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Post by thxcuz on Aug 30, 2016 22:46:51 GMT -5
I am Thxcuz, from St. Louis. But you can call me Mark. I own a tao tao atm 50 that I got in a trade for a motorized bicycle that I thought I would like. I did like it for a while then I realized I don't want to die before I turn 50 so I traded it for a non working scooter. I got it working and I loved it and hate it at the same time. Pro: it's easy to work on Con: I'm always working on it Pro: it's easy to upgrade Con: It's easy to screw up said upgrades and you've wasted lots of time and money Pro: it's fun to ride Con: It may fall apart on you while riding (It happened to me) Pro: they are inexpensive Con: They are cheap
so you can see I have a love hate relationship with Chinese scooters. I figure with all the money I have spent on this thing I could have bought a Honda or Kymco and be done with it
but what's the fun in that
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Post by crawford on Sept 11, 2016 13:44:45 GMT -5
welcome many people get into trouble because they want faster then the trouble starts to many changes then thing get harder to fix. Many IMO should even have hand tools. They read stuff and thing it's easy not to a person who has no knowledge of a internal combustion engine. while yes they could change oil I hope or change out burnt out light bulb. My 3 zodiac's 2 of which have 5,000 mile stock and # 3 for parade's for my VFW post. Happy safe riding. east TN
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Post by Rebel on Sept 11, 2016 20:36:02 GMT -5
Yeah, Chinese scooters are generally not for the person that does not want to or can not work on the bike. Been telling that to noobs for years some just see the purchase price of a new one and think what could go wrong, it's new.
Glad you can turn a wrench.
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Post by jmkjr72 on Sept 11, 2016 20:39:27 GMT -5
Then you have guys like me who buy a big brand scoot and put more money into it then it was new
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Post by Rebel on Sept 13, 2016 11:59:11 GMT -5
Ahh but you got the bucks to do it with
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