150cc Lance Venice Scooter?

>1. Is getting the more expensive and better known name worth the extra money?<

Yes.

What you get when you buy a Yamaha or Honda is a machine that has a well established parts supply chain and service support, in the event you such need service.

>2. Is getting the parts for the Lance a pain in the you know what?<

Getting parts for Chinese scooters is a pain at best and imposible at worst. Some parts failures may be very dangerous. Check the link below.

>3. Is the Scooter factory a good retailer?<

No reliable parts chain, no service to speak of, and scooter factory has failed to honor warranty claims twice that I know of, but I have heard, second hand, that claims have been denied because the service provider didn't file warranty paper work properly. Sounds fishy to me.

The internet is a great place to get information, but it is a lousy place to buy high price items such as scooters. When you buy a scooter from a Honda or Yamaha dealer locally, you get a parts chain and service.

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150cc Lance Venice Scooter?

I&#39;m looking at getting my first scooter. I&#39;ve gone to the Honda shop where they want $2200 for a 150, and Yamaha, who wants $2700 for a 125. The Lance Venice scooter at the scooter factory had caught my eye in both design as well as in price a much cheaper $1500. I have always been told...

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1. Yes, yes, yes! Any Japanese name is going to be a pretty good bike that is built to last for years with very little maintenance.

What you need to ask yourself is, "Can I fix just about anything that goes wrong with it myself?" If the answer to that question is no, then go spend the extra money on a Honda.

The biggest problem with the Chinese bikes is that there is little to no quality control that happens before you get the bike. In addition, the die that they are using to actuallly machine the parts at the factory are generally not changed as often as in the Japanese bike manufacturers. So, what you end up with is a bike with major parts that are shoddy due to imperfections in the machining.

2. Parts are generally harder to come by, but not impossible. Check around your area at different motorcycle shops to see if they would work on that brand of scoot. If you can't find someone close, don't bother buying it. Also, the Chinese scooters generally require more maintenance than their Japanese counterparts. Oil changes every 1,000 miles, and the timing needs to be adjusted about every 1,500 miles...that's probably going to run you about $75 - $150 bucks every 1,500 miles (so think about how much you'll be riding). Hondas and the like basically need oil changes about every 2,000 - 3,000 miles and plugs changed at about 3,000 miles (much cheaper to maintain, so figure maintenance costs into your total cost to own the scooter and see which comes out ahead...sometimes cutting out the whole headache is cheaper).

3. Not too sure about scooter factory. Researched a little bit while I was searching for my scooter (I actually bought a used Honda Reflex 250 with 4,500 miles for $2,500 on Craigslist and I love it!) and they seem to be a mixed bag. Most of the good reviews were from their site, and many negative reviews on different forums throughout the net.

Happy scootering!!!

the scooter factory sells cheap poor quality disposable bikes from china .. sent here with 100 diff names on the same bike .. im sure the lance is labled as 10 diff other names, the parts are near impossible to find and they just.. well arent quality at all

if your worried about the money

buy a used scooter...

yamaha honda kawasaki suzuki these are all good known brands

check craigslist, ebay, your local clasified adds in the paper

see if the dealers around you have used bikes

a good brand bike will last a long time

but either way .. you do get what you pay for .."unless you find a good deal"

so

1. getting the more expensive scooter just means you didnt toss 1500 dollars into the toilet on a headache

2. the parts would be terrible to find to replace broken parts .. especialy when they fall off going down the road..

3 the scooter factory sells mostly junk

worked on china bikes before and they just.. arent built with the consideration of long term .. rideability in mind .. bushings in places that it needs bearings, bushings in places it should be a solid mount which wear out quick and create other issues,

most come here in crates slapped together by some one who well .. jsut slapped it together

just about every nut and bolt needs taken out, put locktite thread lock on em .. and tighten them all back down .torque them to ... ......... to factory specs? ... .the specs that are impossible to find hmm

I'm not familiar with that model. Here are a few things to try: Maybe it's a misprint - try turning the key counter clockwise. Push the key in as you're turning it - it might need that extra step to use the seat lock function. Press down on the seat as you're turning the key - the seat latch could be stuck to the release mechanism.