Post by jrnyman on Aug 16, 2013 4:42:37 GMT -5
Greetings from Arizona!
I recently re-entered the world of scooting via the purchase of a nearly-new 2012 Jonway 150. By nearly new I mean, I bought it from a guy who had purchased it new from a reputable, local dealer back in April for his wife to use as "training wheels" before he bought her a full sized Harley to match his. She put just over 400 miles on it before they felt she was ready to make the leap. Prior to selling it, he took it to the dealer and had the recommended maintenance done (oil change, gear oil changed, etc.) and had them inspect it thoroughly and provide paperwork as evidence. This is the kind of person you want to buy a used anything from!
Our original intentions were to buy it for our youngest daughter instead of a car due to a couple of blemishes on her driving record which have put the cost of insuring he in a car juuuuuuuuuust slightly out of reach for the time being.
;D Unfortunately, she didn't take to scooting as easily and comfortably as we had hoped and we both agreed after a week or so her confidence level wasn't where it needed to be to make her a safe rider so we went with plan B. It's a good thing she has a good job and plans on keeping it for the long haul 'cause she's paying for her insurance and half of her car payment each month.
As I mentioned above, I re-entered the scooting world. Back in '
, I bought a pair of Honda Elite 150's for my wife and I and we loved them! Arizona provides for a nearly unlimited number of days to ride a bike and we took advantage of almost all of them. Rode 'em on the freeway, rode them to work, for play, pretty much everywhere we went. When we started a family, they got sidelined for the most part and after about a year of rarely riding them we decided to sell them.
When it was decided it wouldn't be ridden by my daughter I thought about just selling it but, after I rode it a few times, I was reminded how much fun these things are as well as the $$ saved on gas and well... here I am joining a forum for these types of scooters.
One thing that was clear the first time I got on my Jonway is these Chinese scoots are most definitely not Honda Elites! Then again, I had done my due diligence and researched the topic and the Chinese-made scooter market as a whole prior to purchasing so I knew what I was getting into and didn't do it with any preconceived notions about the quality, reliability, performance, etc.
They most definitely aren't the kind of vehicle one can expect to fill up with gas and change the oil once in a while and expect everything to be fine. I understand that and with the help and resources available here at this site, I'm confident I'll be able to handle whatever this thing decides to throw at me - fingers crossed!
My name is Steve. I live in a suburb of Phoenix called Chandler (it's the 3rd city in the "tri-cities" known as Tempe-Mesa-Chandler, if that helps.) As of this post, my odometer reads 497 miles and yesterday I verified the top speed via a GPS app on my phone as well as the wife driving next to me in the car at 58 mph - and I'm a big guy at 6' tall and 235 lbs.!
So.... that's my story and by God, I'm stickin' to it!! ;D
Regards!
I recently re-entered the world of scooting via the purchase of a nearly-new 2012 Jonway 150. By nearly new I mean, I bought it from a guy who had purchased it new from a reputable, local dealer back in April for his wife to use as "training wheels" before he bought her a full sized Harley to match his. She put just over 400 miles on it before they felt she was ready to make the leap. Prior to selling it, he took it to the dealer and had the recommended maintenance done (oil change, gear oil changed, etc.) and had them inspect it thoroughly and provide paperwork as evidence. This is the kind of person you want to buy a used anything from!
Our original intentions were to buy it for our youngest daughter instead of a car due to a couple of blemishes on her driving record which have put the cost of insuring he in a car juuuuuuuuuust slightly out of reach for the time being.
;D Unfortunately, she didn't take to scooting as easily and comfortably as we had hoped and we both agreed after a week or so her confidence level wasn't where it needed to be to make her a safe rider so we went with plan B. It's a good thing she has a good job and plans on keeping it for the long haul 'cause she's paying for her insurance and half of her car payment each month. As I mentioned above, I re-entered the scooting world. Back in '
, I bought a pair of Honda Elite 150's for my wife and I and we loved them! Arizona provides for a nearly unlimited number of days to ride a bike and we took advantage of almost all of them. Rode 'em on the freeway, rode them to work, for play, pretty much everywhere we went. When we started a family, they got sidelined for the most part and after about a year of rarely riding them we decided to sell them.When it was decided it wouldn't be ridden by my daughter I thought about just selling it but, after I rode it a few times, I was reminded how much fun these things are as well as the $$ saved on gas and well... here I am joining a forum for these types of scooters.
One thing that was clear the first time I got on my Jonway is these Chinese scoots are most definitely not Honda Elites! Then again, I had done my due diligence and researched the topic and the Chinese-made scooter market as a whole prior to purchasing so I knew what I was getting into and didn't do it with any preconceived notions about the quality, reliability, performance, etc.
They most definitely aren't the kind of vehicle one can expect to fill up with gas and change the oil once in a while and expect everything to be fine. I understand that and with the help and resources available here at this site, I'm confident I'll be able to handle whatever this thing decides to throw at me - fingers crossed!
My name is Steve. I live in a suburb of Phoenix called Chandler (it's the 3rd city in the "tri-cities" known as Tempe-Mesa-Chandler, if that helps.) As of this post, my odometer reads 497 miles and yesterday I verified the top speed via a GPS app on my phone as well as the wife driving next to me in the car at 58 mph - and I'm a big guy at 6' tall and 235 lbs.!
So.... that's my story and by God, I'm stickin' to it!! ;D
Regards!
) Just do a through pdi and regular maintenance and you can avoid 
% of the horror stories associated with the Chinese product. Enjoy the road!
Jet