Post by oldchopperguy on Mar 16, 2018 23:08:06 GMT -5
Well boyz n' gurlz...
This is my fourth season on old "Minnie Mouse". 2007 Kymco Grandvista 250 with 19K miles on the clock.
Both the missus and myself have been VERY ill this winter, and I haven't been able to ride for some time. The old scoot has sat idle and neglected for over three months now, which normally I would not have let happen. But... things "are what they are" and yesterday I finally felt up to riding to do errands.
I pulled off the tarps, coaxed my feral-cat pals off their winter home on the floorboard, poked around under the plastics with a stick to encourage the snakes to move elsewhere (EEEEWWWW!)... and checked the oil and tires. I actually expected the battery to be flat, but... SURPRISE! I hit the starter and she fired up like she'd been ridden yesterday.
I rode 20 miles and not a pop, hesitation, backfire or miss. She'd run right up to 75 smooth as a fieldmouse backing into a pussy willow!
The whitewalls are yellow, the whole scoot is covered with a funky film of "kitty schmootz" and does NOT smell her best... and she's filthy but she'll clean right up. The important point is that after sitting all winter the old bike is still as reliable as the family car... Heck, I'm not sure the family Honda would start and run perfectly after sitting that long!
I realize to most folks this thread would mean little... Big deal, so your scooter runs. True, BUT to those of us who have rides that would require a day's work to get going after sitting like this, it IS a big deal... LOL!
The ONLY bike I ever had with THIS level of reliability was my 1967 Honda 305cc "Super Hawk". My chopper "Old Blue": super touchy... full-race drama-queen. My BSA 650: ZERO reliability... Numerous Brit 650's": not much better... My 1970 Harley Electra-Glide: Only "so-so"... My Chinese 150: Ah, NOT so hot... until after six years of "experimenting and perfecting". LOL!
This old Kymco is a real pleasure for an old geezer fast getting too old and tired for much wrenching!
So, it's off to the car wash, a little spit n' polish and looking forward to another great riding season, of RIDING, not WRENCHING! My hat's off to our Taiwanese scoot-manufacturing friends!
Ride safe, and check out under the seat for hibernating snakes... Not "crotch-rockets" but certainly nasty potential "crotch-surprises" as the motor warms up! LOL!
Leo (ridin' "vintage smooth" and reliable) in Texas
This is my fourth season on old "Minnie Mouse". 2007 Kymco Grandvista 250 with 19K miles on the clock.
Both the missus and myself have been VERY ill this winter, and I haven't been able to ride for some time. The old scoot has sat idle and neglected for over three months now, which normally I would not have let happen. But... things "are what they are" and yesterday I finally felt up to riding to do errands.
I pulled off the tarps, coaxed my feral-cat pals off their winter home on the floorboard, poked around under the plastics with a stick to encourage the snakes to move elsewhere (EEEEWWWW!)... and checked the oil and tires. I actually expected the battery to be flat, but... SURPRISE! I hit the starter and she fired up like she'd been ridden yesterday.
I rode 20 miles and not a pop, hesitation, backfire or miss. She'd run right up to 75 smooth as a fieldmouse backing into a pussy willow!
The whitewalls are yellow, the whole scoot is covered with a funky film of "kitty schmootz" and does NOT smell her best... and she's filthy but she'll clean right up. The important point is that after sitting all winter the old bike is still as reliable as the family car... Heck, I'm not sure the family Honda would start and run perfectly after sitting that long!
I realize to most folks this thread would mean little... Big deal, so your scooter runs. True, BUT to those of us who have rides that would require a day's work to get going after sitting like this, it IS a big deal... LOL!
The ONLY bike I ever had with THIS level of reliability was my 1967 Honda 305cc "Super Hawk". My chopper "Old Blue": super touchy... full-race drama-queen. My BSA 650: ZERO reliability... Numerous Brit 650's": not much better... My 1970 Harley Electra-Glide: Only "so-so"... My Chinese 150: Ah, NOT so hot... until after six years of "experimenting and perfecting". LOL!
This old Kymco is a real pleasure for an old geezer fast getting too old and tired for much wrenching!
So, it's off to the car wash, a little spit n' polish and looking forward to another great riding season, of RIDING, not WRENCHING! My hat's off to our Taiwanese scoot-manufacturing friends!
Ride safe, and check out under the seat for hibernating snakes... Not "crotch-rockets" but certainly nasty potential "crotch-surprises" as the motor warms up! LOL!
Leo (ridin' "vintage smooth" and reliable) in Texas
Having shipped for customers to other countries that will rip into any package regardless of declared value/items, it gave me a bit of a poor opinion of anywhere outside of Canada or most of Europe. Nice to have my worldview enlarged!
