Noob from Irving, Tx

[cloudsifter]

Hello,

Name here is James.

I'm mid 40s, recently my father passed away beginning of April.
Mom had passed away in 09. I finished up a 20yrs stint in USAF
and then in '07 came home to take care of them.

Between my father's SS and my disability and retirement income
from that, I was able to stay home and take care of them- then
him until he died suddenly.

I may look at second career, but now is time to cut costs and
be more economical... would like to use my car as backup and
am looking to purchase a Aeolus 300 online as it seems it would
have enough power to get me around town (approx 280lb right now, but in process of lightening the load.

This scooter from what I've read around on the internet seems to be regarded highly as chines scooters go.

I've tried to educate myself by reading around and in this great forum that sunright in ga is the place to order parts from if/when needed. I've seen the guides/tutorials on changing fluids etc. as a prep before putting your scooter into use.


The dealers that I've come across online seem to be buytatvscheap com which has a riderswholesale com in it's header instead of the actual url.... not sure if this means anything one way or the other, and the site does have several yt videos about the scooter.

Also scootersus com

Price difference is a couple hundred between the sites and I would like to ask recommendations on either of these two dealers or not or any other more or equally reputable dealers that folks might regard highly in this forum.

Anything I need to watch out for?

I'm at the point I'm just about ready to commit, but figure there are folks in this forum experienced who might steer me int he right direction.

James

[edit:also just discovered the forum where dealers are discussed, will start perusing that]

[cloudsifter]

Ordered Aeolus 300 from Sunright/riderswholesale... should arrive sometime this week. So far they have been pleasant to deal with and answer emails without much delay.

[shalomdawg]

howdy and welcome to the forum. i guess the decision is made. if you can keep it running, it should be adequate for what you need. i suggest a complete inspection with replacement of all liquids, most hoses and check all the electrical connections etc. you've seen the recommendations

lotsa miles and smiles to ya

[cloudsifter]

Thanks Shalomdawg.

Am a little miffed, but what can ya do- Scooter was supposedly already in transit, but an email to the company since I didn't receive the tracking number as promised- garnered a polite response about the trucking company scheduled to pick up the shipment, hadn't. (and a mention that that shipping company was 'known' for this...)and this makes me wonder well then Why the....do they continue to rely on that shipper. So, while I'm not totally ticked off yet...because things 'do' happen sometimes...it appears that this scooter likely won't be arriving during this week as I had expected.

I will take the advice I've read on the forum and from you about changing out fluids, etc right away.

Question- Is there any major difference from running out some of the break-in miles in order to get to the first point of changing fluids again- on the stand vs riding it down the road and accumulating the miles?

[shalomdawg]

howdy again james. one wishes the world was predictable and just, but it's not. i hope the scoot arrives quickly and un damaged.

i definitely would not recommend running in on the stand rather than on the road. part of the reason for driving is to break in the rings and that can't happen without high and negative pressures in the cylinder and heating and cooling cycles. those things can't happen on the stand. also you may find the spinning wheel is unbalanced producing some danger on vibrating.. most bearings require some weight or they chatter and damage the surfaces of the bearings and races. also to consider is your interaction with the scooter to feel un natural conditions developing and fixing them before serious damage. also you yourself need the time devoted to break-in without thought of going anywhere at a particular time getting a feel for the scooter and traffic. i hope these ramblings help in some way.

lotsa miles and smiles to ya