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Greetings Everyone/Anyone

I'm looking for some help

I own a 2014 Roughhouse It's Got About 2300 miles on it. Everything stock, besides the battery, previous owner said he had to change it? (I'm thinking it's the voltage regulator)

As of recent i'm having an issue where the bike would turn on with no problems (both kickstart and electric start) but upon giving it gas it would sort of just stall and turn off on me. or ride for about 4 feet and turn off on me.

Also having an issue where I have to constantly charge my battery about every 3 days, seems odd to me that I have to charge my battery so often.

I took it to a mechanics and got a complete tune up meaning the oil was changed, the air filter was changed, I got my front pads replaced, and spark plug was replaced. any who, after the tune up my issues are still persistent. I've done a few searches online and have come up with a few theories.

Before I list my theories I would like to point out that this is my first Scooter, I do not know anything about mopeds/scooters so please don't butcher me.

Please and Thank You

Theory #1) is that i just have to clean my Carburetor. I'm hoping this is the issue because it's the least expensive solution. I was hoping someone can link me to an informative video or something online that I can reference on how to remove the carb from the scooter and clean it out properly. Also Wanted to point out that the owner of the Mechanics Shop mentioned that it could possibly be the electric choke, after googling i learned that, thats something to do with the Carburetor.

Theory #2) Since i'm also having an issue where I have to charge my battery so often, someone mentioned to me on a previous forum post that I should change my Voltage Regulator/Rectifier? Anyone to confirm this?

And My 3rd Theory) The Mechanics mentioned that it could possibly be the Stator or again Electric Choke, Btw I ran out of there as fast as i could. I paid $320 for that damn tune up, I knew they were going to rob me for this issue, i figured i'd attempt to fix it myself before being robbed again.

If You Have Read Through All Of This THANK YOU! and if you could offer some help THANK YOU some more.

If i have posted this thread in the wrong forum my bad.

A couple of things strike me. Considering the low miles it seems early to need new brake pads and an air filter, but what's done is done.
Because of the poor running it was probably wise to replace the plug.
You can easily learn to change the oil & filter properly. IMO the mechanics did the easier chores and did not trouble shoot the difficult issues; the poorly running engine and battery failure.
If it set unridden a lot time the carb. may need cleaning. People sometimes first try adding Seafoam to the gas in hopes that will work.

If you don't have scooter mechanic experience it's best to read a lot and watch a lot of videos so that you understand the fuel system of a scooter; the petcock and how it works, the fuel line with the filter, the parts of a carb., and how they work. I'm a new scooter owner and managed to remove my carb (3 times no less to get it right) to clean it and set the float height. properly.) There are small parts, soft brass screws, etc. (I nearly lost some parts) There's no reason you can't learn all this. My mechanic said that the choke is usually not the problem.

Before replacing parts though, diagnose the problems. This site has some really good scooter mechanics.

ucandoit wrote:A couple of things strike me. Considering the low miles it seems early to need new brake pads and an air filter, but what's done is done.
Because of the poor running it was probably wise to replace the plug.
You can easily learn to change the oil & filter properly. IMO the mechanics did the easier chores and did not trouble shoot the difficult issues; the poorly running engine and battery failure.
If it set unridden a lot time the carb. may need cleaning. People sometimes first try adding Seafoam to the gas in hopes that will work.

If you don't have scooter mechanic experience it's best to read a lot and watch a lot of videos so that you understand the fuel system of a scooter; the petcock and how it works, the fuel line with the filter, the parts of a carb., and how they work. I'm a new scooter owner and managed to remove my carb (3 times no less to get it right) to clean it and set the float height. properly.) There are small parts, soft brass screws, etc. (I nearly lost some parts) There's no reason you can't learn all this. My mechanic said that the choke is usually not the problem.

Before replacing parts though, diagnose the problems. This site has some really good scooter mechanics.

It's my beater, I zip around all over NYC on this bad boy lol.

Thanks for your reply, I'm going to attempt to clean out the carb hopefully this weekend. And I've watched a few videos on YouTube. I was hoping someone on here had a video of them dissembling it on a roughhouse or their Geniune Scooter.

If you have any links that i may find useful please share.

Cleaning carbuartor seems to be very boring and tedious.
Just remove the caburetor, float, jets and the outer parts. Clean them and install the jets, outer ones , float.
It ready to be installed. Go ahead