My Jonway YY250T 244cc @ ~4500 miles  By  keltex78 (Read 22,033 times)

Hiya Keltex. I know a link for the screws you may need (got some to replace lost screws on my scoot.) I'll have to dig it up and post it here.

Hmmm, seems to me if the headlights only come on if the motor is running, then I'm thinkin' stator and AC. (mine does the same)

When I drained my system I found the only way to do it was by loosening the hose clamps, (gotta remove body panels first) and pulling the hoses off at there lowest point to drain.
Hope this helps!

gitsum,
If you buy a Japanese scooter from the dealer, you pay extra for things like warranty coverage and support, the dealer preps and prepares the scooter for you. Plus fixes things that may need repairing if it needs it. the dealer also takes care of doing all the paperwork for title, registration, state inspections too. It is always fun to hang around the store and see them uncrate the motorcycles and scooters too. They have all the same problems with the crates getting damaged in shipping. But they have the benefit of having special truck deliveries made by their brands own trucks though, so damage is usually less of a problem.

When you buy from a online store, you do not get any of these niceties and you have to do it all yourself.

The same thing happens with automobiles too. I remember when I worked at a car dealership a long time ago, all the problems that came with a new car that needed to be taken car of before the car was even put on the lot. Then after the sale was going though all the things that needed to be done to make the car presentable to the new owner too. Plus having to once or twice a week take all the car registration paperwork down to the county courthouse to get the cars titled and registered too. Some of those cars were a mess and needed to be run past the body shop and the repair shop before they even got to the lot for display.

But when you buy online you do everything yourself.

What I don't like is the online stores misrepresenting what they sell, such as selling a Jonway as a Roketa and so on.
Unfortunately this seems to happen a lot nowadays. I guess the online stores can get away with it, as it is pretty difficult to crate it back up and return it after it has been delivered and uncrated. Some states cracked down on the online stores pretty hard a few years ago, but it looks like it hasn't changed them from their shady operating practices.

Regardless of where you buy them, you'll want to get those screws in stainless steel. (Especially if it's going to be for a floorboard. )

The lights only come on with the scooter running.

JR

Again (as I have pointed out) If you don't wish to get your hands dirty and have zero mechanical ability then by all means buy the brand name bike, and luxuriate in not having to lift a finger until the warranty expires. But if you possess a degree of mechanical genius, manual dexterity, and good old American ingenuity, you won't find anything daunting about keeping you Chinese scoot rolling down the road mile after mile. (BTW, I think I had a "permeate" once but Pepto-Bismol cleared it right up )

Taiwanese "budget" models? Less than Chinese scoots? and just where are these mythical dealers located... Oz? Shangri-La? Beachfront property in Arizona? If you really think you're good at turning a wrench, quit being so conservative. (where is the sport in "fixing" something that isn't broke, and doesn't "need"it? ) Go for the gusto! Go Chinese!

Back to the OP topic. The older model 250 clone with the helix clone engine had the radiator mounted behind the gas tank and this caused over heating in real hot areas but it's my understanding that the newer models have put the radiator up in front of the tank? Is this so, I have not seen one of the new models?

JR