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suit scoot
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 Posted: Sun Mar 09, 2008 2:35 am Post subject: had a good one today. |
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battery went flat because i had my heated grips on when i parked up for an hour. thought i'dd only be 5 mins....
came out, BUGGER, FLAT AS A WITCHES TIT!
got the jump leads out and jumped it off my mates car.
cars have some uses ya know, apart from carting bits of broken scooters about 
i wont leave leave them on now 
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Innocenti
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| Posted: Sun Mar 09, 2008 7:24 am Post subject: |
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  got to b careful jumping off cars due to the AMP's!!!!!
can damage your scooter, but hey i did it as well until someone told me it was a big no no
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jetex
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Location: Liverpool
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| Posted: Sun Mar 09, 2008 6:47 pm Post subject: |
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| It's o/k to jump start your scoot off a car as they're both 12 volts, but under NO CIRCUMSTANCES run the engine on the car while you do this, as the car's alternator will damage your battery. Take the jump leads off as soon as possible. |
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Maver
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Location: naaaaaarfolk we drive tractors and talk loike PIRATES
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| Posted: Sun Mar 09, 2008 8:05 pm Post subject: |
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| jetex wrote: | | It's o/k to jump start your scoot off a car as they're both 12 volts, but under NO CIRCUMSTANCES run the engine on the car while you do this, as the car's alternator will damage your battery. Take the jump leads off as soon as possible. |
good tip 
if someone were to jump start a gts from a gts i take it there would be no problem running the engine on the donar scooter during the process???
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jetex
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| Posted: Sun Mar 09, 2008 8:20 pm Post subject: |
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| Yes, that's o/k. The problem is with the car's alternator output, it's obviously to high for the scooter's battery, but a GTS to GTS would be o/k. Just be careful disconnecting the jump leads ie : they don't touch anything, or each other. |
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suit scoot
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| Posted: Mon Mar 10, 2008 12:59 am Post subject: |
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took it out for a 170mile round trip today up north.
yeah i kinda figured out that it'd nack the battery if he turned on his bmw alpina
its well nippy that thing, even though it weighs like 2 tons
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jetex
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| Posted: Mon Mar 10, 2008 8:06 pm Post subject: |
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| Battery should be well charged by now then ! |
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