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LIKE 200i / Re: Check Engine Light / CELP
« on: February 12, 2018, 02:46:45 PM »
Quote from: kymchi916 on January 29, 2018, 05:50:36 AM
My 2012 Like 200i is throwing a code. It's one long flash, followed by one short flash.

 Does anybody know what that code is for?
Is that a code 11?

Does anyone have a list of all the codes with the corresponding flashes?

Any input will be appreciated. Thanks.

Original Battery? I think I got that same code 11 last year, took a while do decipher as the instructions in the manual are a little confusing, but turned out to be the battery was a little low on cranking amps, even after fully charging it the code keep popping up. New battery and after a few starts the code went away.

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LIKE 200i / Re: Like 200i High Mileage
« on: February 07, 2018, 07:01:06 PM »
Quote from: TroutBum on January 27, 2018, 12:58:35 AM
Dolemite, curious what caused the top end to be replaced after 18K? When I had mine I put over 14K on it and thought it would go forever.

Sorry for the late reply.

Somewhere around 7-9k miles it developed an oil leak, it was almost impossible to find with the plastic shroud on the engine. After a few years of my dad owning the scooter and topping it off regularly, I regained custody and pulled the engine. Turned out to be the head gasket. So new head gasket/base gasket and rings went in.

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LIKE 200i / Re: Like 200i High Mileage
« on: January 22, 2018, 10:13:19 PM »
18k on mine. Had to do a top end rebuild and replace the variator, clutch & bell around 15k. Getting ready to sell it to some friends who are looking into getting into scooting.

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LIKE 200i / Re: Strange noises for a newbie
« on: January 22, 2018, 10:10:00 PM »
I squeak when going over bumps? Hard to find? Seems to start/stop with brakes applies? Mine has the same issue, for me it's the rubber bushings/springs on the center stand. I lube them with some lithium grease every once in a while. Not sure why the brakes seem to stop it when sitting still, I think they cancel out some engine vibration which quiets it when sitting still. With your scoot on the side stand barely push the center stand down and see if there's any noise.

Best of luck if it's something else.

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LIKE 200i / Re: 1st Greasy Power Pure ride
« on: May 25, 2017, 05:28:05 PM »
I've been running Power Pure's on the Like front and rear since around 7k miles. Original rear caught a nasty screw. Had to replace the rear around 14k due to wear. I like the tires a lot, very grippy, but they do not last as long as advertised. I've had a power pure on the rear of my burgman for about 5k miles and it's still ok, but there is noticeable wear. I think I might go back to the boppers on the burgman once this one wears out and look into some s1's for the Like when due.

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Technical | How To / Re: Long time no post - fresh off a top end rebuild
« on: May 25, 2017, 05:22:07 PM »
Quote from: MJR on May 18, 2017, 04:55:17 PM
I bought some 26 gram ones for my Aprilia Atlantic 500 which has 28.5 gram stock.
That's heavy, i'm guessing it takes 6 rollers? Burgman takes 8.

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Technical | How To / Re: Long time no post - fresh off a top end rebuild
« on: May 18, 2017, 01:25:39 PM »
Quote from: MJR on May 17, 2017, 11:16:49 PM
What weight rollers are stock and what weight sliders did you go with?

For the Burgman? Can't remember off the top of my head but on both my Like and the Burgman I stuck pretty close to the stock weights.
I think i've got 20grams in the Burg and 14grams in the Like. I think stock for both is 19 for the Burg and 13 13.5 for the Like?

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Technical | How To / Re: Long time no post - fresh off a top end rebuild
« on: May 17, 2017, 11:04:57 PM »
Do I still love the Burgman? Absolutely! Sold my car when I got her. THAT is a dependable scooter. I've got Dr Puley sliders installed and a Givi Airflow windshield, I own the interstates around here :D

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Technical | How To / Re: Long time no post - fresh off a top end rebuild
« on: May 03, 2017, 06:54:36 PM »
Quote from: vespbretta on April 27, 2017, 05:29:48 PM
Nice work Dolemite!  :) I had to do in parts similar things unintentionally recently.
Glad to read that your scooter is back to life. It´s really a great scooter for jumps around town.
Just because being interested and curious, can you remember what torque (NM or ft-lbs or...) you used on the 4 cylinderhead nuts?
The torque specs available in the internet seem to be on the (risky?) high side imho. Did you use a torque wrench for this?
And I am still not sure if I was just right or too low with the torque I used for my 4 nuts.

I also wonder how clutch pads can look like these. What happend to them? Corrosion inside the bell? Pad thickness still wasn´t that bad.
But the original Kymco clutch pads aren´t the best anyway. Some Aftermarket clutches seem obviously better and cheaper and more durable.
Strange thing also with the exhaust-gasket. Never seen or heard of something like this. How could this happen? Were the capnuts loose or gone lost? Or is/was there a problem with the manifold flange? Or was it really just a faulty gasket? Maybe being damaged at a tire change operation?
Any ideas why the cylinderhead gasket was leaking? Overheating? Loose nuts and bolts?

I torqued the head bolts to 18ft lbs as per the shop manual I have. I'm going to put around 100 miles on it then change the oil and check them again to see if they need to be retorqued. As for the exhaust gasket, the nuts were tight, but that gasket had probably been taken off and on a half dozen times, guess they don't last forever. I've got 3 now, i'll probably be replacing them after every other exhaust removal.

The clutch pads looked like a rock had gotten in there. I think maybe a piece broke off a pad, then started a cascading effect with more and more coming off over time and getting caught between the pad and bell. The bell had some noticeable grooves in it as well.

As for the head gasket leaking... you got me. I've always been careful not to overfill the oil, i'm just chalking it up to bad seating at the factory or a defect in that particular gasket. Everything else checked out fine.

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Technical | How To / Long time no post - fresh off a top end rebuild
« on: April 27, 2017, 03:00:16 PM »
Long story short, I bought my first scooter, a 2012 Kymco like around March of 2012 and joined the forum around the same time as Stig. After about 2 years I sold the Kymco to my dad and bought a Burgman 400. Since then he's purchased a Vestpa GTS and Honda Reflex and i've since regained custody of my first love.

However, around 10k miles (when I sold it to my dad) it had a oil leak I couldn't pin point. Took it to a dealer and they cleaned the engine and couldn't find it either. Nice guy, didn't charge me. So NOW i've got it back and she ran ROUGH. Oil everywhere, the smell of burnt plastic when starting, the clutch was slipping like crazy and it had periodic backfire. I decided to pull the engine and see what was going on, i was intent on having her run good as new.

Turns out the head gasket had been leaking, and the exhaust gasket was toast and therefore burning up the engine shroud and making it run like crap (and possibly the reason the head gasket was leaking?) and the clutch pads were chewed up to hell and back.

So over the past few weeks I dropped in a brand new clutch and bell, new piston rings, new base/head/valve cover gaskets, timing chain tensioner gasket, oil screen, and a fresh coat of wax :D All in all around $260 worth of parts and a few bloody knuckles.

This was my first time rebuilding a top end, it really wasn't that tricky as I though it would be. Lots of youtube videos and a pdf shop manual are all you need, just laying out everything so it was easy to put back together was the stinker.

Now she's back on the road, getting a low voltage error code, so a new battery is due soon, but other than that she's running like a champ and i'm glad to have my Like back. It's nice to have a small scooter again for short jumps around town. I love my Burgman but small bikes are so damn fun.

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Technical | How To / Re: Rattling Luggage Box.
« on: April 27, 2017, 02:30:37 PM »
Quote from: TLRam1 on April 21, 2017, 06:15:49 AM
Put weather stripping where the top and bottom come together when closed, that will tighten it up.

Ditto.

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General Discussion / Re: weather radar for scooteristas
« on: September 21, 2015, 09:19:18 PM »
I use an app called My Radar, gps location moves with you and the weather is animated. Great for those 50% chance days.

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General Discussion / Re: Forums can be amusing!
« on: August 27, 2015, 06:21:19 PM »
Quote from: Stig on August 26, 2015, 02:07:08 PM
Dole.....
10 emergency stops?!
You must be riding in Rome or Bangkok at high noon.
In any event....you might want to roll off that throttle a bit.
Stig

All I can say is come take a ride around Mobile some time, people love to pull out into traffic without second thought. Half the times, a phone is visible, the other half are old women in land yachts.
Old women in land yachts with their phones out... I just stay indoors.

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General Discussion / Re: Forums can be amusing!
« on: August 26, 2015, 01:34:37 PM »
I've got the same Burg as you Stig... and in the 10 or so emergency stops i've made while riding it the ABS has never needed to kick in... because the those dual disks up front can do a whole lot of stopping before they lock up. I guess it's good to know they're there in slippery situations but i've never needed them yet.

ABS is one of those topics like fuel grade, synthetic vs dino oil, just something to disagree on.

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General Discussion / Re: Includes Forza
« on: July 30, 2015, 03:15:03 PM »
My nephew's first bike, a Honda CBR 300R is on the list. If he had brought the bike into our local shop to get checked they said they would not have been allowed to let him leave on it. The part is going to take up to 8 weeks to come in.

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