Hey guys. Thanks for the suggestions.
I cold called everyone within 100 miles of me, but as someone mentioned above, the Kymco People 50 is no longer available. So had to try to find a leftover 2011 model.
I spent a week cold-calling dealers inland, and went in person to all dealers up and down the crystal coast with no luck. I found a couple of slightly used models, but they were all silver or wine color. I wanted the black and ivory and brand new if possible.
As you could expect, these trips were killing me, because it's been in the 70's-80's for a couple weeks now, azaleas and dogwoods are blooming everywhere. And I couldn't find my scooter!!!
So I called Kymco USA direct on a hunch, and just asked the receptionist if I could have a list of everyone that bought my particular scooter in the past 2 years! She remembered off the top of her head a dealer in San Antonio, Texas that bought a large number of those scooters at a discount once Kymco discontinued them and was trying to make room for new inventory.
She gave me his contact information, and voila! He had 2 left and yours truly bought one.
It's now on a truck from San Antonio, expected to arrive this Friday. Perfect timing for me to scoot around town and run some errands.
Thanks again for your comments and suggestions. On to the next question...Derestricing.
I asked the dealer if he did any kind of derestricting and if so how much would he charge. He said he derestricts during initial servicing at no charge. He derestricts the variator boss.
So my question to you Kymco experts....What other derestricts are there. I've heard exhaust but I don't think that's something I want to tackle right now.
I've also heard CDI, but I'm not sure what wire I'm supposed to disconnect. I've read and tried to figure it out, but the answers seem to be all over the place with regards to which color wire to disconnect.
Anyone know for this model?
Any other suggestions?
Thanks,
