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Post by JR on Jul 14, 2016 21:53:21 GMT -6
cloudsifter I have two batteries from them that are now 3 years old and still going strong. My lawn mower this coming year is going to need a new battery and I'm going to use them. I have a large mower/bus hog and generator machine that requires a big amp battery, ordered one from them at 1/3 of the normal price and it's been a winner. One time I had a battery fail at the 6 month mark of it's warranty, called them, gave them the invoice number and got a replacement in 3 days no questions asked and they didn't even want the bad battery back. Unless I have to have a battery quick and can't wait on them I'll never use anyone else. JR
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Post by JR on Jul 13, 2016 16:14:43 GMT -6
My new dog is 7mo old, 90lbs and his name is ralph! Are you sure that's a dog?  JR |
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Post by JR on Jul 12, 2016 19:34:55 GMT -6
Purple Train?
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Post by JR on Jul 12, 2016 13:24:32 GMT -6
Your "train" of thought with this one was outstanding! Remind me to never let you name any new grandkid for me! JR |
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Post by JR on Jul 11, 2016 19:35:36 GMT -6
I've had the urge to open another scooter dealership. Even did some preliminary location scouting. So far, I've found that if I lie down for a couple of minutes, the feeling goes away. Repeat after me, the urge will get stronger and become a reality when drinking large volumes of alcohol to keep the wise part of my brain in my lower extremities!  JR |
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Post by JR on Jul 11, 2016 19:28:43 GMT -6
Sounds good but I would want to here it turn over and see if it would fire with fresh gas and a battery. It looks clean but that doesn't mean anything? I'm sure the tires are dry rotted and who knows about the other rubber parts like hoses and such? I'm thinking $1500 if it fires up? |
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Post by JR on Jul 11, 2016 5:35:55 GMT -6
Quitely yesterday at around 11:30a.m. tommyking469 became ScooterDoc's 9000th member. A proud moment and Rich would have been proud too.
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Post by JR on Jul 6, 2016 13:03:11 GMT -6
Two things I can tell you after four years of ownership. 1) Sorry, but CF Moto quality in 2009 was no better than crate scooters of the same era. I have both and my crate scooter has held up better in many respects. The strong point for CF Moto was a dealer network who could fix the parts that broke and probably had them in stock. 2) My CF Moto is so much like my 1970s Japanese bikes it's amusing. I knew that if I beat on my Japanese bikes they would expire and so it is with the Fashion. Judicious use of throttle is not just necessary for long life but total survival. Not to smear his anyone but another Fashion owner here was a throttle twister. I knew when he described how he used his Fashion it wouldn't long survive. Sure enough he blew the head gasket and was on the road to a rebuild. Mine has done long interstate trips and is fine, Thank you. It will dribble oil out of the air filter housing if it's not happy so I know when I've been bad. It tells me, so keeping the revs down is a must. There are at least two companies who not only outshine Fly Scooters with Chinese scooters but will be in the lead when the Chinese catch on. Bintelli and Wolf. I saw both scooters at Superior Scooters in Connecticut. Well made bikes and only sell through dealers and at reasonable prices. From what I've seen Justin at Bintelli is stepping up the game. They are selling scooters made by Jiajue, a company I never even heard of before. What that hints at to me is that Znen wasn't as willing to make changes Justin deemed necessary so he landed a different company for his bikes. The Fury is one kick arse looking machine and if I didn't have a garage full of bikes at the moment one in blue may have followed me home. A new day is coming for "Made in China" and we're all going to look pretty smart for having been here first. I really think that even the crate scooters if one just wants to ride the devil out of them will have the same response as the Moto you referred to? You take my 250B, there have been times I rode it hard but for the most part I've held it in the good 60 to 65mph range and of course like you keep it serviced. I also am aware of what scooter you're talking about but we need to remember this person rode this machine every single day in every kind of weather and yes they rode it hard but IMO this scooter was not what was needed for this ride every day. They racked up a lot of miles quick, add wide open speeds and harsh temps at times and it was a recipe this scooter wasn't designed to take. I'm not sure any scooter at the same specs was designed for that type of riding? I would add Genuine to that list of scooters who can perform well. JR |
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Post by JR on Jul 4, 2016 22:19:35 GMT -6
I would appreciate it tscoot1 if you copy and paste your responses and work on the other two forums as well because information like this is always helpful to others that may see it down the road and have the same issues.. JR |
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Post by JR on Jul 4, 2016 6:36:15 GMT -6
 tscoot1 When you say flasher switch are you talking about the little switch on the left hand switch assembly that is spring loaded and turns off when released? If so this is called by the Chinese as a passing switch that when pressed gives 12Vdc from the battery to make the high beams only get brighter. The idea is to make the vehicle in front of you notice the brighter light so they see you are coming around them. Since you have said you have checked the bulbs and connections we now have got to start looking for voltage along with any possible bad ground issues. Question did this happen when you were riding down the road all of a sudden or did you just start it up and find it that way? Reason I ask is a bad ground or still even a bad connection is the number one reason if it just did this all of a sudden riding down the road. So let's do this I need you to start the scooter and take a volt meter and take a voltage reading on the battery with the scooter idling. Then take a reading with it revved up to say 5k rpm or so. Why do this? This tells me if the stator and R/R are good provided there are no bad connections here. If you tell me I've got good voltage at idle and even better with it revved up then we know that we do indeed have a gremlin other than a bad stator or R/R. If this is the linhai then you should not have a fuse box and the head/tail light circuit along with the instrument panel lights are on the same circuit. Get the battery readings and get back to me and we'll go from there. JR
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by: JR - Jul 3, 2016 6:39:27 GMT -6
Post by JR on Jul 3, 2016 6:39:27 GMT -6
Here's the part that I don't understand? What made me always (no more) get on CFMoto about is being too pricey for the we are not the typical Chinese scooter and they way the just left everyone here as we say high and dry. They do make quality machines and IMO they just need to make them and advertise their quality and looks along with narrowing the profit margin in a way that they can do more of a bulk sales to keep profits up.
I mean they know that a lot of the sell from front porch and online dealers are out there selling Chinese scooters that have very little or no support so that is a great sales pitch, after all until the owners of Fly went bonkers, that idea sold a lot of scooters for them and we all know Fly was only a notch above a lot of common Chinese scooters in fact if a person knows how to do a good PDI and doesn't mind turning a wrench then a online deal can be just as good in a lot of cases?
So think about it? They are already set up, know this country and how to get around so if they just hit the market with a quality machine, good support, parts and sold themselves on those items alone and change their profit strategy they could be a major contender here again and don't forget they make a butt kicking ATV and motorcycle, heck sell them all.
Selling them should be on a basis of a fast dime is better than a slow dollar after all if I sell 20 machines at a dime profit each and you sell one at a dollar profit I've made twice as much money,I have 20 happy customers that will help sell my product and keep dealers busy along with their staff and mechanics compared to your one.
I think with people here knowing that Chinese products are here to stay in just about everything we buy they can leave the "we are the better Chinese scooter" thing behind. But this at this time would be a hard sell here for anyone who knows their back history of leaving here awhile back, trust is hard to earn back sometimes.
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