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General => General Discussion => Topic started by: Likescooten on August 20, 2014, 02:47:10 PM
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I am a new member to this forum and do not have our scooter at this time but will be getting the 2014 50th anniversary "Like". Love the color. I am a Vietnam Vet-1965-1966 with the Big Red One. I know I am really going to enjoy my new "Like" but I am a little concerned about the Like seat everyone is saying is hard on your behind on long runs. I sold my 2004 Yamaha 600 motorcycle some time ago and know this will be a change. The wife (Linda) and I (John) are planning on hauling the scoot on the back of our Class A Motor Home. If we need to go long distance at a park we will just rent a car. Not sure if we would want to drive the scooter on the freeways. Looking forward to getting our new Gold Scoot. John and Linda in Kentucky.
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This is our motorhome that the scooter will be hauled on the back. This picture was taken this summer and my wife is 68 but she still looks like she is in her early 50's.
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Welcome! I was just in your great state (Bowling Green) this past weekend for a wedding. Y'all got some good people! Enjoy your new scoot!
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I think you will be pleased with your choice.
I purchased my first Kymco last year and have been pleased with my scoot.
Lot of nice people here and will help you if they can when you have questions.
Oh ya, thank you for your service to our country.
Ride safe.
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Welcome to the forum scooten. I think you'll enjoy the Like it's a great scooter. I was a former m/c rider too but easily took to the scooter experience. I think you are the first here with the 50th anniversary model. ;)
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John, You will want to ride that scooter everywhere! They are addicting.
I have 2 Kymco scoots and have never regretted my purchases. Welcome to the forum.
Wil B.
Broadview, IL
'71 Guzzi Ambassador
'91 Honda Nighthawk 750
'04 Kymco Super 9
'10 Kymco Yager 200gt
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I am a new member to this forum and do not have our scooter at this time but will be getting the 2014 50th anniversary "Like". Love the color. I am a Vietnam Vet-1965-1966 with the Big Red One. I know I am really going to enjoy my new "Like" but I am a little concerned about the Like seat everyone is saying is hard on your behind on long runs. I sold my 2004 Yamaha 600 motorcycle some time ago and know this will be a change. The wife (Linda) and I (John) are planning on hauling the scoot on the back of our Class A Motor Home. If we need to go long distance at a park we will just rent a car. Not sure if we would want to drive the scooter on the freeways. Looking forward to getting our new Gold Scoot. John and Linda in Kentucky.
a like is not for the super slab, if you want to go on the highway you need a 300i GT or a downtown 300i or a bigger scooter,. enjoy the like on the byways , scoots are very addictive,. did my 200 mile ride yesterday, don with a 300i downtown
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Have not got the scooter yet but will have it soon. Thanks' for the warm welcome. I am sure I will enjoy it. The first bike I had was a Honda Goldwing then the Yamaha and now the Like. Seems to be a great scooter but as I said, the only real complaint I hear is the seat. Seems they (Kymco) would take care of that problem. Guess they have their reasons. I saw on the Buddy site that they have wires and even on Utube it shows you how to hook up the lower turn signals up to either run as running lights or extra turn signals. Must be harder to do on the Like. The Buddy also has everything behind front cover to just hook up very easy. The wires are there just taped down. I am all for safety. I think this would help. I was thinking about getting the Buddy but just fell in love with the Like and the price is better. Again, thanks' for the welcome.
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Welcome fellow Veteran and thanks for your service!
Scooters are so much fun and provide lots of utility around a 'campsite,' so I'm sure you made a nice decision.
I've had a new Class 'C' and two new Class 'A's' and that's the way to rough it.
There are several 'bumper' style carriers that fit right into your hitch, have a loading ramp and will carry up to 600 lbs. I have used it to carry my past GS1100 to Minn and my Triumph Scrambler to KY and they work well.
Have fun and be careful---we aren't invincible like we used to be!
U.S.A.F. 1966 thru 1970, NCOIC Demand Processing.
Sam:)
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Welcome to our wonderful forum. :)
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This is the one I am thinking of getting.
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First of all thank you for your service to our country!
If your soon to be Like is a 200 I doubt it will be able to keep up with freeway traffic, it might get you on and off for a mile or so but it's not going to keep up and will be dangerous.
It's great for getting around town and on secondary roads though.
Enjoy and ride safe.
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By what I hear about the seat might not want to go any further than a mile or two. :)
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Welcome to the most informative forum! Thank you for your service. It is always great to meet another who survived the crime of Vietnam! The like is a great scoot but not really suited for freeways. Wife had a Buddy 150 and it was not suited for the freeways, either. But it had a great horn! I put a Harbor Freight "Wolo" horn on both our Kymcos and now we can be heard.
Karl
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I am a new member to this forum and do not have our scooter at this time but will be getting the 2014 50th anniversary "Like". Love the color. I am a Vietnam Vet-1965-1966 with the Big Red One. I know I am really going to enjoy my new "Like" but I am a little concerned about the Like seat everyone is saying is hard on your behind on long runs. I sold my 2004 Yamaha 600 motorcycle some time ago and know this will be a change. The wife (Linda) and I (John) are planning on hauling the scoot on the back of our Class A Motor Home. If we need to go long distance at a park we will just rent a car. Not sure if we would want to drive the scooter on the freeways. Looking forward to getting our new Gold Scoot. John and Linda in Kentucky.
Welcome John ,
"The seat", oh it ain't sooo bad - lots of folks in Asia love the thing. It will work for a few miles - if it bothers you - just pop off for a few and check your lines of fire, or plot & register your arty for later tonight. It's a handsome seat. And if you're not a big fellow you'll be OK for a few miles. (I could do about 40mins max)
Do stay off the interstates - 58mph will just make you a moving target.
The LIKE is crazy easy to service....valves, oil and gear oil - even the belt, clutch & rollers aren't a big job.
I rebuilt the stock seat -'cause I'm a big guy and liked to ride yr round, for hours.
(http://i62.tinypic.com/2wqrihh.jpg)
As for the front lights and turnsignals...I think they are very visible.
We even have a very big tail light...but I wanted more running light and more brake lighting because I ride every day in the dark. So I added this Bestem 929 top box. (@$125 ,all in). The lights you see here - are doubled when I touch the brakes!
(http://i62.tinypic.com/312tlp0.jpg)
OK, stay off the trails and don't bunch up!
Stig (medic, II Corps w/the 4th)
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Karl, where do you put the horn? I have a Buddy 175 horn that is loud that I want to install on the new Like I will be getting but would love some information on installing this. The Buddy 175 horn is also loud. I got it off ebay. They said it came off of a 2014 Buddy. I pray there is no more wars. At least when they come home they get a hero's welcome as they should. You know how we were treated. Also want to thank everyone for their service. We were just doing what our country asked us to do.
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I am 6' and 245# so not so small. Love the lights on the box. Good looking bike but unlike you-will not be riding in the snow. :-\ Great looking job on the seat. Did you do it yourself?
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I am 6' and 245# so not so small. Love the lights on the box. Good looking bike but unlike you-will not be riding in the snow. :-\ Great looking job on the seat. Did you do it yourself?
You might be in that 40-mins-max-seat-time range.
A few of us have rebuilt our seats - and some lucky fellows have had a pro do it.
Some posts re. the LIKE seat rebuilds:
http://www.kymcoforum.com/index.php?topic=10009.msg104103#msg104103 (http://www.kymcoforum.com/index.php?topic=10009.msg104103#msg104103)
http://www.kymcoforum.com/index.php?topic=10262.msg107370#msg107370 (http://www.kymcoforum.com/index.php?topic=10262.msg107370#msg107370)
We'll need pictures of your new scoot!
Regards, Stig
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Stig, when I get the bike I will surely be putting some pictures on here for sure. Do those lower lights come on with all the likes? I see yours is lit up. Also, thanks for the info.
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By what I hear about the seat might not want to go any further than a mile or two. :)
The seats are not that bad. Riding around local you probably will not notice any discomfort.
If you stay in the saddle for hours, it gets uncomfortable.
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Stig, when I get the bike I will surely be putting some pictures on here for sure. Do those lower lights come on with all the likes? I see yours is lit up. Also, thanks for the info.
The lower front lights come on - I tried LEDs in there - went back to good 5W amber reg. bulbs - these are very visible from the front - looks like a Harely coming at you! Those amber, upper areas are for the rest of the world's turn signals - we get the added stalks. There's a post in the LIKE area for getting at these bulbs = through the back of the glove box and under the front fender. No need to take the panels off. There's a whole lot of stuff re. working on this scoot in the history of the LIKE section.
Stig
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Welcome aboard. You'll enjoy the Like. It's a great city cruiser. It does nicely up to about 50 to 55 mph before it begins to feel like it has reached its limits. I find riding at 45 mph and below to be its sweet-spot. I'm 5'9" and 215 lbs. I can ride for at least an hour or two before needing to get off and take a 5 minute stretch.
I look forward to your pictures.
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I saw on the Buddy site that they have wires and even on Utube it shows you how to hook up the lower turn signals up to either run as running lights or extra turn signals. Must be harder to do on the Like. The Buddy also has everything behind front cover to just hook up very easy. The wires are there just taped down. I am all for safety. I think this would help.
Welcome Likescooten.
For me, If I bought the 50th Anniversary model, I'd leave it stock.
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Likescooten, that horn went in the top, machine left corner of the leg shield. Ya gotta remove the front cover anyway to get at the wimpy OEM horn anyway. I used the relay supplied with the Wolo horn and fished a #12 red wire to the battery with a fuse. You got the Buddy horn from ebay so it probably did not come with a relay. No problem since any auto parts store has these 12 volt relays by the bushel. What YOU gotta do is hook the original horn wires directly to the relay coil. Don't worry the circuit diagram is molded into the relay box. The "hot"wire to the horn go to the Normally Open (NO) contacts on the relay and then to the horn. The other wire to the horn goes to ground. All these connections are 1/4" push-on even from Taiwan! Post if you have problems.
Karl
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Welcome Likescooten.
For me, If I bought the 50th Anniversary model, I'd leave it stock.
I think you are right. I will keep it stock because like you said "It is the 50th anniversary model". (Except for the horn) Thanks' for the welcome. Glad I found this site. Very helpful.
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Likescooten, that horn went in the top, machine left corner of the leg shield. Ya gotta remove the front cover anyway to get at the wimpy OEM horn anyway. I used the relay supplied with the Wolo horn and fished a #12 red wire to the battery with a fuse. You got the Buddy horn from ebay so it probably did not come with a relay. No problem since any auto parts store has these 12 volt relays by the bushel. What YOU gotta do is hook the original horn wires directly to the relay coil. Don't worry the circuit diagram is molded into the relay box. The "hot"wire to the horn go to the Normally Open (NO) contacts on the relay and then to the horn. The other wire to the horn goes to ground. All these connections are 1/4" push-on even from Taiwan! Post if you have problems.
Karl
Thanks' Crossbolt. I thought it would just hook up to where you took off the old horn. Man, I sure am glad I found this site. Everyone is so helpful. Thanks' guys
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The Buddy horn like the "Wolo" is a motor driven air horn and I think it draws more current than the stock squeaker so that's why the 12 gage wire and fuse direct to the battery and the relay. Hate to hear you had burned wires by hooking it directly!
Karl
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Howdy John, if you go to youtube and search "financialrider like 200i" you should see a couple vids on it, not sure if it'll help with your hard seat question? They guys channel name is FinancialRider. Has some vids of the cbr250r and cb500r as well. He's a buddy of mine in the virtual world, he could use an extra view count lol!! His mic is pretty crappy though, may have to adjust volume-warning!!
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The Buddy horn like the "Wolo" is a motor driven air horn and I think it draws more current than the stock squeaker so that's why the 12 gage wire and fuse direct to the battery and the relay. Hate to hear you had burned wires by hooking it directly!
Karl
Here is the picture of the Buddy 125 horn. It's not the air horn.
Also, Motofalcon, thanks for the information, I will check it out.
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That horn should mount right in place of the OEM horn and may not require a relay. The "Wolo" type horn is quite a bit bigger.
Karl
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Yep, that is what I was thinking.