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People 50 / Re: Kymco People 50 - Not A Morning Scooter!
« on: October 27, 2010, 04:14:36 AM »
Okay, still haven't gone one single week without having a problem with this scooter. Here's the latest:
Definitely found out the main problem was the CDI connection (not necessarily the CDI). The wiring inside the 4-port terminal was loose and I was getting a bad connection. I fiddled with it for a week before I soldered it to the terminal post. I kid you not, it ran for one night perfectly... and then the next morning, NOTHING! I haven't been able to start it since... no switch or kick. I've bought 2 different CDIs... one AC and one DC. Neither one will work. I definitely fried the AC one (started to bubble) and blew a fuse.
I've emailed numerous moped places but still no one seems to know whether the Kymco People 50 2005 is AC or DC. Also, the ports on the stock CDI are backwards (4-port on the right, 2-port on the left) from the other CDIs I've purchased (and seen). I'm tempted to buy the Kymco stock CDI but it's about $62 (I bought the other CDIs for under $30 total). I'm also not convinced this is my only electrical problem. Very very rarely I can get the scooter going by messing with some of the wires but it dies almost immediately.
I looked up the wiring diagram for the Kymco People but naturally it's blurry as hell when I print it out and can't really be deciphered (all the other pages print out fine).
Surely the moped Gods hate me.
Definitely found out the main problem was the CDI connection (not necessarily the CDI). The wiring inside the 4-port terminal was loose and I was getting a bad connection. I fiddled with it for a week before I soldered it to the terminal post. I kid you not, it ran for one night perfectly... and then the next morning, NOTHING! I haven't been able to start it since... no switch or kick. I've bought 2 different CDIs... one AC and one DC. Neither one will work. I definitely fried the AC one (started to bubble) and blew a fuse.
I've emailed numerous moped places but still no one seems to know whether the Kymco People 50 2005 is AC or DC. Also, the ports on the stock CDI are backwards (4-port on the right, 2-port on the left) from the other CDIs I've purchased (and seen). I'm tempted to buy the Kymco stock CDI but it's about $62 (I bought the other CDIs for under $30 total). I'm also not convinced this is my only electrical problem. Very very rarely I can get the scooter going by messing with some of the wires but it dies almost immediately.
I looked up the wiring diagram for the Kymco People but naturally it's blurry as hell when I print it out and can't really be deciphered (all the other pages print out fine).
Surely the moped Gods hate me.