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I am about to pull the trigger on an MXU 700i that is a leftover 2017 for a pretty good price.  I want to use it to plow snow for a VERY long driveway.  Can anyone recommend a plow setup?  I see a bunch of WARN kits for $400, does anyone have one and does the universal mount seem to work?  I think I will go with a center mount for strength, but would prefer the ease of a front mount, just read of some cracked parts with front mount.  Any suggestions helpful, thanks in advance!

Bought a Downtown that was a left over last year, I think it is a 2011, don't remember.  Anywho....it has had an intermittent problem.  It would sometimes be really boggy.  It would not kick into that sort of "second gear" the engine does when it gets past about 15 mph then takes off with a larger surge, it would just accelerate weakly.  This would happen periodically and I tried taking off the gas cap to see if there was some vapor lock and reset the throttle setting with the standard procedure.  I used some seafoam in the gas.  But it would still happen on occasion and then seem to go away on its own for no reason only to reappear.

It occurred to me that since this was a leftover it probably sat for a year with gas in the tank, most likely with some Minnesota ethanol and perhaps there was some crud in the fuel system.  I use techron concentrate in my cars with very good results and put in a healthy dose with a full tank of fuel.  Within a very short time it ran like a beast and has displayed more power than its first few miles.  I have not had the bogginess come back since I used it and suspect that the techron did the trick. 

I read that this is one of the most aggressive and effective fuel additives money can buy and seem decent results in my car but it was like night and day after a couple days and 20 miles of it in the scooter.  If you have any intermittent problems and suspect any crud in the fuel, give it a try.  It seems to have cleared up a problem in mine that sea foam would not.

I am looking at getting another helmet and doing my research.  I have a Scorpion EXO700 right now and am totally fine with it.  The reviews from owners tend to classify it as a noisy helmet, but I do not notice too much, but in all honesty it is the only helmet I have ever owned.  Another helmet I am looking at, a Nolan Modular 104 is also complained about as a noisy helmet. 

So this brings me to the question:  For those of you who have had different helmets and bikes, is the noise problem more of an issue on bikes that do not have a windshield like that on the Downtown?   The noise I notice in my current helmet seems to be no big deal and I'd be fine with a helmet that there are noise complaints about IF the windshield on the Dowtown makes the concern kind of meaningless as opposed to a naked motorcycle.   

I have no experience with a windshield-less bike on the freeway and wonder if that is where the noise complaints come from because behind the Downtown's windshield, my "noisy" helmet does not seem to be a big deal at all and I have had the bike to up to 80 plus.

The Nolan helmet seems to get high marks from the SHARP safety rating system, is not too expensive, and offers lots of features but gets some complaints of a little noise.  My other option is the Shoei  Neo-Tec which gets the same rating, is considered quiet, but twice the price.  Is a windshield a HUGE limiting factor in helmet noise?

Has anyone tried any kind of performance pad, if there is such a thing to improve the front braking on a Downtown?  When I practice fast stops I seem to get way more braking from the rear than the front and just wondering if there is a way to beef up the front a little.  It seems lacking compared to the motorcycles I tried. 

I don't want the "grab and go over the handlebars" grip, but it seems like there is a lot of room for improvement. 

Does anyone know of a source for a Downtown plug and play modulator or have a particular model that was easy to install?

Many thanks.

I am looking at a new Yager, this is from a large local scooter dealer who lists the price of the scooter at full retail price of $3500.  On the price tag there is an asterisk that lists the "out the door price" much higher.  It includes TTL and has a $300 charge for freight to get the scooter from the manufacturer much like the delivery charge on a new auto. 

Is this typical of your experience with your local scooter dealer and Kymco or is this dealer profit padding or a negotiating ploy? 

Thanks for your help in advance.

John