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You're lucky in th US, it's a different market.
Here ins the UK it's not easy to find cheap barely used scooters.
Barely used have quite high price almost regardless of age.

Doesn't this introduce more vibration on the mirror?

Got an article printed In a magazine, with a couple of pictures, I'll dig it out!!
Cheers,
Don.

Can't wait to see!

very nice photos! Thank you for sharing!

You're welcome! Please report back on how your valve adjustment had gone.

Don't mean to hijack anyone's thread but it seems the original author hasn't replied for quite some time, so I take the initiative hoping it might help someone save some $$ on gaskets.

As a kid I learned from my father how to make a gasket on your own. In certain areas with less heat you can use ordinary hammer paper. (thicker white paper for technical drawings 120-150g or so) elsewhere you'll need proper gasket material that can withstand heat better than paper.

Making a gasket for a cylinder base would be a bit more difficult this way but still doable. I've done it many times on smaller 2T engines. Making gaskets for removable deckings is much easier so I'll base my guide on that. Please note I can't take responsibility for your actions following this guide.

Once you have your decking off (and the old gasket material carefully removed in case it got stuck, (use wood/plastic to scrape off not to damage the aluminum surface)), cleaned you put a small amount of oil around the edges where the new gasket would go. Spread it with your finger evenly then on a flat surface put it on top of the gasket material and leave for a few seconds. If you do it right the oil will leave a perfect silhouette of where you need to cut.

Job done!

Had a new tire valve fitted in the front wheel.

Last Sunday the valve popped in the front wheel of my DT while I was riding.
I was my fault. I noticed some hairline cracks on the valve rubber some weeks ago, and ignore them. Big mistake!

Before it happened I went through two double lane tunnels and was about to continue my journey at about 50mph but had to come off the motorway because a section of it was closed for maintenance. I went over an overpass with an "S" curve at speed and on my way down at the very end of the overpass while I was braking I suddenly lost all air pressure in the front tire. There was no pop or any other audible sound. It was just gone. I could barely ride (fight her) though a roundabout and get off the road into a parking lot about a 100m away. The front of the scooter would go every direction but not straight. Then I waited close to 3 hours for the recovery, but I was grateful for going through this without a scratch neither on myself or on the scooter. It could have been a disaster.
I don't even want to think of what would have happened if it popped while I'm in the tunnels and/or while I'm on the motorway or the overpass at higher speed....
Someone must have been watching over me from above. I consider myself extremely lucky despite the mishap.

Ride safe!

Maybe it's mi lingo but don't seem to fully comprehend your answer Stig. Could you please be less specific?! Thanks!