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Scooters - 125 to 300 => LIKE 200i => Topic started by: Stig / Major Tom on June 28, 2014, 12:53:03 AM
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Spotted 2 LIKEs in Florida over the past 2 weeks:
In St Petersburg a red 50cc with 6500 miles on it in pretty clean condition. Plastic panels looked good and the chrome was in good, rust-free condition. (I could not locate the owner & let him know he apparently left his ignition key in the seat lock)
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Later, up the coast, my son spotted a blue & white LIKE200i LX in a parking garage below a large market.
(It was parked with a Burgman and a nice Buddy 50cc -three of the nicest, cleanest, rust-free scooters which I saw on the entire trip - Maybe that covered parking had something to do with that.)
This LIKE200i had 1700+ miles on it and though the panels were in pretty good condition - one chrome mirror stalk was pretty rusty. Interestingly, I spotted & photo'd this same scoot twice more during our vacation....but never had the chance to speak with the rider - judging by the apron he was wearing, he worked at the market above his parked scoot.
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Waxing the metal parts, covering the mostly plastic scooter and rinsing the whole scoot frequently seem to be the best methods of prolonging your Kymco's appearance in coastal Florida.
( I did speak with a few riders of the Chinese scooters....all of them stated they traveled quite a ways to get their scooter serviced - and did not use the scooter shop in the neighborhood.)
It was neat to spot some LIKEs on our trip - just wish I could have spoken to the owners.
And though I think I may have spotted some other Kymcos going by (Peoples ?)....these 2 LIKEs were the only Kymcos I was able to stand next to.
Stig