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Does  B12  cleaner harm the agility 50 carburetor or engine if used as directed?

A day or two later

Thanks to BettinANDlosing for his advice on (earlier topic) "Hesitating acceleration".....and will consider "carb clean" as absolutely the last possible alternative....not lazy, just clumsy.
SO..I have been, off and on, idling the engine in place (a total of about three hours) having added several ounces of Sea Foam, and about a half ounce of B12 in a mostly full tank of gas.
The engine is now smoother running, and has only a brief period of hesitation (wanting to stall when increasing the gas), and only in a dead cold start-up.
I'm satisfied with the results, and hope (?) not to have somehow ruined the engine in the process.
Anybody???

A WEEK OR SO LATER....After a day or so I removed and refilled the tank with fresh gas......Ran the scooter for about twenty miles on a trip without any problems...The hesitation is now hardly noticeable.
HOWEVER....I have since learned that the B12 cleaner CAN DO DAMAGE to the carb parts and would not recommend its use.

I used an inexpensive siphon. 
I spent a day trying to figure out why my first start-up of the season was super difficult, using up half of the battery just to keep the scooter running for more than a few seconds, and then once on the road the idling was so low that it the engine quit and refused to restart.
OK..so I had not run it more than a few miles last year and never really had to refill the tank for over a year.  Even with stabilizer in a tank kept full, as it turns out, the gas was just too old for the engine to develop much power.
I figured that was the easiest cause of the problem and when I put in fresh gas. the scooter ran like a charm after a few passes up and down the street to clear up the carburetor.
Maybe I'll try using the old gas in the lawn mower.

nfoxx24.....bought scooter top box/trunk on ebay about two years ago.  I looked there just now but could not find that particular design.....Things do change.
I could not find any paperwork for it.  Don't think there really was any except for mounting instructions.
It came with mounting hardware and as best I remember was middling priced (say $30-$50 maybe a little more)...there is a reflector on the back and has a seat rest on the front..comes with two keys...the letters TMS on top....no lights on it.
You will want to do some research on it before you buy...maybe ask a dealer for advice on size and mounting to fit your back rack.....I just took my chances, and it did not turn out too badly.
.............Good luck

Welcome....fellow Albanian....Firstly, moped is the legal name for a mototized scooter (see NYS moped laws under motorcycle laws).
Larger wheels are helpful  here in the Spring when it is sometimes hard trying to miss the road bumps and small potholes (God help you if you hit the big ones).....Which is one of the reasons I chose the Kymco agility 50 (having larger wheels than many other scoots)...otherwise it has great quality, to which I can attest after having ridden nearly three thousand miles thru Albany and many of the beautiful country  and mountain roads to the south, and after the break-in am getting one hundred miles per gallon of gas.

You seem to be concerned about the law, so know that the class B  in NY is accepted  because it is regulated electronically to not accede 30MPH.....Personally I find that speed does very well in this area, and strongly suggest that you don't deregulate for obvious reasons.....at least untill you have given the legit scoot a chance to prove itself.
If you really want to get around faster or farther,....take the motorcycle course at Hudson Valley and get the wheels that are more suitable.

Although many on this forum will dispute me on this point........I have come to believe that all light weight scooters travelling at higher deregulated speeds will eventually put you in a place you don't want to be.

I think that Shaka has it right....The techs are now admitting that no additive on the shelves today, and disregarding all the hype about "stabilization", is going to prevent the alcohol (corn juice) in chance separation in the fuel mixture from slowly destroying engine parts in the smaller motors from motorcycles on down (and most particularly two cycle engines).....Poor fuel storeage and not using additives to best advantage will be causing fuel system problems, many of which show up on this forum.
It will pay well for anyone using ethanol fuel mix lucky enough to be without that kind of problem yet to check the facts and get smart.

There are a number of critics saying that ethanol (E10..+) will cause problems with smaller engines.  Has anyone had experience with this in thier scooters?

woodcutter.....Riding some state roads, but mostly the back country town and county types where the hills and curves give plenty of fun at 30mph, and usually the few cars coming from behind at 50-60mph can pass pretty easily.....or if not I can slow down a bit for a few seconds on a straight stretch to let them go around......all seems like a pretty good idea to me.
Of course I'm not in a great hurry to go anywhere special, as I am retired.  But aside from the legal part of it, there are a couple of other things I thought about.  If I goosed it up to (say) 40-50mph, there would still be cars wanting to pass me, and seeing me as some kind of a challenge, so we are now talking 55-60mph to hang in there with the big boys.
I have been lucky so far at 30 mph not hitting any potholes or rough patches that would throw me, but I can not imagine what a 200 pound scooter would do if I did so at any faster speed.
.....And besides at 30mph I can take in the scenery, and not have to be on the lookout for the cops.

Please believe me.  This is in no way a put down.  I love all you guys and enjoy reading how you are able to get something more out of your scoots.............Cheers

Blue...Wishing for you a bump free ride.