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Hi Everyone,

First day on the Kymco forums, but not new to forums in general (I'm usually in car forums) anyways...

I picked up my Like200i a couple weeks ago and it's been a blast. I've always wondered if there was any cheap DIY tinkering I could do to it.


(Sorry if it's a repost)
Today as I was inspecting my air filter, I noticed the airbox top inlet neck (the neck after you remove the flexible intake tubing) is REALLY tiny. just about 1 cm in diameter and the airbox top outlet also flattens into a tiny rectangle about 1cm x 10 cm.

Upon further inspection; it looks like the factory designed an additional reducer plug to go INTO the neck. It kind of looks like a hollow plug. and it's glued in there pretty good!

Anyways, because that plug is oval, I put a small wrench head in and turned the wrench 90 degrees (so the edge of the head catches the narrow side of the plug) and yanked that plug out! Now the inlet is almost 1" (inch) wide and the throttle response is better. Lost a little bit of off the line torque, but the top end is MUCH MUCH stronger; maybe gained a few mph! I'd definitely recommend you to take a look when you inspect the filter next time.

I'm certain that it will lean out the mixture by a few tenths on the upper end so I'm wondering if they made any aftermarket computers that can control air/fuel mixture; but it should be a fairly safe mod!

The reason why I assume it was in there was to help noise restriction as removing that plug and cutting the airbox flow guard thing made valve noise slightly more audible.

Yep, I just did it today too, and it's mega easy.

2 chrome screws on the left side of the bike where the trim piece is, and one black screw that holds the trim to the fender liner. Work front to back and you'll see the tabs that slide lock!

getting the filter cover off is kind of a pain though since you have to remove something like 8 screws. haha bleh.

I was thinking the same but for aesthetic reasons. I picked up some aerodynamic sporty mirrors; and not only did they not match the like anymore; but the vibration was TERRIBLE! So, now I'm using the OEM ones again and loving em.

Looks great! I was able to use a small square of matte black vinyl to black my front one out too! looks very clean and mysterious. woOooOooOo

   Do check your spark plug once a year so it will not freeze to your alum. block & if you put the scoot up for the winter a shot of oil in the cylander is good,.
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I was under the impression that anti-seize is made exactly for that. Also I believe denso plugs now come with an antiseize coating on the threads.