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Super 8 150 / Re: Which Gas do you use for kymco s8!!!
« on: August 08, 2011, 01:42:13 PM »
I have found Gulf Premium gives the best MPG and power.

Next is Exxon super and then Sunoco super.

Iridium spark plug and synthetic purple oil seems to quiet the engine and along with careful trial and error of tire pressure and the use of Dynabeads to balance tires. All seem to work together for a great ride.

MPG avg is 80-100, top spead flat road is 58-62, highway downhill 76, 79 when riding the draft of a truck (all sppeds after realcuating the speedometer that is off by 6-8 MPH).

My weight is 170, plus about 20lbs of gear.


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General Discussion / Tires for super 8
« on: July 14, 2011, 02:55:06 AM »
Any suggestions on which seller to trust and which brand or type to replace oem tires which were goog but rear developing an out of shape to it.

still under warranty but dealer says tires nit covered and wont be able to get me in to change tire for a month.

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Super 8 150 / Re: Weird Incident with Scooter
« on: July 11, 2011, 12:44:26 AM »
Your original problem was similar to mine that led to the replacement of the stator.

I also had a problem with a fuse that looked good but when scooter got hot, scooter would not start after I stoped for a few minutes. i cam to find the fuse was bad as I used a test light and there was no power going through, when cooled the scooter started and there was power throu the fuse. Replaced the fuse and never had that problem again.

New problem is a serious vibration from rear wheel at 50 to 60 MPH, i find I can reduce vibration with a very accurate inflation of tires.

Tire does have a wobble not the wheel. Kymco dealer says tires not covered under warranty si I will replace it and see what happens.

Now to find a dealer available to replace the tire or do it myself.

Also seems to run with most power on Exxon Or Gulf super, gulf super also gives better mileage by about 10% according to my non scientific testing.

Hope you have overcome your problem.

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General Discussion / Re: Warning Kymco difficult to find parts
« on: July 11, 2011, 12:29:43 AM »
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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General Discussion / Warning Kymco difficult to find parts
« on: June 27, 2011, 10:01:58 PM »
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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Super 8 150 / Warning Kymco Super 8 parts cant be found by dealer
« on: June 27, 2011, 09:41:52 PM »
2010 super 8 3600 miles stopped working suddenly, dealer says needs new stator.........but cant get OEM part.

I was hesitant to buy one .......learned my lesson.....was great while it ran.

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Super 8 150 / Re: Changing a flat
« on: March 28, 2011, 10:05:33 PM »
Well without having my scooter yet was hoping to learn if I could repair a flat myself or insert a tube, or have a spare tire available if need be.

Cant seem to find any repair manuals so far.

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Super 8 150 / Changing a flat
« on: March 28, 2011, 08:41:44 PM »
Is there a simole method to remove wheels to change a flat if I should get one on the Super 150 or do I need a shop to do it?

Thanks!

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