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Please help

today I stopped off at a takeaway to get dinner after picking up my wife from work, up to now everything was fine. Got our dinner started scooter and drove away after about 100-150 yards the dashboard lights and fuel gauge all started to flash irrationally. I pulled over to stop scooter and see what was wrong but the scooter just cut off. I can't restart it at all the speedometer is stuck at 20mph.

Could this be battery related, fuse related or something else ??
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Good one -- the kicker is the business about the speedo being stuck at 20mph. That sounds like a short to me, so I'd start with the fuses and then look at the battery.

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hammy2007 wrote:Please help

today I stopped off at a takeaway to get dinner after picking up my wife from work, up to now everything was fine. Got our dinner started scooter and drove away after about 100-150 yards the dashboard lights and fuel gauge all started to flash irrationally. I pulled over to stop scooter and see what was wrong but the scooter just cut off. I can't restart it at all the speedometer is stuck at 20mph.

Could this be battery related, fuse related or something else ??

What takeaway did you get?
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montliz44 wrote:Good one -- the kicker is the business about the speedo being stuck at 20mph. That sounds like a short to me, so I'd start with the fuses and then look at the battery.

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Or an error code?
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you you wrote:
hammy2007 wrote:Please help

today I stopped off at a takeaway to get dinner after picking up my wife from work, up to now everything was fine. Got our dinner started scooter and drove away after about 100-150 yards the dashboard lights and fuel gauge all started to flash irrationally. I pulled over to stop scooter and see what was wrong but the scooter just cut off. I can't restart it at all the speedometer is stuck at 20mph.

Could this be battery related, fuse related or something else ??

What takeaway did you get?
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It does sound like a power supply fault. Check the battery terminals are tight.


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hammy2007 wrote: the dashboard lights and fuel gauge all started to flash irrationally. I pulled over to stop scooter and see what was wrong but the scooter just cut off.
Obviously you rode under an UFO... :P
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thanks guys is what i thought but wanted input from others to clarify

and for the record it was kebabs lol
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What caused the problem?
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turns out the red clamp on battery corroded and snapped so now have to find out how to get a new clamp and get it fitted is a small area to work in :(
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I removed the seat to work on putting a solar battery tender connector in to the battery. More room.
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Alibally wrote:
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hammy2007 wrote:Please help

today I stopped off at a takeaway to get dinner after picking up my wife from work, up to now everything was fine. Got our dinner started scooter and drove away after about 100-150 yards the dashboard lights and fuel gauge all started to flash irrationally. I pulled over to stop scooter and see what was wrong but the scooter just cut off. I can't restart it at all the speedometer is stuck at 20mph.

Could this be battery related, fuse related or something else ??

What takeaway did you get?
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That's really interesting that the speedo stuck right where it was when the cable broke. I'd never thought about that before. I guess most batteries die when the scoot is sitting still, so the speedo wouldn't be affected. Ya learn something new every day.

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The whole battery cover is easy to remove.
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