| Here is a little unknown secret: | | | | dead, we give each other a jump. We let it run for 20 |
| What most of us don’t know, is that the ‘kill | | | | minutes and it recharges the battery – all is well. |
| switch’ continues to drain our batteries, it’s like | | | | What we have all assumed is that Scooters are the |
| an “ON” switch. The problem is all of us leave | | | | same way, but they are not. If we have a half |
| the kill switch ‘on’, even when the scooter | | | | charged battery, it remains half charged for about 3 |
| isn’t running; and that is draining our batteries. What | | | | months, then it just dies one day. Then we are all off |
| no one told us, is that we need to shut it off each time | | | | to the Scooter repair shop to buy our 2nd or 3rd |
| we walk away from our scooters. We all assume that | | | | battery for the year. Frustrating, isn’t it? |
| if our scooter starts right up again, the battery must be | | | | Want the solution? It’s easy, just shut off the kill |
| fully charged, but that simply isn’t true. So the | | | | switch. So simply tell yourself when you stop your |
| secret is to shut off the kill switch every time we turn | | | | scooter, we have to do TWO things, not one. We |
| off the scooter and take out the key. | | | | have to remove the key AND turn off the kill switch. |
| The other big secret is no one ever told us that | | | | That will shut off the battery and stop the slow |
| Scooters are not like cars. Scooters don’t | | | | draining that continues to haunt all of us. |
| recharge the batteries on their own. When our car is | | | | |