Weird Stuff

[rlshepard]

So yesterday we finally had a day with no rain so I was able to commute to work on my new scoot. a TaoTao Lancer 150, Awesome. but some things happened that kinda have me scratching my head

When I went out to lunch I noticed that the left leg of the center stand was right smack in the center of a "spot" weird I thought so I peaked all around the bike and could find nothing leaking... So off I went to lunch... when I came back I deliberately made sure the center stand was in a "clean" spot. Came out after work and the left of leg of the center stand is right in the middle of a spot. Again I can't find any thing leaking on the bike, the bottom of the bike, frame etc it's all clean and every thing seems to be fine... Odd.... any ideas?

Then, on the way home about 3/4 of the way there say 12 outta 17 miles while cruising at about 35/40 mph the bike just loses power and shuts down... Try to restart and nada. Pop off the fuel cap to check and make sure that I do actually have the fuel my gas gauge reports I do and I hear fissssst (thats the sound of the fuel tank sucking in air) hit the start button and I'm off to the races. I'm guessing a vacuum formed in the fuel tank? is there a vent or something that might have gotten clogged or something?

Finally.... I seem to have used wayyyyyyyy too much fuel, only got 70KM on the machine and seems to have gone through most of a tank of fuel maybe I'm wrong but I figured I'd get 125 - 150KM on a tank? At this point I'm kinda chocking it up to me starting it and letting run from time to time before/during and after the PDI but I don't think I let it run that much.... I dunno... anything I should look at in regards to fuel consumption? or should I run another tank through it?

Any help/direction you guys give this scooter noob would be great.