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Post by kz1000st on May 6, 2014 5:40:04 GMT -6
What I get in the end is the satisfaction that I got it fixed on my own and learned something while doing so. If you don't learn then your going to end up paying even more than you started out. This is the Mantra of every Chinese scooter owner.
I had a very reliable Japanese motorcycle 6 years ago. I sold it so I could become a "Rider" again. I had to know every sign and rumble my 1974 Kawasaki 500 two stroke did so I could head off trouble. All the four strokes since were like cars. Put the key in, hit the starter button and go. No connection, no involvement and no rewards. Every successful trip on my Chinese scoots is the result of my work and involvement. Not some guy with a laptop in Japan.
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Post by kz1000st on May 5, 2014 17:08:41 GMT -6
Where the heck did that come from?
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Post by kz1000st on May 5, 2014 13:47:16 GMT -6
Be careful buying a crate scooter in California. Many are not CARB approved. I know you're into the Ruckus look but this is cheap, durable and a hoot. Also CARB approved. www.killermotorsports.com/product_p/bms1-bm-xlt-110.htmYes, it's a manual but very easy to learn since it doesn't have a hand clutch. All you have to do is roll off the throttle, change gears up or down and roll the throttle back on. I know a 70 year old woman in New Hampshire who has one. She says it climbs hills like a Mountain Goat and it's as durable as anything costing twice as much.
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Post by kz1000st on May 5, 2014 13:10:08 GMT -6
they dont last as long because of the way they are lubricated. usually its rings that go first. but dont tell the razz that. ive got a weedwhacker from 1997 that i picked from the trash 5 years ago. still runs great. only have changed spark plugs and cleaned the carb. its a McCullough. Decades ago my buddy and I bought two stroke road bikes. Me a Kawasaki H-1 500, him a Yamaha RD 350. We both reached 10,000 miles at the same time when his lost zip, got hard starting and fouled plugs. We pulled it apart and his cylinders were shaped like an hourglass. Ring end gap was way over tolerance. He had them re-bored, new pistons and rings and he was back in business. I had my Kawasaki for 30,000 miles and when we checked the pistons and rings at 15,000 they were within the specs for brand new. The difference? I rode it like I had to pay for repairs, he rode it like he stole it.
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Post by kz1000st on May 5, 2014 8:21:30 GMT -6
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Post by kz1000st on May 5, 2014 8:07:21 GMT -6
A Walbro carb? Isn't that Chinese? I would have thought a Dellorto at least. Flyscooters used to brag that they had Walbros and I thought, "Big deal. My Bashan came with a Keihin."
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Post by kz1000st on May 5, 2014 6:13:15 GMT -6
You are absolutely correct Jack and after waging this argument for six years I've learned this. They're not listening. They see people come here for help and deduce that ALL Chinese scooters break down daily. I responded to Dave Harrington's Cheap Scootering editorial in an e-mail and summed up my feelings this way.
I could regale you with tales of how much fun my three Chinese scooters are but you have your "Brand Name" ear plugs in.
Dave hasn't responded.
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Post by kz1000st on May 4, 2014 15:46:55 GMT -6
So with that we can agree to disagree. Agreed.
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Post by kz1000st on May 4, 2014 13:06:56 GMT -6
That presupposes that Chinese scooters require a lot more wrenching. I don't see it. www.vespalx150.blogspot.comRead down and see what the maintenance free Vespa needs.
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Post by kz1000st on May 4, 2014 1:07:35 GMT -6
I don't know if the water would ruin it. I would think if the water was really bad the glop it would make in the gas would coat the filter so badly it would be good to replace it. It would be like a severe case of mud on your air filter.
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Post by kz1000st on May 3, 2014 17:12:59 GMT -6
The problems with ethanol are well known but there's a highly contributing factor to problems. Never, and I do mean never, fill up while the tank truck is filling the station's tanks or if you see it pulling away. They stir up the crud and over power the pump filters.
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Post by kz1000st on May 2, 2014 17:57:55 GMT -6
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Post by kz1000st on May 2, 2014 17:46:15 GMT -6
To say a person who buying a scooter to ride on not work on will be better off with a china scoot over a Kymco, Honda etal is simply ignoring the facts.That may be true but many people can't afford the buy in. Frankly I wouldn't pay even the $2400 Kymco asks for its Super 8. There are way too other things I could buy with two wheels at that Stratospheric price. Yes, occasionally you'll find a bargain like Cyborg did but even that came with start up issues. If you do buy a Brand Name, used, are you absolutely sure you won't get burned? Here's the other thing. I hear people say, "It's been running fine for 6,000 miles" like that's a ton of miles. Keep in mind I rung up 125,000 miles on a motorcycle clock. Talk to me at 65,000 miles. That's when the new is really worn off. Hmmmm. Let's see. A $2400 Kymco Super 8 or this: binghamton.craigslist.org/mcy/4446892659.html
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Post by kz1000st on May 1, 2014 7:53:54 GMT -6
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Post by kz1000st on May 1, 2014 6:01:58 GMT -6
Chinese motorcycles are a different kettle of fish. My experience so far with the 50cc bike is that it's as good as anything. In the UK he'll be buying from a dealer not out of a box. It will be prepped and backed up. Chinese motorcycles have no large scale following here because even the cheapest 250cc can be upstaged by a Japanese Craigslist Special.
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