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General => General Discussion => Topic started by: Freerider on June 27, 2011, 10:01:58 PM
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2010 Super 8 3600 miles ran good then suddenly quit leaving me stranded.
Once at dealer told it needs a stator.......part not able to be found.
So I called kymco usa and they wont talk to owners........
Warning if your considering buying Kymco.
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ya you are right they dont back up there parts or service. if you need to use your scoot find a small deep cycle battery and hook it up to it I did that for a while and worked good. just keep a good charge on it . I drove my scoot around for 3 hours a day like that befor chargeing again.
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Freerider, you should get one online? Maybe try ebay, or search google for bike breakers near you or who will post to you?
Only thing is it maybe 2nd hand part but will be much cheaper.
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I called and emailed Kymco USA about the lack of parts, and I received a phone call and an email.
I simply told them that my dealer was frustrated about the inability to get parts, and how was Kymco expecting to get good reviews with this happening. I think you just have to lay it out on the line!
My parts problem has been resolved ;D
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There is a great seller on Ebay that I have found called daywot. He knows scooters well, and will not sell it to you if it doesnt fit your bike. He is one of the honest ones out there. Ships from Hawaii, but it is only taking 3 days to get from there to Rhode Island. Patrick at Daywot seems to be a wealth of info.
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I can get you almost any part you would like...just let me know what you are in need of...
Jenny
Tnt cycles
tntcycles-atv.com
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Jenny , I understood from freerider's original post that he needs a stator for a 2010 super 8 150 .
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Shes just trolling to drum up some business. All dealers have access to what parts are available. If its not available to his dealer, she can't get it either. If she was giving a discount it would be different but she is selling retail. You can get that at many internet dealers.
A strong email to Kymco USA is needed. And they do answer emails.
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Kymco USA is crap for parts and service.
The dealer where you buy is normally not much of a help either because they are too busy selling motorcyles.
Some great reputable online vendors incude:
scooterdynasty
enviromoto
provoscooters
tapai scooter assasins
partsforscooters
EBAY:
scrappydogscooters (talk to MO)
daywot
I have bought from them all and enjoyed talking or emailing everyone of them, very helpful and friendly.
Shipping from tapai is a little slow thru no fault of their own.
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Very different experience with KYMCO Canada. Parts always seem to be available. Note that its normal that manufacturers don't talk to customers directly, its probably part of the contracts they have with dealerships, both sides have certain obligations and a manufacturer could obviously undercut their dealers, which wouldn't be right and would mean a lot of dealerships would be closing, so it's actually a good thing they didn't sell to you directly.
Call up the next closest dealer or whoever you bought the bike from.
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The local Honda dealer here sells Kymcos as well. They have good service and are great about getting parts. I can't complain at all.
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I like using enviromoto but he might not be able to stock all parts that all kymcos need...
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He has a nice polini variator I have been debating with myself about for the last month.
$85.00 shipped... seems like a great price, but not sure of the gain I will get.
95mm face width instead of 88.9 so that has to count for something, right?
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You need to make sure it doesnt foul your crankcase or interfere with your electric start Mech ( the spindle thing, i know it has a name i just cant remember it)
Also you may need a longer belt too or you may not ride to the top of the variator so wont gain any speed.
if it does fit and you get it to work out beltwise then you should gain something.
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The local Honda dealer here sells Kymcos as well. They have good service and are great about getting parts. I can't complain at all.
x2 thats the second honda shop I know thats saleing kymco parts maybe they well do a take over.lol
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x2 thats the second honda shop I know thats saleing kymco parts maybe they well do a take over.lol
There are three Honda dealers within 40 minutes of me and they all sell Kymcos.
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Yamaha, KTM and soon to be harley dealer in town, won't touch Chinese, (Kymco). Don't know how they can sell a second hand ZX50 if they won't back it up.
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Yamaha, KTM and soon to be harley dealer in town, won't touch Chinese, (Kymco). Don't know how they can sell a second hand ZX50 if they won't back it up.
Thats funny, Yamaha produces scooters in Taiwan and some may be made in mainland China now.
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/nb20021203a9.html (http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/nb20021203a9.html)
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Yep, funny eh.
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I have never had trouble getting parts from KYMCO. But performance parts and after market parts, now that Scootertrap in Orlando, FL is going out of business. Does anyone know of another dealer in performance parts?
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Does scootertrap have a website...
Sounds like clearance deals to me!
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Yamaha, KTM and soon to be harley dealer in town, won't touch Chinese, (Kymco). Don't know how they can sell a second hand ZX50 if they won't back it up.
KYMCO isn't chinese....
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The whole world is Chinese.
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Where was your Kymco made? Even though they are Taiwanese, they are considered Chinese by any non enthusiast.
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Mine was made in the Taiwan factory. Taiwan manufacturing is geared more toward Japanese technology than China is. China may catch up but who knows when.
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Mine was made in the Taiwan factory. Taiwan manufacturing is geared more toward Japanese technology than China is. China may catch up but who knows when.
They already have. They can build world-class anything, pretty much. Thing is, they'll also build barely-marketable goods, if that is the price-point a customer comes to them asking to be met. Lots of companies won't do this, fearing it will reflect poorly on their reputation, whereas a lot of Chinese companies know their western markets aren't going to connect Peace Scooters with Baashan Astronautical, et al (or whomever build that crap), and hence none of the Chinese manufacturers of scooters are even attempting to build a brand outside of China.
Yet. That will change, but they're going to be as stigmatized as Japanese products were right after WWII... for a time.
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Mine was made in the Taiwan factory. Taiwan manufacturing is geared more toward Japanese technology than China is. China may catch up but who knows when.
Yes... Taiwanese Kymco factory is completely different than Chinese Kymco factory and scoots have better quality... for sure...
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Yes, in terms of scooters Taiwan Kymco's are 100x better than chinese scooters (I own both)
However the idea that everything manufactured in China being garbage is a complete fallacy.
I work for a company that deals with parts out of China and I have been there.
For every crap company building the cheapest possible product, there is another across the street with state of the art equipment making product as good or better than anything in the US/ Taiwan / Japan / Germany / You name it!
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I found a website that sells oem parts by model and has awesome parts break down with great exploded views. The website is Kymcoparts123.com. was able to rebuild my 250 in precolored parts after crashing!. A little slow but parts are always right so far! ;D
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Well finally the stator was replaced. I bitched to Kymco and part arrived in a few days to dealer.
Dealer was a jerk, after receiving part he put me on a list to get scooter fixed a week or so later.
So I bitched again and told him to stick it. Suddenly fixed it the next day.
I also ordered a back up stator from kymcoparts123...... Great difficulty getting them to confirm order and part arrived two week later. So I have an extra.
So far runs good except has a vibration in wheels since the original issue, certainly not related.
Dealer probably kicked the wheel a few times cause he was pissed at me.
In the mean time I called many Kymco dealers around Nj and Pa and none had any openings within a month to even look at the scooter. As well no one can balance the wheels if that is what is needed they claim they do not have a small enough spindle.
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the spindel thing,,,i think you are talking about the magnito.....said earlier but i could not agree more...at this time of year dealers want to be selling scooters and not fixing them....i should know i have one laid up at a dealer who is a one man show.....who keeps telling me he hasn't got time to get to it....if it was the middle of the winter you would have had it fixed already...
internet dealer the way to go....for that part which is a fairly easy fix....
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G'day Freerider, you can balance your wheels yourself. With mine I got some weights from a tyre place, when I took my front wheel off I used the axle to mount the wheel on a pair of jack stands, then spun the wheel and allowed it to come to a stop by itself. If the same point stopped at the bottom each time, that is the heavier spot, so place a weight on the opposite side and spin again, if the wheel stops at different points each time, then the wheel is balanced. With the rear wheel, I bought two small bearings to put into the spline, then put a small shaft through to support the wheel on the jack stands and do the same. The weights I got from the tyre place were 5 and 10 gram weights. You can also use dyna beads which go inside the tyre and balance the wheel as you ride. There are also gel versions.
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I'll vouch for dynabeads, made Cheng shins round instead of square!! ;D
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Nice.... they need to allow you to give REP points on this site!
Great idea, and even better with the dynabead suggestion.
G'day Freerider, you can balance your wheels yourself. With mine I got some weights from a tyre place, when I took my front wheel off I used the axle to mount the wheel on a pair of jack stands, then spun the wheel and allowed it to come to a stop by itself. If the same point stopped at the bottom each time, that is the heavier spot, so place a weight on the opposite side and spin again, if the wheel stops at different points each time, then the wheel is balanced. With the rear wheel, I bought two small bearings to put into the spline, then put a small shaft through to support the wheel on the jack stands and do the same. The weights I got from the tyre place were 5 and 10 gram weights. You can also use dyna beads which go inside the tyre and balance the wheel as you ride. There are also gel versions.
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@freerider, Also just check its not simply a small stone stuck in your tread somewhere giving you a bumpy ride. Prob isnt, but worth 2-3mins to check anyway, just in case.
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Or could be a worn wheel bearing too.