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So I sold my scooter, a few weeks ago, but I sold it to the restaurant next door to my home, hence the inquiry.

Anyway, so when I turn the key lights come on but when I turn the key to start everything turns off, so it seems like the power is being directed to the starter but nothing happens, bike dosen't turn over or make a sound, followed by one long blink, on quick blink on the engine light.

Any idea's?

Thanks, Jon

Just wanted to thank Stig and everyone on this forum for all your help and support though the past year and a half.

I felt I needed a little more for my day to day commuting in NYC so I found a good deal on a 2015 CB500X ABS with 9,000 miles on it, but I'm going to miss the girl.  I loved my Like and what a great way to get to know two wheels in this crazy city after 20 years off.

I'll still check in and god willing  I'll almost certainly see another scooter again in my future.

Ride Safe, Jon.

I did one winter in nyc without a windscreen, but I'm starting to think about the next, labor day and all, and I think it's an accessory I want to add.

Any thought's and experiences with compatible products would be appreciated.

Thanks, Jon

From an American perspective it is terrible, it took months after the 400i was introduced into this country for them to even include it on their site.
But considering our scooter market, I'll give them a pass, but only because they make their scoots so well and ultimately that is what is important.

Hey Stig,

For the TPS, I don't know much about it and really haven't had time to do in-depth reading on the matter, I have been doing 12-18 hour days for weeks so I don't tend to try and learn so much in such work cycles.

As for the one long six short, my scoot always displays one long when I turn the key to on, so if that is to be considered part of the error message, then it might be a temp sensor, but the six short  have defiantly gone away, I watch it with some regularity now.

Based on what I have read in this forum, I thought my symptoms to be clutch glazing, and that also makes a lot of sense considering how I have to ride in nyc.  I thought perhaps that high RPM for 20 or so miles a day and for 2 weeks straight, might have the effect of clearing the glaze, but I must admit I'm ignorant on if this is a plausible explanation.

That said, the timeline of when I noticed the six short was not long before that work cycle and the bike was showing the symptoms I mentioned in my previous post, but soon after they stopped.

Two days after my accident, referred to in my post "So the Like and I went down last night (were both ok)" I thought I was going to have to call a tow truck at 5am after a good 20-30min of trying to get it to start; sputtering, running really rough and dying with even slight throttle but I finally got it to catch. It still ran rougher then normal, but I was confident after the first half mile that I was going to make it the 8 more home.  I had purchased fuel on the way to work that day, it was not raining.

Next morning, first thing I did was drain the puke tube, seemed about full of oil, plus it contained what seemed like a bright orange sediment and something heavier then the oil. The oil was fairly clean as I had changed it just a few days prior.

Started it up after draining and it was just like it had always been.

I don't know if any of this helps you to understand, because I certainly don't, but ever since my scoot has been running great, I still get one long when I initially turn the key, but no more six short.

Jon

Yeah, me too! 

It's just funny how both my warning symptoms and the problem have gone away, not far after 4000 miles.

I also bought mine in 2017, May, and just had it in to the dealer's shop last week for a tire change.  I thought about having them take a look with the KYMCO analyzer, but they were so slammed and it had to be a hundred degrees in that garage, still got my tires changed within 4 hours.  Since the problem had gone away I didn't have the heart to ask them under those conditions.

Probably I should have, right?

Jon

Thanks Snoop, that site is new to me and now bookmarked into my Kymco Parts folder.

Jon