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Scooters - 125 to 300 => LIKE 200i => Topic started by: ScooterArtist on March 22, 2019, 03:16:17 PM

Title: Emergency Starting
Post by: ScooterArtist on March 22, 2019, 03:16:17 PM

Hi everyone - I have a 2014 Like200i and was wondering if there is a method for starting the Scooter if the battery is discharged enough that it can't get the job done?

Title: Re: Emergency Starting
Post by: Stig / Major Tom on March 22, 2019, 03:47:05 PM

No.
Must get a boost from another battery.
From a car battery is OK but only if the car engine is not running.
You cannot push start, or bump start this scooter.....

Stig

Title: Re: Emergency Starting
Post by: scooterfan on March 22, 2019, 08:08:35 PM

If the scooter has a DC  CDI the scooter should start with a boost from another battery, but the engine will probably die immediately when the boost battery gets disconnected. Simply because a DC CDI needs proper power (close to 12 Volt) from the battery itself to provide a proper spark at the spark plug.

Title: Re: Emergency Starting
Post by: Stig / Major Tom on March 23, 2019, 12:59:10 AM

A good mechanical question --- a partially discharged battery , as the OP states he has --- after receiving a boost start - would the EFI system keep the scoot running to begin recharging the battery?
A science fair project?
Stig

Title: Re: Emergency Starting
Post by: vespbretta on March 23, 2019, 11:51:03 AM

Depends on what the exact definition of a partially discharged battery would be in voltage....  ;D
I never had to do or try it so far, but I would suggest that this would/should work pretty well.