Brand new paperweight

[Ebuddy]

rks is spot on.

I'm the third owner of a 2008 Chinese 250cc scoot where the first two owners did all that rks described. Only minor, somewhat typical issues and I have nearly 13k miles on it (about half were put on by me). I look at it as the offset to the low cost of Chinese scooters. In addition however, by knowing your scoot so intimately, you can faster identify issues if they ever arise and for the most part you already know about 75% or more (youtube will get you the rest of the way) on how to fix it.

In addition to fuel pump and air filter, I'd look at a vacuum issue by spraying Gumout, WD-40 or something similar around the vacuum hoses. The stock hoses tend to be really cruddy and it's worth saving a while ot of future headaches by just replacing them outright.