Stella 4T won't start

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p.russo911
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Stella 4T won't start

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I ran around town yesterday starting and stopping. I noticed that it seemed to have a slight loss of power and speed. On my way home it would not start. The key was turned on, the stand up, in neutral, and the clutch engaged. I also noticed the small oarking light in the head light assembly was nit illuminated. The horn would not operate.
I was able to use the kick starter to get home. Ince there I kept it running and noticed the break kight had very little light and the turn signals were hardly visable. I did get a minir blinker sound and they did blink but again very minimal.
The scooter is 1 year old, and when not in use the battery is on a trickle charger.

Any ideas? It is going in for warranty service today but I would oike to jnow what happened.
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I would suspect the regulator/rectifier. Particularly, the rectifier section. However, I'd check the wiring first to make sure that nothing had come unplugged.
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