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Post by gidusko on Mar 15, 2013 9:23:57 GMT -5
I am talking about TaoTao powermax 150cc 4t. 1200$ on top?!? holy smoke, How the heck did you do that? must be washing it down with cheeta blood!
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Post by gidusko on Mar 15, 2013 8:35:05 GMT -5
No offence taken. You were contemplating buying a tao tao powermax 150. I have two of them and figured I would give some input from my experience. My mistake, the second poster put the place where I bought mine. The problems I posted above were only Some of the little "issues" I have had. I have had a stator burn up and leave me sitting. I have had wires on the cdi come loose and prevent spark and leave me sitting (super pain to find cause when I tested both connectors with multi meter it read fine, it was the actual connector that was poop) both of them had the muffler brackets break while riding and required fixing. My first one came with a defective valve cover. I would ride for 5 min and be leaking oil everywhere. I tried many times with new gaskets, gasket makers RTV etc. I gave up and bought a new valve cover on ebay just to try and that was the cure. I now have 10 extra gaskets I bought from aliexpress as I had to buy bulk. Lol. The dang thing is like an airplane and requires MX every time you park it! If you don’t enjoy turning wrenches I wouldn’t recommend one especially if its one of your major forms of transportation. Buy a Taiwanese or Japanese scoot if you want reliability. I have a 75 Cb500 and a 2005 vstar 1100 I take if I don’t want the chance of breaking down to be part of the adventure, And that’s something I honestly enjoy! When Im riding one of these tings I feel like how a turn of the century motorcyclist must have felt, it’s a gas to ride when its running but its almost as much fun getting them to go as it is to ride.
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Post by gidusko on Mar 14, 2013 10:16:55 GMT -5
I say go for it!
I have 2 of those and they have both been great. I bought one at the beginning of last summer and a VERY through PDI is a must!! I had to work out some kinks ie replace fuel lines, plugs, oil. etc the standard pdi stuff as well as some other things. Fuel anti roll over valve was upside down so it would die after a few mins, Panels were damaged in shipping, Missing bolts at delivery as well as some other things. fuel was leaking from carb.
The reason i stuck with it is I’m a tinkerer by nature so i didn’t mind fixing theses issues. the other reason was I bought mind from the place you listed Provenpowersports. The warrenty service from there was superb! I called them (william) and all i had to do was send some photos and the damaged items were sent out under warranty. after I sorted the scoot out i had no problems for a while until the exhaust bracket broke on the muffler. I welded that one myself as i felt bad (kinda dumb, I know) for asking for replacements like a whiner. After all, I knew it was Chinese when i bought it. lol.
The scoot is zippy. I put a speedo on it as i wanted accurate readings and mine does 60-63mph, Gps verified as well. FYI I weigh 135. I get between 65-85mpg depending on how hard I ride it and if my girlfriend is on with me.
I was hit on it by a car in t he fall and it was bent so I needed a new scoot. I bought another one exactly like it from the same vendor I figured at this point I knew all I needed to to make it just the way I like it. I had a few warranty issues break switch stopped working, but a quick call to William and I had replacements in a few days. I kept my old one for parts. My scoot now has a few mods I made and I love it to death! I put a variator and sliders, cup holder, Gps holder, 12v outlet under seat, Aux fuel tank in trunk. My GF ride the heck out of it when its warm. If you are mechanically inclined I say get one!
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