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Hello All,

Due to my ankle issues and our horrible weather I have finally been able to ride my scooter this weekend. I put the battery back in, it was on trickle charge all winter, and the scooter started right up. I went for a ride to a store that is about 6 miles away and she was running awesome however on the way back she died all of a sudden. I coasted over to the side of the road and tried to restart her with no luck. My battery was strong and all of my lights worked and the engine was turning over but just not starting. I sat on a boulder on the side of the road and waited about 10 minutes. I tried again and this time she started right away and again ran awesome the rest of the way home. The next day (Sunday), I rode her to the gym and back with no problems at all....she ran perfect. So...my question is what is the problem? Was it possibly a clogged fuel filter that somehow unclogged itself? I left the gas tank completely filled all winter with Stabil. Or perhaps the spark plug needs to be replaced? It is an iridium one and about 2 years old. Sorry for the long story but I wanted to make sure I gave all of the details. By the way, my scooter is a 2011 Kymco Super 8 (150cc)

Any help, thoughts or suggestions would be appreciated


--Jim

Hello Everyone!

I has been quite some time since I last posted and perhaps some you even remember me. I have been battling a very bad injury to my left ankle so everything else kind of got put to the side. I slipped on the ice and snapped my left ankle in half. I had surgery to put everything back together using a big titanium plate and 9 screws. I was recovery pretty well until I started to get a horrible pain in my ankle and after much probing it was discovered that the titanium plate was pinching and rubbing against a nerve. I therefore have to go under the knife next month to remove all of the hardware. The doctors says my bone is now fully healed and the hardware is no longer needed. After this surgery they expect me to finally be pain free and back to riding my scooter once this horrible weather goes away....so please keep your fingers crossed.


Anyway...I hope everyone is well and I hope to start being a more active member of this forum once again. Please feel free to update me on what I missed in my absence.


--Jim

Alleyoop,

Right now with what I believe are 14g sliders, I go up the hills with ease and on a flat straightaway I once got it up to 67 mph according to the state trooper that pulled me over. I only did that once but I can regularly get it to 55 - 60 mph with ease. With that said, perhaps I should just get a new set of 14g sliders? As my current set is over 2 years old and have about 4,600 miles on them.

---Jim

scootermadness,

if you are encouraging people to ask questions, you might want to provide a phone number....just a thought


--Jim

Hello All,

It has been awhile since I have posted anything here as I have been recovering from a severely broken ankle, Anyway, the weather here is finally nice enough to take the scooter out of storage. I put the battery back in my scooter yesterday and she started right up and ran awesome. I checked her all over and noticed that the brake lights were not working. After checking things all over I discovered that over the winter a family of mice built a nest inside the back part of my scooter and they bit one of the wires in half. It doesn't appear to be a big problem fixing it but I ran out of daylight so it will have to wait until today or the weekend to get fixed. I did some research online and saw several suggestions of using peppermint oil to keep mice out of your scooter. Its sounds like it might work but I was wondering if any of my fellow peeps have any experience with this?

--Jim

That is an awesome feature. I would love to have that on my Kymco. I am surprised that more manufacturers haven't thought of it.

--Jim

SylvreKat,

I am feeling great, thanks for asking. I went back to orthopedic surgeon last Wednesday and he said he was real happy with my progress and he put me in a air boot. So I am now walking without the use of crutches. There is some pain but not too much. I can move my ankle up and down but side to side still hurts too much. I am sure more movement will come with time. I just happy to get rid of the crutches.

--Jim