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Post by fangerman on Feb 21, 2007 10:32:32 GMT -5
I am a new owner of the Avanti Upsilon 250 and have a couple of questions. Since this is my first scooter, I am completely new to the entire scene and hope you experienced scooterers can help me out.
I have ridden in very cold weather lately and have had a problem with the throttle freezing open...BAD, BAD news. Is this a problem that comes from moisture in the cable, or what? The throttle sticks and I can't turn it at all. The other morning it was frozen closed, I heated it up and it froze open when I was riding.
Is there any way to resolve this issue, or do I have to wait until the weather gets nicer to ride?
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Post by ronster on Feb 21, 2007 12:34:28 GMT -5
Fangerman,
Sorry to hear of your accident . Hope you are O.K. and can get you Scoot fixed. Sounds like your cable is binding rather than freezing up try some wd-40
on it and that should work for you. Otherwise take it to a mechanic if need be thats not something that you want to neglect as you have found out for yourself. This is the first that I have heard of the Avanti Upsilon model. Was that a drop shipment Scoot or did you buy it at a dealer?
Ronster
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Post by WarrenS on Feb 21, 2007 13:37:56 GMT -5
This could be caused by carburator icing. The easy answer is to wait until it is warmer.  |
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Post by earlwb on Feb 21, 2007 13:47:01 GMT -5
Yes there could be moisture in the cable housing causing it to freeze, but the carb could ice up too. Hard to tell. It is Definitely one reason why they have a kill switch on the motorcycles nowadays. If it is that cold there where you are, it may be worth it to wait for it to get warm enough for the water to not freeze.
But I know, new scoot, it is hard to wait, it would drive me crazy too.
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Post by tispectrum on Feb 21, 2007 17:31:53 GMT -5
I have the same problem with my Grandvista. When the temp goes below 32 I can't move my throttle. Above that, the problem disappears. My mechanic lubed the cable, didn't help. Now he thinks it might be the throttle return spring. Will check it out next week when they're back from vacation.
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Post by fangerman on Feb 22, 2007 10:53:18 GMT -5
Thanks for the advice. I have garaged it until the weather warmed up and today I finally got back on it for a ride to work...
Now there's a whole new set of problems. I find it terribly amusing that yesterday I join and read the thread "Going down on the Bergman" and this morning the EXACT same thing happens to me.
Here's the story.
I was on my way to work this morning, relishing the fact that the weather was finally warm enough for me to get back on the scooter. Everything was going swimmingly and I was one turn from pulling into the parking garage at work when a (enter your own choice term here) man in a Honda Accord turned left right in front of me. I was only going 20mph, but I couldn't stop in the five feet that he left me. I am lucky I hit the side of his car and not the other way around. 5 seconds later and he'd have turned right into me.
All of the body (plastic, mostly) was cracked or busted entirely off. The headlights, the turn signals, the windshield, faring, everything ended up in pieces on the ground and me crouched on top of it all.
So much for getting to ride this weekend. I have to get it into the shop and hope it can be repaired sooner than later.
Stay safe out there everyone. People just don't like to look for scooters. Too bad so many of us have to be reminded of that the hard way.
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Post by fangerman on Feb 22, 2007 10:56:01 GMT -5
To answer Ronster, it was a drop-ship that I got from scootertronics.com, although fortunately for me, there's a dealer in LaVergne, TN not far from my home.
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Post by Dennis D on Feb 24, 2007 16:12:16 GMT -5
You sort of need to assume that nobody sees you anyhow, but you especially have to be careful in winter when a lot of people in cars almost look at anything that happens with a motorcycle or scooter as being their(the rider's) fault just for being there when they don't expect it. If I'm not sure, and nobody's right behind me, I'll just plain stop if I'm the least bit uncertain(and one of those drivers I was certain saw me could still get me). If someone's right behind you, chances are better that they at least see them.
I'm sure sorry that happened to your new scooter, but I'm glad you're alright!
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Post by fangerman on Feb 27, 2007 12:47:36 GMT -5
UPDATE: The guy that hit me feels very bad and accepted full responsibility for the accident. I got word yesterday that the scoot was a total loss. Forks bent, handlebars bent, frame sandwiched, radiator bent like a banana, EVERY piece of plastic except the taillight assembly was broken or severely scratched and needs to be replaced... The shop guy quit with that, before he dug any deeper and found more problems. I am just very glad that I walked away from that wreck uninjured. The scooter died so I didn't have to.
On the bright side, he ordered me a new scooter and the guy responsible for the accident has paid for it all. If all goes well, I will be on a new scooter by Friday at the latest.
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