HAYNES AUTOMATIC SCOOTER SER VICE & REPAIR MANUAL |
Product Details
This is a
aftermarket
product.
With increasing fuel costs, it’s hardly surprising that scooters are
so popular.
Miles per gallon figures in excess of 70 are typical, with some models giving
100mpg.
And, of course, they are inexpensive to tax and insure and dead easy to park.
They do have a drawback though – servicing costs. Garages don’t
seem to appreciate
that scooter owners are seeking low running costs. You can pay anything up to
£100 to
have a drivebelt replaced and the variator rollers serviced – a job which
should be done
every 10,000 miles or so. Yet, the Scooters Service and Repair Manual from Haynes
rates this task as ‘suitable for a beginner with some experience’.
Typically, a drivebelt
costs between £10 and £15. Do your own maintenance and servicing
of your scooter
and you could save a fortune.
Of course, doing the jobs correctly is vital and is where the Scooters Service
and
Repair Manual from Haynes comes in. For a start, Haynes is the undisputed world
leader for car, van and motorcycle manuals. “Haynes Manuals just cannot
be beaten,” is
the verdict of Motor Cycle News. Moreover, sales figures exceeding 150 million
speak
for themselves.
As with all Haynes manuals, the Scooters manual is comprehensively illustrated
and
the detailed instructions are based on strip-downs of scooters. Each task is
rated for
difficulty – from one-spanner jobs for DIY novices to five-spanner jobs
for experts.
And there are Haynes Hints – tips for doing a job more easily or alternatives
to using
expensive tools. Daily (pre-ride) checks are covered in detail, as are checks
to do
ahead of your scooter’s MOT test.
Okay, so far so good. But what about owners of the swish Gilera Runner VX125,
the
cute MBK Doodo 125 or the smart Sym Jet 50? Can this new manual help them? Yes,
it
can – those scooters are covered in the data section, together with a
further 83 models.
Virtually all popular scooters with carburetted engines made after 1990 are
covered
in both general terms and in the detailed data sheets. That means 50cc to 250cc
automatic transmission (Twist and Go) scooters from Aprilia, Gilera, Honda,
Malaguti,
MBK, Peugeot, Piaggio, Suzuki, Sym, Vespa and Yamaha.
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