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I started a facebook page for the super 8 for us English speaking consumers.  The only other one seems to be primarily Philippino.  I think the FB idea will work better for photos, and other issues.  Come on by, toss it a like, and any Super 8 thoughts you have at all. 

Kymco Super 8 English



https://www.facebook.com/#!/KymcoSuper8English

I never got a owners manual from my dealer let alone a service manual.  When I bought my Super 8 they said they could not find it, and would mail it to me.  Been a month and nothing, despite costant reminders of how it invalidates all service agreements if I do not know my service schedule within owners manual.

I live in Anacortes, Washington.  Some great riding here in the San Juans.  I knew I would get a certain amount of grief for my transgendered scoot.  The part that entertains me is watching peoples responses, and the confusion generated.  You can really tell how much people know about motorcycles in general by the way they look at it, and the questions generated.  I'll be honest here also.  I have not been that impressed with the Kymco build quality so far.  Upon tearing it down (if you look at my other posts), there were numerous stripped nuts and bolts.  Pretty disappointing removing pieces and knowing I would spend a evening tapping and dying threads.  I also found the gear oil filled above the fill bolt (how you do this, other than laying it on its side and filling gear oil), and it puked out my airbox.  Other than that, the engine has proven to be pretty smoothe and dependable so far.  The other color option I contemplated was painting the whole bike flat black, Mad Max style, but that would of required alot more work.  I do own a 2004 BMW R1150RT, so I'm not a complete wannabe.

My dealer did not have a owners manual, he said he would order one for me.  I would really like to find a paper dealer service manual, can't find one.

My new kymco super 8 with 30 miles is puking oil OUT of the upper breather tube in the rear hub, into the airbox.  I took filter covere off, and could definitely tell this is where it is coming from.  It is a gear oil, not motor oil.  My guess is the factory or dealer overfilled the rear hub and this is why this is happening.  I see a bolt about mid height in the rear hub that I would guess is the fill hole.  Is the full oil level supposed to be at the lower level of this bolt hole?  If this is the case, it seems it would be difficult to overfill.  Your thoughts and input appreciated, my dealer is quite a ways away, and if it is easy to fix I'd rather do it.

I'm also trying to find a dealer service manual in paper form, I can't find nothing online and that seems odd.  Any help there would also be appreciated.

I bought a new/old stock 2009 super 8 a couple days ago.  Being a body man/fabricator/painter, the first thing I did when getting it home was to tear it apart in preparation for a black/white paint conversion installing BMW emblems, reminescent of the European BMW Policia special scooters.  Yes, I am also a BMW motorcycle owner.  I started with the seat and seat tub, and was surprised to find two nuts and bolts stripped upon removal.  A few minutes later I went to the foot pegs and found two of the four alan head bolts were stripped upon removal.  The worst one was the one in the bottom of the battery tray, that was just a shaft that once was a bolt.  I spend a couple hours running taps and dies to restore these situations.  Keep in mind, this is a brand new scooter, and the strippage was found upon disassembly, not reassembling process, by a professional mechanic.

My question about Kymco scooters, is this typical?  I really hope mechanically this scooter is more sound than the body parts. 

Wrench heads, do tell if I got a lemon or not.