Hello everyone! I'm a new owner of a Kymco Downtown 350 GT and just did the 1000km service today. I want to share with you a problem with the new Downtown model. It is the design of the air filter box that has the intake port positioned at the rear, towards the water flow discharged by the rear wheel. In fact, yesterday I drove in a torrential rain on the highway for about 100km, took a break at a gas station, changed some clothes and started on my way.
After I left in torrential rain, on sudden acceleration and in an overtaking, the engine lost power. The problem disappeared after the rain stopped, in the next 50km. Today, during the inspection, it was found that the air filter box was half full of water. The Kymco Bucharest service promised to forward the problem to the factory. It would probably be solved by a recall and replacement of the air filter box cover, with another one that has the intake hole repositioned.