Post by Deleted on Aug 13, 2014 14:30:20 GMT -5
Hey all. I'm new here and decided to join this forum because I've got a 49cc, 4 stroke, Chinese scooter (Gorilla Motor Works GMW R-1) which I've had for about three years. Lately everything under the sun has started going bad on it. I try to do most of the work myself, but ordering parts has turned into a nightmare. The closest scooter shop with parts for my scooter is 65 miles away, so I buy online.
The latest issue is with the electric choke (bystarter?). I'm pretty sure it's bad. When the problem first began, it started okay but after warming up and riding a half mile or so, it died and wouldn't start again for 15 or 20 minutes. Then it got where I'd have to let it sit for an hour. Now it starts and runs for a couple minutes then dies and it has to sit for another hour. I pulled the electric choke out and the needle seems to be fully extended even when it's cold. I tried barely putting the choke in the hole, just far enough so it would stay in, and the scooter did stay running but the performance was too rough to ride. So I'm pretty sure it's the choke, but not 100% sure.
I was looking for the part on Amazon and eBay and there are a lot of them all looking basically the same. Can anyone tell me if there's a way to tell which one I need? All the descriptions are very vague, "For 50cc & 150cc" or "For Go-cart." There's one on eBay that has a detailed picture with all the measurements displayed but the measurements they give are different from mine. My old one doesn't have a name or part number or any way at all to tell how to reorder a new one. Here's a picture of it.
s30.postimg.org/669389izl/Choke.jpg
Thanks for reading. Hope someone can help.
The latest issue is with the electric choke (bystarter?). I'm pretty sure it's bad. When the problem first began, it started okay but after warming up and riding a half mile or so, it died and wouldn't start again for 15 or 20 minutes. Then it got where I'd have to let it sit for an hour. Now it starts and runs for a couple minutes then dies and it has to sit for another hour. I pulled the electric choke out and the needle seems to be fully extended even when it's cold. I tried barely putting the choke in the hole, just far enough so it would stay in, and the scooter did stay running but the performance was too rough to ride. So I'm pretty sure it's the choke, but not 100% sure.
I was looking for the part on Amazon and eBay and there are a lot of them all looking basically the same. Can anyone tell me if there's a way to tell which one I need? All the descriptions are very vague, "For 50cc & 150cc" or "For Go-cart." There's one on eBay that has a detailed picture with all the measurements displayed but the measurements they give are different from mine. My old one doesn't have a name or part number or any way at all to tell how to reorder a new one. Here's a picture of it.
s30.postimg.org/669389izl/Choke.jpg
Thanks for reading. Hope someone can help.