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Post by mikeb on Jun 24, 2016 15:11:03 GMT -6
Was $800 too much?
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Post by mikeb on Jun 24, 2016 13:39:55 GMT -6
Our neighborhood had a area wide garage sale a couple weekends back. Who knew one of my neighbors had a scooter for sale? A clean Genuine Blur 220i with about 7100 miles. He was a real motivated seller thanks to his wife so he could get another scooter. Just wondering what I should expect as far as reliability and repairs? Compared to my Icebear trike pst150-19N it is a rocket. Big Woo Hoo! I rode to work 4 days this week about 100 miles. Great weather mornings, 105 degrees and windy afternoons. Typical Kansas summer. 30 to 50 mph roads no problem. The Icebear coughs up a lung maintaining 30 mph and my cost per mile maintenance is approaching $3.00 a mile. I am hoping the Genuine Blur is a lot more reliable. What is your experience?
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Post by mikeb on Jun 8, 2016 11:57:31 GMT -6
Oh, and I forgot to add...Wichita, Kansas has an Icebear dealer now. Mike's Bikes.
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Post by mikeb on Jun 8, 2016 11:55:20 GMT -6
Does anyone know what cvt belt the Icebear pst 150 - 19n takes. The local dealer will order me one from icebear but will not give info so I can order a better, Kevlar, etc..Thanks
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Post by mikeb on Apr 4, 2016 19:26:43 GMT -6
The tach works fine. The odometer works fine. When I check the speedometer against a gps and my speedo reads 58-60 that equals 35 mph on the gps. It isn't kph don't know what it is and no one has any ideas what or how to fix it. I've had the scooter for about a year and after a couple issues early on and an electronic fuel pump it runs great. I have looked for an aftermarket gps to use instead of using my cell phone and can't come up with a solution. Any ideas?
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Post by mikeb on May 15, 2015 10:05:19 GMT -6
I have a set of bicycle front and rear panniers. They are held on by hooks on top and a bungie hooks the bottom. Has anyone tried to use these on a scooter? I have Icebear PST150-19 coming from Rapid Repair. Grandpa has a hotrod. What are your thoughts? Mike |
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Post by mikeb on May 13, 2015 11:52:46 GMT -6
I want to thank everyone for their comments. I have been offered an opportunity with Icebear as a dealer. There are none even close to Wichita. My research in Wichita indicates a definite need for a dealership that is top of the line of Chinese. We have dealerships that cater to the DUI crowd on one hand(within walking distance of a work release facility.) On the other hand there are motorcycle dealerships selling $3000 to 10,000+ scooters. There is less that half of 1 percent moped to total vehicles registered in the county. In order for me to do this I would need to be or hire salesmen, mechanic, parts and counter help. Probably the most difficult would be the role of Pied Piper to show the fun of owning a scooter by actions not just words. There is a lot of fun things to do in Wichita thanks to a great bicycle club. Several rides every week. I would like to make that happen here with mopeds/scooters. To see a rider last weekend in traffic hunkered over with a kill me now look on their face doesn't help. I can no longer put the miles on a bicycle I used to. There is nowhere in Wichita that I have wanted to be that I couldn't go on a bicycle and a scooter rider should have the ability and confidence to do the same. Now I have a scooter to buy. Thank you again. Now I have some decisions to make about a scooter purchase.
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Post by mikeb on May 10, 2015 8:18:15 GMT -6
Thanks,
Its like buying a Chevy or GMC clone made in China over the internet and having to go over all the nuts bolts and fluids. The PDI may or may not be thorough. I have bought plenty of made in China things and have made internet purchases without a problem. If a PDI is done there seems to be no standard and that is a problem. I was a fair wrench 40 years ago and had CZ and Yamaha dirt bikes we took home in the crate and sat up. Scooters don't seem so different. My most recent bike was a Sportster and no way I wanted to work on it. see a filling a need to get out in the air without the weight of a sportster or the work peddaling abicycle. 100-300 miles a week is doable on a bicycle. It should be on a scooter regardless of where it is made, right?
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Post by mikeb on May 9, 2015 19:58:37 GMT -6
I've been thinking about this for a while and want some input. You have two scooters made by different companies. Visually they are very close. Scooter B is about 400-500 dollars more than scooter A. Both dealers have many satisfied customers with dealer B having the edge. Who do you buy from and why? I don't have a scooter yet and am trying to solve this question in my own mind. Yes, I am new to this forum.
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