• These scooters did not come with the best oil.
• The Spark Plug costs 99 cents and is low quality.
• The air intake system is too much for a 1 spark plug engine.
• The brakes need to be adjusted within 60 days as we break-in our scooter.

Here is what the scooter shops should have told us:

• Replace the engine oil within 300-500 miles
• Replace the Spark Plug before you drive it home in the first place with an NGK Spark Plug
• Take off the whole air-intake system and replace it with a UNI racing Air Filter.
• Adjust the brakes at 30 days and 60 days.

These are very easy steps for anyone to do, and once completed, solves 90% of the basic concerns new scooters have.

If you are intimidated in the least, hire your local repair shop to complete these tasks. All of these tasks should take less than 1 hour and costs should be less than $50. Then you’ll have a scooter that will last 2000 miles before needing any other service.

Happy Scooting.

Mark Kemp is the Parts Manager for www.ScooterStock.com, in Orem, Utah. They specialize in parts and High Performance Upgrades for most Chinese Brands. They have “Bounty Hunter” program; meaning they specialize in finding the hard-to-find parts, especially body parts for out-of-business Scooter Companies. Mark can be contacted through mark@scooterstock.com or 866-615-8503.

When we change our belts, in most cases, the front clutch internally falls apart. Now don’t feel stressed, as it only takes two minutes to fix it. Anytime a belt comes off, breaks or is being replaced, we need to realize with the belt gone, the front clutch has no pressure on it to stay intact, so they fall apart internally. With all this talk about clutches falling apart, we might throw up our hands and say “forget it, just take it to the shop”. Well, don’t. You can do this, it’s easy. If you can change a belt on a car, you can do it on a scooter. All there is to do if the following:

• Remove the cover plate which has to come off to replace the belt anyways.
• Unscrew/Unbolt the Front Clutch. (1 minute)
• You will see in the Clutch that all the rollers are all mixed up. Simply separate the clutch and put the rollers back in their slots (1 minute). Poof, you are done. That was easy.
• A note of caution: You must hold the clutch together while putting it back in and keep pressure on it so the rollers don’t come loose while you are putting the belt back on.

See how easy that was? Scooters seem difficult. I felt the same way. I owned a scooter before having a repair shop. I was very intimidated. I took out the seat and saw all the wires and hoses and decided it wasn’t for me. After having a repair shop for just a few months, I look back now at how afraid I let myself become, when it wasn’t necessary. These scooters are easy to fix now. Belts and Clutches are easy. I can do a repair in 15 minutes and send you on your way.  Trust yourself, it’s mostly just common sense. If you need a belt (or even a new clutch), come to www.ScooterStock.com.