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People GT 300i / Tail Light Bulb Access
« on: February 19, 2024, 01:19:18 AM »
Sooo...my brake and tail light weren't working.
The manual says to remove the seat bucket, the seat, the rack, the bodywork etc etc. I tried that but you still can't reach the bulb.
I was sure a company like Kymco wouldn't make you go through all that just for a bulb so I took another look today and viola! Theres a wee inspection hatch on the wheel arch under where the pillion would sit. A couple of push pin coonnectors and the cover has a couple of tabs....easy peasy.

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People GT 300i / Re: Brake Pad Question
« on: February 19, 2024, 01:13:06 AM »
Not sure but I know the ones from Aliexpress are cheap and work well

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People GT 300i / Front Engine Panel Removal
« on: August 10, 2023, 03:36:56 AM »
There's a bit of mixed info going about and the manual is pretty useless...but I really needed to swap my spark plug so I persevered. As mentioned in an old thread you just need to remove the seat and seat bucket. From there the front panel (between your legs) is held in by a series of flat hooks that engage with the side panels and floor panel.
You don't need to remove side panels or floor panels etc.
Carefully work from top to bottom, squeezing the center panel inwards and disengaging stubborn ones with a flat head screwdriver.
Once that is out you have ready access to the cylinder head...and this would've been handy when I did the sidestand cutout thing.
Hope this helps  8)

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People GT 300i / Re: Mivv Exhaust
« on: August 10, 2023, 03:25:44 AM »
Looks good  8)

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People GT 300i / Four Months Later
« on: March 19, 2023, 05:18:18 AM »
OK, I have had the bike a few months now and thought I'd do a quick follow-up. In short, I freaking love this bike!  8)
My 850 cc motorcycle is sold, this scooter is definitely all I need. Plenty of get up and go, comfy, styling, decent brakes and handy storeage. I don't mind that the underseat won't take my helmet as the top-box takes care of that while the puncture repair kit/tools/wet weather pants live under the seat.
OEM tyres are pretty good and are holding up well at 8500 km.
Lights are great and the horn has some authority.
I bought front and rear brake pads from a dealer and was frankly shocked at the price...more than twice what I've previously paid for pads for any bike in the past.
Apart from that rude shock, happy days. I'd get another in a heartbeat  :)


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People GT 300i / Re: Hi from Sydney Australia
« on: November 11, 2022, 12:28:26 AM »
Quote from: CROSSBOLT on November 10, 2022, 11:47:15 AM
I missed Mousejunks post on this, obviously. Nevertheless, that plug with the green wires is "nearby" the plug that is in the switch. I have had my hands on it in the DT300i but not the GTi300 so you  will be the point man on this.

Success! Thanks for the advice peeps. I removed the seat and seat undertray and then I could see the connectors hanging around over the underscoot tray, inboard of the rotary switch. I was able to do the disconnect/reconnect one handed (there's not a lot of wriggle room) and voila! The bike doesn't cut out when the side stand goes down...happy days  8)

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People GT 300i / Re: Manual for the People
« on: November 11, 2022, 12:21:08 AM »
Quote from: Stig / Major Tom on November 10, 2022, 11:37:30 PM
So, not a manifesto for our comrades?! Manual for The People!

read that too quickly......
Stig

Lol you got it  8)

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People GT 300i / Manual for the People
« on: November 10, 2022, 09:27:43 PM »
Here's a link to the GT300 I manual https://kymco.at/pub/media/Download/Kymco/WHBPeopleGT300i.pdf

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People GT 300i / Re: Hi from Sydney Australia
« on: November 10, 2022, 01:38:52 AM »
Quote from: CROSSBOLT on November 10, 2022, 12:31:14 AM
There are (should be!) two plugs for that rotary switch on the sidestand. One has brown and green wires to the plug shell and the other has two green wires. That plug with two green wires plugs into the plug with a brown and green wire. Got that? Now let's go some where and get plugged! Oops! Forgot! Don't do that any more.....sorry!

Did I leave out the part about un-plugging the plug that is plugged into the switch? Do that first....

I'm looking but seeing nothing without taking some bodywork off and I'm not sure how to do that. I'd love nothing more than to see 'em just dangling there....did you have to take off any panels to access them?

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People GT 300i / Re: Hi from Sydney Australia
« on: November 09, 2022, 10:09:33 PM »
Thanks for the welcomes :)

Quote from: mousejunks on November 09, 2022, 02:57:21 PM
Hi, welcome to the forum.

Here is the guide to disable the side stand kill switch. https://www.kymcoforum.com/index.php?topic=26124.0

Interesting, thank you. I did take a peek yesterday and saw the rotary switch and little metal tab it engages with but no obvious other plugs...will have a better look today  8)

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People GT 300i / Re: Hi from Sydney Australia
« on: November 09, 2022, 10:29:38 AM »
Honestly...a little too far for my liking for the fun roads. The regular run is through the national park but that gets a bit dull after a while. That's the main reason my road bike doesn't get the run it needs and I switched back to a scooter.
Full disclosure: I had a variety of Vespas in the late 80s...150 S, 90 S, 150 S, 180 rally, Douglas 150 and then I was a courier in London on a 200PE. 4 speeds baby, non of this twist and go....feels like coming home, only in the future  ;D :D

Quote from: Neil955i on November 09, 2022, 05:52:19 AM
Welcome Dav.

As Karl says, I'm sure you'll get many years / miles pleasure from your 300.  That exhaust (muffler) looks like it's a lift from the X-Town 300 parts line!  I see you're in Sydney?  How far do you have to travel for some fun biking roads?

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People GT 300i / Re: Hi from Sydney Australia
« on: November 09, 2022, 12:17:46 AM »
Quote from: CROSSBOLT on November 09, 2022, 12:06:33 AM
Welcome to you, Dav! Some of the most outrageously, insanely funny I ever met in my Naval career were Austalian sailors! Glad to have you with our merry band of enthusiasts.

The People GTi300 and the Downtown 300i share the same engine and transmission. Both engines are 4-valve head and are very powerful for their displacement. You must have found the bypass in the harness for the sidestand or have made your own. I need to bypass that switch on my DT300i...

You will enjoy many years of enjoyable transport on that machine!

Thanks Karl....I am yet to have a peek at the cutout switch and was hoping it might be a simple wire switcheroo...from your comment I guess there must be more to it  :o

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People GT 300i / Hi from Sydney Australia
« on: November 08, 2022, 11:55:53 PM »
Hi all, after I fair bit of research I bought this people 300 yesterday...immaculate condition, very happy. I just need to adjust the headlight and bypass the sidestand cutout. I have an 850 road bike that never gets into operating range and with fuel prices the way they are this was a no-brainer  8)

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