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With more than 90,000 miles on Kymco 250's and now GTi 300, I have been through this entire process a number of times, with mine and friends Kymco scooters. Removing the "swing arm" from the drive shaft, this is not an axle, can be done with a 3 point puller. Drill the swing arm, install the proper length bolts with fender washers and nuts on the back side, spray a penetrating lube on the bearing ( let it sit for several hours) and tighten the center puller bolt. Off it will come. The danger in pounding on the drive shaft with a 5# sledge is that this drive shaft, not axle, is attached to a gear and rides on a bearing in the transmission !!! These hidden parts can be badly damaged and are not fun to replace. use a high pressure grease, as we do on BMW splined shafts, on the splines and a good quality anti-seize at the bearing interface. Future rear tire changes will be a breeze ! 

We do a long distance scooter trip once a year plus many shorter rides. On the 24th we will head to Oshkosh for the EAA fly in. In late September we will make the yearly pilgrimage down the Blue Ridge Parkway, always fun. I had 53,000 miles on my People 250 when I sold it, after purchasing an S250. I sold the S250 to a friend at 32,000 miles. It was the 250 on the Texas trip. It still runs like a clock. I still like my 2 BMW's but I think the Kymco GTi300 is great fun.

It's easy. First you visit the Civil War battlefields in Kentucky,such as Perrysville, then you ride part of the Natchez TrailParkway. Now it's time to head to Hot Springs AK for a few days of exploring the area, then on to Texas to ride the Hill Country. A bit of wandering around Jefferson and Nacodoches before heading to Austin for two days. Into the Hill Country with stops in Fredericksburg, didn't miss the National Pacific War Museum, Llano and San Saba, home of Tommy Lee Jones, and then north to Clebourn to visit family and explore the Dallas, Ft Worth for three days. Headed north east into Oklahoma, thru Broken Bow taking 259 north to highway 1 east. This is the Talimena Scenic Drive, great views in the mountains !! Across Arkansas through Mountain View to Mamouth Springs at the border and into Missouri and a tour through the Mark Twain National Forest. We then crossed the Mississippi River and Ohio River into Kentucky. With a stop in Paducah and Louisville we headed home !! That is how you get that many miles from Columbus Ohio to Texas and back !