KymcoForum.com

Hi all -

My biggest mystery is currently - how the *heck* do you add air to Grandvista 250 tires?
I've been to several gas stations and haven't found an air pump with a valve I can fit over the filler - so I went and purchased a hand-type bicycle tire pump - but even that won't fit!

What do I need and where do I find it?
Why is this so difficult (rhetorical...)?

Lastly - my owner's manual has some crazy metric reading for recommended pressure. I've tried to convert online unsuccessfully...just what is the right pressure for U.S. people??

Any help would be most appreciated...y'all always come through!
Thanks -

Already...THANK YOU! This forum continues to blow me away...

So, I spoke with the owner of the dealership and he's agreed to tow it back to the shop at their expense. (It was towed BOTH ways originally at my expense...)

While I'm actually decently mechanically-able, I've gotten to where I'd much rather let someone else do it and write the check (just being transparent here...).

I guess I'm trying to be sure they're not gonna put the screws to me for replacing some parts unnecessarily. I dunno - it seems like I need to trust them to do the right thing - and after speaking to the owner, I'm inclined to do that (but also, I admit to being somewhat over-trusting/gullible...).

So now, I suppose, my real question is - what the hell could've happened - given that to ME, there was no issues with the brakes when the scoot was sent off to them? I'm having the most trouble reconciling the notation on my paperwork that "rear brake seems a bit soft...bled system but didn't help" with having scoot returned with a fully inoperable rear brake.

Once AGAIN I need to say how totally impressed I am with the responsiveness and quality of information on this forum...and so I'm giving it another go...!

So - I posted several weeks ago about Kymco dealer wanting a pile of money to rebuild my carb after only 1500 miles. Well, according to replies - I felt fine about paying that bill, since I had no idea I needed to add something like "Sea Foam" because I ride rather infrequently and for very short trips.

They had my scoot for close to 3 weeks. They said it takes 2 weeks to get Kymco parts. Whatever.
Anyway - I was so jacked to get it back, I paid to have it towed back to me - since the forecast was calling for rain for the next several days. So I FINALLY get it back - and here's the killer...

My left brake handle does ABSOLUTELY nothing! No resistance at ALL. Might as well be flappin' in the wind!
There was NOTHING wrong with my brakes when it went to the dealer.
Now...I noted it said on my paperwork "rear brake seems a bit soft. Bled system but did not seem to help".

RED FLAG! Like I say - there was NO issue with my brakes.
But okay - maybe to an EXPERT the brake felt soft. To me as a RIDER, it was fine. If the dealer, as an expert, want to bleed the system - fine.

So of course I call the Service Manager and he says that's the way the scoot came in. BULLSH*T!
I was like - uhh...no sh*t "bleeding the system didn't seem to help" - in fact, YOU BROKE IT! It's completely INOPERABLE.

So we're at an impasse. They maintain it came in that way.
Does anyone have insight on what could have happened? As it was towed in - could something have happened in towing?
I guess my main confusion is that the shop took it upon themselves to address what they identified as a soft rear brake - tried bleeding the system with no improvement - and then delivered it to me with a TOTALLY inoperable rear brake!

Gawd - I dunno...any insights?
THANK YOU!

One more time - I'm so impressed!
THANK YOU!

Well, the cost and the wait suck - but I've learned something very valuable because of it.
My hope is that I can save someone else this expensive lesson - so again, thank you so much...

AGAIN...(and again!)
THANK YOU to all...

A lot of great info.

Hi all -

Well, I've had SUCH amazing responses using this forum in the past - I'm giving it a shot again...
So - the battery on my '06 Grandvista 250 didn't hold a charge thru the winter.
I've got the battery out of the bike, and I have a charger (it even says "smart charger" on it!), but I don't have the instructions for the dang thing.

Okay - first, it wants you to select the type of battery. The 3 choices (obviously abbreviated) are WET, GEL and AGM. Then you select charging rate, and the 3 choices are 2, 10 and 15 amps.

Sadly - I DUNNO EITHER PIECE OF INFORMATION! And I'd like to keep from causing an explosion, if possible. 

Of course I realize the battery may have had it - but since I have this charger I'd like to give it the ol college try.

Any help will be HUGELY appreciated!
The users on this forum totally RULE!

Thanks

Wowie -

I'm seriously thankful to all of you that replied! This was a goofy yet highly VEXING issue I couldn't get resolution for - till now!

Yes, it makes sense this lamp would be controlled by the same switch that tells the "dashboard" display that the trunk is open!

See...? It just doesn't take that much to make me happy...I'm a simple man. (A simple man that freakin' LOVES his Kymco Grandvista 250 scooter...!)

I'm SO glad I found and joined this forum. I'll never futz with any other such forums - this one's the BEST!

Thanks again -