CHINESE MOPED WARRANTY SERVICE

Where can you take that Chinese Moped you bought online for warranty work? Or where can you take a Chinese Moped or Scooter that you bought locally if the dealer you bought it from can't make it work and it's still under warranty?

According to Macarena Baez, the Service Manager at Moped Medic, Moped Medic performs warranty work on almost every brand of Chinese Moped.

In addition, Moped Medic has one of the lowest hourly service rates in the Lowcountry, and is well known for repairing Vintage and Modern Vespa and Lambretta scooters.

Moped Medic's website is http://mopedmedic.com The correct phone number is 843-402-6900

Moped Medic honors the factory warranty on most of the following brands:

Alpha Avanti Baccio Baja Baron Bashan BMS CFMOTO Cobra Cool Sports Derbi Diamo Dink Eagle Fly Fribest Fushin Galaxy Gator Geely Hanma JCL jmstar jonway kinroad  Keeway Lance Lifan Longbo Longdong MMG Minarelli Mongoose Morini Moto Bravo Motobecane Motofino Moto Fino NST Pantera  Peace Sport Pep Boys Peugeot Primo Qingqi Qlink Redstreak Rocketa Schwinn Shanghai Meitian Strada SunL  Tank TNG United Motors Vento Verucci Viva Wildfire X-treme Xingyue Yamati Zhejiang Zongshen  

MT50 QT50 50QT 150T

This is not a complete list, and new brands are added on a regular basis, so if you don't see yours, it's worth a phone call to Moped Medic.

JUST HOW BAD ARE THE PEACE SPORT MOPEDS?

Recently there have been a lot of reports about Peace Sport getting busted by the Feds. Apparently, the product they sell is not the product they say they sell. And according to one local dealer, there are a lot of Peace Sport units out there that are illegal mopeds.

But the main claim people make against Peace Sport mopeds is that they are very poorly made. The warranty from the factory is 30 days or 300 miles, parts only, and they constantly break down. According to one local dealer, Peace Sport mopeds cost the dealer about $300. You can make a lot of money on service and parts if you sell something that you know is going to break down right away.

Exploding 80s

According to the experts at the Department of Moped and Scooter Safety, there are a whole lot of 80cc kits out there that are in the process of going boom.

Tom Read, of the DMSS, recently disassembled an 80cc kit that failed at less than 1000 miles.

What he found was that the kit was installed wrong. The cam timing, which is very important in 4 stroke mopeds, was off, and the intake valve was hitting the piston.

"A good mechanic would have caught this right away." said Martin Largent from the Department of Motorcycle and Scooter Safety, "That this moped was allowed to operate on the street ignores basic safety. Someone could have been seriously hurt."

According to Mr. Read, the faulty cam timing was just the straw that broke the moped's back.

"The jetting in the carb was wrong, the exhaust was wrong, the electronic timing was too slow. This was a disaster waiting to happen. Unfortunately it stranded the owner miles from home."

SOUTH CAROLINA MOPED PLATES

In South Carolina, the seller of a Moped is required by State Law to attach a metal identification plate to each moped without pedals.... This plate must be designed by the Department of Motor Vehicles.

This means that the plastic "novelty" moped plates people are buying from local dealers on craigslist for $10 are illegal. The dealer who sold you the moped is required by law to attach an approved metal South Carolina moped plate to the moped.

It is unlawful for a person to operate a moped without pedals upon the public highways and streets of this State without displaying the metal identification plate which must be attached to the vehicle. A person who does not have an official South Carolina metal moped tag on his or her moped is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, must be fined not more than two hundred dollars or imprisoned not more than thirty days.

So riding that moped with the illegal plastic Kinkos plate that the local dealer sold you is a crime. Did he tell you that when he took your $10?

If you did not get a legal metal Moped plate when you bought your moped, you can demand one from the dealer you bought it from. It is the law.

Demand the Legal Tag.

BUSTED

There is a crackdown going on in the Lowcountry. The Police are actively pursuing people riding mopeds. If you are on a 150cc Scooter tagged as a Moped, and you are pulled over going 50, there is a good chance it will be towed. When you get it back, you will be required to register it as a motorcycle, obtain motorcycle insurance, a motorcycle license, and pay personal property tax.
They are cracking down on just about everyone going over 35 on a moped right now. In Hanahan they have written tickets for 33 MPH,
The Police are also pulling people over to run VIN numbers. So keep a copy of your proof of ownership on you at all times.
If you are going more than 30 MPH on a moped, and you have all the paperwork that says it is a legal moped, South Carolina can still require you to register it as a Motorcycle, insure it, and only ride it with a valid motorcycle license. That is the law.
If you don't have a moped tag on your moped, many officers will pull you over for that. The law states that "It is unlawful for a person to operate a moped without pedals upon the public highways and streets of this State without displaying the metal identification plate which must be attached to the vehicle."
Those plastic tags you buy for $10 on craigslist and the internet are ILLEGAL.
The crackdown is mostly confined to North Charleston, and Berkeley County, but from what is going on behind the scenes, it appears to be spreading.

MOPED MEDIC OPENS A STORE

We received the following press release from Moped Medic:

Check out the Best Two and Four Stroke E.ton, Keeway, Jonway and Gorilla Motor Works Mopeds at Moped Medic. Unlike the mopeds everybody and his brother is selling out of his garage and on the internet, you can Google any of these brands and see that they are real brands and people all over the world rely on them for dependable basic transportation, with the same parts support you get from the best of Japan. 


Keeway does most of their R&D and design in Italy, uses proven Japanese technology, and offers one of the longest parts AND labor warranties in the industry. 


Eton builds their popular Beamer Moped in Taiwan. E-ton is an OEM parts provider for Ford, Volvo, and Renault. Eton provides Yamaha with ATVs and other products. There are plenty of  E-Ton mopeds out there with well over 20,000 miles on them. We have one with almost 10,000 miles that we use to ride from Mt. Pleasant to the Store, and  despite being stolen and recovered twice, it has never had any mechanical breakdown issues.  


Jonway and Gorilla Motor Works, our entry level mopeds, both come with a one year Limited Factory Warranty. 


Unlike the cheap mopeds you find at other dealers and online, our entry level moped provider uses Mikuni and TeiKei carburetors, and Gates drive belts, and builds Mopeds and Scooters for Peugeot and Kriedler.

The best mopeds in Charleston start at just $899, with a full tank of gas and fresh oil, and unlike everybody else, we don't hit you up for freight, assembly or any other hidden fees.

Complete Parts and Service departments to keep your moped up and running, no matter where you bought it.

Moped Medic is not the biggest dealer, just the one that sells the best mopeds in Charleston. Check us out on the web at http://mopedmedic.com

Moped Medic 843-402-6900
mopedmedic@yahoo.com


Monday-Thursday 10-6
Friday 10-5
Saturday 10-5

Moped Medic is a woman owned business. Marcia rides her Keeway Venus from Mount Pleasant to West Ashley, and she doesn't think anyone should have to walk home alone late at night because their moped broke down. Our mopeds don't leave you stranded.

BEST MOPED SERVICE

The best service for your Lowcountry Moped or Scooter is Moped Medic. Moped Medic is the second highest rated moped and scooter service center in the Southeastern United States. Moped Medic sells some of the best Mopeds on the market today, and consistently stocks parts at very low prices. Their motto is "we will always try to sell you a better moped." And they do it, over and over again.

Moped Medic

936 Savannah Highway

Charleston, SC 29407

843-402-6900