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To put simply, driving to work around a right hand bend. Tractor in junction to my left in the centre of the corner.

The vehicle pulled out without looking in my direction ... ! I braked.. and as the bike front tire caught some gravel on the road (not unusual in the UK for country roads) I went over on the right hand side and slid into the grass verge.

The tractor went on his way, did not stop... No license plates on the tractor trailer as its a farm vehicle and excempt (UK law)  Two guys coming behind me after about 20 seconds.. stopped to check on me (I was fine as the Kymco took all the hit apart from a black big toe and damaged safety boot)

All the panels on the right hand side of my pristine Kymco took the hit. (Front Mudguard, Front Fairing, Mirror ripped off, Side fairing, Exhaust pipe dented and scraped and Rear Fairing all these scraped and badly scratched) 

Water pump also hit damaged and leaking coolant. After work, bike topped up and driven home (20 miles)

For me, the next step was Insurance (as to get these parts would be really expensive, as we know).

Too expensive for them to arrange a repair .. They gave me a price for the bike that was effectively what I would expect to 'buy' it for from a UK motorcycle shop (approx. $2K US to my surprise)

As its really hard to get the bike back on the road and deal with the licensing following an effective 'Right Off', I took the money...!

Sad to see the Kymco go, but happy with the amount of cash received.

PLEASE COULD YOU GUYS CHECK YOUR 500 AND FEEDBACK

Kymco Xciting 2007 with 13k miles.

Hi .. One issue that was highlighted to me, when I had my last rear tyre fitted..

The tyre fitter said that here is a slight resistance in the steering at the central position?

Now, when the bike is on the centre stand, you can certainly feel a very ..very.. slight indentation when the steering is straight.

It causes no issues when on the road and no issues in cornering at all.

No noises from the bearing, or indication that there is indeed a problem (to me anyway).

I reviewed this and showed my 85 yr. old vintage biker father .. who said he thought it was not an issue and that was there
just to indent the steering striaight when the bike is on the centre stand.

SO... PLEASE COULD YOU GUYS JUST DO A SIMILAR CHECK .. AND LETS SEE IF THIS IS COMMON AND THERFORE BY DESIGN.

Thanks in anticipation,

Cider Boy.

Drill a small hole at the end of the crack to stop this spreading.

Then try some SuperGlue to seep intothe crack.

Cider Boy.

Hi,

I exchanged mine exactly the same about 18 months ago. You will not be disappointed.

I managed to compress the clutch in a large workshop vice, (just do it carefully).

The rest went in a dream.

All retightening was completed with an impact tightener (18v). I would mark the nut placement rather than rely on the torque setting, as this is very hard to achieve on the flywheel shaft.

Regards,

CiderBoy.

Are there any formal grease points (those with a nipple). That I have missed ?

I have a (very) slight squeak from the front when going over road bumps.

Cheers,

CiderBoy.
 

I would say that the summer issue may well be flooding. In the UK summer, my 500i will fire up no problem without waiting for the fuel pump. (I.E. Bike left for 8 hours in the hot car park at work). If the temperature is very hot, say 30 degrees, then there will be a fuel vapourisation that takes place and I do experience the engine fire up but then stop, all be it temporarily. I think this just is because the engine is getting too much fuel for the ambient temperature.

Don't right off the use of that BRISK Sparkplug we talked about earlier. This time get the one I mention in my post.

https://www.briskracing.com/premium-racing-ar12zs-spark-plug-detail

Regards,

CiderBoy.

Correction : The Plug is : AR12ZS

Here is the link to the respective plug, where you can see the gapless design.

https://www.briskracing.com/premium-racing-ar12zs-spark-plug-detail

Best Sparks,

CiderBoy.