Why won't my lights work
I was riding my scooter home one night from a long 88 mile scoot and halfway home the lights started to flicker and then just turned off. the bike itself was still running with no problems except the lights didnt work. I parked it and picked it up to finish the ride home the next day without issue except the light still did not work. a few days later the scooter just died completely while i was riding it to work, it started to putter then jolted a few times and finally just stopped. i replaced the battery to the bike and it drained every day all the way down to where i had to put it on the charger each night. it will run after the charge for at least the day but the light still will not work and I constantly have to change the battery. what is wrong with my scooter
Motorcycles - Piaggio - Fly 50 4V - 2012 Piaggio Fly 50 4V
Answers & Comments
It sounds like your alternator is not charging the battery. Fit a new battery remember to undo negative lead first to remove and fit positive lead first to refit the battery. When the new battery is filled please charge it using less than 1 Amp DO NOT use a car charger or try to jump start it. Your new battery should show 12.5 to 13 volts on a meter for a 12 volt system and 6.3 to near 7 volts for a 6 volt system. Start the scooter and check across the battery terminals your meter should show about 14.4 V for 12 volt battery and about 7.5 V for a 6 Volt one. No voltage increase means your charging circuit is not working. Either the alternator or rectifier(regulator) are not operating correctly. Worst case scenario is both units dead.