Post by oldmopars on Apr 14, 2013 20:20:53 GMT -5
Well, I purchased this 2008 MC-54-250B(Cyprus) used a week ago used from a nice fellow in my area. He had only ridden it 500 miles. It is in near perfect shape and I gave him $1000 and rode it home. I felt I did good.
I began to ride it and read here about the things I should do. So this weekend I decided to adjust the valves and change the engine and gear oils.
I pulled all the panels off and got to the valves, kind of a pain, but I have done worse. I changed the engine oil and when I went to fire it up, nothing.
Well, first off the Chinese use really crappy fuses and somehow I hit it and the element broke so it would not crank. I had also hit the kill switch and did not know that either. So I spent over an hour frustrated trying to hunt that down. After I found all that I still could not get it to start, it would crank, but not fire. More frustration. I went and got a new NGK plug, still nothing. So off came all the fairings and I was about to recheck the vavles when I decided to check for spark. Nothing. I then went to the CDI and somehow I bent one of the pins and it was outside the plug and doing nothing. Quick fix and the bike fired right up.
So, at the end of two days working on this thing I had replaced engine oil and gear box oil with Royal Purple full synthetic, adjusted the valves, installed a new spark plug and went over every inch of that scooter.
Then on to the fun stuff. I added a 12V power outlet to charge my cell phone and added a home made cell phone holder that hold my phone in the center of the handle bars. That way I could get a Speedometer App and find out how far off the speedo is. As it turns out, at 50 MPH my scooter speedo reads 59 MPH.
All in all I love this Scooter and I want it to run for many years, that is why I splurged for the good stuff.
I plan to get some good sliders, better air filter and anything else I can do to extend its life and MPG.
I look forward to input from you guys.
I began to ride it and read here about the things I should do. So this weekend I decided to adjust the valves and change the engine and gear oils.
I pulled all the panels off and got to the valves, kind of a pain, but I have done worse. I changed the engine oil and when I went to fire it up, nothing.
Well, first off the Chinese use really crappy fuses and somehow I hit it and the element broke so it would not crank. I had also hit the kill switch and did not know that either. So I spent over an hour frustrated trying to hunt that down. After I found all that I still could not get it to start, it would crank, but not fire. More frustration. I went and got a new NGK plug, still nothing. So off came all the fairings and I was about to recheck the vavles when I decided to check for spark. Nothing. I then went to the CDI and somehow I bent one of the pins and it was outside the plug and doing nothing. Quick fix and the bike fired right up.
So, at the end of two days working on this thing I had replaced engine oil and gear box oil with Royal Purple full synthetic, adjusted the valves, installed a new spark plug and went over every inch of that scooter.
Then on to the fun stuff. I added a 12V power outlet to charge my cell phone and added a home made cell phone holder that hold my phone in the center of the handle bars. That way I could get a Speedometer App and find out how far off the speedo is. As it turns out, at 50 MPH my scooter speedo reads 59 MPH.
All in all I love this Scooter and I want it to run for many years, that is why I splurged for the good stuff.
I plan to get some good sliders, better air filter and anything else I can do to extend its life and MPG.
I look forward to input from you guys.
