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Post by yoster on May 7, 2012 15:44:09 GMT -6
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Post by yoster on May 5, 2012 15:06:06 GMT -6
Hello - Does anyone know if the Honda Reflex Master Cylinder rebuild kits will work on our China scoots/ the Reflex clone? Does anyone know for certain? If so please let me know today if possible - local shop is offering to fix the thing for $30 + parts. I can get the part at the Honda shop down the road if I know it fits.
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Post by yoster on May 5, 2012 8:12:43 GMT -6
I'm going to be selling my scooter as well I think. I've been visiting the Kymco dealership off and on lately. The fit and finish of those scooters alone (and the lack of rattling as they go down the road) has been an eye opener for me. Kinda tired of this nonesense Chinese stuff. The fact that I can't find a stupid replacement master cylinder or rebuild kit right now is a good example. I'm taking mine into a shop today to let them deal with the stupid thing (if they even will.) Figure brakes are pretty non Chinese specific so maybe they'll agree to work on it. After it's fixed I'll ride it until the BMW dealership calls me and tells me that a Kymco Like 200i LX has arrived, then up on craigslist it goes! (that's the plan anyway)
Ironically enough, the Like 200i comes from Kymco's Chinese plant.. but I don't call it the same "Chinese" like these Chinese scooters.
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Post by yoster on May 4, 2012 16:24:20 GMT -6
The Like 200i as well - a "made in china" sticker right on it...
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Post by yoster on May 4, 2012 10:45:55 GMT -6
Heck, that's best I've seen so far. I might give that a shot if all else fails. Thanks!
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Post by yoster on May 3, 2012 22:03:04 GMT -6
Any luck yet guys? Poor ol' Yoster is wantin' to scoot!
I pulled out the guts to replace the o-rings, bot low and behold, it doesn't use actual o-rings, but rather these proprietary rubber gasket things. Like o-rings, but not. Back to looking for a whole new master cylinder.
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Post by yoster on May 2, 2012 10:16:58 GMT -6
Wow, I'd never guess a China scoot would come stock with a foam filter.
I assume it's aftermarket?
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Post by yoster on May 1, 2012 13:09:07 GMT -6
Assuming we have the same filter media, it's a paper filter. So no, you wouldn't add any oil.
The stock filter on these (mine anyway) isn't cleanable/washable/reusable. So if yours is dirty, you'll need to replace it outright.
It shouldn't need replacing very often either - it's pretty protected form the elements inside that box. This is a gross assumption but I wouldn't be surprised if you could go 20k+ miles on the original. I check mine every 1k miles just to be safe.
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Post by yoster on May 1, 2012 13:03:37 GMT -6
I think you can use a tad grease on rollers. Me personally, I didn't physically grease anything. I wiped it all down, but didn't clean it with something like carb cleaner either (so it still had an oily 'film') - but no actual new grease. I put a smidgen of grease on the shaft, but nothing on the weights, u slides, etc... for better or worse lol. I think the residual grease film that was in it will suffice. Heck if it doesn't it just gives me a good excuse to order some sliders  |
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Post by yoster on May 1, 2012 9:29:39 GMT -6
I had this same problem - switching the rollers out for lighter ones seemed to fix it for whatever reason. Found some cheepie 20g ones on eBay for like 8 bucks. I was more doing it to experiment with weights, but low and behold it fixed the shuddering as well.
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Post by yoster on Apr 29, 2012 13:27:29 GMT -6
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Post by yoster on Apr 28, 2012 14:28:01 GMT -6
Ok guys just got back. Stunk of scam bigtime, or something wack.
Immediately he starts 'the story.' The registration is his 'sister' (or something,) he needs to sell because of family issues and he needs to move. He can't reveal where hes moving, not even the city, because he has had stalkers in the past. Some relative just broke his jaw and knee and he's recovering.. so he needs to sell this... because he wants to become a famous saxophone player and his significant other wants him to do it in this town and he can't become famous in this town... I'm not making this up I swear.
He goes on to tell me that according to a local shop, the motor 'might' have low compression.. and his relatives are also mechanics and (after I couldn't get it to start) tells me they may have sabotaged the scooter... I was like whaaat you can't be series right now. Sabotage. Really? LOL (that's what I was thinking anyway.)
So ya... I thanked him for his time and left. Way way wayyyyyy too fishy.
He says he might contact me and just dump it on me if he gets too desperate. If he wants to do that I'll take it, but not touching it otherwise.
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Post by yoster on Apr 28, 2012 14:16:03 GMT -6
Man who woulda thought this would have been so difficult lol.
Even that one doesn't match the one I'm replacing though. My screws are in the center of the top cap - across from each other (not diagonal/in the corners like the one in the pic.) The one in the pic looks physically smaller than mine.. just by a bit.
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