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Thursday, April 27, 2006
From the comments
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This comment came in yesterday with a good question:I was thinking of an Indonesian/Veitnamese scooter also,as the prices are good, and it is getting hard to find anything here in North America in good shape. you never did mention whether you spoke with the company that originally sold the bike to you. Have they helped with any replacemant parts or have they washed their hands of you once they have your cash. If you spend over $1500 for a scooter with a side car from Indonesia, you are spending too much money. By the time you pay for the shipping excetra, you will have spent over $2000. Then you will basically have to replace every part on the bike - perhaps even the engine. This will put you beyond $3000 and close to $4000. If you don't mind spending that...
I had some initial communication with the seller. He said he would pay for taking the bike to a shop to fix anything that was broken. The problem with these bikes is that they aren't necessarily broken, they are just very poor quality. If it isn't broken when you get it out of the box, it will be after you ride it for a bit.
IF you can find one of the Asian bikes and approach it that you are just buying a frame and try to pay that much for it, then I don't think it is so bad a deal. Just know going into it that you are going to have to get out the parts manual, call Scooterworks and start ordering all the parts to replace them. I mean, they use the wrong screws, most all of the threads on the screw holes are stripped. That is just one of the many things you will discover. It is almost like when they went to restore the bike the went through an old bin of parts and sorted out to find the ones they could use. You really do end up restoring the restoration.
All that being said, I am glad I have my scoot. It really has become more my own since I can basically say I have restored it myself - all except for the paint job (which is pretty good, I must say).
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