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I would have agreed with you, not long ago, but this was my first scooter, a testament to my months of work and study, and a potential source of profit when I was ready to sell it.  It was a part of me, and in a moment it was turned into a mass of wreckage, and pain, and bills.  I'll get over it, but that's not the kind of thing I just walk away from unscathed.  The sweet joy and freedom of riding has been turned into constant flashbacks and the uneasy feeling that every intersection is a death trap, and that every other driver on the road may kill me in a stupid moment of neglect or inattention.


It's not just a bike, it IS the ride, and this ride has taken a detour into enemy territory.  I'll bounce back.  It just won't be overnight.  I have to get another bike, that fits me, to give me back the satisfaction of owning it and the time to ride it until, like my last scooter, it becomes an extension of my body.  See that happy dawg in my avatar, just enjoying life in the wind?  I want him back.  He's on his way back home now, and I know he'll be here again soon.

Does anyone know where I can get a good price on a lock set parts for a 2009 Fashion 250?

I am looking for five locks.

The ignition lock,

the glove box lock,

the gas cap lock,

the helmet lock

and the trunk lock on a matching key.  Found the lock set on www.uscoolsports.com/250cc_scooter_key_set_250cc_scooter_ignition_set_p/key-1100051.htm

Also want cvt cover, a variator, and a belt for it.

Maybe a muffler and a battery too, and a chrome end cap for the grip, and a cap for the plastic coolant fill bottle.

Maybe also a fuel filter and a few other things I haven't thought of yet.


I usually shop on ebay but it would make my life a little easier if someone could lead me to the right parts at a good price. Maybe a parts dealer with experience.

That's another thing.  It's a cfmoto Fashion.  The VIN is inside the trunk and there is no key.  Is there another place on those scooters where the VIN number would be?

Today I bought a used scooter.  It's a 250 version of Scootie.  It's in rough shape though, even worse than Scootie was when I bought him.  It has definitely taken a beating and someone has been tinkering with it too.  Still, I feel like I got back a little of Scootie, with a bigger engine to boot, and that makes me feel a little better than I did yesterday.  Once I tear it down I can see if it's worth fixing up or not.  Either way I do not like the tiny ten inch rear tires on these 250 engines.

Is that your own picture of a Titan?  I had one just like it.  Wonderful scooter.  

I thought about that, myself, but what I found so far are two things.

One, which I wrote about above, is that the system seems to be made to let the enrichment valve know when to turn on, after the engine is warm.

Two, I read that the reason for the plastic cap on top of the enrichment valve is to keep it warm, so that when you start a warm engine the enrichment valve will still be "on", or at least more ready to be on, when you restart.

This suggests that, in addition to regulating the enrichment valve, the other purpose of the heater comp(ensator?) could be to heat the area of the carb where the enrichment circuit is, meaning your enrichment valve would stay warm longer after shutting the engine down, improving warm starts. 

(For anyone who doesn't know it, the enrichment valve shuts OFF the extra fuel when the unit itself is turned ON.)

As long as the engine is cold, it would be a good thing to keep the enrichment valve turned off. These simple setups we have on most scooters appear to be a timed system, unless there is some feedback mechanism I have not found out about yet. The enrichment valve comes on as soon as the scooter does, so the circuit is going to close after X minutes regardless of whether the engine is still cold or not. Not good if you are driving in the dead of winter. Its only compensation would be how long the wax or oil in it stayed warm after the engine was shut off, via that plastic cap on it.

That would make this heater comp an innovation, which would allow an engine to keep running rich until it was actually warm, no matter how long that takes.  It would also help keep the enrichment valve warm, via all of this water heat transferred into the body of the carb while running, after the bike was shut off, changing the enrichment valve, from a mere timed device, to a part of a closed loop "smart" system.

I noticed, on my 150cc, which was air cooled, that I had to let the bike warm up longer in the cold or it would have trouble idling until it warmed up. (It started, idled fast, then slowed down after the allotted time for the enrichment valve to set in, but it died on me at the first stop sign I came to.)  The problem may have been that my enrichment circuit closed too soon, a problem this heater comp would have solved.  For someone in Florida, not a big deal, but if you live somewhere where it's really cold, this heater comp may make a noticeable difference in performance.

I'd bet it helps hot starts and I'd like to test the enrichment valve, to see if the thermo-sensor turns the enrichment valve on and off.