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Ccprof,

Thanks! So did I, and, my color choice even got me a sweet deal... I got this from ATVDiscounter back when they had GREAT deals, AND were still in business. It was their eBay bottom-end entry-level cheapo: a whopping $675 delivered to your front porch, lift-gate and all.

For my "first choice" for color, I marked "BLACK". For second choice, I marked "BLACK". LOL... When "Lil' Bubba" arrived, he was metal-flake black and silver. Had a nice matching trunk, rear disk-brake, chrome CVT cover, back-lit analog gauges with tach and remote start!

It was the model they were offering on eBay for around $1,100 at the time, and I even called to see if I got somebody else's deluxe scoot by mistake. They told me "You REALLY wanted a black one... and all the black ones are the deluxe version. Just enjoy it..."

Well, I enjoy it! They also did all the registration for me, and were totally first-class. Apparently something went south in their business later, as they got a lot of negative complaints, and are now gone from the scene...

I love bright colors, but on a motorcycle of any kind, if you're not sure, you just can't go wrong with black...

Ride safe!

Leo in Texas

Ginny,

I know valves being out of adjustment can cause running problems, but it really sounds like fuel or electric. Mine acted somewhat like yours last year, and, it did need some tweaking with the carb. However, the problem seemed to be aggravated by the coil and CDI.

I replaced the coil with a Bando coil, and replaced the CDI with the "New Racing" CDI, both fairly inexpensive on eBay. That made a big difference, eliminating the erratic missing, and this allowed me to concentrate on getting the carb right.

I'm convinced that both the factory coils AND CDI's on these scooters are pretty poor, and can "die slowly" giving you FITS in the process... LOL! Replacing them certainly cannot hurt, and, may save a lot of further frustration...

Hope this helps...

Leo in Texas

Thanks one and all!!!

Yes, the wire clips DO make it necessary to remove the cowl. I can see that now that I've done it... My cowl had 6 screws, but who's counting? LOL!!

It came off very easily, so I can recommend this procedure to all the other patients out there like myself, who haven't mastered the parts of these scooters north of the seat... The south end of these little wheezers usually gives us enough trouble to keep us busy! ;D Just remember, the plastic on these IS brittle... brittle as cookie dough! I've NEVER seen such fabulous, BEAUTIFUL lacquer paint applied to such absolute CRAP material!

I got creative, so as a test, I switched bulbs left to right, since the wires, connections and sockets seem good. Yup, the rebellious RIGHT bulb now acts the same way in the LEFT socket. BAD bulb... BAD BULB! SHAME on you... Oh well, I've wanted to try halogen lights anyway. Now I have a good excuse!

Thanks again to all who came to my rescue with good advice! And, mthomas: I just realized you're the one with that great $200 scoot... I still think a "rat-rod-scooter" would be fun! HeHeHe...

Thanks again, this is what the forum is all about!

Sincerely,

Leo in Texas

OK Doc,

Yer ol' buddy Leo needs a simple answer to a basic question... I know, everybody knows how to do this but me... LOL!

How do you replace the headlight bulbs? My scoot is the typical generic 150 with the big bug-eyed bulbs...

Please see pic below:



I can easily reach the back of the headlight fixture with my hands, and, it seems like the socket should simply pull out from the back to change the bulb, like a car tail light bulb. I gently tried twisting, pushing and pulling, but the socket didn't budge. I won't pull or twist any harder until i find out if the socket actually DOES come out this way. I'm only CRAZY, not STUPID... LOL!

I can't imagine having to remove the entire headlight unit from the plastic nose, just to change bulbs, and if the whole unit WAS removed, STILL how would the bulbs come out? BUT... enquiring minds want to know!

My reason for asking is that my right headlight comes on, then goes out, then back on... Wiring is all OK, so I'm thinking its a wonky filiment, or, bad socket. I'll upgrade to halogen lights while I'm at it... IF I can figger out how the little boogers come out! Cheesh, I just got the motor figured out, and now a $5 bulb is "dissing" me!

Thanks in advance!

Leo in Texas

Mthomas,

$200? Whew! And I thought I got a bargain on one like it for $750! Have a karma hit for that deal!!! NICE SCOOT at any price...

Way to go...

Leo in Texas

Oh oh,

Looks like a red Vespa only better! That's one great-looking scoot!

There is just something very appealing about a scooter that looks like a real scooter. Hope the little red rocket is all you hope for! Have an old-school Karma on me!

Ride safe,

Leo in Texas

Bashan,

Nothing shabby about your ride! And if you want to upgrade it some, that should be fairly easy. These alumininum floorboards are OK, but fairly flimsy. You could make your own from diamond-plate with a sabre saw and REALLY have something!

You're too kind! The camera was just working REALLY well that day! 108 and BRIGHT sunshine! The little wheezer is pretty much "general Chinese issue", with maybe a little perfume added... but a hoot to ride anyway! I ordered it from ATVDiscounters back when they had REAL deals, and were still in business... It was ordered as a bottom-end, no-frills, partially disassembled $650 free-delivery special on eBay with no tach, no trunk, no aluminum floor, and no rear disk included.

Imagine my shock when the delivery truck dropped in in my driveway and I found it completely assembled, had the deluxe dash with tach, back-lit analog gauges, aluminum floor, nice trunk and rear dual-piston disk brake (even a cel-phone alert light, which is REALLY weird, not to mention useless...).

I even called them to be sure I didn't get somebody else's deluxe version. They said I specified a black one, (it's even metalflake black!) and all the black ones were deluxe. No problem. I thanked them profusely! Sometimes you're the dog, sometimes the fire-plug... It was a dog day!

On the down side, it did most everything these things do wrong, and required a lot of tinkering. The funniest one is the rear wheel... It turns concentric, that is it's true vertically with no wobble, BUT the hub is abuout a full 1/8" inch off-center! Yes, the wheel actuallygoes up and down nearly a quarter inch around the axle. BUT... the tire circumference runs true! There's not a hint of shake or shimmy at any speed. Even the rear disk follows the off-center pattern of the wheel, with no pulsating of any kind. It's smooth as silk.

How they can cast a wheel with the center off-center is beyond me. Somebody over there must go through the cheap, out-of-round tires, and match them to the off-center mag wheels, to compensate for the defects in both the wheels and tires, tall part of tire on the short part of the wheel! Yeah, I can picture that in China... Of course, when the rear tire needs replacement, the wheel will have to be replaced too! A round tire would buck like a bronco... Oh well... The outside of the tire tuns true now, so no complaints!

What a way to run a railroad... That's the kind of thing that makes these a challenge, but, they are SO cheap! And that's GOOD, because I can't afford anything more expensive!

Keep safe there in "Bama"!

Leo in Texas