just bought taotao cy-50 t3 questions  By  dornblaser1 (Read 6,578 times)

My cy-50 t3 clocked up to 12000 km until the speedo quit. It still runs fine. Regular maintnance is the key to keeping a china scoot reliable and long lived. I kept mine stock and it will run 35 mph on a calm day. That is fast enough for my needs. There are plentifull performance parts available on line. Check out the sponsor banners above. As a honda tech I would think that you will find the china scoot a simple machine as compared to a honda bike and you shouldnt have to much problem keeping it going or doing some mods. Also there is a great wealth of knowledge contained within this forum as well.

The T3 is a good bike. Love mine. Make sure you toss that owners manual. Use 15w40 and keep the tires around 35 psi. I would ride it awhile before modding so you can gauge the baseline performance and stock reliability. Remove the muffler and repaint with a good header paint. Get rid of that stock fuel filter and check the rear wheel for proper tightness. Put bike on center stand and rest on back tire. Grab the front tire and towards you baCK and forth to make sure the triple tree's nuts are nice and tight. These are things I discovered upon assembly of mine a month ago.

Oh..check the valve lash right away. Mine were tight from the factory.

Drill out the air /fuel cover. Can be done while carb is on scoot but you need to remove the seat to get to it. The setting will be too lean from the factory.

Put in an NGK plug promptly.

I set my valves at . 003" seems to work best for me. Fuel filters and hoses are not great and should be replaced as soon as possible,and toss the torch brand sparkplug. And yes chinese mufflers do rust ! On a quiet humid night one can actually hear them rust. Most paint them with high temp paint.

I traded my roketa for a t3 i couldn't ride it since it had a bent rim, a guy was bringing it from 60 miles away for a big bore kit and wrecked with it in the back of a truck. So i never got to ride it stock but it had a 63cc engine in it 44mm piston, i maxed it and replaced the rim after its fast can reach nearly 60 gps. Only thing i don't like is the slick uncomfortable seat

My T3 runs worse on ...best for mine is non ethenol

Use dino oil for the first two times then use any brand name synthetic . I used to use Shell Rotella 15w40 and switched to Castrol Synblend 10w40 Here is a CVT tuning kit to try various weights enviromoto.ecrater.com/p/14177743/prima-roller-weight-kit-16-x-13 I love how Dr Pulley sliders work better than rollers myself and since they are hard the last longer too

Great advice Hank