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Btw. can you name ONE "single speed" vehicle currently in production?

Yes - the Tesla Roadster.   

Tried three different stores but none could come up with a match.

Did you go to a paint store or autobody shop?  As the other fellow stated a shop with an electronic scanner should have been able to come up with something that matches but there is also skill involved in the spraying of the paint.

If the Kymco red is a metallic it takes some skill to get a match also - see my thread in the Downtown 300 area about how the painter had to match my metallic Pearl White.

 http://www.kymcoforum.com/index.php?topic=6616.0

Brent

Its night and day, imo. Vespa has all steel body, Kymco is steel framed but all plastic panelled, a proper Vespa is geared, kymco is not, built quality on the Vespa is more "solid"

Not all Vespas are the "classic style" metal body and geared..  My parents have a Vespa LX150 which is plastic bodied and twist-n-go.   The LX series is built on one of the Piaggo platforms (Vespa is owned by Piaggo) and although it's a plastic body the overall fit and finish is considerably "more quality looking" than most other brands, if not all.

Being so close to Chicago I would also definitely consider the scooter brand "Genuine", which if I am not mistaken is distributed in the US from Chicago so your shipping costs would be minimal.  

The Genuine "Stella" model is a steel body/geared scooter modeled after the Vespa P series and is a very nice clone of one (LML in India, the manufacturer if the Genuine brand scooters, used to make Vespa P series sold in India under license from Vespa/Piaggo).  Genuine also makes sport/plastic bodied scooters in addition to the classic styled models.

I plan to visit Naperville on a future Chicago trip - will have to stop in and say Hello..

Brent

Has it always been this way or something new?  In case it's a bad tank of fuel you might want to run this tank low and then refill it with fresh fuel.  If that is not the problem I would have the dealer take a look at it.

In my younger and much more foolish days I would ride year around in northern Minnesota with the occasional winter ride being in -30F/-34.4C temps.  When below 10F I would wrap the engine with an electric blanket made to keep car batteries warm such as below:

http://www.amazon.com/Kats-22200-Watt-Battery-Thermal/dp/B000I8XD9E

In extreme cold it would keep the engine oil from getting too thick.

Okay, well not exactly new, as it's a 2009..

But anyways, I'm posting here from Oklahoma City, appears this is the place to be for all my Kymco needs.

Now if only I could get this weather to straighten out so I can get it out some more. What do you guys think?

Hello Disinfected - nice scoot you have and welcome to the forums!   

As you may have noticed sometimes things go off track a bit around here.  If you can put up with the "entertainment" and stick around, you will find it to be a great technical resource if you need help with something in the future...

Now I'm off to explain to the wife that I'm late meeting her because I had to finish reading these 9 pages.. 

it's nice to be able to wear sunglasses and be able to hear scoot and passenger

I tried that once but without the helmet the screams from the passenger were too loud...   

Picked up the bike today, Hopefully yours will look like this when all said and done.

I will be very pleased if it looks half as good as your bike.      Great new ride you have..