What’s worse than discovering your scooter’s battery is dead several miles from your destination and you can’t start a scooter? If you have a scooter, you have probably encountered this frustrating situation during your adventurous journey.

Scooters have been a popular mode of local transportation in the United States for decades. Due to their comfortable ride and lightweight nature compared to other vehicles, they quickly made their space in town.

Along with multiple benefits, there are also some cons to everything, including scooters. The blog gives you various tips and tricks that will help you start a scooter even if it lacks sufficient charging or its battery is out of charge.

Tip 1: Kickstart your scooter:

Step 1:

Find a center stand at the bottom of your scooter. Now stand on the left side of your scooter and place your left leg on the center stand. Now push it toward the ground with some force. Firmly grip the handlebars of the scooter while exerting force on the kick; it will help your scooter to be placed on its stand.

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Step 2:

There is a kick-start lever you will find on the left side. Place your foot on that lever. Directly turn on your scooter using the ON button or ignition key. Now apply the brake lever placed on the left side of your handlebar.

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Step 3:

Time to forcefully and swiftly push down the kick lever and leave it so that it will come to rest in its original position.

You must repeat the whole process until the scooter’s engine begins to ignite.

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Tip 2: Gain access to some batteries

Step 1:

If your scooter denies starting after several kicks, you must use another method to start a scooter. Access your battery that is placed underneath the seat, near the fuel tank, or sometimes underneath the footrest area (in most china manufactured scooters)

Step 2:

Now lift the battery placed within the plastic cover in the footrest area.

Step 3:

Expose the battery by unscrewing the Phillips head using a screwdriver. You will find clear signs of a negative pole (usually indicated as black) and a positive pole (usually indicated as red).

Tip 3: Jumpstart method:

Step 1:

Completely turn off your scooter and then open the hood. Connect the positive side of the jumper cable with the battery’s positive terminal and the negative side of the jumper cable with the negative pole of the battery.

Step 2:

Now connect both the terminals (positive and negative) with the terminals of the scooter. Grab the brake on the handlebar’s left side and press the START button.

Step 3:

If this tip proves successful without any tribulations, remove the jumper wire from the battery. Connecting the jumper wire prolonged with the battery can cause severe damage to it, so always remove it to avoid such a bad experience.

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Tip 4: Can I use another vehicle to jump-start my scooter?

Yes, you can; all you need is to follow these steps;

Step 1:

Off the vehicle and your scooter, and connect the jumper cable’s positive and negative terminals to the vehicle’s positive and negative battery terminals, respectively.

Step 2:

Connect these charged terminals of the jumper to the terminals of the scooter’s battery. Remember to apply the brake lever while doing this.

Step 3:

After a while, remove the jumper cable from your battery as your scooter’s battery has charged successfully. Do not allow the jumper cable to remain connected to the scooter’s battery.

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