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Downtown 300 / Which sliders/rollers should I get?
« on: June 18, 2018, 06:21:18 PM »
When I first got my 2011 Kymco, I put in some sliders and they have worked great! Fast-forward a year or 2 I ended up needing to replace the variator. However, due to the years, they didn't make the 2011 variator I had anymore so had to get the newer version. However, with the newer version I have read that you don't need to use sliders anymore as it is more aggressive/steep than the original. I have noticed that with the same sliders, I get some weird issues when at top speed, like the CVT keeps going in and out. Not sure how to describe it.

My question is should I replace the sliders with rollers? Also, which would give me most top speed? I use to be more city and loved having the fast acceleration I have currently, but now live further out and need to have more reliability at top speed on the highway. Any suggestions or ideas is appreciated. Thank you!

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Downtown 300 / What is your Mileage?
« on: April 21, 2018, 09:17:47 PM »
I’m curious. We are about to move and we have been debating whether to sell my downtown 300i 2011 and buy something else when we get where we are going or take it with us.

It currently has over 36,000 miles on it. I’ve done good maintenance etc but don’t know how much longer I should expect it to run? How many miles have you guys gotten out of your downtown 300i before it gave out on you?

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Downtown 300 / Seat Stuck Locked
« on: March 10, 2017, 05:48:51 PM »
My seat is stuck in the locked position. Turning the key to unlock it I can only get the back left sight to unlatch but not the right. I use to be able to reach my hand under the front end and pull on the cable by the ignition while having the key turned and it would pop it open, but now that doesn't even work.

I feel like I will have to do some disassembly or something to get the seat open because it is a pain not being able to use that space anymore. What do I need to do to get the latch undone and adjusted so I don't have this issue anymore?

Thanks!

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Downtown 300 / Need Roller recommendations
« on: March 09, 2017, 03:18:39 PM »
So a while back when a belt broke I decided to order some new Dr. Pulley sliders since the old ones I had were getting worn and thought that might have been why I was having belt issues. I ordered the same size/weight that was already on the Scooter when I bought it as it seemed to work just fine.

Fast forward a bit, it turned out my whole variator was worn out so I had to order a new one. Unfortunately I have a 2011 Kymco and they don't make the LEA7 Variator anymore as the next year they had a new model of Variator LGE5? So thinking I was getting the same variator I get it in the mail and try to get everything together, however since the Variator was different my face ramp for the variator that was on the old version didn't fit. So a few more weeks go by and I get the new face ramp for the variator.

Finally get everything together and the scooter sounds better than ever and I was so excited to finally have my scooter running again. However, now it takes off like a bullet bike. WOT has the RPM's pushing 8000. With how high the RPM's around town are I have yet to see how it does highway speeds of 75mph +. I am sure it is because I am using the Sliders (14g I believe) that I ordered based off the old variator but now need to get a different weight with the new variator. Even with a passenger (I weight about 280 and a passenger at 160) it takes off super quick. I would like some ideas on what weight I should replace the sliders with. I like WOT to be 6500 or so, not pushing 8000. For the updated variator should I still use Sliders or are normal rollers going to work just fine? Thanks for any and all help.

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Downtown 300 / Need New Variator?
« on: January 08, 2017, 07:14:01 PM »
I have had my Downtown 300i for about 2 years now, it is a 2011. It is at a little over 30,000 miles on it and other than issues with the CVT, it has always ran pretty great. I use it as my daily commuter and love it.

Recently my scooter has gone through a couple belts, and my rollers and sliders have been trashed.

Today looking inside the variation, on the ramp there is a noticeable cut or groove on all the ramps. Is this what has been causing my issues? Also, is there anywhere I can order a new variator that wouldn't take a very long time to get to me? I see on on eBay but might not get to me for over a month. I am in Texas, USA. Any help is greatly appreciated.

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