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My bad. Thanks for the correction.

I treated a bike that sat for 3 years without being prepped for storage - did not drain the carbs, did not add fuel stabilizer and had 1/2 a tank of old fuel. It started the next afternoon. I did not have to take anything apart to clean it.

Siphon most of the gas out of your gas tank or start with around a gallon of fresh gas. Pour in an entire bottle of 104 octane boost. Put the cap back on and push the scooter back and fourth a couple of times to mix the boost and gas a little better. Nothing crazy needed.

Now, if you can, open the drain valve on the carb. Be sure you have a catch can set up so the fuel does not go all over the floor. It should start draining, which in turn siphons the new fuel mix through the carb. Let it drain like this for a minute or so and close the drain valve on the carb.

Let the bike sit over night.

If you can't get to the carb drain screw, mix the boost into your fuel, cover the front of the carb with a bunch of paper towels or rag, and crank it over and over and over. This will flood the engine but will also pull the new mix into your carb without draining it. Once the paper towels are pretty wet with fuel, you'll know you've pulled enough through the carb.

Be sure to remove anything you used to choke the carb and let the bike sit overnight. You should have good fuel flow the next day. If that's your issue, it will run.

Thanks anyways bhinch. I appreciate the time you took.

I have found a Chinese scooter with a 64" wheel base.

It took me a week of looking. Surprisingly, a lot of scooters with big/bigger engines do not have large frames and even if they do, its hard to word a Google search to find them. Most searches resulted in pages and pages of results to weed through.

So here is a link to a 250cc Chinese scooter with a 64" wheel base! It's selling for around 1700.00 dollars - new in crate.

I have nothing to do with the company that is selling it. Its just that I have learned how hard it is to find the larger style scooters. You can use this link to start looking for similar scooters being sold by other sites if you don't like this company or brand of scooter. Search for the specific scooter model and you get other, similar scooters for sale by other companies.

In case the link does not work the model is the MC-D54 250cc scooter.

www.powersportsmax.com/product_info.php/cPath/38_95/products_id/616

This is the front runner for my new scooter. Now I'll be looking for someone who has a similar scooter for sale locally so I can sit on it and try it out.

Anyone find or know of anything else?

?!?! Ok. The battery is good.

With the headlights switched off (I wired in a switch), I can get it to start but I have to crank it over and over to the point I think the battery is going to die, then it starts. When it does start, it barely runs as fast as when the starter is cranking it, and seems like it could die at any time. After a couple of minutes, it gets stronger and I can switch the lights on without killing it.

New Development: now it also sputters when taking off from a stop, even after it's warmed up. It sputters at every stop sign/light. I can ride for a half hour and it is still doing this when taking off. It also sputters if I am at low throttle, cruising around 20 to 25 mph.

It did not do any of this before. Up until the end of last season, it started on the first crank and ran strong/great.

Most recently, the battery tested good and I replaced the spark plug. I threw the old spark plug back in to see if any of the problems improved/changed - no change - I put the new spark plug back in. I also drained the tube that hangs off the breather assembly, the one with the plug in the end of it. The battery charges fine when riding.

Hey All,

I'm 6' 1" and own a 2006 Tank Urban Touring 250cc. I feel really cramped up on it. When seated, my knees are up from my waist and I can't put my feet far enough forward or down to get comfortable. I start to get comfortable if I push myself back so I'm just sitting on the front edge of the higher passenger seat but then the handle bars are out of place. Overall, it just feels small.

I read Tank put a 250cc engine in a 150cc frame for this model and that that's why a lot of 150cc and 250cc body parts interchange.

I know I can go and try a few out in person but anyone have a good idea on a larger scooter to look for? 250cc is all the engine I need.

Take the side panels off, on the side where your key lock is located. Start with the bottom panel, then the top panel (this is the panel the lock is located on. You may need to remove a screw that is behind the center cowl (down by your feet) to get the top panel off. You will also need to remove the passenger handle grip on that side. Once you have the panel off you can see the where the cable mounts to the lock. Since yours is broke, the cable is probably hanging there. Take a pair of vice grips and lock on to the broken end of the center cable. Take a different pair of pliers and close them down between the vice grips and the end of the sheathing to your cable. Now pull on the vice grips and push on the other pair of pliers. Your lock should pop open.