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Originally Posted by rdhood
Bingo. I picked up the scoot today. rolling it down the ramp when I got home, it had that characteristic headset clunk when applying front brakes. I have ridden bicycles for 25 years/100k miles. Wrenched them all, and probably installed two dozen headsets in just about that many bikes over those years (bought a headset press in 1992 or so). Anyway, when the headset is loose it will clunk... back and forth.. when applying the front brake. This scooter does exactly the same thing. I'll give it a try, though it is hard to clean and examine the inner bearing cup races without removing the fork. Looks like a pain to get to, though.
My thoughts: The guy lost his license for a period of time, and purchased a scooter. He, by his admission, took the "1" off of the "150-T", and rode it without a tag for 300 miles. The headset loosened up, and the scoot became dangerous to ride. He got his license back, and abandoned it (because he did not need it, because it was broken, because it is illegal to ride it without a tag) for the last 6-8 months (it is a 2013, made in June 2013 according to the manu tag). He sold it to me with helmet and scooter cover for $400.
p.s. I do have the cert of origin so that I can tag it.
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Sounds like a bargain to me. Do a complete PDI on it, I doubt that the previous owner did one....if he had you wouldn't have a headset problem. After completing your PDI, you will have a much more dependable scooter.
My 150cc Jonway, is almost 3 years old, has just shy of 5800 miles, has all of it's original ignition components, (except the battery), has never failed to start, and has never stalled, bogged, lost power, etc. etc.......ZERO breakdowns. It is a great scooter..it gets better mileage, and has more power now, than it did after the first, and second seasons of riding.
I attribute the lack of problems to the comprehensive PDI done before stating for the first time. It is time well spent, and will return many, many miles of trouble free scootin'...
