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Post by nate7504 on Jun 6, 2013 10:41:12 GMT -5
I have just over 1900 miles on my 150,most of which was put on it the winter months! I change oil every 500mi at most,I think the oil would be good for a few thousand miles if these gy6 motors had an oil filter.I change it so soon to eliminate as much debris as possible, every time I drain it the oil looks new,so I'm sure it still has all its lubricating properties.
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Post by trailheadmike on Jun 6, 2013 15:27:47 GMT -5
My Vog 260 just turned over 8,500 miles. I had some growing pains but the good people at scootdawg and its extensive bank of archived knowledge got me through it all. Best hobby I've ever had.
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Post by prodigit on Jun 6, 2013 16:32:32 GMT -5
I have just over 1900 miles on my 150,most of which was put on it the winter months! I change oil every 500mi at most,I think the oil would be good for a few thousand miles if these gy6 motors had an oil filter.I change it so soon to eliminate as much debris as possible, every time I drain it the oil looks new,so I'm sure it still has all its lubricating properties. Most oil keeps the lubricating abilities well beyond 3k miles. Like you say, it's because of the particles in the oil, chinese scoots have a lot of particles. I change it every 1000km, or every ~620 mi. The oil still looks good, but it has things in them. I tried once to change it at 1000mi but the oil was way too dirty, black and all.... |
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Post by domindart on Jun 6, 2013 17:03:07 GMT -5
I change every 1000 miles... I think thats a fair time. It looks good upon oil change and 1000 miles comes quick with me. But, now that I have my license suspended I may change that, not sure. I think 1000 is fair, anyone else doing it the same??
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Post by prodigit on Jun 6, 2013 17:34:25 GMT -5
I guess for a 150 and 250 the mileage is different.
I used to change my BMS260's oil also every 1000 miles. It was still good.
I think larger displacement engines have less tolerance issues, and are more efficient.
I think for 50cc engines 1000 miles will have you black oil (tried it before).
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Post by jerseyboy on Jun 8, 2013 18:48:21 GMT -5
Thank you guys and girls for all the wonderful replies so far!,,I have 190 Km on my Taotao 150 so far and other than a couple nuts and bolts coming loose it runs like a champ,,changed oil to rotella,gear to super tech  synthetic,upgraded vac and fuel lines filter,have a gates belt,keihin 24mm carb,progress AC cdi,UNI POD,P&P exhaust,and jet kit all coming soon,,other than getting it to breath a little easier I may just try the sliders and Koso variator and thats where I draw the line. Scoot on guys and girls!!! Tommy |
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Post by Z0M8I3 on Jun 8, 2013 19:11:31 GMT -5
122 km on mine and hopefully thousands to come ;D
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Post by skyrider on Jun 8, 2013 19:45:36 GMT -5
I replaced the before mentioned JonwayYY250T with a '07 Honda Reflex that had 15,200 on the odometer. I've put nearly 2000 on it in the last two months or so. In about a week I'm leaving on a 5000 mile cross country trip on it. (Sorry, that is a Honda, not Chinese as asked at the beginning of the thread.)
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Post by ramblinman on Jun 8, 2013 20:57:29 GMT -5
my atm-50 has 8,400 km on the odometer. the previous owners didn't take good care of this scoot so who knows how many miles/km i can realistically get out of this machine. i hope to just put enough into it to keep it running until november and then buy new.
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Post by indymoped on Jun 8, 2013 21:07:32 GMT -5
49cc Yellow Peace Motorsports 4600 miles
50cc/150cc Swap 365 Hrs
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Post by jerseyboy on Jun 8, 2013 22:12:25 GMT -5
I change every 1000 miles... I think thats a fair time. It looks good upon oil change and 1000 miles comes quick with me. But, now that I have my license suspended I may change that, not sure. I think 1000 is fair, anyone else doing it the same?? I've been working on small motors my whole life over 35 years,,as fast as these little GY6 motor spin,and as hot and hard as they work,,I would change it every 1000 Km like mentioned above,,its only 1 quart,,very cheap insurance,,if using synthetic maybe a little longer but not much cause we have no filtering in these engines and carbon is carbon to me.If the oil is dark brown,,its over due in my book. Scoot on my fellow scootarians  |
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Post by domindart on Jun 9, 2013 2:39:00 GMT -5
I prefer to be called a" scooterist"thank you very much |
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Post by prodigit on Jun 9, 2013 2:57:51 GMT -5
Or scootard?  |
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Post by wutzthedeal on Jun 9, 2013 4:09:21 GMT -5
Around 4,500 here. Plan on getting 50k or so |
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Post by jerseyboy on Jun 9, 2013 7:44:47 GMT -5
Or scootard? Yeah I've been one of those already also... scratching my head looking at my scoot,thinking why wont it start,when one of the vac lines was kinked from china. |
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synthetic,upgraded vac and fuel lines filter,have a gates belt,keihin 24mm carb,progress AC cdi,UNI POD,P&P exhaust,and jet kit all coming soon,,other than getting it to breath a little easier I may just try the sliders and Koso variator and thats where I draw the line.
