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Post by spandi on Oct 23, 2017 8:03:44 GMT -5
Take a vacation from it. I remember being in art school and one of my instructors pointing out how someone who was working on a sculpture just could't get it "right" they simply put it up for a while and came back to it later, and you know what? then it worked. I've been rebuilding my scoot for the past 5-6 years and believe me there were many times I wanted to throw it off a cliff  but I found staying away for a while worked magic. Sometimes it's not up to us to make things happen, sometime fate decides. |
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Post by spandi on Oct 21, 2017 14:10:08 GMT -5
Are you guys kidding me?
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Post by spandi on Oct 17, 2017 19:31:25 GMT -5
Neutrons, because they make heavy water and nuclear fission possible. Nobody can power a submarine with a black hole, even a rotating one. Trust me, if a Black Hole decides to eat your planet you won't NEED a submarine! |
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Post by spandi on Oct 16, 2017 22:13:33 GMT -5
Not much of a contest considering a black hole could EAT a neutron star.  |
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Post by spandi on Oct 11, 2017 21:51:03 GMT -5
I say fix it. I had a 2007 Jonway and as you know they are a clone of the Honda Reflex. I had the same issue with mine when I first bought it in Feb 2017. I had did everything you mentioned and mine would turn over but not start. Frustrated, I put the spare carburetor on and it started. I later found out that the starter enrichment valve on the carburetor was the culprit. I had either replaced or checked out every electrical component except the SE valve and it was the bad part. hmm, I think you might have hit the nail on the head. |
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Post by spandi on Oct 10, 2017 10:15:36 GMT -5
This is rather elementary, but is the battery holding a charge and is the kill switch functioning as it should? (the initial problem might have been carb related, but after sitting so long who knows?)  |
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Post by spandi on Oct 9, 2017 13:37:11 GMT -5
HOBBS! Who needs "A bat, a knife, a .45 to stay alive" When you have a pet tiger to protect you from the monsters hiding in the closet and under the bed? |
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Post by spandi on Oct 8, 2017 23:08:31 GMT -5
I like my 100 miles a gallon, but the gas savings are pretty much wiped out by the constantly breaking parts on the scoot, but I like tinkering with things, just fixed my muffler , installed my new jets, and the ignition fried on starting. so Now I'm waiting on a new coil, and a hard to find CDI box from a china parts supplier, in England, I have some oddball cdi where none of the standard cheap CDI boxes will work on it,if I wasn't a machinist and mechanic, I would have kicked this thing to the curb and bought a different one already, but that would go against anything can be fixed , I cut up the remains of the clogged muffler and it's brackets and welded on a genuine Cherry Bomb lol
Way to go! Have a bone on The Old Chopper Guy...The venerable "Cherry Bomb" muffler is legendary... Back in MY day (like, 50 years ago) I had a pair on my first car, a 1950 Chevy with a '53 Corvette SIX motor... Yes, in 1953/54 Corvettes had the "Blue Flame" 6-cylinder engine. Dual carbs, dual exhaust header and such. Mighty British for an American Chevy... LOL! I think you are right about anything CAN be fixed... It's just how long you want to keep fixing it... LOL! I must admit I kept fixing my first Chinese scoot (a 2007 Xingyue 150) for FOUR YEARS before it finally became reliable. Nowadays, I ride my little Kymco (same year) Grandvista (Grand Dink in Europe) and haven't had to fix ANYTHING in three years... SWEEEEET! Considering the usual weather, you have to be pretty dedicated to ride 2-wheels in England. Lots and lots of rain... Then more rain. I spent an enjoyable week in London back in 1969. Loved the people and culture, and the entire week it was warm and sunny. Blokes I made friends with said if I could bring that weather, PLEASE come back often... 
Ride safe and keep wrenching! Your scoot will finally be reliable...This might serve you better. www.buggypartsnw.com/index.php/250cc-high-performance-cdi.htmlLeo in Texas |
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Post by spandi on Oct 8, 2017 23:05:37 GMT -5
I like my 100 miles a gallon, but the gas savings are pretty much wiped out by the constantly breaking parts on the scoot, but I like tinkering with things, just fixed my muffler , installed my new jets, and the ignition fried on starting. so Now I'm waiting on a new coil, and a hard to find CDI box from a china parts supplier, in England, I have some oddball cdi where none of the standard cheap CDI boxes will work on it,if I wasn't a machinist and mechanic, I would have kicked this thing to the curb and bought a different one already, but that would go against anything can be fixed , I cut up the remains of the clogged muffler and it's brackets and welded on a genuine Cherry Bomb lol
Way to go! Have a bone on The Old Chopper Guy...The venerable "Cherry Bomb" muffler is legendary... Back in MY day (like, 50 years ago) I had a pair on my first car, a 1950 Chevy with a '53 Corvette SIX motor... Yes, in 1953/54 Corvettes had the "Blue Flame" 6-cylinder engine. Dual carbs, dual exhaust header and such. Mighty British for an American Chevy... LOL! I think you are right about anything CAN be fixed... It's just how long you want to keep fixing it... LOL! I must admit I kept fixing my first Chinese scoot (a 2007 Xingyue 150) for FOUR YEARS before it finally became reliable. Nowadays, I ride my little Kymco (same year) Grandvista (Grand Dink in Europe) and haven't had to fix ANYTHING in three years... SWEEEEET! Considering the usual weather, you have to be pretty dedicated to ride 2-wheels in England. Lots and lots of rain... Then more rain. I spent an enjoyable week in London back in 1969. Loved the people and culture, and the entire week it was warm and sunny. Blokes I made friends with said if I could bring that weather, PLEASE come back often...
Ride safe and keep wrenching! Your scoot will finally be reliable...
Leo in Texas
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Post by spandi on Oct 8, 2017 17:43:37 GMT -5
Well Leo, I remember watching "Scootermania" on youtube and a British commentator said that buying a Vespa (and by extention ALL scooters) was more like buying a two wheeled car than a motorcycle. Too bad your not in range, we could have coffee and really talk bikes.
What he left out is the type, in general, who buy scooters. They're people who only see them as transportation. As a result many don't understand the motorcyclist and think the difference between them is personal. It isn't. Bikers buy bikes for the sensations they get riding. Scooter owners don't see that a covered engine, heavily muffled, automatic transmission and a built in trunk is about as "Car" as it gets in many ways. car like? lol I could see i you put one of those canopy windshields over it, but even then nothing like a car By "car like" I meant the reason they purchased them. For transportation, gas savings or shopping. Utilitarian purposes have nothing to do with "bike culture" or performance as such.  |
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Post by spandi on Oct 6, 2017 17:45:06 GMT -5
That's what makes the folks here a bit different. We DO work on our scooters in addition to using them for "car like" stuff. (A grocery getter for example)  |
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Post by spandi on Oct 6, 2017 12:15:53 GMT -5
Considering my age, health and budget, I'm completely sold on scooters... But, I do wonder how many others feel the same.
Back in the day, when I'd haul my Harley over into a gas-station, beer-joint, coffee-shop, etc. along side other big bikes, friendly conversation would almost always start up... "Hey, nice paint"... ""What kinda cam ya' runnin'"... "Whatcha think of Limey bikes"... and so on. Often, I'd join up with some White-line brothers and sisters for a ride. THAT was a truly enjoyable part of the 2-wheel (or 3-wheel) experience. There are a lot fewer scooters around than big bikes, but when we meet up, there is SO little comradery. I often am filling up "Minnie Mouse" and another scooter will pull up just feet away, filling up from the other side of the same pump. Unless I smile, and initiate a conversation, the rider will just fill up and ride off... If I park next to some scoots, and riders are present, there is no interest in each other's rides, or having any conversation. When I do have the opportunity to talk with other riders, It's between thumbs on smart-phones... "Hey friend, how'd ya' like that Yamaha?" "Ah, it's transportation..." "Why do YOU ride a scooter, friend?" "Ah.. cheap transportation and I think green..."I do wonder what reaction I'd get if I broke their balloon by telling them scooter emissions are WORSE than a car... LOL!  I really ENJOY riding my scooter. I enjoy it as much as if it was a big bike. Sure, it's cheap transportation, but so is my car. Only at the organized fun-ride last August did I find others who ride SCOOTERS because the enjoy riding scooters... BIKERS usually ride for the experience of the ride. Everyday SCOOTER riders around here seem mostly to ride simply to get from point A to point B as cheaply as possible.Amazingly, even now, if I run into a posse of chopper-jockeys I usually fit right in. They have to give the mouse a close-up inspection, fin out WHY I'm NOT on a Hog, and usually invite me to ride along with them. I do wish the scooter crowd would have more interest in their scooters, but it seems they are usually viewed simply as transportation. When I find a scooterista who is enthusiastic about his/her scoot, he/she is usually an old-timer who has down-sized from big bikes due to age, like me. The younger riders are riding "just because the scoot is there" with little interest in what it is.
I believe the scooter crowd and the big-bike crowd are always destined to view their riding experience and their rides very differently... I do miss the biker-comradery of days gone bye.Ride safe, Leo in Texas Well Leo, I remember watching "Scootermania" on youtube and a British commentator said that buying a Vespa (and by extention ALL scooters) was more like buying a two wheeled car than a motorcycle. Too bad you're not in range, we could have coffee and really talk bikes.  |
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Post by spandi on Oct 6, 2017 12:06:47 GMT -5
Tech can be a pain, can't it? Hopefully now there won't be any issues with the new set. (I had grief for awhile myself when the logic board went out.)    Spandi, Ya know the thing I hate MOST about computers? They keep doing what you TELL them to, instead of what you WANT them to...  Or even worse Leo, what They want! |
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Post by spandi on Oct 4, 2017 20:04:05 GMT -5
Hello and welcome to our forum. It's hard to tell without actually being there, but my guess (having gone through the live battery/ no start issue) is to check for an electrical grounding problem. When I replaced my starter the same thing happened, and it was one little wire not bolted to the metal frame that kept it from turning over. |
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Post by spandi on Oct 2, 2017 17:02:40 GMT -5
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