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Post by roguestar150pdx on Jan 30, 2022 3:07:54 GMT -6
Hello so I’m pretty new to the scooter game and not mechanically gifted in any way. My scooter ram beautifully until it didn’t at right about the 700 mile mark. Now it had been sitting unused for maybe a month in the garage in the Oregon winter so it maybe got below feeezing once or twice but no extreme temp swings or anything and when I go to start it it just turns and turns and turn and sometime there are intermittent horn honking sounds that it produced when trying to start it and eventually the battery dies. After the month it sat unused there were a couple Of instances immediately after where I did eventually start up but it took an unreasonably long time to fire. After 2 or 3 instances of it really struggling to finally start all the way, it stopped and just turns and turns and kinda honks here and there. Now it’s been a few months since I have been able to ride it. The lights all come on when I turn the key and I have a trickle charger for every time I drain the battery trying to start it (which” has only been a couple times). But why might a virtually brand new scooter act this way? I’ve read an embarrassing amount of stuff online about scooters in general but I can find next to nothing about the roguestar 150, which is interesting because it’s made in U.S.
Also since this problem began, I took it in to the place I bought it from brand new, as they suggested I bring it in when I reached 500 miles for a customary tuneup, which I didn’t get in until about 650 miles were in my Odom and it cost me $80 and they kept it overnight but honestly, I’m not sure if they did a thing because I told it there in the back of a truck (because it wouldn’t start) and I told them this, by the way, this is Sabatino’s Scooters in Notth Portland, Oregon, great reputation, but anyways when I went to pick it up I found the same problem and sat in there in the parking lot for min trying to get it going before it finally fires as the battery was getting low & all the guy told me is that sometime the fuel can get a little stale. But I successfully rode it the 5 miles home, and it was awesome by the way, but since then I haven’t gotten it started once. My wife wants me to sell it cuz it’s “busted” but that would break my heart. I truest love riding this thing. Has anybody had any similar experiences with this scooter? I know that’s not a whole lot of info but I’m new to this and the reason I spent the money on a brand new scooter vs a much cheaper used one was exactly because I have no experience working on engines of any size and b/c of that,I thought that my best course of action. So any help would infinitely appreciated, as I’m beyond frustrated and just want to ride. I’ve since put new gas in, but not taken the old gas out, but is a few months old gas really that old?
Thank you so much for your time and any help you can provide me, I really really appreciate it more than you know.
Kyle
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