First time scooter buying decision... By krylon80 (Read 2,974 times)

[tomcat]

I bought a '13 RH50 July of last year, sold it this year when I bought the trike.
It's a well-constructed scoot. When de-restricted it runs very strong and will do close to 50mph with no other modifications.
Be sure to use a good-grade 2 stroke oil & it'll run forever.

[kz1000st]

Good choice. I second the good two stroke oil. Back in time I had a two stroke street bike. I used a good oil for two strokes and had 30,000 trouble free miles, before I sold it. The best part is that you have dealer backup. Even with an inexpensive Chinese scooter like the Lance that's important. The biggest problem with Chinese is that they sell online. Catching the flaws is what a dealer does and most people aren't equipped for that. Plus he'll have the parts for a quick repair. Let us know what the final verdict is and good luck. Just be careful out there.

[krylon80]

tomcat, kz1000st,

could you guys give me some examples of what would be considered "good" 2-stroke oil?

[kz1000st]

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PJ-1 or Bel-Ray are both good companies. The cost might be breathtaking but keep in mind the length of time a quart lasts and the protection those oils offer. Amsoil also offers a two stroke oil.

[tomcat]

I used Lucas semi-synthetic.
$8.99 a qt (which will last 800-1000 miles).
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[krylon80]

sweet, thanks guys. the education continues....

[krylon80]

Just bought an '09 Zuma. Thing is in such good shape for it's age. Miles aren't crazy (500) but he babied this thing. Now I'm terrified the thing's just gonna completely fall apart, hahaha.

One thing he mentioned was that the scooter hadn't been started in about a month before I test rode it today and hadn't been started for three months before that, so it had been doing a lot of sitting. Are there things I should do to it given that it's sat for so long? I added some oil and some gas just incase, but I noticed that it was very, very smoky riding it. White to grey thick smoke. Could this just be an effect of it sitting or does it hint at a bigger problem?

[kz1000st]

It's just from sitting. A long ride will clear it out. Two strokes always smoke and are simple to fix anyway. Good luck, you made a good choice. The Yamaha will serve you well.

[krylon80]

Hey all, so I fired her up again his morning and let the engine warm up for about 15 minutes, then rode it medium-hard for about 4 miles and the smoke issue seems to have gone away. I'm guessing it was just deposits from sitting and/or working its way through the old gas. I'm still planning on hitting it with some Sea Foam though on fillups.Incidentally I unintentionlly ran it dry so I guess I dont have to worry about draining the gas now. As for filling her back up, I checked to see if there were any places to get ethanol free gas near me and there weren't. Short of ethanol-free, would it be at all beneficial to get super premium gas (the expensive shit) vs regular (the cheap shit)?

[krylon80]

Oct 25, 2013 6:26:26 GMT -6 kz1000st said:

It's just from sitting. A long ride will clear it out. Two strokes always smoke and are simple to fix anyway. Good luck, you made a good choice. The Yamaha will serve you well.

Just read your post after I made mine. Good call.

[kz1000st]

Regular is fine, although I run mid grade myself. A little Seafoam once in a while will eliminate ethanol problems.

[wolfhound]

I buy regular in 5 gallon containers and treat it with Stabil. Seafoam is good also I always have a gallon in the tank top, saves me having to
buy a gallon at the noservice stations.