Recommended tool kit to carry w/my new 200i ?

[Stig / Major Tom]

Hello, Looking at my new manual - read that I need a 'pin spanner tool' to re-set the shocks. Does dealer have these - and what are the recommended tools I should carry on board? (will try again today to find a helmet for my long oval bean) Thanks, Tom T.

[MotoRandy123]

This is a pin spanner tool, sometimes there is one in the tool kit. I was able to adjust mine without a tool...

[MaryK]

There are many things to consider when deciding on tools to carry.
We do short rides, close to home (50 miles round trip) and have towing insurance.
So, I carry a cell phone, water and an energy bar.

If you want or need to do your own road-side service work, then you would carry some/much more.
A 12 volt air compressor and a tire patch kit, if you ride in the rough, for example.

My Grand Vista came with a tool kit, I have not opened it, but yours (if you have one)  should give you an idea about what tools to carry.
You may find the quality to be poor, and decide to buy better wrenches instead.  Craftsman wrenches have lost quality
and the last metric set that DH bought look worse than Stanley wrenches from Walmart, but they do work.

Or check with a sales companyZ:  Cruz tools are pretty good and Dennis Kirk is a good web site.
https://www.denniskirk.com/search/metric++tool+kit.q

Scoot safely,

PS> Got your safety gear?  and wear it ?

[donandrews]

To MotoRandy...Are the rear shocks adjustable on a Like200? Have heard some say yes...some say no. Manual does not mention it.

[MotoRandy123]

Your right, they really dropped the ball on the manuals for the Like200i. The original poster
said it was in his manual so I assumed it was the same as most and had the preload adjuster.
I found a picture in the service manual showing that it does but not mention of being able to
adjust it.

[TroutBum]

To MotoRandy...Are the rear shocks adjustable on a Like200? Have heard some say yes...some say no. Manual does not mention it.

If you look at the rear shocks you will see if they are adjustable or not by the load step collar. My Like 200i has theses steps. Unfortunately Kymco did not include a C-spanner with the supplied tool kit. I have searched the web for one that will fit the diameter of the shock, but have come up empty. As an alternative I wrap vinyl tape around the adjustment step collar and with a channel lock wrench adjusted the shocks. Only use enough vinyl tape to protect the collar from being scratched and chewed up from the wrench teeth. Have a buddy lift the rear of the scooter slightly which will make turning the collar easier.

[91cavgt]

If you look at the rear shocks you will see if they are adjustable or not by the load step collar. My Like 200i has theses steps. Unfortunately Kymco did not include a C-spanner with the supplied tool kit. I have searched the web for one that will fit the diameter of the shock, but have come up empty. As an alternative I wrap vinyl tape around the adjustment step collar and with a channel lock wrench adjusted the shocks. Only use enough vinyl tape to protect the collar from being scratched and chewed up from the wrench teeth. Have a buddy lift the rear of the scooter slightly which will make turning the collar easier.

My dad has a Yamaha V-Star 650 Silverado Classic that came with a wrench for the shocks that fit on my Like. 



Here is my tool kit that I carry;




Here is what I keep under the seat;



I keep the tools, winter or summer gloves when I could need either, a Canyon Dancer handle bar tie down strap so if my Like needs to be towed I have a safe way of strapping it down without damaging it, and there's a spider net to hold down any cargo I may have.  I'll be adding an air pump or compressor and a patch kit for emergency tire repair.

[Vivo]

no need for a spanner...a strap wrench will do.... and it has a thousand uses too....

[donandrews]

Thanks for all the tips. So if I manage to find something that works which way do I twist it to do what? Mine seems pretty stiff right now.