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The pen may be helpful however just how long do you have to hold the thing to get a reset?  I have pretty much given up on it.
South Africa is much in our news these days, Bryan, with the World Cup.  Are you a soccer fan?  Or perhaps I should say football.
I live about 60 k from Niagara Falls.
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Great to hear from all of you again.
Winter in R.S.A. - I did not know that -   25C is great riding weather - hello to Bryan.

Yes, I'm back.  Not hard to put miles/kms on my bike with the dedicated rider I live with.  He has nearly 40,000 kms on his bike after just two summers - that's 24,000 or so in miles.

This week we're experiencing lots of thunder showers.  Our world is so green and beautiful.  Looks like a working weekend so we can take time off when the sun returns next week.

Hi there Zomie and Winginman.  Missed talking to you.

I'll have another go at the reset button - I've pushed and pressed to no avail - I'll give it a try with a pen next time.

Thanks.

Last fall I started a thread - cold weather starting problem.  Little did I know how long it would take to figure out what was going on with my bike. 
At Christmas, my husband and I trailered our bikes to Florida for a three week bike vacation.  Less than 5 mi. into our vacation the starter on my bike seized.
We made the best of it, brought the bike home and left it at the dealer for the winter.
The week before Easter I retrieved the bike, drove it for three days, the starter seized again on Good Friday.
Very frustrated, I returned the bike to the dealer once again.
It really seemed as though we had an impossible problem.  No one could understand why I had two starters fail. 
Thankfully my dealer finally found the problem.  It seems there was a tooth missing on the Bendix gear.
He replaced the gear, the starter, did a valve adjustment and an oil change.  I think I have a new battery too and a new rear tire.
Both the dealer and the company were very positive that they would find the problem and fix it to my satisfaction.  I have to say that they kept their word.
I've had the bike for about a month.  It has taken a while to get back  some of the enthusiasm I had last year when the bike was new.  At first I was still considering trading it for a "real" motorcycle.

We just returned from a three day tour and my bike has behaved very well.  Starts instantly, runs fine.  Does anyone know how to turn off the oil service light?  One thing I don't need right now is another oil change.
Heavy rain today, but we've had some really hot spring weather, over 30 C (90 to my US friends) and looking forward to more. 
I love reading the positive comments on the Kymco bikes on this forum, makes me hopeful that my bike will be okay after all.    I never see another Kymco scoot where I live although my husband says he does see them sometimes in T.O.  I have 13,000 Kms or  :D8000 miles on mine, it's an '08 fuel injected, white with 52 L top case.

You guys have me totally confused, although I do have NOD32 so maybe I'm on at least the right track.

How do y'all find the time to figure all this stuff out?

Sun is shining--time to ride!!!

No, I don't have a part no.
Back when the problem first started, my dealer mentioned that he had heard about a heavier duty faster turning starter for the 500.  We had decided we were going to get it anyway before my starter failed.  It took a while for it to arrive as it had to come from Taiwan.  He did tell me it was expensive. 
I have had some very attentive service from my dealer and I am happy that he has done all that he has, at the same time I suspect that there may be a problem with the starter on this machine.  I would love to hear if others have had this problem and how they dealt with it.
Well, Zombie, it sure as hell is cold in Cana-dia--but where I live is not as cold as some parts of the USA and we get a lot less snow than Buffalo in fact this year practically none.
Riding yesterday and today--temps are topping 70 and we are looking at more tomorrow and Sat.
Happy Easter to you as well and all the regulars on the Forum.

Alex,
Reading my posts, I can see that references to "cold weather" etc., are misleading.

Last fall my bike developed temperamental starting problems that were attributed to "cold weather" or low battery or both.  Spent a lot of time considering the battery and computer chip and so on.

In Dec. the starter seized.  I was in Florida at the time - 20 degrees C. 

I now have a new starter and the problem appears to be resolved.  It's a different starter from the stock option and apparently faster turning.

The bike starts on the first touch.  Very nice.

Hi everyone,
Now I don't have the expertise of y'all when it comes to figuring out engines but this mystery starting problem sounds too much like the "cold weather starting problem" I was having back in the fall. 
After much problem solving and speculating my starter eventually froze completely while on holiday in Fla.  My bike came home yesterday with a brand new faster turning starter.
Perhaps it's time to look at the starter on the X500 as being the mystery.
Cold here today but we're expecting really great weather next weekend at last.
Looking forward to riding.