Just bought People 250 S

[axy]

Sounds like a missing ground somewhere. The secondary circuit is adding enough load to mimic a ground. They may all three be a related problem. The temp. sender also relies on ground to work right. I would try to look missing connectors, or a hanging ring terminal around the battery area.

Will do that... just have to wait at least for wind to stop and ice to melt.
Tnx.

[axy]

Diary update.

People:

Today. 8222 km, 750 kms before the warranty expires.
The speedometer and tachometer stopped working this morning.

A125:

Frozen for the last week. Temperatures hover few degrees above freezing during the day and drop slightly below freezing overnight.
The gas throttle is solid frozen, so is the rear brake.
So, it is impossible to drive it below zero.

[zombie]

Day 13: People is looking edible. Can't find my can opener. 

[wordslinger]

...wow...frozen up huh...that's weird because i ride even as low as 20 degrees F...for 15+ miles at a stretch...

[axy]

Day 13: People is looking edible. Can't find my can opener. 

More like "judging by the quality of built, if I would not know this was Kymco, i would think it is Chinese-crap-scooter"...

[axy]

Speedo cable changed today, under warranty.
8222 kms.
Wonder what will die next...

[JoAt-the-Adventurer]

Speedo cable changed today, under warranty.
8222 kms.
Wonder what will die next...

I had all the same problems on my scoot, even my engine cut out on the highway and the crank had to be replaced. All the mentioned problems were fixed by Kymco under warantee. I had it for 3 months and put about 7000 miles on it. I got it back rode it for 600 miles and took it in for the 2nd "1st service" and it was stolen a week later. I miss it and want to replace it but that's when I thought the problems were unique to me. I think it doesn't like cold weather and I used to wipe the ice off and ride it in 16 degree Fahrenheit. Not sure what else could have caused the failure unless it's not built for all those highway miles I put on her.

[axy]

I had all the same problems on my scoot, even my engine cut out on the highway and the crank had to be replaced. All the mentioned problems were fixed by Kymco under warantee. I had it for 3 months and put about 7000 miles on it. I got it back rode it for 600 miles and took it in for the 2nd "1st service" and it was stolen a week later. I miss it and want to replace it but that's when I thought the problems were unique to me. I think it doesn't like cold weather and I used to wipe the ice off and ride it in 16 degree Fahrenheit. Not sure what else could have caused the failure unless it's not built for all those highway miles I put on her.

Where are you from? Kymcos are usually not stolen where I live. Mostly Italian scoots, especially 2 stroke.
Kymcos are too slow and thus not attractive to thieves (usually kids).

[JoAt-the-Adventurer]

Where are you from? Kymcos are usually not stolen where I live. Mostly Italian scoots, especially 2 stroke.
Kymcos are too slow and thus not attractive to thieves (usually kids).

I'm not from there but it was in Philadelphia when it got stolen.

[zombie]

In Phili. They would steal a cigarette but if you chained it to a light pole. No offense Philli.. Just a rough place.

[axy]

Here are a few pics of P250S and Agility 125 I took this afternoon to illustrate poor quality of some "peripheral" parts.
P250 is exactly one year old (this thread was started in Feb 2009). Agility is two yrs old.
P250 = 8400 km A125=14000 km.
Both scoots are driven year round and they are washed with miniwash at least once every two weeks and then inspected, lubed with grease in spray and treated with WD40.
I live in mild climate area with snow between zero and five days per year.

Most of the corrosion you will notice occured during one or two days the salt was used on the roads in December and January and before it melted and I had the opportunity to wash the scoot.

There is some strange internal friction between windshield and the plastic part that resulted in peeled appearance of the screen itself.

The engine and variator alu casings are of poor quality and aluminum corrosion can be spotted. Most of the nuts and bolts have started rusting, so are many metal parts.
On Agility, rear spring started rusting after a few months, on People,rear shocks have started rusting under the chrome finishing.

This is expected on "mailand China" scoots and not Kymco. I had similar issues with Italian scooters with one difference: it started slowly after 4-5 years and not after 4-5 months like with Kymco...

[axy]

First two pics

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Second two pics

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Part three

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Last pic