Joe Nobles - Proud Owner of a Jonway YY50QT 50cc Scooter

by Joe Nobles
(Old Town, Florida)

Here's my ride!

I am Joe Nobles and I own a Zhejiang Jonway Shenke Co. Ltd. YY50QT 50cc scooter. I am a newbie to scooting... I just got my 50cc Chinese, it was given to me for free!

One of my classmates had been trying to get rid of it for a little while and found out I was going broke driving my car back and forth to college (42 miles each way). He understood my situation so he said I could have the scooter.

I'm a 45 years old unemployed junior in the Respiratory Care program at Santa Fe College in Gainesville, Florida. I've owned my scooter since 4/4/11... I've never driven either a scooter or motorcycle before.

I tested it out on the 4/2 and liked it right off the bat! So now instead of spending 60 bucks a week driving my Dodge, it's only $12 on the scooter; the catch is it takes 2 hours to cover the distance to school but it works for the time being. I am an old school kind of guy and hope to own a 50cc Vespa one day after I graduate from my program (and land a job!).

So keep on scooting!

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Joe Nobles - Proud Owner of a Jonway YY50QT 50cc Scooter

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I dont like NEW
by: Anonymous

I have Jonway YY50QT 50cc Scooter and is very bad motorcycle really!!!

yy50qt-6 NEW
by: Anonymous

hello, i am looking for a steering column for a yy50qt-6. Will a steering column from a yy50qt-21 fit? If not, can anyone direct me where i can get one that fits?

Vacuum Leak
by: Jim Zeiser

Also look and make sure a vacuum line didn't fall off, your intake manifold is tight and the manifold itself isn't cracked. A long trip like you're doing tends to make a motor shake and vibration will loosen things up.

Jim Zeiser
by: Adjust valves

50cc scooters run tight clearances on their valves and need to be checked every 1,000 miles. I run .003 inch on my 50cc motors. Bring the engine to top dead center and check both valves there. Otherwise it could ba bad coil or CDI unit. I had a CDI unit that gave me spark but didn't work when I tried to run the engine.

HEEEEELPPPP!!!!!!
by: Joe Nobles

Well the time has come to dig in and fight back. When I was given this scooter it seemed like a great deal I mean a FREE! scooter wow. Okay first day I'm on the road 3/4 of the way to school 42 miles away from home (not the first time I went this far, I drove it 48 miles from my classmates home to get it home) the drive belt breaks.

I figure no dig deal I mean I didn't pay any thing for the scooter in the first place. So the scooter goes to the shop... $90 later I drive the scooter back and forth to school the remaining 2 days last week.

On day 3, scooter had a hard time starting, took about 10 min. of cranking then firing up running about 1 or 2 min. then quitting, then finally getting out of the neighborhood... stalled at first stoplight, started up on 2 tries.

Got to school. After class same deal! Lots of work to start, first mile stall at light quick recovery runs the rest of the way home O.K.

Yesterday cranked and cranked and cranked. No go!! Drove car. After school, checked gas to carb o.k. do we have spark? Yes. Change spark plug anyway just in case, you know $2.00 why not? Still no go. What gives? I even tried to kick start... nothing.

I have no clue as to what to do and is there something the guy in the shop should have caught and brought to my attention? It was serviced at the shop where it was originally purchased.

So if anybody out there in the land of happy scooter drivers know what to I'll give it my best shot.

Thanks! Joe N.

Take care of it
by: loosegrit

I am on my 3rd Jonway scooter; got about 10,000 miles each.

My service routine:

Oil Change every 500 miles
New Spark Plug every 1500 miles (don't clean they are cheap)
Clean air filter every 1500 miles
Replace carb at 5000 miles

Remember these are not made for speed, don't push it... the scooter will pay the price. Do the legal limit 30 mph.

Loosegrit the Tekker
Nevada Scooter Brigade

Proud Owner of a Jonway YY50QT
by: Joe Nobles

Nice to hear from you all! Kathi, here in the Gainesville area those colours are seen everrrrrrrrrrrrrywhere! They the colours of the Florida Gators that spectacularly popular SEC football and basketball teams from U.F. !

That aside thanks for the tips, so far. I'm sure that as the miles go by maintenance monsters will set in, but I've been accustomed to that kind of thing as I am an avid collector/user of vintage Soviet photographic equipment (by the way the principle of getting more bang for your buck applies to these quirky little machines too). Well more later!

JN

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by: Jim Zeiser

It's no secret that I'm a fan of Chinese scooters even though I have a Honda too. If you change the oil on a regular basis and do the valve adjustments when required it should last you a good, long time. Let us know how it's doing. At the rate you're going you should rack up mileage quickly. It will be fun to hear how it's holding up.

Oh... and nice scoot!
by: Kathi, Site Owner

P.S. I forgot to comment about your scooter itself. It'd be a big hit in my town, Boise, home of the blue turf, as it is the exact colors of our beloved Boise State Broncos! It looks like a Bronco mobile...

Welcome to the club!
by: Kathi, Site Owner

Welcome, Joe! Glad to have you here. How fortunate you are to have been given such a gift. That's commitment, though, to take 2 hours to get to school... haha. Still, scooting is so much fun, I'd almost like a reason like that to get on mine each day. Alas... I work at home. :)

Chinese scoots need lots of TLC and regular maintenance, so be sure to check in here should you have any difficulties and the folks here will help you right out.

Again... welcome!

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