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I just m moved to Arizona so I have picked up their drivers manual. So coming from Colorado I now have official evidence of the drivers rules.

Both Colorado and Arizona have taken space to tell drivers that when ever a emergency vehicle approaches from front or rear with lights and sirens on, you must pull to he right of the road and stop till they have passed. Police, fire engines, ambulances were examples given.

Now remembering from Ohio where I grew up, following an emergency vehicle was considered wrong and you could get a ticket for doing so. In my home town they would occasionally run a fire truck out and down into a dead end road. The police would then shut the road off and ticket anyone in there that had no business to be there. Some were good, volunteer firemen, and some were bad, nosy people.

Thanks Richard, that is exactly what my scoot says on the side panel too. Under your seat you should find some tags about your machine. Find the emissions control plate and see what the number of CC's is. On my machine it says 244cc and it is a Honda clone. If yours says 257cc then it would be the Linhai/Yamaha or a clone. Interesting that what the importer says is not what is actually happening. Is that Roketa's problem or the retailers that make up their own specials and names for them. Sure is confusing.
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You made a good guess on my scooter. It is a 2008 MC-54-250B with a Honda clone engine. I have had it about 11 months now and it has 60 miles on it. I hope to raise that number now that we are down here in the warmer climate area.
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The pictures are the same and they look just like my 2008 MC-54-250B which has the 244cc Honda clone in it.

Rocketa also has a MC-54B-250 that uses the Linhai Yamaha clone engine. The same looking machine is also offered with a 300cc engine but I don't have a clue whose engine style that was.

They have a toll free phone so call them and ask the salesman for specific questions before you order. I did not do that and wondered till delivered which engine I had ordered. The call may be important to you, so do it.
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Today I decided to take a bit of time off the unpacking and changing mail addresses. I stopped in the garage, made sure the scoot was on the main stand, and started it up. Noticed immediately that it was running a bit fast but waited until the fan came on. I could not get it to settle down the way it was in Colorado. So I opened the seat, took out the panel, and started to tweak the carb idle setting. After a bit I was able to slow it down from a bit over 2,000 down to about 1,800. At the higher RPM the rear wheel was really spinning along but at 1,800 the rear wheel was sitting mostly idle with an occasional movement. I guess the move of over 5,000 feet closer to sea level had put more oxygen than necessary in the engine. Hope that also works for my lungs as well.

Next is to get time to get on and ride around the local streets and get used to riding once again. It has been over 6 months since I rode in Colorado. Between bad weather and a summer on narcotic pain relief and house hunting I had no time for fun. Anyone wonder about Shingles? They hurt a plenty and that is why I had narcotics.

This looks like a great place to ride and practice. It is one of those builder tracts where there is no continuous streets. This place is a big maze. The feeder roads have a series of circles and the neighborhood streets go a block or two and force a turn then another turn to get to the next block untill you arrive on your block. Lots of fun with starting, turning, stopping, turn signals on and off, and then one day I will ride out of the developed tract and onto the main traffic roads that go someplace. Speeds on the main road run usually about 35 mph, some a bit higher. Folks around here are a bit more risky than in other places. So it will be mostly defensive driving for me.
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Glad you posted Richard. Your machine was a 54B and was a Linhai. My machine was a 250B and had a Honda. I think more with the 54B Linhai configuration should post and more with the 250B with Honda should post. I am still not convinced that 250B designates a Lihai machine.

Just saying 'I have a B machine and it has Linhai', says nothing. Where was the B character?

So folks, keep posting for your machines.
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Hello JR. My scoot, MC 54 250B, YY250T, 244cc, has on its tags the following.

Big tag-

Imported by Jonway Motorcycle USA CO
Conforms to US EPA and California ARB

Middle size tag -

Manufactured by: Shanghai JMStar Motorcycle CO., LTD
Date of MFG: July 2008 GVWR: 598 Lbs

VIN: xxxxxxxxxxx Type: Motorcycle

Smallest tag -

This 2008 YY250T motor driven cycle VIN XXXXXXXXX
meets EPA emission requirement of 70db at 6000 rpm etc etc

So I have yet another MFG BY name. I got my motorcycle rating on my drivers license in May 2010 but did not buy until Feb 2011. Many months were spent in the web reading about scoots and sources. I had a long list of URL's and joined many forums. As I went along I had looked at many variations but I also found more direction for me to go well above the 50cc where I could drive without license so I then took the MC course. After passing the license requirements I then spent more time looking at specific items. Also, whenever we could I would stop in a city where I could actually see and touch scoots. I live in a small town in the middle of nowhere and only have access to scooter places in large cities, about 6 or 8 hours away in many directions. I thought I had some outlets only an hour and half away so we drove there one day and found the store. But they only sold and serviced the 4 wheelers for the farmers and hunters.

Well once in Phoenix I stopped in a scooter shop that sold various labels. That changed my mind about what to buy. I sat on one of those nice water cooled scoots. My knees were right up against the front panel and nowhere to put my feet. I checked and it had a 55" wheel base. So I switched to the ones listing 66" wheel base. Back to the web for more searching.

At 78 years and a wife of higher age I was not in the mood to pay the much higher pride labels fees. Now down to Chinese built and delivery to my garage. Sight unseen. Pretty scary. But much cheaper and I felt worth the risk. So I finally picked four and settled in to making a decision. On was a Burgman clone front to back. Looked just like my friends Burgman 400. One was a 16" wheel with 200cc. Looked real good. One was similar to what I bought, don't remember the name. And one that I finally bought.

I expected from the add and talking to the sales person that it was new, thinking 2010 for me, but just never sold to the sale person. Price was in my range, less that $2,000 delivered, I had no idea which engine it had. Today I am quite pleased with what I bought. Just like a Christmas present, did not know what was coming but I like it anyway. Some early PDI problems that I posted here. Not many miles yet. But in January I will be living in Arizona and hope to start using it more often.

My issue is with the dealers and distribution system from the Chinese source to my garage. I am sure many have done as I did and without the proper order forms where you can specify certain items, engines are more important than the color for some, they should have engine specified in the order form. That way the dealers would need to send the proper machines to the buyers.

Oh well for me. I am happy with what I got. I would have preferred the newer units with the injected fuel. But so far not a problem with my older carburetor unit. I have driven a motor cycle with injection and thought that was pretty neat. No choke to mess with, turn on the gas, and start. Pretty quick starts.

Thanks for your links JR. Had I not erased my scooter search file I would probably have some of interest for you too.
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