one thing you don't want to do when you get there....

[Stig / Major Tom]

Lock your keys in the top case or under the seat!





I leave the keys in the Liberty's top case. The seat is never fully closed - so that's no worry.....but that top case! You don't need the key to lock it!

The LIKE's top case requires the key to close~! ...so I'm safe there. I'm rarely messing under the seat - but it would snap closed on my keys if I wasn't careful.
 I do have a seat/ignition key hidden on the LIKE after I scared myself one winter's day, miles form home!

Stig

[Neil955i]

One advantage of keyless ignition I guess Stig, it's now always in my jeans' pocket!  (Must check to see if my Shad box will snap locked - 99% of the time mine is unlocked!)

[randyo]

One advantage of keyless ignition I guess Stig, it's now always in my jeans' pocket!  (Must check to see if my Shad box will snap locked - 99% of the time mine is unlocked!)

Until the fob battery goes dead

[Stig / Major Tom]

Until the fob battery goes dead

Is it a key with fob attached?
Fob battery quits - put key in and turn it?!
Stig

[Neil955i]

Is it a key with fob attached?
Fob battery quits - put key in and turn it?!
Stig

No key, just the remote control gizmo, like the wife’s new Landy!

[randyo]

No key, just the remote control gizmo, like the wife’s new Landy!

luckily my fob battery died when I was home, but unknown till after I replaced the bike battery for no reason

[Neil955i]

Another thing you don't need is when you're riding in sunshine (OK rare occurrence here in the UK) then ride into shade and spot the low fuel lamp flashing!  Wonders to self, "how long has that been on?"  Checks trip to see 182 miles - I normally fill up around 165-170    Then paranoid low speed ride home to conserve fuel and pick up the fuel can before further, vicar-like, ride to the petrol station to fill up.  Life's little dramas eh?

Well that was my day yesterday, how was yours?

[Neil955i]

OK, update on my last post just to let you know how things turned out.  I didn't need to use the fuel can, yay!  Stopped for the Kodak moment about half a mile from the petrol station and the top picture records the 190.9 trip so by the time I rolled onto the forecourt it achieved over 191 miles without running out.  Dare I go for 200?...



This second photo shows the curious flicker rate that the dash has and which shows so often on YouTube road tests.  It's invisible to the naked eye, but cameras almost always show it.



PS Getting the hang of this picture posting lark eh Stig?  Thanks for the tutorial.

[Stig / Major Tom]

OK, update on my last post just to let you know how things turned out.  I didn't need to use the fuel can, yay!  Stopped for the Kodak moment about half a mile from the petrol station and the top picture records the 190.9 trip so by the time I rolled onto the forecourt it achieved over 191 miles without running out.  Dare I go for 200?...

This second photo shows the curious flicker rate that the dash has and which shows so often on YouTube road tests.  It's invisible to the naked eye, but cameras almost always show it.

PS Getting the hang of this picture posting lark eh Stig?  Thanks for the tutorial.

An exemplary post!
Technical and informative!
 High tension (will he have to walk?)  fine grasp of foreign languages and their weird spelling.
Leaves door open for a possible sequel! (will he go for 200 miles!?)
Just really good work Neil!
Seriously.

And, for those of us who lose the plot after a sentence or 5 - photographs to help us understand the theories, the logarithms... to keep our interest!

Good photographs.
Keep them coming Neil!

 I might skip a paragraph or 3 but I never do not look at photos!
I wish others will try to do as Neil has....post some photos of a scooter, or bits of it - or whatever!

I frequently try to post a scooter photo whether it's germane to the post or not!


Stig

[Neil955i]

Thanks for the chuckle Stig!

Any sequel may have to wait, it's raining cats & dogs here today and I only just washed the scooter!

Edit: Getting close. I’ve decided to see if I can crack 200 miles on a tankfull. Watch this space.

[Neil955i]

Edit: Getting close. I’ve decided to see if I can crack 200 miles on a tankfull. Watch this space.

OK folks, here's the update.  I rolled the old girl out of the garage at home with 191 miles showing on the last tankfull - see pic below.



At the point where I'd just breached the 200 mark I was close to a fuel station and I'll admit it, I bottled it (to use a Brit colloquialism) and pulled in to fill up - see pic 2



Now this is where it gets interesting.  On my UK-spec bike the fuel tank size is given as 12.5l yet all I could squeeze in after brimming it was 10.7l, so, theoretically another 1.8l had been left in the tank at 200 miles or, by my reckoning at least another 20 miles.

I don't think I'll run it to 220 any time soon, but it's good to know a 200 mile tank range seems a perfectly feasible working assumption!

EDIT:  OK, I know I said I wouldn't, but I'm approaching the end of this tankful so I'm going for 220!  Any bets on it out there?

[mrmike]

  That's the one thing I dislike about my new ('23) People S 150. The fuel tank is only 1.6 gallons. Supposed to get 80+ MPG, but it's still not broken in yet. I'm always topping it off way before the gage is that low.

[Neil955i]

  That's the one thing I dislike about my new ('23) People S 150. The fuel tank is only 1.6 gallons. Supposed to get 80+ MPG, but it's still not broken in yet. I'm always topping it off way before the gage is that low.

My experience with new Kymco engines is that you need to reach c3,000 miles before you hit peak mpg?

[Stig / Major Tom]

My experience with new Kymco engines is that you need to reach c3,000 miles before you hit peak mpg?

No idea what my MPG's are.
I quit checking years ago.
I guess if my mail box was in Wyoming - that'd be a problem here in Ohio.
Too often I found myself out riding before quality (Top-Tier) gas stations were open.
I top up before or after every ride from gas can at home - kept full of SHELL Nitro 93.

Stig

[Neil955i]

Bit OCD about it I suppose, but I do like to keep track, using the Fuelly App.