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Agility 50 / Re: Headlight bulb: LED ok?
« on: November 14, 2015, 03:06:17 PM »
Quote from: RickEEE on September 14, 2015, 09:45:01 PM
Just pulled out a bad incandescent 12v 35/35 (BA20D) bulb from my Agility 50's head lamp.   Am thinking of replacing with this:  http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00HUOMYIU?psc=1&redirect=true&ref_=ox_sc_act_title_1&smid=A867P1BBKCZM8

I have searched and read with interest threads about rewiring new fixtures, but why, if this bulb works and draws a fraction of the current, produces less heat, produces more lumens and last 50000 hrs?
Any concerns or issues?

I tried one of those, and even with a rectifier to convert AC to DC it burned out from overvoltage..

I am trying out one of these:

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B011NT1PE6?psc=1&redirect=true&ref_=od_aui_detailpages00

No problems so far, just not really brighter.  A lot of people are starting to use LED Spots aimed low, so I got some LED fogs that I will likely try out.

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Agility 50 / Re: Whine then died, now won't start
« on: November 24, 2014, 08:00:37 PM »
Two weeks ago today I had a minor accident, went down on my bike ( fractured my left thumb and took the skin off my right knee - although my pants were fine... ), but all seemed fine with my bike ( broken plastics aside ).  That Wednesday I heard a high pitched whine and my Agility bit the big one.  The piston seized, as the oil pump had ripped the teeth off its gear.  Later I found out that the wrist pin seized, not the piston, but I destroyed the piston getting the wrist pin out.  Fortunately, I had the 72cc kit I had upgraded to the 100cc kit from, and was able to put that back on....

As an aside, I did finish my DC to AC conversion, and it seems to work fine.  My higher watt bulb ( 40/45 ) was draining my battery with the DC system, but with the AC conversion the spark no longer draws from the battery so it charges up just fine.

Sigh...

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Agility 50 / Re: Engine?
« on: October 05, 2014, 04:16:01 PM »
Quote from: ConradFr on October 03, 2014, 06:36:16 PM
Hi

Why do you not use the AC CDI of the 139 qmb instead of the DC CDI of the Agility ?

Bye

Hey, yeah, as I said, the Agility works fine with the DC CDI if you don't connect the red/black wire but I went ahead and finished the AC CDI mod.  I just had to replace the black (12v) wire going into the CDI connectors with the red/black wire from the new coil and swap in an AC CDI ( I had a couple on hand from previous scooters ).

I believe that my lights are now brighter...

I also did it in a way that the original connector for the DC CDI is still there, and I could swap it back in if I wanted.

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Agility 50 / Re: Engine?
« on: October 05, 2014, 03:28:42 AM »
Yes, although I will likely go with a dc to ac mod, it charges the battery and runs the lights - and my headlight is a 45/40 which I replaced the 35/35 with.

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Agility 50 / Re: Engine?
« on: October 03, 2014, 05:51:46 PM »
I recently replaced my Agility 50 engine with a 139qmb ( I blew it up - a long and boring story ), and the only difference in the stator is the a50 uses a 3-wire stator ( white, yellow, blue/yellow ) and the qmb adds a forth red/black wire that goes to the ac/spark on an ac only system. Since the a50 runs the spark off of the battery it doesn't use the red/black wire, but it works if you just connect the other three.

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Agility 50 / Re: 100cc BBK won't start?!?!
« on: September 27, 2014, 03:59:04 PM »
I once had my key fall out and didn't realize it, so the flywheel was just spinning on the shaft. I ended up getting a 125/150 intake manifold and 150cc carb when I put on my 100cc upgrade kit, and the pilot in the 150cc carb works great. I am running a 110 main right now. It wouldn't start with a 38 pilot and ran lean and was hard to start with a 40 pilot. I am not sure what size the included jet is, but it is larger. I also had to play with the needle height for the main jet, and the air/fuel screw adjust is way different ( it wouldn't even start with the number of turns that I was used to ).

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Agility 50 / Re: My Agility suddenly stops the engine while driving......
« on: May 10, 2014, 03:47:57 PM »
You have not described what, if any, maintenance that you have done or regularly do, and what parts you may have replaced, if any.  Also the conditions under which the engine stops, i.e. sitting at idle, cruising, or wide open throttle.  Without such information the incredibly helpful people on this board can only guess.

I, not being one of the incredibly helpful people on this board, can only say that when something similar happened to me, it turned out to be a dirty fuel filter that needed to be replaced.  That is, of course, only a guess based on my personal experience and not enough information.

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Agility 50 / Re: should my kickstart work without pressing the starter button?
« on: January 19, 2014, 02:15:29 PM »
Yes, the kickstart should start your scoot with just the keyswitch being on.

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Agility 50 / Re: Avice needed
« on: January 19, 2014, 02:14:03 PM »
I added an alarm to mine.  I have on every bike since they stole my first, and it is the only thing that consistently works.  It kept my second scoot from being stolen ( probably the same little &*(&(*& ).

The Kymco isn't any more difficult to add one to than any of the others were, but it isn't exactly straightforward either ( soldering connectors piggyback and cutting one line ) - especially since some of my past scooters had connectors that you could just plug an aftermarket alarm into.

Before I put one inside though, I had a brakelock alarm, the kind that locks to the front disc ( a Xena ).  That, and a good chain/cable lock served me well...

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Agility 50 / Re: Avice needed
« on: January 17, 2014, 12:52:36 PM »
Sorry to hear,

My very first scoot got stolen by some little *^&^(, on Thanksgiving no less!

My Kymco is my fifth scoot...

My first was a black and grey/silver 2T with whitewalls...

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Agility 50 / Re: intermittent electrical start problem
« on: January 13, 2014, 06:39:29 PM »
Cold killed my original Kymco Agility battery, and I ended up replacing it with a higher amperage one for more cranking power and longer cranking time - for those cold mornings or when I have been fiddling with the carb.  I have also had issues with oxidation on the battery terminals/connectors and the frame ground terminal/connector, and even the positive power to starter motor connector.  The clicking noise is of course the solenoid inside the starter relay, and even though it clicks it can still fail on the switching side.  A 7amp battery is a good place to start - I have one...

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Agility 50 / Re: Avice needed
« on: January 13, 2014, 03:08:55 PM »
Sound like a broken key switch.  Needs to be replaced.

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Agility 50 / Re: Windshields... Who has one and what have you found.
« on: November 17, 2013, 10:12:58 PM »
I have a Givi 105A, and it keeps off the rain and wind, rocks and bugs - I got it for that.

http://www.helmetheadcycle.com/product/2332/givi-128a-a439a-kymco-agility-50-replacement-windshield


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Agility 50 / Re: Head light bulbs
« on: November 01, 2013, 03:00:23 PM »
I had to connect the wires for the postion lights on my 2009 Agility 50 4t, as they were disconnected for the American market.  I used a 3-postion switch so that I could turn on/off my headlight/position lights.  Here in Georgia, scooters are not required to have lights on all the time, but in some locals you can't turn them off.  Even so, you could wire the position lights into the headlight if you wanted.

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Agility 50 / Re: anyone installed an AC cdi
« on: August 18, 2013, 10:51:56 PM »
An AC system runs the cdi from the stator, and the Kymco's hybrid AC/DC system run the cdi from the battery.  In an AC system the cdi would be connected to the same lead that connects to the voltage regulator, as the other lead is for the headlights.  I said hybrid AC/DC system because a full DC system would have all the power channeled through the voltage regulator and run everything from the battery like a car does...

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