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wow, I hope to have some crazy stories at some point...but as a newer rider the 'craziest' thing I've done is drive to Chicago to buy an almost 40 year old motorcycle, that had not been ridden much in the last ? years...and proceeded to ride it 206 miles home on old tires with some dry rot, no front brakes, leaking front fork seals (everything was soaked up front), a marginally working clutch (clutch plates were frozen when I first got on bike..you'd think the seller would have ridden it a bit before offering up for sale).

The ride home took about 6 hours, with lots of stops. Luckily I had a buddy follow me in my van in case something went very wrong.

Oh, yeah, when I first hopped on and rode to the nearest gas station, the tires were severely underinflated (had 9 lbs in the rear?), oil was overfilled and there was clearly a bad oil leak somewhere underneath as the bottom frame was wet with oil.

Not the smartest thing I've done but very glad I did it.

Klav, sunny and 70 is perfect! I may have seen this before...but did we know you owned a Vespa? A Like or People 150I comes to mind...but not a Vespa

that's too bad. After doing the conversion, those prices look very good and shipping is even reasonable.

I wasn't aware there were different sizes for GY6 starter clutch nut tools? Don't they all look like a big, 3 inch long impact socket?

I don’t even recall what Kymco recommends for an oil change interval?...I’m sure 1300 miles on that full synthetic is nothing. I like to see where you’re draining oil from, too. On my S200 (same motor minus fuel injection) I drained it many times just from the oil screen…only after I disassembled my motor did I see that the real drain plug drained much more oil. Just draining from the screen left quite a bit of oil behind.

Nothing like fresh oil in the scoot!

Stig, I had that same headlight bulb on my S200...and the one time I recall riding in the dark I was outriding (overshooting?) my headlight at just 35 mph. It was very disconcerting riding on city streets where i couldn't see potholes or cracks until it was too late. It felt very unsafe.  Have you considered adding any supplemental / driving lights to your scoot? Not sure how much extra juice our little scoots put out but I'm sure it could power some additional led lighting.

your friend had to ask your opinion of the condition of his tire?? Was he under the impression it was still good? Wow! That's a worn out tire!

that's refreshing to see! My S200 required full seat tub plastics removal for a simple rear bulb change.