Many modern 'utility' engines actually do require you check your oil as this scooter does; pull stick, wipe it, place it in the hole, check it. If you indeed were to screw the dipstick into the engine, you would end up underfilling the engine, which would be very expensive.
Great video. I'll be following this tutorial soon as I just picked up the same scooter today. Mine has just under 2500 miles. Would love to see more maintenance videos for this scooter. I'd like to change the spark plug, air filter and fuel filter on mine to get a fresh start.
Great vid of your maintenance style! Which I support and share---"OIL IS CHEAP." And changing it early is quick and satisfying. My big question: does the scooter clutch share the engine oil bath, or is it a dry clutch? If the clutch is dry, I would use some SLICK 50 or equivalent PTFE (micro-Teflon) oil additive in the engine oil. The microscopic Teflon bits impregnate into the pores in the moving metal parts and "slick-up" the bearing surfaces, reducing vibration and wear. I swear by the stuff! I tested this carefully back in the late 1980s on a V-8 pickup engine: I had tuned it up perfectly with new plugs and ignition parts, and a full oil and filter change, minus one quart. It was beautiful, warmed up and idling smoothly and PURRRRRING like a cat, with the radio antenna not wobbling at all. A happy engine is a glorious thing! THEN I slowly added the final quart of the Slick 60, and within one minute that PUURRRRR faded down to a WHISPER OF A HUMMMMMM. It was incredible! The Teflon passes through the oil filter and keeps circulating. From twenty feet away you could not even hear that the truck was running! And the treatment LASTS. I did it again after another fifty thousand miles, and did not hear any great change this time---it was still working from the first time. Some people on the internet say that the old brand name was sold off and the formula was changed, and a new product is better; do some internet searching to pick the best PTFE product............................elsullo
Thanks. Modern engines with fully synthetic oils have pretty much eliminated the need for anything like Slick 50, IMO. Older engines I’ve heard of it being a benefit.
I know lots of people that have parked them in the room. I even saw one engine being rebuilt in a cheap hotel room. I doubt any of it was approved, but it has been done. Who knows where the road will lead 🛣️
Disregard the long oil life BS in the manual. They make these long oil change periods to make it look cheaper (and more environmentally friendly) than it really is to own the bike. Car makers do the same thing., Toyota actually claims you can do 10k mile oil service. Anyone who follows that service interval ends up with a new engine at 120k miles, long after the warranty has expired. A Toyota engine should last 300k plus and will last 300k + if you change it every 3-5k miles. They can put any number they want into that service schedule because even at extended oil change intervals, the engine won't die under the warranty period. So the only thing that matters to them is that the engine last the life of the warranty. But if you follow the schedule, your engine will fail long before it would have had you followed a better schedule.
To be fair to their interval, they do have an 'or every six months' which is what my general rule has always been for changing oil in my car, it itself being a Toyota with 200k+ miles with zero engine problems. I always just go by time, not mileage.
save yourself the aggravation...15w-40 synthetic diesel oil is the same quality without the unnecessary jaso-mb certification; most powers powersports shops would use 10w-40 synthetic motorcycle oil & the scooter will be well protected with it...
Nothing left to chance a professional at work loved the video Kev lets see your journey please
ty, luv my Rattler nice little bike.
Many modern 'utility' engines actually do require you check your oil as this scooter does; pull stick, wipe it, place it in the hole, check it. If you indeed were to screw the dipstick into the engine, you would end up underfilling the engine, which would be very expensive.
Would love to see the roadtrip video,Kev!
I hope to see your road trip soon
Great video. I'll be following this tutorial soon as I just picked up the same scooter today. Mine has just under 2500 miles. Would love to see more maintenance videos for this scooter. I'd like to change the spark plug, air filter and fuel filter on mine to get a fresh start.
Congrats on the new scoot!
What are your thoughts on the Hooligan, I’m looking at both
Great vid of your maintenance style! Which I support and share---"OIL IS CHEAP." And changing it early is quick and satisfying. My big question: does the scooter clutch share the engine oil bath, or is it a dry clutch? If the clutch is dry, I would use some SLICK 50 or equivalent PTFE (micro-Teflon) oil additive in the engine oil. The microscopic Teflon bits impregnate into the pores in the moving metal parts and "slick-up" the bearing surfaces, reducing vibration and wear. I swear by the stuff!
I tested this carefully back in the late 1980s on a V-8 pickup engine: I had tuned it up perfectly with new plugs and ignition parts, and a full oil and filter change, minus one quart. It was beautiful, warmed up and idling smoothly and PURRRRRING like a cat, with the radio antenna not wobbling at all. A happy engine is a glorious thing! THEN I slowly added the final quart of the Slick 60, and within one minute that PUURRRRR faded down to a WHISPER OF A HUMMMMMM. It was incredible! The Teflon passes through the oil filter and keeps circulating. From twenty feet away you could not even hear that the truck was running! And the treatment LASTS. I did it again after another fifty thousand miles, and did not hear any great change this time---it was still working from the first time. Some people on the internet say that the old brand name was sold off and the formula was changed, and a new product is better; do some internet searching to pick the best PTFE product............................elsullo
Thanks. Modern engines with fully synthetic oils have pretty much eliminated the need for anything like Slick 50, IMO. Older engines I’ve heard of it being a benefit.
Are you planning to take a long, multi-day trip on the scooter this coming year? Will motels allow you to bring it into the room?
I know lots of people that have parked them in the room. I even saw one engine being rebuilt in a cheap hotel room. I doubt any of it was approved, but it has been done. Who knows where the road will lead 🛣️
Nice job. Id buy a scooter from you. I'd know it was well maintained. 😊
pick bike up give it a shake to get more oil out lol. what happens to the oil that you take out
Disregard the long oil life BS in the manual. They make these long oil change periods to make it look cheaper (and more environmentally friendly) than it really is to own the bike. Car makers do the same thing., Toyota actually claims you can do 10k mile oil service. Anyone who follows that service interval ends up with a new engine at 120k miles, long after the warranty has expired. A Toyota engine should last 300k plus and will last 300k + if you change it every 3-5k miles.
They can put any number they want into that service schedule because even at extended oil change intervals, the engine won't die under the warranty period. So the only thing that matters to them is that the engine last the life of the warranty. But if you follow the schedule, your engine will fail long before it would have had you followed a better schedule.
To be fair to their interval, they do have an 'or every six months' which is what my general rule has always been for changing oil in my car, it itself being a Toyota with 200k+ miles with zero engine problems. I always just go by time, not mileage.
save yourself the aggravation...15w-40 synthetic diesel oil is the same quality without the unnecessary jaso-mb certification; most powers powersports shops would use 10w-40 synthetic motorcycle oil & the scooter will be well protected with it...