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Xciting 500 / Re: Scooter knocked over
« on: September 25, 2012, 09:58:18 PM »
Thanks for all the help and suggestions.
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Xciting 500 / Found a free Service Manual for the 500 Ri as well as Parts List.
« on: September 25, 2012, 09:57:17 PM »
I've been looking for a service manual and found one and a parts list at:
http://www.timtaylor.net/Scooter/Manuals.htm
You have to scroll down. There are two files for the Kymco -- Service and Parts. The files are .rar files (compressed) and there is a link at the bottom of the page for a program that uncompresses them.
http://www.timtaylor.net/Scooter/Manuals.htm
You have to scroll down. There are two files for the Kymco -- Service and Parts. The files are .rar files (compressed) and there is a link at the bottom of the page for a program that uncompresses them.
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Yager GT 200i / Re: shad top box
« on: September 25, 2012, 05:37:41 PM »
If you want to print that manual out buy pre-punched paper to print it on. You can get it at Office Depot and it will save all the punching (and bad punching).
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Xciting 500 / Re: Scooter knocked over
« on: September 25, 2012, 05:18:13 PM »
The center stand is something of a problem for me. I'm 5' 5.5" and weight 145. So far I haven't been able to get it on the center stand. In fact, I thinking about having some kind of lever or handle built to give me a greater fulcrum. When I had the Piaggio MP3 500 I could barely get it on the center stand but there you have 2 front wheels that lock in place and keep the bike level. This one is more difficult.
I guess I should give a little background on myself. I never had a motorcycle before age 74. I went through a couple and then bought the Piaggio. At 75 I rode from Dallas to SC by way of TN and the Tail of the Dragon, 2,431 miles total. My daughter didn't like me going alone but has given up on that. I rode Dallas to New Orleans last year (531 miles in 1 day) and decided I had done enough long distance riding in 100 degree + heat and I sold the Piaggio. That left me with a Honda PCX. Someone stole that so I decided I should get something heavier that I could take on the highway. That brought me to the Xciting, less than a month after birthday 79. Don't let the numbers fool you; I'm in good health and the Xciting feels like the bike I should have. I find it very comfortable except I am on tiptoes when stopped.
Thanks for all the repair information.
I guess I should give a little background on myself. I never had a motorcycle before age 74. I went through a couple and then bought the Piaggio. At 75 I rode from Dallas to SC by way of TN and the Tail of the Dragon, 2,431 miles total. My daughter didn't like me going alone but has given up on that. I rode Dallas to New Orleans last year (531 miles in 1 day) and decided I had done enough long distance riding in 100 degree + heat and I sold the Piaggio. That left me with a Honda PCX. Someone stole that so I decided I should get something heavier that I could take on the highway. That brought me to the Xciting, less than a month after birthday 79. Don't let the numbers fool you; I'm in good health and the Xciting feels like the bike I should have. I find it very comfortable except I am on tiptoes when stopped.
Thanks for all the repair information.
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Xciting 500 / Scooter knocked over
« on: September 24, 2012, 07:47:49 PM »
I got a new (leftover) 2010 500 Ri last week and am loving it. Today I rode it to the coffee shop and someone comes out and tells me it was laying on its side in the parking lot. I had left it on the side stand, rear wheel brake not on, but on a slight uphill grade so it would take some kind of contact to lay it over. The bike is white. I was shocked that it had no fairing damage, just a little to the black under the foot area where it fell over. When we examined the bike there was a tiny black mark on the left rear that makes me think someone backed into it and then took off when it fell. Riding it home I noticed the throttle seemed to stick and saw the bar end was bent at an angle. The bolt that runs through the bar end had bent in the fall. I managed to loosen the bolt a couple of turns and operation went back to normal though still bent at an angle.
My impression is that this is one tough bike and well designed to protect the fairing in a fall. I previously owned a Piaggio MP3 500 and if it went down the fairings showed it. I have been a little concerned in parking the Kymco on a downhill or left to right slope. Has anyone else had one go down while parked? What were the circumstances?
My impression is that this is one tough bike and well designed to protect the fairing in a fall. I previously owned a Piaggio MP3 500 and if it went down the fairings showed it. I have been a little concerned in parking the Kymco on a downhill or left to right slope. Has anyone else had one go down while parked? What were the circumstances?
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Xciting 500 / Re: 2010 Xciting 500Ri Stalling
« on: September 20, 2012, 10:42:43 PM »
Did you ever get the valve adjustment? The only bike that ever did that with me was a valve adjustment problem. After adjusting it has started and run perfectly.
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