Modern Buddy

Can someone tell me how to remove the battery to recharge it? Is it a big deal? The bike being in the apt. garage, I found out there aren't any outlets there... Thanks!

Lift the floor mat. Open the battery cover by removing the 2 screws. Remove the two cables from the battery. The battery will recharge off of a battery tender just as well in your apartment as it will in the scoot. And, no, it is no big deal. Lots of folks do this during the ugliest part of Northern winters.

+1

leave it in the scoot.

just pull up the floor mat and the trap door. No need to remove the cable/batt from the scoot.

I am curious.

Could kick starting the bike and running the bike for a while recharge it or would this take to long?

gotta ride it. Idle'n wont help much.

Cool, so it would work. That is a good bit of info to know

thanks

nateandcourt wrote:Cool, so it would work. That is a good bit of info to know

Of course it takes a pretty good ride to recharge a low battery, not just once around the block. On the other hand, you live in Tampa. No reason why your scoot shouldn't be ridden regularly all winter, is there?

Thanks for the info. I charged the battery, but it still stalls. Called NOHO scooters and was told the carburator was probably gunky cause I didn't ride it for a month... Oh well, I learned my lesson the hard way...

purple wrote:Thanks for the info. I charged the battery, but it still stalls. Called NOHO scooters and was told the carburator was probably gunky cause I didn't ride it for a month... Oh well, I learned my lesson the hard way...

I must have magic scooters. Some of my scooters used to sit for as long as 2 months, my motorcycle has set for 8 weeks without being started. No magic fuel preservatives, no battery tenders. They have never failed to start. None of them have fuel injection, carburetors abound! Perhaps its the fuel they make you buy in California. Now I try to rotate and ride a different scooter for a week at a time on my commute. That still leaves 3 weeks that a scooter is not run. Either my dealers (3) have done an exceptional job in setting them up for sale or its dumb luck. I suppose that's possible but there is so much talk about batteries and gunky fuel lines that I almost feel guilty about not having trouble. But I still have to wonder why others have so much trouble with just a little down time. Somethin' ain't right.
I have had the battery replaced on the Buddy under warranty and bought two for my Hondas, but one of them was 8 yrs old when replaced and the other was 4 yrs old.

It's not the California fuel. I've let my scoot sit for almost two months and it started just fine. But...my scoot sits inside a nice warm garage. Maybe leaving it outside in the weather may cause some people problems....

+1 on CA fuel not being the culprit, unless they sell the same stuff in KY. My stalling problem was fixed with Seafoam and riding (might have fixed itself with just riding, but who knows?). Plus, it was stored inside in the warm, but I was just out of town for 2 weeks after taking delivery, which apparently let it gunk up just enough.

I think some of it may be letting *new* bikes sit, especially after reading POC Phil's advice elsewhere - he mentions that a new bike has stuff in the lines that needs flushed out quickly.

purple wrote:Thanks for the info. I charged the battery, but it still stalls. Called NOHO scooters and was told the carburator was probably gunky cause I didn't ride it for a month... Oh well, I learned my lesson the hard way...

1 month seems too short of a time for this...just my opinion

tshall wrote:+1 on CA fuel not being the culprit, unless they sell the same stuff in KY. My stalling problem was fixed with Seafoam and riding (might have fixed itself with just riding, but who knows?). Plus, it was stored inside in the warm, but I was just out of town for 2 weeks after taking delivery, which apparently let it gunk up just enough.

I think some of it may be letting *new* bikes sit, especially after reading POC Phil's advice elsewhere - he mentions that a new bike has stuff in the lines that needs flushed out quickly.

What's Seafoam?

purple wrote:

tshall wrote:+1 on CA fuel not being the culprit, unless they sell the same stuff in KY. My stalling problem was fixed with Seafoam and riding (might have fixed itself with just riding, but who knows?). Plus, it was stored inside in the warm, but I was just out of town for 2 weeks after taking delivery, which apparently let it gunk up just enough.

I think some of it may be letting *new* bikes sit, especially after reading POC Phil's advice elsewhere - he mentions that a new bike has stuff in the lines that needs flushed out quickly.

What's Seafoam?

Where do I find POC Phil's post on new bikes? Thanks.

This is the post I was referring to

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Seafoam can be found at most auto parts stores

tshall wrote:This is the post I was referring to

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Seafoam can be found at most auto parts stores

Thanks, tshall!

Great info in that post!

tshall wrote:+1 on CA fuel not being the culprit, unless they sell the same stuff in KY. My stalling problem was fixed with Seafoam and riding (might have fixed itself with just riding, but who knows?). Plus, it was stored inside in the warm, but I was just out of town for 2 weeks after taking delivery, which apparently let it gunk up just enough.
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If Seafoam solved the problem then it was the fuel already having caused the problem.