TaoTao EVO forks feel terrible  By  toddscoot71 (Read 893 times)

I recently purchased a 2012 TaoTao Evo with about 1000 miles on the clock.

Went through the entire bike and fixed any little issues that the previous owner neglected.

Now I'm trying to figure out why the forks feel so bad.  They feel sticky and have no real rebound.  If you sit on the scooter they compress an inch or so which is probably normal but if you push them down they just kind of stay in the position.  The action is very sticky, not smooth at all.

I have taken them completely apart and everything seems to be normal, nothing broken inside.  Refilled with 3 oz of 15 weight fork oil and put a few washers at the top of the springs to make them a little stiffer.

It helped a little but they still feel like crap.  They seem to bottom out way too easy too.

I'm thinking about just getting new legs but I hate to waste the money if the new ones feel the same way.  Anyone have any thoughts?  Do all gy6 forks feel like this?

I considered upgrading to NCY forks but that's almost as much $$$ as I paid for the scooter. lol

Any tips would be greatly appreciated.