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My scoot has developed a front end wobble that seems to be getting worse but I can't locate the cause of it.
It isn't noticeable while accelerating, but once I reach a cruising speed I can feel a shake in the front end. It's more pronounced the lower the speed meaning I can barely feel it in the handlebars at say 55-60 mph but at 25-35 mph it's very noticeable. And at 10-15 mph if I take my hands off the handlebars it's like someone has grabbed them and started whipping them back and forth from left to right wildly from about -15 deg. to +15 deg off of center axis - does that make sense? Last night I was putting around the neighborhood and as I decelerated when I approached a stop sign I took my hands off the handlebars and it immediately began wobbling back and forth.
I remember when I owned my Elite many years ago, I could ride with no hands and the bike would stay straight as an arrow.
Any suggestions on what I can do to decrease this shaking/wobbling? I'm fairly concerned about it obviously and really don't want the wheel to suddenly come off.

Thanks!

Steve

Here in AZ top speed 10 miles out of the metro area is 80 BUT.... due to Arizona having a little bit of desert area and what not, the unwritten rule that both motorists and the highway patrol seem to use as a rule of thumb is as follows:
In town where the posted speed is 65 (which is everywhere on every freeway...) they will not pull you over if your tags are current, you aren't doing something to bring attention to yourself and you aren't doing an inch over 75 mph - I've personally been told that by more than one DPS officer. It's just their policy.
Where the posted speed is 80 mph, you will not be pulled over for speeding unless you exceed - even by a little bit!
It's kinda like having our own little Autobahn! ;D It's fun doing mph knowing it's pretty much legal. I used to commute between PHX and Yuma twice a week - 186 miles door-to-door. I'd pass cops that were camped out under overpasses with their radar guns a]blazin' and never once did I get pulled over and I was always doing ! And, when you do see an occasional driver pulled over, you immediately think to yourself, "What a dumbass! What's a matter...?? isn't fast enough for you? Just had to do 92 or didn't ya and look where that got ya!" And you don't want THAT ticket! It does all kinds of damage to your driving record, insurance premiums, charges you with wreckless driving and a few other goodies.

Back in the 80's and 's the DPS officers had an option to cite you for (and I swear I'm not making this up...) wasting a precious natural resource rather than ticket you if you were cool about it, treated them with respect and didn't try to B.S your way out of the situation. These were basically an on-the-spot citation which you could mail-in to the court and IIRC the fine was $25.00. Got me 2 of those little gems back in the day! ;D

[replyingto=f4milytime]f4milytime[/replyingto]Hey, howzit Bra?! How awesome it would be to be scootin' in Hawaii!!!! I can't think of a place more tailor-made for scooters than there! Enjoy!!

Aloha and Mahalo!

Steve
Arizona Haole!!

Glad you liked that! ;D

My speedometer is off by leaps and bounds - even at the slower speeds.
Speedometer:25 Actual 19.
Sp:33 Actual: 25.
Sp: 61 Actual: 45
Sp: 78 Actual: 58 (Top speed yesterday using a GPS app as well as driving side by side with my wife in the car.)

Your explanation is spot on correct. The upper speeds are significantly further apart from the actual mph/kmph. And, based on that fact, there's absolutely no way to determine the actual number of miles on the scooter. And, to take it a step further (which is going to most likely upset some people...) the actual MPG's everyone has taken note of is actually incorrect also if the odometer was the sole instrument used to measure distance traveled.

I'm assuming there's no real way to properly calibrate our instruments. Maybe I'm wrong...??

I've read several threads in which some of the suggestions offered included adjusting the valves but it seemed some of those were just guesses based on symptoms similar to those of a bad adjustment - sort of like how a flooded engine and one starving for fuel can act very much the same way...

So, my question is this...
What are the tell-tale symptoms of a scooter in need of a valve adjustment?

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!