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maybe you can also check your vac lines to see if your leaking any air. also i had a bad exp with the intake manifold boot ( the big thick gasket between the manifold and the engine head ) the factory had installed it half on. it only goes on 1 way. because if was half on, half of the boot was hanging in the middle of the intake port, causing very poor air flow. i would check that just for kicks. also there is a mod you can do to bypass the enricher but thats only recommended in warm regions close to sea level or at sea level ( florida lol ) you can take your enricher off ( not the top plug part ) but the whole piece the plug goes into. take that off, cut a gasket to fit all of the holes you will see when you remove the housing, then put your gasket there, and install the piece again, then you can remove the plug from the housing, and then remove the wire plug end from the wire harness. then you might want to readjust the carb. all the enricher is good for is starting. ive done the mod to mine and it starts off first start every time. no difference after long rides.

Im not sure what the laws are in your state, but here in the sun shine state, it is mandatory for any type of street legal motor bike to ALWAYS have the running lights on ( a running brake light and a running head light on low beam ) if the bears see ya without one on they will pull ya over not fun. i had a charging issue similar and alley walked me through what i should look for. at the time i hadnt touched a scooted although im an 8 year mechanic ( diesel and automotive ) but never have i messed with a small, fragile, bike like vehicle. i was afraid to break it worse so i consulted with alley and a few others who were experts on these things and they helped me, which was just a bad ground. like alley said, the china men are great at painting. so i had to dremmel down the ground and add a new ground to the valve cover.

dont tell me, you didnt fix the latch yet huh? curious to know what fixes it. lol your scooter has a bad nut =P

maybe the factory installed the latch mechanism on the scooter backwards. on my scoot, the factory put the rubber intake manifold boot on half way, like the boot has to holes, and theres 2 bolt coming up from the engine and the boot goes on the two holes, well the boot was only on 1 of the bolts and was half way blocking the intake hole, how the hell they screwed that up is beyond me. so try taking the latch off ( should be only two 10mm bolts holding it on ) and see if you can flip it around, or try flipping the latch on the seat the other way. i think one or the other might be flipsered up side down. just an idea. did you ever find a 100% waterproof scooter condom yet?

i will set them to whatever is known to work, i do know that i would rather set at .004 and .005 instead of .004 / .004. i should first check to see if its at the correct measurement before i go through with it. THANKS a BUNCH for the adjusting tips as i would have found the TDC first and then adjusted.

sprocket, is that trick a tried and true method? ive never though of using a can, how creative! @ jct, thanks for the advice about the tools. i used to be a diesel mechanic for about 4 years, a back yard dirtbike mechanic, and at the moment i do any repair to any vehicle. im in the middle of an engine swap for a neighbor on his 96 gmc sanoma with the 6 cyl vortec. ( i mention the engine type because people who know anything about that engine know they are a pain lol ) so after about 7 years give or take ive accumulated alot of tools so i should have a 9mm, if not i know where i will be going lol dont know about painting it though but its always good to keep tabs on your tools. i LOVE to work on anything with wheels and i enjoy learning new things about scoots as i have just recently stepped into the world of scoots. sproket when you double over the strip from the can, do you fold it over and squeeze it tight with a pair of pliers or maybe a table vice? or do you just fold and go?