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Ya, I paint on my scooter every year or two.. It just keeps it looking newer. I use blue sparkly fingernail polish on the blue paint- black 1800 degree paint on engine and exhaust system, and use some blue paint on forks due to paint peeled.. lol But it really does good to paint it every two years.

I might try Ace Hardware to see if they carry something simular. I know they will not carry the exact screw, but they carry metric screws, water piping screws, ect.. A metric screw with maybe two small washers.

Ya, what ever you do, don't light a cigarette..lol... Looks like my engine on the Bali 250...

Here are two of the craziest things I have read of the 2012 Missouri State Statutes.

Chapter 304
Traffic Regulations
Section 304.033

August 28, 2012




Recreational off-highway vehicles, operation on highways prohibited, exceptions--operation within streams and rivers prohibited, exceptions--license required for operation, exception.
304.033. 1. No person shall operate a recreational off-highway vehicle, as defined in section 301.010, upon the highways of this state, except as follows:

(1) Recreational off-highway vehicles owned and operated by a governmental entity for official use;

(2) Recreational off-highway vehicles operated for agricultural purposes or industrial on-premises purposes;

(3) Recreational off-highway vehicles operated within three miles of the operator's primary residence. The provisions of this subdivision shall not authorize the operation of a recreational off-highway vehicle in a municipality unless such operation is authorized by such municipality as provided for in subdivision (5) of this subsection;

(4) Recreational off-highway vehicles operated by handicapped persons for short distances occasionally only on the state's secondary roads;

3. A person operating a recreational off-highway vehicle on a highway pursuant to an exception covered in this section shall have a valid operator's or chauffeur's license, except that a handicapped person operating such vehicle pursuant to subdivision (4) of subsection 1 of this section, but shall not be required to have passed an examination for the operation of a motorcycle. An individual shall not operate a recreational off-highway vehicle upon * a highway in this state without displaying a lighted headlamp and a lighted tail lamp. A person may not operate a recreational off-highway vehicle upon a highway of this state unless such person wears a seat belt. When operated on a highway, a recreational off-highway vehicle shall be equipped with a roll bar or roll cage construction to reduce the risk of injury to an occupant of the vehicle in case of the vehicle's rollover.

This statute gives a handicapped person permission to ride or drive a offroad vehicle of secondary roads without a permit or driver license. It even spells out motorcycle as prefered by the handicapped.. I am disabled and could ride a motorcycle but chose a scooter for safety reasons.. lol

I read a article online the said, it is against federal law, for the DMV to deny a license on the bases of disability. That under the Disability Act that the license bureau has to give reasonable accomodations to disabled individuals..

See I am not really modifying the scooter, but changing positions of the front brake to accommodate me so I can use both rear and front brake. Still a chinese 250 master cylinder and brake lever. Just attached in a different area.

I got a permit to ride in Missouri for the License Bureau.. The permit allows me to ride in daylight hours with no passengers. To get a full class M license, I have to pass a riding test. I have put 6200 miles on my 250 scooter since owning it new, but I have not taken the riden test due to suffering a severe stroke in 1981. The stroke is still noticable..but I give throttle fine with the right hand but the right hand sometimes gets difficult to open to grab the front brake. So I have been practicing, but practicing might not help. My other solution is to modify the brakes so the right brake pulls front and rear brakes.

I was reading up on disabled motorcycle riders. The motorcycle in general, is made for a normal person and therefore not many places make adaptive equipment for a disabled person. Most disabled people that want to ride a motorcycle have to modify it themselves or have someone mechanically inclined do it for them. Me working on my own scooter, well I know enough about mechanics and mechanical drawing to create a front braking system.

In a automobile, for instance, a disabled driver can use certain equipment that a normal person can not use. Like the steering knob that allows a person whom had a stroke or has one arm, to operate a vehicle with one arm. In most states, this is only legal if you need it. So in the same instance, it should be the same with a motorcycle. If a person needs certain equipment to operate a motorcycle safely, well the license bureau should accommodate the disable individual.

Now I have given considerable thought to this: I want to buy a $75 rear brake system. The rear brake lever would be on the bottom and the front lever and master cyllinder would be connected on top of the rear master cyllender. The front brake line is not long enough to reach the left side so I would take the new rear brake line and connect to front caliper. The new rear caliper I would switch out with old caliper. And finally, I would have to cut the new brake lever to be shorter then the old lever. This would allow 2 fingers to cover the rear lever and 2 fingers to cover the front lever. That would let me let up if given to much braking power to tires. Than practice riding and take the motorcycle riden test. Any thoughts would appreciated...

Well, this is good.. For along time, I have heard of chinese scoots 250s getting 10,000 miles, since a 10,000 mile club was started. But it is good that people like you, on a MC54B have made it last to 25,000 miles. This was all I was referring too. That others needed to post miles on Chinese scooters. I was out riding 70 mph again, on Expressway 54.. But like the guy said above you, Chinese scooter engines may last 50,000 miles if taken care of. I think also, some may abuse their scooters, push it to the extreme to often that it ruins parts that would normally stay good.