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The base nut only tightens the stud. The mirror has to be tightened with a ground down 10mm socket from the top. Crappy design. The nut is not very thick, the opening for the socket is too small, and after they put the nut on they hammer over the end of the stud so you can't take the nut off.

I have the same scoot.  in black,  added two lights on the side of the fenders. for nite riding, and a top box with running, brake, and turn lights,  same as stigs scoot, bestem top box, with my own wireing for the turn sygnals

I have been thinking of adding some additional lighting and a top case at some point.

Comes standard with City Grips~!....and one heck of a serious looking center stand!

Yes. Had the dealer replace the tires since they were 4 years old so she has City Grip 2 tires now. Goes right up on the center stand easily but not so easy coming off.

My wife swung it by saying, "we live in the midwest - if we break down & need repairs. Which would be better - a Piaggio, or a Honda?"
I bought the Honda.

The Piaggio dealer literally blew away a few yrs later. (tornado)

How many scoots have you had a serious problem with? Do you work on them yourself? With the Internet who really needs a local dealer for parts?

So what your saying is the Piaggio dealer was a little too close to a trailer park?

Damn I missed it.

MJR----Burgman 650 does not require often belt changes, like most of the other "rubber band drive scooters"

Not normally. My '03 650 broke just under 40K miles since I was last in the CVT. The AK550 would be like the BMW in replacing the CVT belt which is also a rubber band.

If you were to ask me "should I purchase a KYMCO unit?"

Only if:

1:You can accept a lack of aftermarket support

2: Deal with a costumer service program that forwards you to a mailbox or recommendation to call a dealer

4: Waiting 3 months or more for parts.

Then buy a KYMCO..........

I've only found a couple of places that have some stuff. Taiwan Big Scooter Shop and stuff on ebay sold by androidextend.

I've had a pretty good experience dealing with Kymco customer support. Have you ever tried to get a hold of a Piaggio representative? I tired emailing and calling them, never did I ever get a reply or call back. They are definitely the worst.

Parts have typically taken me 7 weeks to get from a local dealer, even a drive belt last year so I must be doing better than some. I also can buy factory Kymco parts including those not for US models from the seller androidextend on ebay. If they don't list it contacting them gets a answer quickly.

See if you can guess on what is wrong with my MyRoad 700i.

33,000 miles, riding on the freeway I start to notice if I back off the throttle a little bit the engine feels like it cuts out. Riding longer gets worse and coming to a stop it stalls, it will restart and die again. I have to get on or feather the throttle to get/keep it running and if I don't hold the rpm's up it will die. I had a code for the MAP sensor (code 13) so I had ordered one. When it came in I tore the bodywork off. I started the bike and found that lightly tapping on the MAP sensor would cause the engine to die. Ok so it seemed the sensor was bad. I changed it out and inspected the connector/terminals which looked fine. The bike started and ran normally for 3 days and is now back to doing the same thing. I'm not sure if the MAP sensor code could be tripped by me feathering the throttle to get it started and keep it running to get home or not. My next thoughts are looking closer at the MAP sensor connector terminals of even the spark plug wires. Any prior issues like this or ideas?

Also where can I get part number 3620A-LEB2-E00 the English Kymco scan tool?

I found a downloadable service manual online if your interested. Google Kymco AK550 manual.

My first time https://www.kymcoforum.com/index.php?topic=24687.0 and second time https://www.kymcoforum.com/index.php?topic=27274.0 .

Two issues have been experienced by me and others. The stator going bad (not charging runs the battery down until the bike shuts off but may restart later after the battery comes back up) and the crank sensor that I had to replace twice. Start the bike and let it run until it dies, pull the crank sensor out, dip it in cold water, wipe it off and put it back in. If it restarts immediately then likely that is your problem. If not check the charging voltage.