Bad News about bad scooters

This was recently posted online. It appears that Power Sports Factory has lost one of their first and best dealers in the US. Paul aka Sporty at MotoVento has called it quits. He has decided to no longer sell the Strada or Vento brand scooters. Also in jeopardy is the Chinese Scooter board on Yahoo which he has maintained for the past several years. Sporty is a long time scooter mechanic and has been around since the beginning with Chinese scooters sharing helpful information online. This is certainly discouraging news but I hope that he will stay around on some of the other forums at least. I know he's still got a garage full of scoots and a lot of valuable knowledge.

Repost:

"I just found out my 2003 Vento Phantom with 5000 miles dropped a valve, I did the motoman break-in and sold it with 2000 miles on it, The belt lasted longer than the motor with all oils Mobil 1 synthetic. I'm forming a opinion that the Chinese 4 stroke motors have a long way to go before I will buy another. With all the other people that have had valve train failures I can not sell scooters that last such a short time. Rubber that falls apart in months is another issue. Intake hoses, Fuel lines are easy to deal with, Fork seals, Engine mount bushings and brake seals are the stuff that scares the crap out of me now that I have been around these scooter for 4 years.

On the other hand my 2001 Malaguti F-12 Phantom water cooled Foggy 50cc 2 stroke replica all the rubber is fine with over 5000 miles on it. With that said I will no longer be selling scooters from China for THE lowest price on the internet until the quality meets my standards, I like to sleep with a clear conscience and selling a scooter for over a $1000 last last for less than 5000 miles is just ripping people off. I'm still going to try to help people on the group but I'm surly not
going to tell anyone to buy one.

Paul aka Sporty"