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Agility 50 / Re: Valve Ajustment?
« on: November 01, 2012, 12:20:12 AM »
I was always told the exhaust valve should have a slightly bigger gap as that gets hotter due to passing hot exhaust gasses so expands slightly more than the inlet valve, also that it should be done when the engine is cold preferably when it has stood over night, if you adjust them when the engine is warm you are adjusting them so there is a gap. If it's done correctly the idea is there will no no gap once the engine is fully warmed up and everything has expanded that way no tapping noise but not to tight that the valve can't fully close onto there seats otherwise you risk burning them out......

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Agility 50 / Re: dead
« on: October 24, 2012, 09:00:10 AM »
The problem I have is I need reliability to get me to work on time and my only transport is my scoot or a bicycle for my 18 mile round commute, if I thought my scoot was a bit tempremental I would end up allowing for this and leaving for work a good hour before I needed to just incase, saying my scoot had broken down again just would not cut it in my place of work, the only way I could manage with a older less reliable machine is by having a seconed road worthy scoot as a back up so if I thought one was starting to play or failed to start that day I could jump on the other. This is the only reason I prefer a newer machine but if times carry on getting harder I may well have to start getting my hands dirty maintaining an ageing scoot. Gone are the days when I could afford a new car every 3 years and it looks like the days when I can afford a new scoot every 3 years are also coming to an end.....

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Agility 50 / Re: dead
« on: October 23, 2012, 11:24:55 AM »
If it was me rather than keep throwing money and not being sure if it's definitly going to solve your problems, I would put both bikes on eBay and put the money towards a brand new machine I think at £1070 on the road with a 2 year warranty you can't go wrong, they save you that in public transport in the first year alone, let's say you can raise £250 for both scoots selling them for spares you would need £820 towards the new scoot even if you finance that over the 2 years you would be talking less than £5 a week that's one days bus/train fair these days. plus no more worries about repair bills as you will have your warranty no mot for 3 years and will not need tyres or other wear and tear items as everything is shiney and new. compared to running a car for the last 18 years scootering feels so cheap I will probably just buy a new kymco every 3 years simply because if you start taking into account mots, tyres, drive belts etc that will start needing replacing as the scoot gets older you would not be far off the cost of a new machine, I think after 3 years and 30,000km you would have had your money's worth anything longer is a bonus. I would not go with any other manufacturer now as in the last 18 months of owning both  scoots I have never had a days trouble out of mine or my wife's kymco's. previously we had new peugeot and scoots and both had there faults and could not rely on them seems since they went to china for production, i have owned quite a few scoots over the years and none worse than the new peugeots even my boatian was far more reliable. I know some kymco's are now made in china but at least the quality is still there were as Peugeot seems like its all about cost cutting and max profit....

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Agility 50 / Re: Lighting Question
« on: October 05, 2012, 07:27:01 AM »
Have you not got lights there already i think here in the uk they are fitted by law, i think they are 5 watt bulbs in there for what they are there good for day riding as you can see them from a distance and it looks like 2 headlights.......

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Agility 50 / Re: agility 50 problems :(
« on: October 03, 2012, 01:00:54 PM »
Thats why i would try redex first saves getting your hands dirty and if you are not to sure what you are doing saves taking the risk of making things worse, plus even if it does not solve your problem the redex will not have been wasted as it also helps clean inside the cylinder and the valves and there steats etc......

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Agility 50 / Re: agility 50 problems :(
« on: October 01, 2012, 02:45:23 PM »
Have you thought about throwing some redex in there nothing to lose and im sure others no here will tell you i swear by the stuff the amount of times its bailed me out of running and starting problems, you can get a bottle for about £4 from most supermarkets i add 80ml to 100ml to a full tank, after i have ran the tank down its always improved the running and starting of all my scoots over the years.....

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Agility 50 / Re: love my little agility 50 but think i need a 150 any recomendations?
« on: October 01, 2012, 02:39:55 PM »
I may get the k pipe 50 if i can ride it on my car licence not sure if it will be classed as a moped or not with it having gears, will not be upgrading until my ag50 is 3 years old a good 20 months away, i dont like keeping them after 3 years as if you start to take into account mot tests and new tyres etc and other parts that are close to there wear limit it can be near cost effective to get a nice shiny new machine and no worrys about mot again for another 3 years......

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Agility 50 / Re: love my little agility 50 but think i need a 150 any recomendations?
« on: October 01, 2012, 07:46:09 AM »
How about the new kymco k-pipe 125 plus it has 4 gears which will help with the hills and is semi auto so no clutch so still easy to ride, if it ends up anything like the honda c90 it will run forever.......

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Agility 50 / Re: agility 50 problems :(
« on: September 29, 2012, 08:21:34 PM »
Couldit be the auto choke sticking on this could be causing it to cut out once the engine is hot and then making it hard to start why still hot with the choke on and also why reving high when you do get it started....

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Agility 50 / Re: battery
« on: September 20, 2012, 10:25:14 AM »
I had a 7amp fitted by the dealer to my peugeot kisbee 50 gy6 that i owned last year as the 4 amp had no back bone and as you say it really helps with cranking power especialy a must in them minus temps in deep winter, when my agility battery starts to weaken i will be getting a 7amp, is your 7amp a gel battery i was told the one i had fitted was a gel battery they normaly fit to the honda cbr125 as that one was the only one they had in stock that would fit as it was only slightly larger.....

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Agility 50 / Re: problem?
« on: September 10, 2012, 01:56:17 PM »
I would not leave it 10 mins before riding it will take ages to warm up the oil at idle speed and just cause more wear on the piston rings etc, the best way is start it up then why putting your helmet and gloves is long enough at idle 1 to 2 mins is long enough then ride it for the first mile without full throtle although you dont want to warm it up to fast you still want it up to running temp fairly quickly as a engine gets most of it wear from cold starts.....

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Agility 50 / Re: Agility 50 feels sluggish
« on: September 04, 2012, 07:25:39 PM »
Link has not worked that well but it is the first one....

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Agility 50 / Re: Agility 50 feels sluggish
« on: September 04, 2012, 07:24:17 PM »
This is the one but looks like its £3 now but still good value....http://groceries.asda.com/asda-estore/search/searchcontainer.jsp?trailSize=1&searchString=redex&domainName=Products&headerVersion=v1&_requestid=51160

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Agility 50 / Re: Agility 50 feels sluggish
« on: September 04, 2012, 04:47:32 PM »
That weak mixture may be ok for general use but with you having running problems i would go for a stronger mix, my bottle says 100ml to a full tank 50 litre at every fill up which is fine to help keep the fuel system clean if use reguarly but at that weak mixture i doubt its going to remove any stuborn carbon deposits etc i would add at least 50ml if you want it to clean the fuel system through, i added 100ml and before i got through half the tank it was running and starting great so i then refuelled to start diluteing the mixture, the great thing about redex is it will clean not only the carburetor and the jets of dry fuel residue but also the carbon deposits off the valves and there seats, the exhaust and inlet ports and also the spark plug, im not normaly a fan of fuel and engine additives etc but i can definitly say over the years redex has sorted out a few running problems for me, i have never tried or seen sea foam for sale in the uk so dont know if it is pretty much the same. I once purchased a 1978 honda express 2 stroke that had not ran for years and was a battle to start and keep running it would not go over 10mph and constantly cut out kept it like that for a few months and just used it off road for fun but i then decided to try redex and with every mile it ran better and the next day it started first time, a few days later i put it in for its mot and it passed and turned into a great little reliable bike that i used every day for work thats what got me into scoots since then i have had about 12 different models. A few years ago all scotswere quite well made in europe now most are chinese crap my recent chinese built peugeot scoot was the worst i ever purchased ,kymco was the only scoot which seems still well made and has a genuine gy6 engine rather than the less reliable 139qmb that most other manufactures now use to cut costs....

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Agility 50 / Re: Agility 50 feels sluggish
« on: September 03, 2012, 08:20:31 PM »
My agility was like that 2 weeks ago and also getiing harder to start so i put 100ml of redex petrol treatment in with a full tank of fuel and after i had done about 50 miles my scoot has a new lease of life, stats first time again and runs like new. I purchased the redex from asda only £2 for a 500ml bottle from now on i will add some every 1000km.....

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