Why I Love MY Scooter.
hey guys, Im a newbie here. I glanced around a bit to see where the newbie threads were for an official introduction, but landed right here instead. If this isnt proper, or if Ive breached someone's etiquette, kindly point me to the door. Im Chris, from Lower Alabama and and got myself a scooter about a year ago. If anyones interested in the story, it was a "non-running" purchase from one of those facebook buy, sell trade posts. "100 bucks and shes yours" was the heading. hey, ive wanted a bike for a while, cant afford ****, so i figured this might be my segway into something bigger and better later on. I laid out a C note, trailered it home, and started tinkering. its an 08 ( i believe thats right)ROKETA MC-54-250. I know what youre thinking, a damn chinese scooter thats complete ****. well, maybe, but its been a year and it still fires right up every time i try her. anyway, i bought it from a young guy, who had traded some auto body work for it from a lady, who had in turn traded out a tree-removal service for it from a 70 year old man. This was the trail i had to follow to come up with the title..anyway, i learned the old guy's wife passed away, he had a spurt of youth, and made a scooter purchase. well, he took a trip to town, forgot how to use the brakes, rolled through an intersection, jumped a curb, wrecked out, busted his leg and never rode it again in 2008. so under his car port it sat. the tree folks got it, rode it once in the yard, parked it, and there it sat. the auto body guy got it, never could crank it, so in his yard it sat until last Christmas week 2016. I got it, got a new carb, tinkered here and there, and ive been giving it hell ever since. I'll post some pics later, but trust me, its nothing that will win any contests. Its just a fun way to spend a few hours, and itsgetting me used to being on 2 wheels. anyone else out there sporting a chinese scoot, lets talk about em.