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Yup I saw the covering tape, and I went ahead and punctured it. I shined the flashlight in there the best I could and I can't see anything in there. No screw, no bolt, no hex head, nothing. I talked to the owner of the Kymco dealer in Scottsdale, and he said he thinks it must just be a phillips head screw, but if it is, I sure can't see it. It's a really small opening and I don't have a screwdriver that will fit. I don't want to go and buy a long phillips screwdriver if there's no phillips screw in there. I think tomorrow I'm going to take a ride up to Scottsdale and have the dealer poke around in there and see if they can help me. The low beam is just a bit too high, and the high beam is WAY too high. I'd actually like to lower the beam enough that I can ride at night with the high beam on and not blind the guy in front of me, or the oncoming traffic.

The Kymco dealer said the Grandvista or DINK as they call it is pretty rare. He doesn't even carry em. I asked about changing the headlight and he said the entire nose has to come off to get to it. Windshield and all. LOL! I sure hope the bulbs are long lasting. Because that sounds like a full 6 pack of beer job to get done.

I don't know about Chinese scooters, but I know my Sym 125 wont start unless you have your hand on the brake.  My Kymco 250 requires that the side kick stand be up and there must be a hand on the brake or it won't start. 

Well I took it out for a spin. Took some steep corners and then rode up into the driveway at a good clip. NO SCRAPE! Ha! Take that! I call that KUNG FU fixin! LOL! Now I just gotta make sure I don't lose the center stand piece for when I need it.

Folding mirrors for lane splitting? LOL I wouldn't do that on a bet. I've seen people do it, but I think they're crazy or have some kind of death wish. I checked the tires and the rear is the stock tire, so is the front. I went ahead and took the 2 bolts off that hold the back of the center stand off and removed it. Took me all of about 3 minutes. When I want to work on it, I'll spend the whole 3 minutes putting it back on. Problem solved. =)

Yeah the windshield is pretty great. I really like it too. I almost wish it was a little taller, but then maybe it would distort my view for riding. Who knows. If it ain't broke don't fix it. That's what my dad always used to say.

Hey thanks Leo! On my way over to look at the Grand Dink I wasn't sure if I would like it, but I figured just looking couldn't hurt. When I got there to look at it in person I was VERY impressed. It was so clean and sharp looking. That big black trunk on the back, and the eye popping colors really got my attention. It was popping and backfiring because the lady I got it from had let it sit in her garage for a long time without riding it. So the first thing I did when I got it home was to clean out the jets. It runs like a finely tuned Swiss watch now!

The thing I like about it the most is how fast it is and how much power it has. It's very impressive for a scooter. It's faster than some full size motorcycles I've owned. It's pretty darned nimble too. It turns on a dime and it's very responsive and sure footed for such small wheels.

The negative things about it in terms of usability are a seat that in my opinion isn't very comfortable. I don't like the backrest piece. I removed it and rode it around and then discovered that the spot where the backrest was had no padding under it. So that was uncomfortable too. So I put the backrest back on and moved it up as far as I could get it. It's slotted underneath and there was a bit of room for slight adjustment. Tomorrow I'll take it out again and see if that helped.

It also bottoms out on the stand when turning steeply or riding up into a driveway. I'm not sure how I'm going to solve that issue. I was thinking of maybe putting on a slightly larger tire in order to compensate. The stand is tight against the frame and it doesn't look bent or out of place. From what I can tell it's simply a design flaw.

The next thing that caught my attention was the complicated process to change a headlight bulb. It looks like the entire front nose piece will have to come off just to get to the headlight for changing. I'd also like to adjust the headlight down just a bit. I looked it up in the manual and there's a slot just below the headlight that supposedly has an adjustment screw for the headlight. I've looked, poked and prodded and I can't find an adjustment screw or bolt to save my life.

The negatives so far are pretty minor really. It runs very strong and hauls my 215lb rear end everywhere I want to go. I'm thinking it's the best scooter I could have gotten for the money. It only has 3750 miles on it which for a 2006 I thought was pretty good. I'm glad someone else here on the forum has the Grandvista as well!

And yes the folding mirror trick is pretty cool! I thought I wouldn't like the lower down mirrors, but after riding it around, I really think the mirrors work really well with that placement. I was surprised. I still don't know what they were thinking with the folding mirrors. I've never seen anything like that. It's almost like an airplane on an aircraft carrier with fold up wings! LOL

You're right.  I agree that some ominously evil eyebrows would make a big difference.  I think a twisted grin on the beak would have been cool too.  But the old lady who owned it wasn't the bad chicken kinda lady.  LOL  She had the whole bike from front to back professionally painted.  All of the paint has carefully airbrushed feathers all over the bike.  From the side it looks like a red chicken to me.  Any eyebrows I add might make it look cheap and ghetto.  My wife won't let me just paint the whole thing.  She wants the bird theme.  (SIGH)  The best I could get away with was removing the purple front fender with the promise of putting it back when she inherits the bike.  To be honest, I'd like to paint it white just like Leo's Grandvista.  His bike is sharp.