Kymco People 250 S

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Kymco dealer just called me, carburetor was full gunk and the float was stuck shut, assumedly from being bounced around on a shockless lawnmower trailer over Iowa's fine roads for 2 and half hours. Carburetor rebuilt, waiting on the airfilter, should have it back in my garage before New Years for around a $300 bill, technician went over everything else, couldn't find anything else wrong, said it was in good shape.

[pinkscoot]

I wasn't going to say anything when I saw it on the trailer but I was taught to never haul anything on it's centerstand but have it ride on its wheels so it's shocks can absorb the bumps. I'm glad it was just a dirty carb.

[tiny]

Beauty of a scooter you got yourself there. Im a Bet&Win 250 fan myself but thats sill a corker. Enjoy.

[tseg]

Dec 12, 2016 21:37:38 GMT -5 peascreek said:

Got it home in one piece, of course the engine flooded bouncing around on the trailer, but rolled her in the shop, put her on the charger for a half hour and it fired right up just like it did at the dealer.

Good to understand the "engine flooded bouncing around on the trailer" phenomenon.  I jut had a new old stock Kymco Super 8 delivered today and the delivery guy spent 5+ minutes trying to get the thing start once he rolled it off his pickup in 25 degree weather.  I was a bit nervous what I had just bought.  4 Hours later I tried to start the scooter and it turned on and idled smoothly with the first button press.

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The joys of carburetion...

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Message on my phone from Fender's, the scoot is all done and ready to be picked up.

Tomorrow is supposed to be sunny and 40 degrees, I got the title and plates today, unfortunately I won;t have a chance to go get it until Friday, at which point the forecast is 1"-3" of snow...

Oh well, I'll trade a ride for a white Christmas any day.

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So we went and picked up the scoot today, rode it 10 miles from the dealers to a friends house north of Ames, in city and highway driving, didn;t take long to pick up the handling differences, brakes are going to be a different story, for one thing, I'm not used to having an effective back brake, let alone dual discs up front ") Rode to ledges ans back when I got it home, had the chance to test the emergency stop with a few deer herds, I need practice but no mishaps. On a nice straight stretch I opened it up and backed off at 80 (speedo, not GPS) with it still climbing, I'd have no problems taking this down a 65mph 4 lane with confidence.

The ride is a dream compared to my 50cc rat, video tomorrow.

[frank50e]

I own lots of two wheelers including 5 scooters but they al 50+.By no means take this as curiousity not criticism god forbid I criticise a fellow Ioweegen.But with all the really cool 250 motorcycles with almost unlimited potential why a scooter?I have a close friend who can afford any bike he wants but rides these monster scoots 5 and 600 scooters.Ii cannot print his response to me when I ask why.Again to each his own and this is just a curiousity.Maybe I am just old and squeezing that gas tank with knees gives me security.

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Pretty simple, I don't want to shift gears, it's just one more thing to interfere with my enjoyment of riding.

[Senna1Rossi]

Dec 28, 2016 12:17:34 GMT -5 frank50e said:

I own lots of two wheelers including 5 scooters but they al 50+.By no means take this as curiousity not criticism god forbid I criticise a fellow Ioweegen.But with all the really cool 250 motorcycles with almost unlimited potential why a scooter?I have a close friend who can afford any bike he wants but rides these monster scoots 5 and 600 scooters.Ii cannot print his response to me when I ask why.Again to each his own and this is just a curiousity.Maybe I am just old and squeezing that gas tank with knees gives me security.

I think one of the reason is just simplicity. no mental prep as you would need for a motorcycle, nor any physical prep. (both relatively, of course). it's basically a car with two wheels. kinda.

just get on, turn the ignition, and go.

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I would say the mental and physical prep would be about the same, only difference between my scooter and a motorcycle of the same size are the gears, weight and handling are similar to a standard 250cc cruiser, acceleration may be a bit slower and the top speed a bit slower, but it's definitely not a car with two wheels.

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Actually I take that back, I might just be quicker and faster than a few 250 motorcyles. Yea for me ")

[frank50e]

Fair enough my main ride is hand shifted revtech with a foot clutch different strokes 110 cu in. Though so faster than most cars.Got me banned at the age of 66 for illegal street speed contests.Thats how I ended up scootering.now I just ride dirty..

[90GTVert]

I really want a 400cc+ scooter. I think they get the job done for cruising about wherever you want to go. I've driven, but never owned a manual vehicle. The closest I've personally owned was a C4 transmission in a car that had a manual valvebody (must shift, but no clutch). To me manuals are fun for racing and playing, but I still like autos for just cruising and chillin'. That's a blasphemous statement for a lot of gearheads, but they have served me well. I've seen enough people give me crap about an auto and then miss a shift or screw up a launch in their manual cars when we raced, so they do have downsides for even motorsports. I've cruised with people on bikes and cars with manuals while I was on scoots or my auto cars many times, and they usually complained about their clutch/trans when we went to places like car shows with bumper to bumper traffic. They would want to take a break, while I was cool with cruising on. I am a bit of a nut though at times and rode around for 17 hours straight looking for races at red lights during one car show. Even on the scooters I ride for hours on end going red light to red light at the car shows. I think that would be way less fun dealing with a clutch... it's bad enough even on a motorcycle tagged scoot since you get stuck in actual traffic instead of the shoulder here, but that's a little different topic.

Big scoots seem to be really comfortable as well. I don't think you'll find anything a whole lot more comfy, unless you want a Goldwing. Even if you do get a Goldwing, you won't have the kind of underseat storage that the scooter has. I don't really like top boxes a whole lot, so the massive underseat cargo space of a maxi-scoot is appealing to me. Just fitting my XXL full-face helmet with a GoPro on the front under the seat would be so much more convenient to me.

To each their own. I love super sports too. If I wasn't looking for practical and simple, I'd enjoy owning one. That's pretty much at the opposite end of the spectrum as far as 2-wheels goes, but to me they each have different purposes. You shouldn't really buy something with little to no seat pad and an uncomfortable long-term riding position if you just want to relax and cruise around. You shouldn't buy a comparatively underpowered single cylinder plushmobile if goal #1 is hauling ass. As they say, life would be boring if we all enjoyed exactly the same things.

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I had a 1200 Goldwing...it was around 1993 or so and, it was like riding around with a V.W. engine between your legs. Nice ride but a weird center of gravity compared to all of the other street bikes I have owned. I didn't like it a lot...it was OK but not one of my favorites.

Bill