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Scooters - 125 to 300 => LIKE 200i => Topic started by: vespbretta on March 09, 2018, 03:48:28 PM
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Folks,
this little scooter is indeed an astounding peace of chinese engeneering, I must tell you.
Today, after a long and cold winter (especially February with minus 30 degrees Celsius in some places over here) and my scooter sitting outside in the cold wild with only a soft textile "scooter garage" covering it - since I have lost my real garage due to massiv construction works in the house since last summer - , I decided in some nice plus 13 degrees celsius to uncover the scooter and try to give it a first start up into the new season.
I didnt care about the scooter at all since December. Last time I took it for a short ride was somewhere around end of december and beginning of january.
I didn´t even care about the Shido LiFePo battery in all these winter month. So I was quiet a bit sceptic while approaching my little scooter.
So I took away that blanket, inspected the scooter all around from outside. A bit corrosion luckily only on the main center stand.
Then I put the key into the lock, turned it to run, and heared the fuel pump humming happily. :-) To give that injector hose a nice flush at first, I repeated this procedure two times. Then I pulled the brake lever and pressed the start button.
Guess what? ;D
The scooter started in the second, only with that little grunt of the starter motor, and idled then so normally and regularily as if I had used the scooter just yesterday. Amazingly fantastic!
Just wanted to let you know how reliable our Kymco Likes are. ;) :) :D
I wish you all a good and healthy start into the new season! 8)
Cheerio!
P.S: Unfortunately and obviously I am still loosing a little bit of air out of the rear tire somewhere. I still suspect the "new" and already changed valve stem from last year.
But so what! I will give that rear tire one day a nice deep bath in a bowl to find out where the bubbles are leaving the tire and/or rim.
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Robo,
Great to hear from you!
And, yes, Kymco got it very right with the whole starting system of these LIKE200i's - didn't they?
Every part of the ignition system works so well together - hot, cold, wet. No matter - bang it starts right now!
(Vivo assured me years ago that the LIKE would be a reliable commuter scooter - in all weathers - and it has proven him correct for 5 years)
Here's a 'winter start' video I made a couple of years ago. Lousy quality - think I made it with a toy cell phone.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vhCccV-eIe0&feature=youtu.be (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vhCccV-eIe0&feature=youtu.be)
Soon buddy - we'll be out there again.
Stig