Where do I hook up the gauge to check for compression levels in the engine? I'm pretty certain the line on the carb doesn't have any holes, so I don't think that could be the problem. Any other thoughts?

What a piece of Chinese crap!!! Should have bought the Italian Vespa. I want my money back.

When I received everything the instructions *didn't match the parts*. I haven't been able to start it since I received it, either. For me it was the battery. Apparently I was supposed to charge the battery before installed it - which the instructions never mentioned. They included some kind of power supply but I can't figure out what it's for - certainly not the battery.

I just took my battery to a helpful motorcycle shop and they are going to charge it overnight. If it doesn't work after this I am definitely going to refute the charge with my bank. I use Bank of America so hopefully that won't be a problem. I'll update with more later.

Let me know what the problem is by seeking me out and maybe give me a call and I will try to help if I can, as with every rechargable battery you must give a complete charge first, sounds like you have a Retro LX which is the only one I know that comes with a battery charger that plugs in under the seat, the LX is a copy of a TNG and is a nice scooter, I have started 4 of them in the past 30 days, simply charge the battery which took all of 1/2 hour, remove air filter cover spray starter fliud in there so it goes towards carb and bam fires right up, of course since these are two strokes I would fill oil resivoir and add two oz of injector two stroke oil for auto mix systems in the gas tank so there is some lube right away Hope this helps and by all means do not depend on someone that does not care if your scooters runs

Sorry, this update is connected to the one that seems to show up below this one.

Email me and I wil help with your scooter and even do so over the phone, I have offered this help before and starting believe all this trouble with GS is made up if you do not want any help, to take to a mechanic and they have no ideal its the mechanic who is wrong, these are not hard to figure out, its funny you never mention what scooter you have if you really have and just want to bad mouth GS

$3 a week? My old Tomos used to use like $4 a month, it was great. Fun heading into work on a nice day and listening to people gripe about what they're spending on gas and saying "yeah this gas guzzler is running me $4 a month, its insane." Lots of dirty looks. Course I also had a pretty fuel efficient car too.

By the way for those of you that are having problems with the company I suggest filing a complaint with the Texas Attorney General (that's where the company is, Texas). Put those tax dollars to use.

By the way here is the latest update. I emailed the owner of the company and told him all the problems I am having and told him that I've found a number of message boards where his customers are experiencing similar problems. In many companies the folks higher up have no idea what the underlings are doing to customers so I thought maybe he'd look into it and jump on some backs. After all happy customers = more sales.

Here is the response I got:

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I am out of the office until Monday, but when I return, I will process you a full refund. Then, you will have 20 days to crate the scooter and ship it back to us, at your expense. After 20 days, if we have not received it, we will file a police report, listing the scooter as stolen. We also work with Equifax, and will also file the information with them, which will show up on your credit report, should the issue not be resolved.

I refuse to have you hold my company hostage over the fact that you needed to charge your battery before you could use your scooter. Furthermore, should you miliciously slander my company online, we will take legal action against you. You should be aware that, by law, message boards keep record of all IP addresses that access their site, and post comments as well. You can clearly see an IP hyperlink on most message boards.
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So watch out, everyone here might get sued for slander. I'm seeing an attorney tomorrow and filing a complaint with the AG, since threatening to refund against my will and demanding the property back is fradulent. I'll post an update after the attorney takes over if anyone's interested.

Screw GS!
You have a right to free speech and as long as you are telling the truth about your experience there is NOTHING GS can do about it. Tell GS if they can find any lawyer stupid enough to represent them......to PLEEEAAASSSEEE sue you. That you'd love to get this into court.

http://ripoffreport.com/view.asp?id=208509

Now use your keyboard and go after GS!
If they won't replace the bad parts, honor the warranty or give you a refund, then you can start with these suggestions (they were written for Texas, but you can adapt them to your state).

1) File a ripoff report.
http://ripoffreport.com/
What's good about this website, is that once you file a report, the company name shows up in most search engines. People will know that this company does not honor it's warranty. Be sure and add pictures.
2) File a report on the Squeaky Wheel....
http://www.thesqueakywheel.com
3) File a report on Consumer Affairs.
http://www.consumeraffairs.com/php/a_report.php
Again the company name will show up on search engines like Google.
4) Texas has a lemon law and if a company does not honor a warranty, the state Attorney General likes to know and will take action.
file a complaint with the Texas State Attorney here:
http://www.oag.state.tx.us/consumer/complain.shtml
file a lemon law complaint here:
http://www.dot.state.tx.us/services/motor_vehicle/texas_lemon_law/default.htm
5) File a report with the Better Business Bureau.
http://www.dallas.bbb.org/
The BBB is basically toothless, but every little bit helps.
6) File a complaint with the Federal Trade Commission for false advertising and deceptive trade practices.
https://rn.ftc.gov/pls/dod/wsolcq$.startup?Z_ORG_CODE=PU01
7) Is the product unsafe or dangerous? File a section 15 report with the
Consumer Product Safety Commission.
http://www.cpsc.gov/sec15.html
Get on every forum and usenet newsgroup that deals with ATVs, Go-Karts, scooter or motorcycles and tell your story (exact truth).

Every time you do one of the above, email the link to the vendor.

I have filed complaints with Paypal, Paypal Buyer credit (unfortunatly it was too late to get the charges reversed), the Federal Trade Comission, and the Better Business Bureau. I'm also checking into filing a class action suit if I can get enough people interested.

As for Huansong, It maybe this company, here is website for reference. http://www.hsmotor.com.cn/web/indexs.asp?typeid=130&bannerid=69&title=SCOOTER

Good luck. God bless you.

From your IP address, I see you are in Australia. How did you get a GS Motorworks scooter in Australia?

Vespadude

Also my daughter hit a few things so if some one has one not working I would but for the plastic parts.

email hlorenzen@cfl.rr.com

What can you tell me about what Nick Olson did for you? Was he selling you parts that GSMotorworks makes (under another name?) Are they the parts the other people talk about, "they sell you parts" but even the parts don't work?

I want my scooter to just hold a charge and work!

Hopeful

Good God! Fake Geely scooters? And I thought I had heard it all. How low can a person sink? At least I know my Wildfire is the genuine article;)

keep you posted...