other thought I had are the carbs, if one of the jets got plugged by some dirt. I'm really hoping that it's not them as getting them off is no big issue, but getting them back on is a royal pain.
As for the keys, I only have the one key on the ring along with a small plastic key tag, so I don't think that would be the issue. Though, I have to admit that I probably would have never thought that would be an issue even if I had a bunch of keys on the ring.
Thanks again, I'll keep you updated.