· Chris Hammond
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Scooter Lessons Learned this weekend
Learn crucial scooter starting lessons: Hold front brake to use ignition button & check kickstand position. Don't make the same mistakes! #ScooterTips
Here's a few lessons I wish I had learned a few months ago, could have saved me two fires, and many hours tearing apart a scooter for no reason.
1. To start a scooter with the ignition button you must be holding the front brake down.
2. Some scooters won't start if they're on the kickstand.
I tore apart the switches on my scooter trying to get the damn starter working, only to learn that the reason I couldn't get the starter to run was that I wasn't holding down the brake lever.
Now that I know this tracking down the other issues on the scooter will hopefully be easier. I don't think I'm getting any spark, but at least i know the rest of the electrical system seems to be in order now.