Hello All! New to the forum and anything with two wheels.
I just bought a 2009 Piaggio Fly 150 with 2,800 miles. It keeps dieing mid-ride when I have my girlfriend on the back. Together we weight ~430lbs. I understand that is a lot of weight, but the engine was not struggling or anything, it would just die. Here is how it went:
-Bought it and drove 8 miles by myself no problem.
-Later in the evening went for a ride with GF and drove for 2 miles no problem.
-Then it died middle of intersection. Took a few tries to restart. Kept riding.
-1 minute later died, took awhile to restart. This repeated until I could get it home.
-Want to note that in between one of these dies/restarts my buddy told me to push it hard with just me on it and I did, no problem. GF got on and it died.
-Next morning we try again. Same thing.
-Decided to take it out myself and rode 20 miles no problem.
Currently with the dealer and they can't recreate the problem.
Does anyone have any ideas of what this could be from? I understand the additional weight is not good for the scooter, but don't understand how it dies with my GF on the back and will be fine right away if its just me.
Thanks!