buying a BMS V9 EVO

[navycook86]

i am thinking of buying a BMS V9 Evo 150cc scooter as local transportation for my wife. I've read all of the specs that are offered on online stores but I am wondering if there is anything that I should know ahead a time. Are there parts that should be replaced with higher quality ones? Are there ways to customize them? How does the warranty work exactly, are there certain shops that one must take the scooter to in order to get fixed? Any information would be extremely helpful before I dive into this purchase. Thank you guys.

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[goosestale]

  Again, these are Chinese scooters. The make doesn't matter as much as the engine and style. These forums are here because most of us could not find a shop that would do repairs on them and we had to learn to do it ourselves. Warranty's on these are pretty iffy. You may be able to get parts if you have problems from your dealer, but again, that's a maybe. You should expect to fix any problems yourself, or don't even think of buying a Chinese scooter. Parts are available online, and not too expensive, if you need to replace something. Nothing really needs replacing/upgrading right off, but being a machine things go wrong, and you can replace some things with better quality as you go.
 I very much enjoy my Chinese 150cc, and have learned a lot about repairs as things come up.  If you take care of your machine, you'll have less problems. The first things you need to do when you get your scooter are to go over it completely and tighten all the screws, nuts, and bolts, replace the oil and gear oil, and replace the spark plug with an NGKC7HSA.
 Read up on changing oil, and doing valve adjustments for regular maintenance.
 The most common problems, clogged carborators, bad batteries (they loose the charge if left sitting for very long, electrical issues with either regulators, CDI's, stators, and starter relays. Engine manuals available in the important Information and Resources section. The Arrow manual is the one you want for the 150cc.

[navycook86]

Thank you for the great tips.

[tazmo8448]

  I have had the BMS V9 Evo 150 and it was a good solid scoot...but let me warn you..in order to get to the engine to adjust the valves.. is a bear and I mean bear...you have to practically take the side panels off after the seat and floor mats etc etc and you really have to watch those little tabs and be very gentle with the whole operation....other than those type of things it is a good all around scoot and has all kinds of room to store things and whatnot...it has the Znen motor but most other parts switches and that sort of thing are fairly common amongst scoots...it has a nice long wheel base and front and rear disc brakes and it has a very solid feel and ride to it...I am not sure if they make new ones I bought two, one last October and one in March of this year and both were 2008 models the people I got mine thru said they were out of stock but had a Marina that looked bodywise identical but am not sure who makes it and the prices went several hundred dollars higher and as these things go there's not a nickels worth of difference in 'em anyway...the first one I had had a pretty good wobble in the rear tire when on its stand and revving it up and that is before I knew about Dyna Beads but after a few hundred miles it sort of lost the wobble....and it was stolen, so be sure to take caution securing it as it is a good looking bike and we have that element out there that thinks because they want it they can just take it...and sadly the second one was wrecked and burnt up so I use it for parts when and if I get the first one back..so all in all I reccomend the V9 EVO