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I've been thinking about the same thing. I'm 71 y/o and getting down on these old knees to work on my 2 scoots isn't any fun at all. I was gonna pop for one of those $99.00 lifts from harbor frieght, but just can't see how to keep from damaging the bottom panel with one. Then thought I'd just build a platform on the lift to just drive the scoot up on, then raise it up. I don't know now. Gotta figure something out though!

Thanks! It's a Slipstreamer Scoot 66. It's made in the US actually in minnesota. My dealer got it for me after the universal he sold me just couldn't be adapted to my scoot. The mounting brackets were so wrong! The mirrors wouldn't clear them at all. I actually tried shimming them up but it really looked like crap, so I called them. No problem at all. He refunded my money and apologized for the universal not fitting and immediately ordered this Slipstreamer. I really like the way it looks on the scoot and there's little to no vibration.

Here's a pic of the scoot I built by combining a 2005 linhai (that was missing most of the plastics and had a siezed engine) and a 2008 kinroad that was wrecked in the front. It had no plastics on the front, the front wheel was gone and the downtube was bent. Transferred everything to the linhai frame. A friend gave me most of the front plastics, which were in primer. I painted it with rattlecan rustoleum red. Only had 357 miles on the little kinroad enging. Now it runs like a scalded dog! 43 mph top end!



A close up of the paint job.



This is the 150cc that I love riding.







Love that Slipstreamer Scoot 66 windshield!

When you start pulling all that plastic, grab yourself a handful of sandwich/ziplock bags and a roll of blue painters tape. As each panel is removed, place any screws/hardware in a baggie, close it and tape it to the panel. Make a note on which panel you removed first second, etc. When you start to reassemble it you'll find it much easier and all the screws will be placed in the correct panel. Don't forget to dip the screw into a dab of clear silicon to prevent it from backing out and the panel from rattling. Not my ideas, (wish they were) just what I've learned from reading on these boards.

I'm retired, or just maybe plain tired. lol Done a bit of everything from construction labor, finish carpenter, 20 years in retail management, 10 years as an inventory control coordinator with a company in a bigger city here in Indiana that warehoused and dropshipped HarmonKardon/JBL products.

Like I said in my other thread, I was just tired of hearing those rockers clattering, so yesterday I went to the garage and tried my hand at an adjustment. Not too much problem, at all. I did find out that if I had small Chinese hands it would have gone much better. LOL! Everywhere I see that the valves should be set at .004 and .005, standard. Once I got the cover plastic door off and the valve cover, the exhaust was so loose that it appeared to be 1/32" or more. The intake was way too tight, to. I have recently purchased a set of metric feeler guages. The manual (arrow) stated that the valves should be set between .08 and .12 mm. So I went with a 10mm, hoping to get them right in the middle. What a PITA! It would certainly be an advantage if one had a wrench that had a teeny tiny square adjuster inside it. After about a zillion attempts, I finally got both set at 10mm. I had taken the plug out to feel the compression so to get the piston at tdc. Really didn't need to do that. All i really needed to do was observe the cam lobes. I have very little feeling in my hands, so getting the plug back in was a real chore. I finally gave up and walked down to a neighbors house, who does some wrenching, and asked him if he would mind coming down and getting the plug in for me. Took him about 15 seconds to do that! Well I got everything back together as it was supposed to be, and hit the starter. I couldn't believe the difference in the sound of the engine running. I could actually hear things other than that clackity clack! Well the next on my list is to find a nice chrome cvt cover to replace the grey painted on that came on the scoot. Guess I've done enough rambling for now.