CRAPPY SCOOTER DESIGN

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I don't know if all chinese scootors are made like the one I saw today, but if they are, I feel no guilt about saying they have a crappy design!! :x I was being a good samaritan helping a older woman that was stranded and over 2hrs away from home. She had got caught in a rain storm and coasted into a gas station, said her scooter was flooding out and just died. I have never worked on a scooter, so I thought find the air cleaner and the sparkplug. well, after looking under the seat and finding no airfilter, I went towards the back and dammed if it wasn't above the drive assembly next to the rear wheel. I took the cover off and it was soaked with water, wonder why being next to the rear wheel. The spark plug was fouled out since it sucked in moisture, there were no good parts stores open, only autozone and orileys which I wasn't suprised they didn't carry that type of sparkplug, so the lady is stranded till tomorrow when the motorcycle shops open. She called some relatives to pick her up so she'll be alright. Do all scooters have the airfilter box next to the rear wheel? What the hell were they thinking when they designed this thing. 8O I don't remember what brand it was, hell, they all look alike to me, but it was a 125cc 4 stroke. She said there have been no major problems, just little stuff like fuses and lose bolts. I advised her to keep an extra plug just for times like these, expecially if it rains. I hope the new plug gets it running again, she dried the airfilter in the bathroom under the hand dryer and the folks at the station were nice enough to let her leave it there till tomorrow. I gave her my cell # just incase she needed anymore help, hopefully her relatives can carry her and the scooter home since she was over 90 miles away.