Like 150i Subforum

[Komboloi]

Hello, I am Komboloi, the owner of a brand new blue Like 150i, and I'm happy to have found this forum.  I live in Southern Nevada, and I put a lot more miles on my two-wheeled friends than on my four-wheeled vehicle.  I ride year round and intentionally keep my grocery list short so that I have an excuse to go more often on a motorcycle or (now) my new scooter.  Being retired, I don't commute, but there is usually some place I need to ride.  If not, I make things up.

Anyway, the only thing I can see that this forum really needs is a Like 150i subforum.  I've seen several posts suggesting this.  But it seems the Kymco USA website has no dedicated page of accessories for the Like 150i and has no online owner's manual for the Like 150i, so I'm feeling a little disrespected all the way 'round.

[klaviator]

I expect the Like 150i to be Kymco's most popular model, at least in the USA and probably Europe, for the next few years so a Like 150i sub forum would make sense.

[Stig / Major Tom]

I expect the Like 150i to be Kymco's most popular model, at least in the USA and probably Europe, for the next few years so a Like 150i sub forum would make sense.

http://www.kymcoforum.com/index.php?topic=27200.0

Stig

[Stig / Major Tom]

Hello, I am Komboloi, the owner of a brand new blue Like 150i, and I'm happy to have found this forum.  I live in Southern Nevada, and I put a lot more miles on my two-wheeled friends than on my four-wheeled vehicle.  I ride year round and intentionally keep my grocery list short so that I have an excuse to go more often on a motorcycle or (now) my new scooter.  Being retired, I don't commute, but there is usually some place I need to ride.  If not, I make things up.

Anyway, the only thing I can see that this forum really needs is a Like 150i subforum.  I've seen several posts suggesting this.  But it seems the Kymco USA website has no dedicated page of accessories for the Like 150i and has no online owner's manual for the Like 150i, so I'm feeling a little disrespected all the way 'round.

Welcome - you've purchased a fine scooter by all accounts!
By "owner's manual", you are not referring to the owner's manual which came with your scooter - but to a "service manual", yes?
It might be some time before we see those.

Specs for servicing are found inside the underseat bucket, most likely. The label is somewhere on the scoot: Valve lash, sparkplug gap, PSI for tires, etc. Owner's manual will specify the intervals for service. Service & renewable parts are probably not too difficult to do. Hopefully most parts, other than body panels,  are common to other Kymcos.
http://www.kymcoforum.com/index.php?topic=27200.0

Stig

[Komboloi]

Many thanks, Stig!  Happy to be here.

I was in fact referring to the Owner's Manual.  A paper copy is provided with the machine, of course.  But I like to have a downloaded factory manual on my computer so I don't have to go pull out the hard copy and thumb through when I have a question.

The service manual appears to be available online for a reasonable subscription fee.  Not feeling that need quite yet.

I wouldn't expect any manufacturer to provide an online Service Manual for free.  But nearly all provide an online Owner's Manual for free; I think it's a product safety insurance give away. 

And nearly every manufacturer has an accessory list, which makes complete sense for them.  More stuff to sell.  And the absence of which for the Like 150i baffles me.  Why would a manufacturer not try to sell things we owners surely want?  There aren't many of us who say a complete "no thanks" to mods.

[Stig / Major Tom]

The original LIKE has been around for maybe 8 years....and Kymco offers very few accessories for it, at least darn few in the USA. A thrilling underseat lunch bag, front & rear crash bars, 'sport' mirrors and a screen or two, I think.
Come to think of it....of the 4 (*) brands of scooters I've owned over the past 5 yrs.....I think I could count the 'official accessories' for all of them on 3 hands.
Lots of aftermarket stuff which could be fitted, or cobbled on...but darn few factory accessories.
Glad to hear there's a service manual avail. for the new 150i scoots.
(*Kymco, Honda, Suzuki, Piaggio)
 Stig