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Post by w650 on Sept 5, 2018 16:54:31 GMT -5
Scooters suck! My running light bulb on my Fashion has blown. The directional signal still works but the filament in the front light quit. Here's my beef. The little idiots at Honda created a box for it that secures from the inside. You can't just unscrew the lense, like a bike, to replace the bulb it has to come out from the back. So that means either removing the panel around the instruments to reach it or taking off the entire front cowl.
No wonder bikes outsell scooters ten to one. What aggravation. Changing the bulb in my bikes is a two minute job not an all day task. Maybe I should just take it to a dealer and pay the hundred bucks....for a new bulb.
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Just Venting
by: wheelbender6 - Sept 5, 2018 19:22:20 GMT -5
Post by wheelbender6 on Sept 5, 2018 19:22:20 GMT -5
I must admit that I don't tinker with my scooter near as much as I tinkered with motorcycles. The scooter requires more patience.
My wife doesn't want to shift gears, so we chose scooters.
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Post by cyborg55 on Sept 6, 2018 8:58:04 GMT -5
Yikes
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by: floridagull - Sept 6, 2018 10:48:41 GMT -5
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Post by floridagull on Sept 6, 2018 10:48:41 GMT -5
I must ask - how long has the bulb lasted?
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Post by w650 on Sept 6, 2018 19:45:00 GMT -5
The scooter is a 2009. CF Moto was clearing them out for years after that so how old it is can be questionable. I've had it since 2012 but when the previous owner bought it is unknown. If replacing it was as easy as my bikes I wouldn't make a point of it. Tearing a scooter apart to replace a signal bulb is just ridiculous.
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Post by pistonguy on Sept 7, 2018 7:18:53 GMT -5
I have felt that very pain, give me a Bike or any of My Bikes any day to work on..
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by: oldchopperguy - Sept 7, 2018 10:05:39 GMT -5
Post by oldchopperguy on Sept 7, 2018 10:05:39 GMT -5
Been there, done that, got the T-shirt...
Some CARS can be just as bad... My Mom had a Buick that you had to remove a fender-brace, the battery, then partially remove a fender to access the headlight-bulb from the rear... I haven't checked, but my Honda may be similar...
At least, once the bulb IS replaced, it usually lasts a long time...
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by: wheelbender6 - Sept 7, 2018 13:36:08 GMT -5
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Post by wheelbender6 on Sept 7, 2018 13:36:08 GMT -5
No kidding. In the 1970s Camaros, you needed to remove a fender to change the heater core.
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by: floridagull - Sept 7, 2018 14:19:04 GMT -5
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Post by floridagull on Sept 7, 2018 14:19:04 GMT -5
That's just not right...
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Post by SylvreKat on Sept 8, 2018 14:26:33 GMT -5
My mech had to take apart most of Peej's tail-end to replace the brake light. Plus I read several places to be VERY CAREFUL at one point 'cause that area broke easily. Which was why (besides no tools) it was totally worth their price. If they'd broken said part they'd have to replace it.
My Focus had a random amber light in the headlight assemblage go out. Wasn't the signal, not sure what it's for. Except excessive mech aggravation. #One started--couldn't get in there. #Two joined him, and they removed the entire thing. #Three joined while they still couldn't get to the nmad bulb, and got the longest needle nose pliers I've ever seen. Meanwhile boss offered suggestions while talking with me and "supervised" his minions. Always good to be the one whose name is on the business.
On the flip side--the old Taury-wagon, Ford stuck the speed sensor very convenient to get to. It was right next to the muffler. Never mind it was encased in asbestos, the heat would bake the coating which would harden then flake off with every little road bump until the sensor itself baked and fried and needed replacing...AGAIN! I saw the underside of that car, there was a WHOLE lot of real estate where they could've put a ton of speed sensors. Oh no, instead they stuck it right next to the heat producer. Planned future repair. Plus the added bonus of knowing I left a little trail of death everywhere I drove, once the asbestos starting dropping.
So--how many mechanics DOES it take to change a Ford bulb? Four--one to supervise, three to get mad.
>'Kat
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Post by SylvreKat on Sept 8, 2018 14:29:00 GMT -5
Btb, Boss said there was a line of Pontiacs that you had to remove the entire front--bumper, grill, radiator, several other things I don't know--in order to get to the headlight and replace a bulb. Also btb, they didn't charge me. Said they'll write it off as training, and to please not get any more bulbs replaced.  >'Kat |
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Post by SylvreKat on Sept 8, 2018 14:32:22 GMT -5
And then again, my old old Tempo had something wrong with the right brake light. It kept burning out bulbs, every few months. My mech at that time showed me how to pull the carpet-liner out, pull out the cardboard (yes, literally cardboard--Ford really ponied up the big bucks for that part!), which then gave me access to the hole where I could pull the wire and get the bulb out and replace it. I always kept a package of spares back there.
So sometimes the engineers really do it all right, and they make it easy to get to something without planned future repairs involved.
>'Kat
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Post by Jarlaxle on Sept 8, 2018 19:25:14 GMT -5
I had an Escort where step one in doing the timing belt was, "Remove engine."
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Post by w650 on Sept 8, 2018 20:05:45 GMT -5
Okay, grumble, grumble. I went on the Helix forum to ask how to change the bulb.....grumble, grumble. "Take off the screws on either side of the access panel and the screw next to the ignition switch". Crap, they're right. It's three screws, the dash panel lifts off and the bulbs are exposed. I didn't do it yet but that looks right. It should be a five minute job. Grumble, grumble.
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Post by SylvreKat on Sept 8, 2018 20:41:09 GMT -5
w650, I'm giving you a new nickname--Grumblybear.  >'Kat, just glad I don't have to deal with any of that silliness but also wishing I didn't have to pay for it either |
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