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I bought a new 2010 Chinese scooter last Sept & it lasted until July 1st of this year ( 10 months ) It was done at about 2,500 miles. It would have cost more to fix it than I wanted to deal with. I really ran it into the ground and made some mistakes with it so I just sold it to a mechanic to mess with and resell.

I bought another new scooter of the same kind but the 2011 model and this time I am taking very good care of it and I am learning to maintain it myself. The only thing is, the screws / bolts are so cheap that they are already stripping with one touch & I'm being careful, using the proper tools etc. I am wondering if I should do the maintenance every " time and a half " meaning like if I should do something every 1,000 miles, do it every 1,500 miles instead to save the screw/bolt heads a little for the ones that are stripping. Obviously I will keep up on the oil changes.

Here is the question though.. how long SHOULD one of these cheap Chinese scooters last if you baby it and provide the proper maintenance? I figured if you buy a new, cheap $10,000 car you should get about 10 yrs out of it with babying it and proper maintenance. Does this mean that a new, cheap $1,000 scooter should get you about 1 yr out of it? Would you use the same mentality that I'm using here ? After the last one I think I will be happy to get 1 to 1.5 yrs out of this one. Actually its a $750 scooter but with tax, registration and title in this wonderful auto-expensive state of FL, the fees I have to pay make it come to $1,000 at the dealership when I buy a new scooter.

Also, has anyone had major problems with bolt and screw heads stripping on cheap scooters? How hard is it to take the screw to a hardware store and find the exact match? I've never had to so I don't know if its possible to match something up just by looking at it

I'll have to check it out sometime. I pretty much just stay on my little island since all I drive is the scoot

Thanks! Yes, come point it out! J/K. Good Lord I hope I don't have to take apart the spot by the headlights, it looks like a pain to get apart I'm sure I'll be able to figure it out by your description Hopefully by the end of tomorrow my scooter will be in great shape.... and hopefully I will be able to fit a socket wrench in the places I need to w/o having to buy an extender thinger a bobber

I'll have to check it in the morning, the street lights aren't going to cut it I've got to open up my scooter to check the spark, carb, valves and CDI in the morning anyway. Where is the CDI in there? It just looks like a box w/ some different colored wires coming out of it right?

Alleyoop, after the first time I over filled it a little and it bogged after I've been careful not to but I did fill it right up to the limit (not over) Should I leave the cap off for the night and some will evaporate or are you saying try to start it like that? I know with a car if you start it w the cap off the check engine light will come on Hehe.

Sunlproblems - I just checked the oil ( and thanks for the reminder about putting it on center stand because I prob would have forgot to ) If I just touch the threads ( don't screw it in at all) the oil comes up to about 90% of where it should be on the dip stick. If i screw it in half way it comes up to about 95% of where it should be on the dip stick. If I screw it in all the way it comes up to 100% of where it should be on the dipstick. Sorry, I'm exact and you said to check with the dipstick just touching the threads Hehehe. So the oil seems good

Okay I googled CDI and it looks like a box with some rainbow wires coming out of it. Where do I find this on the scooter to see if its all plugged in tight?