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Radiator Cap - for a long time I didn't know it had one!  I just thought it was the coolant bottle - that's how my car is.  My car doesn't have a radiator cap.

Here a pic.

Thanks guys. I realised today that I could push  it from the inside by putting my had through the fairing past the front forks . Eventually opened after a few attempts

Good work and thanks for the update.  Consider applying a little grease or oil to plastic parts to help the snap back into place.

Ruffus,
This will likely be of interest to LIKE200i owners.
Please consider re-posting this to the LIKE200i page.
Next summer let us know if there were heat issues with this bulb. The LIKE headlight bucket may not have adequate ventilation slots to deal with the fan recirculating the bulb's heat in there.
You ride a lot at night, as well?
Thanx, Stig

Stig,

Good points.  Repost in Like200 forum is a good idea.

Regarding heat issues - they style I used has the fan on the back so it avoids the recirculated air issue but it costs more ... maybe and extra $10?  It has another advantage that the power pins are mounted to a cord instead of the back of the bulb keeping it compact and flexible across many 2 wheeled installations.

So far mine has lasted 18 months and about 3,500 miles with no issues.

Paul (mrbios) has posted a video on YouTube showing briefly how to switch out the halogen headlight bulb for the LED.  Very informative and well done.



If you're planning to do this to your GV 250 like I am, make sure to watch his video.  Highly recommended!

Jeff

Thanks Jeff.  Also, I deleted that video and replaced it with an update version that has more information:

One more question: what was the wattage of the stock (Kymco installed) headlight bulb in your scooter?

Stig

Same as a car 55/60 watt  - OEM Headlight Bulb is Phillips H4 12342

It looks like the main fuel line.

No worries about heat building in that plastic headlight on a hot summer day  - since a scooter light is on constantly?
Any warning that the fan has quit on this Chinese light inside that small enclosed space? Headlight assemblies aren't well ventilated....seems heat would just be recirculating in that assembly.
Stig

Stig, you have to stop asking tough questions lol.  The heat issue is a strange one.... LED's use less power than the oem halogen lamp 30W vs 55/60W AND there is limited air circulation so the bulb gets quite hot but.... Halogen bulbs can tolerate much more heat than LED's which require on computer circuits....

The LED does get hot (just think of an LED headlamp - can get hot enough to make your forhead sweat and it is using way less power than the scooter bulb.  So the solution is heat sinks on the circuits that power the LED AND a fan.  If that fan stops I'm sure the bulb will burn up and there is no warning as I have stopped the fan with my finger - might be worth adding a high pitched fan failure alarm.

Bottom line:
the fan has been running perfect first in the scooter then I moved it over to my Honda NC700X motorcycle so it is about 1 year old and about 2,500 miles with no issues.  Worth doing yes - huge 4X the light output and works perfect in HI and LOW on the grand vista but on my Honda you must choose as turning it on way or the other will make HI good or LOW good but not both.  One mode HI or LOW will project an unfocused beam pattern.  This is the result of the way the LED's make focused light where Halogens seem to project light equally in all directions more uniformly without needing a diffuser like LED's do.

Again - in my opinion the single best upgrade for the grandvista of any accessory - so much good focused and bright light at night that the oem bulb is like driving by street lights only.  So powerful it can reflect off speed limit sighs at night an hurt you eyes with the intensity!