Top 10 Maxi's of 2013 - VISOR DOWN's Review

[SteveADV]

True. My issues have been minor (and haven't yet been corrected since I haven't bothered to bring it in to the dealer to complain):
1) TPM is wildly inaccurate. Trust a reliable pressure gauge instead when inflating your tires.
2) Driving the scooter a very short distance and parking it overnight seems to make it VERY stubborn to start in the morning. I pushed the scooter into the garage from the street the other night just so I didn't have to deal with that issue AGAIN.
3) Oil pressure light occasionally comes on at idle despite the oil level being fine. Above idle, it goes out.
4) Too much turbulence with the stock windscreen. That I fixed myself by installing the Aeroflow

Personally, I would have taken mine in for #s 2 and 3 (neither of which I have experienced). More so because I do not have your mechanical experience and, for that reason, do not know what to be concerned about. Any little hiccup for me and it's back to my dealer. As I said before, not a blip on the radar screen so far.

 

[JaimeC]

Personally, I would have taken mine in for #s 2 and 3 (neither of which I have experienced). More so because I do not have your mechanical experience and, for that reason, do not know what to be concerned about. Any little hiccup for me and it's back to my dealer. As I said before, not a blip on the radar screen so far.

MY mechanical experience?? Replacing the windshield and installing the Throttlemeisters are at the far end of my capabilities! I'm more of the "put my own air in my tires" kinda guy...

 

[SteveADV]

Well, Jaime, maybe you humbly suggest you aren't the top dog when it comes to mechanical know how, but in my book you lead the pack in photography skills....

C650GT and Hooters - My Photo Gallery

 

[JaimeC]

I just remembered I did have one MAJOR problem that left me stranded (the mind does tend to blot out unpleasant experiences). Shortly after my break-in service I was on the annual Ramapo 500 road rally. Right towards the end of the event on Day 2 I'd stopped for gas, but when I tried to get back on the road, the scooter wouldn't start. We checked everything we knew to check and couldn't figure out why it wouldn't start and I eventually had to get it towed (Roadside Assistance wasn't much help due to legal issues... the two closest dealerships were in other States, and none of the contracted towing companies had permits to go out of state and none wanted to tow the distance involved in getting me to the closest dealership within the state).

It turned out the screw that holds in the sidestand sensor switch had backed out enough that the computer thought the sidestand hadn't been retracted. The dealer removed the screw, cleaned all the surfaces, applied Loctite, and replaced the screw. As the mechanic explained: they put threadlocker on this screw at the factory, but apparently not enough.

 

[Dale]

JaimeC,

Now you know any time the bike, any bike will not start on the road the first place to look is the side stand and or center stand switch.

As far as tire pressure read page 64 of the usa manual TPC/RDC and you will note you are not reading actual tire pressure. What you are reading is compensated pressure to 68F. If you are at 100F or at 40F the indication is as if the bike were at 68F. I always check at least once a week the actual tire pressure. My experience with Metzler tires on other bikes is they tend to start cupping at about 50% wear. Add two pounds pressure above recommended will help not cure.

 

[JaimeC]

JaimeC,

Now you know any time the bike, any bike will not start on the road the first place to look is the side stand and or center stand switch.

Easy to say after the fact. However, my friend (who has vastly more technical knowledge than I) looked the scooter over and over while we awaited the tow, and we NEVER saw anything that even remotely looked like a sidestand sensor screw. Never even saw anything that looked loose! Freaking scooter looks more like a solid sculpture than a working, moving vehicle sometimes. It's like when I lift the hood on my Subaru and look in the engine compartment. Intellectually, I KNOW that's an engine in there... but the complete lack of any exposed wiring, belts, etc. makes it look like a solid aluminum sculpture than an actual automobile engine.

I used to own a VW Rabbit back in the 80s... that thing was so easy to understand and work on. Nowadays? Forget it... it isn't even easy to figure out how to change the oil on a lot of modern cars.

 

[Dale]

JamieC,,

This has happened to all of us. On my Burgman one day it just shut off, coasted to the side of the road. About 30 min or more I was ready to call for a wrecker when I noted I had hit the kill switch.