Can you help me troubleshoot my new Solana 2011 scooter that is not working properly?
by Jessica Phillips
(New Zealand)
I bought my 50cc Solana 2011 scooter at the start of December in 2011, and it has been running fine up until this week. (about a month and a half later) The model is quite a cheap one, I paid NZ$1,300 for it brand new.
The problem is that all of a sudden, while I was riding it home from work, I accelerated after going over a speed bump, and it just slowed right down very quickly (I didn't brake)then sped up again. This happened several times over a period of about 5-10 seconds and has happened every time I've taken my scooter out since. It always happens when I'm accelerating.
When it happens it feels like the motor is just cutting out for a second then revving back up. Really weird.
It's almost like the feeling when a manual car is shifting gears, except its more sudden and throws me forward in my seat a little, so I'm avoiding using my scooter for now.
It has an alarm on it, so if it had been knocked over, it would have gone off, so I don't think that has happened. I checked the petrol and there is plenty of fuel in there.
I don't know much about fixing scooters or what the problem could even be, (hence asking for help on here) so I have only checked the basic things I could think of. Any ideas on what the problem could be and/or how to fix it would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks for your time.
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