At what cost would you stop repairing your scooter and scrape it?

[LidoCA]

 I generally keep my vehicles until they fail often enough to be considered unreliable. My gauge on a car or truck is whether or not it can make it to Las Vegas. Even so, I have an old truck that I would never try to cross the desert in.
 My scooter is my toy, my hobby.  My Like LX is my primary scooter. I look silly riding it, but I enjoy the heck out of it. If it started breaking down a lot and becoming unreliable, it would no longer be fun. I would find a new toy.
 There are not many parts on this Kymco that are ridiculously priced.
 

[randyo]

tough question

I've  owned some vehicles I wouldn't even spend the money to replace a bad battery and others that I have spent  5x  what the vehicles market value was... depends on the vehicle's value to me, currently I am preparing to spend nearly $4k  on a '96 Jeep Grand Cherokee that I only paid $2k for two years ago, and I've spent approximately $3500 in the past 2 years maintaining it

at least with a car or truck, you have nearly 2 tons of scrap metal to consider, the only scrap value of a scooter is what you might be able to get on ebay for parts IF you take the time to dismantle, clean, advertise and ship the parts

[GLV55]

I generally keep my vehicles until they fail often enough to be considered unreliable. ....
 My scooter is my toy, my hobby.  My Like LX is my primary scooter. I look silly riding it, but I enjoy the heck out of it. If it started breaking down a lot and becoming unreliable, it would no longer be fun. I would find a new toy...

I would agree with LidoCA - when it gets to the point where it's more of a liability than enjoyment, it's time to let the scooter go. Until that point, it is a bit of a challenge to see  how long I can keep it running without putting a ton of money into it. I have an old push mower that should have been replaced about 5 years ago, but it's kind of a challenge to see how many more seasons I can get out of the old girl with minimal repairs and cost.

[Stig / Major Tom]

I would agree with LidoCA - when it gets to the point where it's more of a liability than enjoyment, it's time to let the scooter go. Until that point, it is a bit of a challenge to see  how long I can keep it running without putting a ton of money into it. I have an old push mower that should have been replaced about 5 years ago, but it's kind of a challenge to see how many more seasons I can get out of the old girl with minimal repairs and cost.

Trick to keeping a mower alive for decades is to:
1) Never change the oil
2) Never drain the gas - nothing magical happens over the winters
3) When wheels break out of the chassis, drill new holes OR add real big washers and go back in that hole
4) Mowed a whole summer perfectly well with a trike mower
5) The blade will eventually hit enough stuff to begin re-sharpening itself - magic!
6) If you need to use your sneaker to shut it off, something must still be arcing down there - so spark plug is still good
Also, I really baby my mower by using nothing but premium gas!

Stig

[CROSSBOLT]

Stig needs a net thrown over him!

Karl

[Scooter Dan]

I generally keep my vehicles until they fail often enough to be considered unreliable. My gauge on a car or truck is whether or not it can make it to Las Vegas. Even so, I have an old truck that I would never try to cross the desert in.
 My scooter is my toy, my hobby.  My Like LX is my primary scooter. I look silly riding it, but I enjoy the heck out of it. If it started breaking down a lot and becoming unreliable, it would no longer be fun. I would find a new toy.
 There are not many parts on this Kymco that are ridiculously priced.

You hit the nail on the head with that one for me. I sold a Goldwing with only 30k because of unreliability issues, not mileage.

[TroutBum]

Hello. I've lurked here for a few months, while I've been fixing up my 09 Agility 50.
(Thank you. I have learned a lot here.)
I bought it brand new for my son, but he only rode it for a year, until he got a car.
It had 2400km on it when I started buying parts for the project in June
It now has a 50mm bbk with all of the goodies I could find for it.
Grand total was under $1000 including misc tools and fluids.
Considering I spent $1799+tax on it 7 years ago, I don't think I spent too much on the project.
It's actually useful to me now, since it keeps up with traffic. I put 1000km on it last week.

Just wanted to welcome you to the forum.