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I've sometimes found with carburetted GY6 50ccs that they can, after reassembly or sitting for some time, really take some serious cranking to start getting fuel back through the system.

If you've got a battery charger, and you're confident it's got enough oil, spark and some fuel  in the tank, I'd keep trying to start it for a good few minutes. Don't burn the starter motor out, give it some breaks, but sometimes it can take quite a bit of cranking to pull fuel through the lines!

The last 50cc GY6 I worked on took me a good 90 seconds of attempting to start it before it fired up and ran well after that.

I'm not even sure my front wheel is balanced... I'll have to look :|

Thanks Stig - that's brilliant - and I can see a mistake I've made so I'll need to go back and correct a video!

David, scooters are a joy to work on - you'll be fine

I live in beautiful Ashbourne in Derbyshire. It's a great place to live and ride around

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Ashbourne is really nice. If you see a black Kymco on the A52 heading for Nottingham or Belper, that's probably me!

Maybe it's the brand of roller. I'm going to buy a couple of sets of round ones to experiment with!

** Three videos are here this time - variator reassembly and cleaning, putting the drive belt etc. back together and a quick talk on 13g rollers **

I've put the 13g sliding pieces/rollers in and it's really devastated the performance of the scooter!

Removed the original belt at 17000KM and I have to say, it wasn't even that worn. The same can be said for the rollers!

I'm glad it's done though, as now I know how to nip it all apart on the road.

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Also I've had a little time to look at Brian - the other Kymco Like hiding behind my shed.

I've had a battery on it and the engine turns over on the starter... just. Something's really not right. I think the starter motor would be a good first port of call, as it's turning over in a very laboured fashion and the current drain is huge.

I've also noticed that Brian the 125 has a kick start, but Bernard the 200 doesn't - although the engagement nut is still on the 200. I'm thinking of swapping the drive belt covers and seeing if the kick start can be added to the 200 as a bolt on! We'll find out fairly soon.

I'll be trying 15g rollers next, I think...

De dee, that is genius of Piaggio!

Viper, that sucks! Hey, do you have any scooter/motorcycle salvage yards near you?

Yes; I was over at the local one today, I can look for a DT300 switchgear around, I'll keep my eyes peeled.

Euro regs changed over winter 16/17 and all ours how have permanent headlights too. I agree it's undesirable when the engine's not running!