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Post by rockinez on Mar 8, 2014 18:01:03 GMT -5
Oh heck then, my 1975 Norton 850 Commando might have been a bad product. The Norton requires as much service as my China Scoot, but it is much more expensive. The Norton was leaking oil on the show room floor when I bought it in 1975. That was expected of a Norton in 1975. You bought a Norton for handling and power in those days. We didn't care if we needed kitty litter in a box under the bike. That was then.
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Post by retrobrian on Mar 10, 2014 19:51:23 GMT -5
2013 BMS Chelsea 150.Owned it since january. only get to ride it 1 or 2 days a week. 275 miles
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Post by jerseyboy on Mar 11, 2014 12:24:31 GMT -5
Good to see my thread still alive,,
Just warmed up here enough to start ripping around again...glad to be back to the greatest scooter forum on the planet!
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Post by skootn4fun on Mar 15, 2014 11:32:22 GMT -5
I ride about 4x per week short errands and a joy ride or two. 2012 Tao Tao CY-50a. 4103km = 2549 miles so far.
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Post by carpespasm on Mar 15, 2014 12:00:48 GMT -5
Just got my hands on a 50cc scoot that I'm planning to frankenscoot out and first order of business is a 60cc piston/cylinder since the stock set has 18000km on it and is just baaaaarely able to keep itself running at idle for what I assume is lack of compression. Previous owner slapped a new carb, belt, rear tire, and oil in it not long before deciding it was beyond his skill and let me get it for $80 with the title. Unfortunately I'm stuck at work and the BBK came in JUST before I left the house.  |
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Post by jerseyboy on Mar 24, 2014 21:07:10 GMT -5
I hate when big boxes come and Im not at home,,especially if my wife doesn't know I ordered something for myself...always good to get it first,,take it out of the box,,throw out the box and hide the stuff...LOL
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Post by burnrubber on Mar 27, 2014 10:28:28 GMT -5
1,595 miles on my factory 63ccVIP so far. I just use the proper maintenance on it. I have used the same brand of oil in it since it was new, gas also.  |
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Post by tvnacman on Mar 27, 2014 14:00:43 GMT -5
I hate when big boxes come and Im not at home,,especially if my wife doesn't know I ordered something for myself...always good to get it first,,take it out of the box,,throw out the box and hide the stuff...LOL this was too funny ! Where in NJ are you ? 5500 + on my prodigy John |
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Post by geh3333 on Mar 28, 2014 21:55:53 GMT -5
I have a little over 12K on my shanghai listed below . I usually put 4k a summer on the scoot , well actually last yr I put about 6k on it and 3k the previous 2 yrs. i had a little extra cash Latin around about 3 yrs ago and bought a new engine to start to modify. I bought the scoot used and didn't want to put money into an engine in which I didn't know for sure if it was taken care of.
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Post by excuzzzeme on Apr 6, 2014 14:25:44 GMT -5
I got a whole 450 miles in 2 years on my TaoTao 50. One end of town to the other is a whopping 4.5 miles. If I want to go somewhere, I certainly don't take the scoot since they can't be used on the highways here. Limited to secondary roads only.
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600km
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Post by ezgoin28 on Apr 12, 2014 21:36:25 GMT -5
116 km. so that is 72 miles. I have a taotao atm150. I'm assuming the reading on the odometer is in km. Am I correct? I have had mine on the road for less than a week .
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Post by walterwhite on May 2, 2014 12:44:37 GMT -5
2,445 after 1yr and 5 mths
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Post by kevbailey on May 12, 2014 1:09:34 GMT -5
Turned 8000 miles this morning on the way to work. Bought it at 1/10 mile. This is my daily driver and it runs better now then when it was new. Changed Variators a few times. (Had a bad clutch that tore up 2 of the variators). Use full synthetic mobile 1 oil. only run 91 octane 76 brand gasoline. average 75MPG and can roll up to 55+ on flat ground. (gps verified) I rarely ride WOT, and average about 30mph with all the stop signs. My daily commute is 13 miles each way  |
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Post by ng5y on May 12, 2014 21:21:22 GMT -5
2600 KM or around 1650 miles. Used to run it WOT most of the time, but that seems to make the valves go out of adjustment too quickly. So I refrain from that now.
I have the exact same bike, ATM EVO 150. Did not have the issues you have, the weeks on mine are NICE and have only spotted one thing that was put together in a shoddy way. One of the clips that hold the fuel lines was actually caught in some other assembly. No biggie, just loosen that up first and then take the fuel line clip off.
I take that back, The stator came loose inside the housing stranding me on the side of the road, but that was after 2300 KM or doing a lot of WOT. I won't be doing much WOT riding anymore. If you start hearing a lot of vibration on the side of your scoot from the side of the stator. Don't wait for it to fail, go ahead and take it apart and tighten things up. DOH! Wish I had done that.
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Post by avenger619 on May 12, 2014 22:11:10 GMT -5
5,500 on my Moto bravo GTX.
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