Ok now comes the tricky part and I would not want to try this alone. Almost is a requirement that you have 2 people; you lift the bike up remove the milk crate (or whatever similar item you have stuffed under it in the front and lower it to the side of the bracket it was mounted to, then while one person holds it steady the other person goes to the back of the bike and cuts or untwists the wire holding the bike in place. Then carefully push the bike forward and off the crate. Placing the main stand down so it doesnâ?™t lean while you put everything else on. (thatâ?™s my neighbor Jim) whoâ?™s comments kept us laughing.

At this time we kind of cleaned up the giant mess we now had and continued to assemble the bike. My friend George decided to start at the rear and work forward so we started with the trunk.  Also somewhere in all this you need to fill the battery with acid. Itâ?™s simple, it comes with a 6 port funnel fits in the battery and 6 little plastic bottles of acid all connected together, all you do is place the funnel (with puncture posts facing up) and position the acid containers over it (carefully to make sure each little bottle is over the puncture things) you will see what I mean, and push them down until they seatâ??. Itâ?™s actually kind of cool all the acid goes in with no problem. Also no factory instructions.

Anyway we then started to install the trunk. Basically itâ?™s simple it has 2 metal bars that come with it - they go under the rack on the back and bolts go through the trunk past the rack and into the metal bars, place nut, center and tighten. All the parts are located in the trunk itself along with the trunk keys.

Then we decided to install the windshield, to get to the windshield bolts that are already in their mounting holes, you have to remove the top small section of the front cowling. It has 4 screws holding it on then carefully unsnap the panel and set it aside.

Then you can install the windshield. It has 5 bolts that hold it in place tighten these evenly!!! I was scared that George would crack the windshield but it went ok. No washers or anything to protect it from the bolts; just bolts on plastic! You can see in the next photo the bolts Iâ?™m talking about and the mirror wires sticking up. They need to be pushed down out of the way when you do the mirrors and there next. Install them before you reinstall the small piece of cowling you removed in the front this way you can get to the wires easily. The mirrors are simple, but I donâ?™t like the way there designed. All you do is place the rubber boot on the base of the mirror, then place the Allen bolt in from the top, place the spacer on the bolt, and screw it on. Of course connecting the wires. What I donâ?™t like about the mirror set up is they vibrate a lot and they actually partially block the brake master cylinder caps. I will probably have to remove the mirror to add fluid in the future if needed.

While the cover is off also look at the wire connections make sure everything is tight.

Then re install the cowling and your almost done with the installationâ?? but not finished yet!.

Next we installed the battery that was charging the whole time. Pretty simple, 2 red wires and a green one. The 2 red are hot and green ground. Placing the battery cover on it and I tried the key and the radio came on. So far so good. I got the gas can and poured in about 2 gallons and tried to start it, it was turning over but it sounded like it wasnâ?™t getting gas.

I kept it up until the battery was starting to get low, and then I smelled gas. I just figured I had flooded it trying to start it but when I stepped off it I saw a 3 foot round puddle of gas under itâ?? shit! I was really worried nowâ?? until I remembered seeing someone on the scooterbbs say they had to connect there fuel line because it leaked. So we took off the engine cover under the seat and started looking around and sure enough, there was a port on the side of the carb that looked like it needed a hose on it, and then we spotted the fuel line just hanging there. It took us about 20 minutes of fowl language and complaint to finally get it back on. It seems Chinese fingers are a lot smaller than our American ones, boy did we have a hard time getting in there to attach it â??â??â??.lol.  My guess is that when they test it out they use an outside source of gas (canâ?™t ship once itâ?™s been fueled) to test them and forgot to reattach the gas line.

Anyway, the moment of truth, I hit the starter and after a moment it fired. I gave it a little gas and it stalled. My friend George laughed at me and said let it warm up a minute so I did then it wound up ok. It was idling low so we turned up the idle screw (right next to the carb) its very easy to see and the lights stopped flickering and it smoothed out.

It runs GREAT!  This entire procedure took us 3 hours. I think we did pretty well.

All in all I think its just common sense that you need to assemble one (and a friend thatâ?™s a shade tree mechanic) honestly I think anyone with a helper can set one up.

I rode it up and down the street last night and again today, it has a nice feel, good balance, and at night its lights are definitely going to be seen. Iâ?™m in love. The biggest thing I was surprised about the whole thing is the size of this bike, ITS HUGE! A whole lot bigger than I thought it was going to be.

Also I just wanted to say im a very happy man, the wait was worth it. Iâ?™ve had it up to 45 for a few min keeping in mind the break in but I canâ?™t seem to find anything wrong with it!!!!!!!!  Itâ?™s a nice bike well worth more than weâ?™re getting them for.  Itâ?™s a lot of bike for the money.  I will be in touch and any of you that have more questions can email me at jebberts@cfl.rr.com

Next after I get it legal and start really scooting around on it I will let you know what I think about it

Good luck on yours

JOHN (bbj500)