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1. Scooter Safety Tips

   Scooters have become more and more popular the past few years, they allowed us to zip around towns and cities without even so much as a puff of harmful, polluting emissions, and get a little bit of exercise while we do it! And what else has been able to pry young people away from TV sets and video games so effectively, and encourage them to get outside and be physically active? Unfortunately, there is a downside. We have seen an alarmingly number of scooter-related injuries popping up in emergency rooms around the world. The vast majority of these scooter accidents involve those under the age of 15. And worst of all, with but a little attention paid to basic scooter safety, the vast majority of those mishaps could and would have been prevented.

   The fact is, scooters are like any other piece of sporting equipment; they can be used and used safely, but you need to take proper precautions. Here are a few easily digestible guidelines for scooter safety that everyone who uses scooters should observe:

   1. Always wear safety gear: Helmet, Elbow Pads and Knee Pads. This is a small investment, but necessary- only about $30- can instantly eliminate almost two-thirds of possible scooter accidents. In many states, provinces and regions throughout the world, these are required by law!

   2. Always ride your scooter during the daytime. When it is dark out, there are just too many things that can easily upset your balance and cause you to fall. Therefore, no one should ride scooters at night.

   3. Scooters are not toys! Children who are under eight should always be supervised when using scooters. Almost a third of all scooter-related injuries and accidents involve children under the age of eight. As everyone knows, scooters are capable of traveling very quickly, and children that age do not always have the judgment or coordination to handle these high speeds.

   4. Always ride your scooter Off-Road & Stay away from all cars and any other vehicles -Cars and scooters don’t mix, especially for younger riders. Smooth, paved surfaces are best – avoid bumpy, uneven, wet or rocky ones. Schoolyards, parks, paved trails are examples of safe places to “scoot”! Stay away from Sand, Gravel, Water and Dirt ¨C Try to keep your scooter on smooth surfaces.

   5. Always observe the basic rules of the road anywhere you use scooters. As scooters can travel as fast as many other types of vehicles, motorized and non-motorized, they too must observe the rules of the road. These include:

   -Stop at every stop sign. Look left, right, and left again before proceeding.
   -Stop at the end of the driveway. Look left, right, and left before entering the street.
   -Use proper hand signals.
   -Obey traffic signs and signals

   Not Recommended

   -Avoid jumping off of curves.
   -Too much weight on scooter can bend or break the frame.
   -DO NOT ride on a flat tire. This is dangerous and will damage the tire and possibly the wheel as well.

   Mechanical Tips

   Check all joints, hinges and quick releases to ensure the scooter is properly assembled. Stop using the product immediately if any joint, hinge, or quick release becomes loose. Correct the looseness prior to resuming the ride. Maintain proper air pressure in the tires. Low air pressure induces extra rolling friction, reduces ground clearance, and wears the tires quicker. If the brake lever touches the handlebar grip, stop use of the product until the lever is adjusted.

   Comment by master — 05/12/2010 @ 3:15 pm

2. Scooter Oil Change

   What we are going to describe is how to change the engine and transmission oil in a 150cc Chinese scooter with a 4 stroke engine. The procedure should be pretty similar on 50cc and 250cc models with 4 stroke engines. 2 stroke engines mix gas and oil and so have no engine oil to be changed.

   We’d recommend changing the engine oil at least every 1000 miles, and the transmission oil at least every 2000 miles. Regular oil changes are the easiest and cheapest way to maximize the life of your engine. Scooters take so little oil that it should cost less than $5 to do and once you know how to do it, it should take you more than 10-15 minutes. It’s time and money well spent.

   The first thing to do is to warm up the engine. Run it for a few minutes so that the oil is warm. That way it will flow easier. If you run it until the engine is hot, or you change the oil after you come back from a trip, that’s OK, but you run the risk of burning yourself on the exhaust or with the hot oil. Be careful.

   Find some level ground and put the scooter on its center stand. If the ground isn’t level you won’t get an accurate reading of the oil level when you put the new oil in. To change the engine oil you’ll need a wrench to remove the oil drain plus, a flat dish container with a capacity of about 1/2 gallon and a funnel. First remove the “dipstick” which you use to check your oil. We’d also recommend you wear rubber gloves, or at least on? the hand you use to remove the oil drain plus. On most scooters there is a spring which will push the plug out when you have fully unscrewed it and oil will pour out of the drain hole, all over your hand. It’s just messy if the oil is cool or warm, but if the oil is really hot it will burn your hand. So wear a glove to be safe.

   Put the container for the used oil below the drain plus, loosen it with a wrench and then slowly unscrew it by hand. As it comes lose, the spring will push it down, so be prepared for that. You may drop the spring and a small wire mesh filter into the draining oil, but that’s OK, you can fish them out later! Give the oil a minute or two to drain out. Make sure the filter is clean and then put the filter, spring and drain plug back. The spring sits on the plug and the filter sits on top of the spring with the mesh basket inside the spring.

   You’ll have to compress the spring to start the drain plus screwing into the engine, but once it does start, tighten it up by hand to make sure it’s not cross-threaded. If it screws in easily, it’s OK. If it doesn’t want to tighten, you’ve probably cross threaded it, so try again. Finally tighten it up with a wrench. It should be tight, but don’t over tighten it. The seal is made with a rubber “O” ring. You just need to tighten it enough so that it doesn’t vibrate lose (which would be a disaster since all your oil would drain and the engine would seize!). The recommended torque on the drain plug is 1.4 kg.m (about 10 ft.lb)

   Now you can add the new oil. It goes into the same hole as the “dipstick” fits in. You’ll almost certainly need a small funnel to get oil into the filler hole without spilling it. Check your user manual for the recommended oil type, but on most Chinese 4 stroke scooters, regular 10-30W or 15-40W engine oil is used. You can use Castrol GTX 10-30W. You can get a 5 quart bottle for around $12 (try WalMart) which is good for at least 5 oil changes on a 150cc scooter. You can also use a synthetic oil blend if you wish, though pure synthetic oil isn’t usually recommended. On a 150cc scooter you’ll need about 0.8-0.9 liters which is just under 1qt. As you add the oil, check the level with the dipstick from time to time and fill to the recommended level. When you have the right level, screw the dipstick back in and you’re done!

   Comment by master — 05/12/2010 @ 3:15 pm

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