That’s impressive! Has anything broken in that time? Maybe a fuel pump back in the day? I don’t even recall you needing brakes..or wheel bearings..or..anything?
About 10 mos into ownership the LIKE developed a severe stumble when cruising at a steady 30mph.
Guess where I like to ride?!In and out of the dealer and they could not replicate it. "Idles great, easy starts, WOT is perfect.
" Could not get them to listen, "YES, but go 30mph and wait....!"
I told them to keep it until it ran correctly. Now that I saw how much I loved scooter riding - I bought the lovely red Forza!
The LIKE sat at the dealer's for a few months.
Finally I got help from the KymcoUSA customer rep (guy named Rocky) and from Crossbolts (he lent me his Kymco diagnostic tool) - and my little public complaint blurb on youtube.....all of which got things rolling!
Karl and I proved the TPS was ill -
Rocky saw my youtube and told my dealer to:
A) buy the Kymco diagnostic tool
B) replace my throttle body
Under the 2 yr drive-train warranty I got a new throttle body - and it has been perfect since those days. There have been a very few similar complaints from 2012 LIKE200i owners here. Apparently a small batch of bad TPS/throttle body went into our scooters around 2011/2012.
A few years ago - my LIKE started pulling forward at idle. I returned home and correctly suspected that a small clutch spring had let go. Rather than deal with that - I decided that the new clutch assembly still in the box for 7 years now! in my spares drawer - needed to be used before it got any older!
The lube in the new clutch assembly was so dry after 7 years in my tool chest - that I had to disassemble it and re-lube things to get it to "open" to accept the belt!
BTW - the clutch pads on the old clutch looked good for another couple of years!
Brake pads last forever - the open snorkel-end for the airfilter is so well placed that the airfilter never gets dirty in my scooter! Of course I never ride dirt roads. I think I still have 2 of the orig 3 spares I purchased in 2013. Haven't burnt out a bulb. Spares getting dusty.
I use only Kymco parts. Replace the belt @ every 6K miles. Could it go further? Sure - but there are too many road situations where a belt snap would be no fun.
The scooter uses nothing but fuel and oil - for years - so it doesn't kill me to replace the belts often!
Oh yes, what did I replace 10 yrs ago when trying to get my scooter to run without that stumble at 30mph - and the dealer couldn't find it??
Injector, coil, fuel pump, spark plug and lead. Coil was a b__ch to remove!
These like new orig. parts are still in my spares drawer.
It's getting on in years - one fine cold winter day it will stop on me out in the boonies!
Then I'll marry a red-head!
Stig
