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Technical | How To / Clogged Carburetor?
« on: March 16, 2015, 09:56:53 AM »
My kymco scooter was not put in storage correctly. Was left with gas in the tank for well over six months without being ridden. Horrible I know. I don't know if it will start because my brother siphoned the gas out. I can't remember if he told me when he tried to start it it would not start if it took long TO start. Either way he said the problem was minor and that I would have to pay 80-100 dollars to unclog the carburetor. My question is:

Can i unclog the carburetor myself at home? What tools do I need? Where is it located? Can something go wrong? I am a first timer- haven't repaired a scooter before but am not scared to. Any and all help related to this topic will be useful. BTW- do I need to change the oil? The scooter only has 20 miles and has not been driven in 10 months but does the oil need to be replaced?

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Agility 125 / Re: Was I Jipped?
« on: May 04, 2014, 07:11:09 PM »
It's sold as 2013 new. I am just saying new is not a word I would use for something that has signs of use. It's dishonest. I suppose most or many dealerships are dishonest by their nature to make the most money but that is not cool with me and will never be cool with me so I am a little bit upset and complaining about it.....Twenty miles is no concern you are right.....Same with an engine swap if one occurred. I just dont like the idea of someone messing with me....I worked hard for the money I spent on this, you know? Don't want to be taken for a fool by anyone. Anyway...I will look under it to see the date info. Thank you.

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Agility 125 / Re: What is your OTD Price on the Agility 125?
« on: May 04, 2014, 04:03:51 PM »
I got mine for 2300 OTD. If I would have lied or haggled maybe I would have gotten away with 2200 or less? But I am scared to do that stuff so my intimidation cost me. No more. In the future I will be firm. Anyhoo- motorcycles/scoots can be expensive in florida......I'd say 2300 is about average here. For every state the average is different however 2800 is definitely too high and I would not ever do business with that dealer as he seems like a shark.

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Agility 125 / Was I Jipped?
« on: May 04, 2014, 03:54:43 PM »
Hi, last week I purchased a 2013 Kymco Agility 125 over the phone to save 125 dollars because the kymco cash back promo was about to end and I knew I wanted this scooter so forced myself to buy it last minute. Not a smooth move I know, in fact it may have been foolish.

Long story short I pick up my scooter (after signing papers) five days after purchasing it over the phone. I have reason to believe the scooter may have been tampered with if only for the superfical signs that near the engine there is gunk that one would think should not be there when buying a NEW scooter and it has 20 miles on it which is a hell of a lot if people have just been test driving it so clearly someone somewhere along the line took it for a joy ride. I wonder if maybe this was bought lightly used and sold to me as new. In any event I dont give a hoot if it works, right?

But anyway. I was wondering if there is a way to verify if my scooter is legitamately new by tracing it's VIN numbers on the scooter (Which I can't find by the way) with the ESN Engine Serial Number? In other words. If it came straight from the factory the ESN and VIP may be documented as a pair of numbers belonging to one scoot? Does Kymco document this stuff?

Also would it be possible for someone to swap an old kymco engine (from say 2010) with a 2013 one? Could I verify if this happened by looking up the ESN?

And where is the VIN? Because I cannot find it using my owners manual.
I am uploading pictures of the gunk near the engine (its like glue) and I want to know if this is common even on new scooters? or if it's not.
And I want to know if you can circle where I can find my VIN number.
Is it in the bar rectangle area I took a pic of?




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