Free workshop printables
Inspection and ordering checklists
What to check before you hand money over, and before you click buy on a part.
Two moments cost owners the most money: handing cash to a seller, and clicking buy on a part. General used-vehicle checklists miss what actually goes wrong on these machines, and miss the paperwork trap entirely — a machine whose numbers cannot be found or do not match the title can be impossible to register, which makes it worth scrap however well it runs.
Used Chinese scooter inspection checklistWhat to check before handing over money, in the order you can check it, including the paperwork problems specific to these machines.TSP-BU-01 · 3 pp
Before you order a scooter part: checklistTwelve checks that take ten minutes and prevent the single most common expensive mistake these machines produce.TSP-BU-02 · 2 pp
First day with a used Chinese scooterWhat to do in the first hours, before spending money on anything. Most of it costs nothing and all of it saves money later.TSP-BU-03 · 2 pp
What to ask a seller before you go and look at a scooterTwelve questions and one photo request that decide whether a machine is worth driving across the county to see.TSP-BU-04 · 3 pp
Comparing scooter parts suppliersPrice is the least important column. Whether they will answer a dimension question is the most important one.TSP-BU-05 · 2 pp
Scooter parts order and returns recordWhat you ordered, when the window closes, and where the evidence is if it has to go back.TSP-BU-06 · 2 pp
Selling a Chinese scooter: preparation and handoverWhat to gather, what to hand over, and what to remove. A machine with a documented history sells for more and argues less.TSP-BU-07 · 3 pp
Other sections
- Identify your machineWork out what you actually own when the badge is meaningless and the paperwork has gone.
- Measure partsTrue-size gauges and record sheets for the measurements a seller will ask you for.
- Maintenance and recordsLogs and checklists that turn a machine with no history into one with a history.
- TroubleshootingStructured diagnostic sheets that end at an observation you can make, not a part to buy.
- Electrical and wiringMeter readings, connector maps and wire traces, recorded on paper where they belong.
- Complete packsThe sheets that belong together, assembled into a single PDF for a job that takes a whole day.