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Scooter Battery is dead. What should I do?


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like a pillock I left my key in my bike last night and now the battery is dead.

I dont have a charger right now.

Bike is a honda scooter.

What can I do?

Is there anyone I can call to come out to my house and jump start my battery?

I don't care how much I have to pay really.

 

what are my options?

 

thanks.

 

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A new original battery will be around 800-900 baht from Honda. Maybe even less. Or you could buy a charger and charge the one you  have.

 

OR remove the battery and take it to a local bike shop for charge.

 

I have a fault where the battery in my PCX goes flat after two or three days of non use. Haven't found an electrician  to fault find, and Honda just say its the battery. So I keep a set of jump leads in my bike, and a spare  fully charged battery at home, just in case I need it.

It is the original battery I replaced after Honda's original diagnonsis, and there is nothing wrong with it.

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At least the bike was still there this morning ????

 

Do you have a local bike-fixing guy? Take the battery to him, he will (almost) certainly have a charger.

 

In the good old days we would just use the kickstart, do these bikes bump-start?

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2 minutes ago, worgeordie said:

Bump start it, then take it for run to charge battery.....

regards Worgeordie

Depending on the model, some bikes, the ones with variators I belive, cannot be jumped started.

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You don't say how far you live from the nearest garage or m'bike repair place. If it's too far to push the bike then ask a neighbour with a pickup or hire a songtheaw taxi to take the bike to one. If that's not possible, get anyone with transportation to either tow you, or take you and the battery to get it charged, or buy a new one.

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1 minute ago, Crossy said:

 

In the good old days we would just use the kickstart, do these bikes bump-start?

Tried kicking it, it wont work yet.

Not sure if it will bump start as new automatic scooters dont bump.

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2 minutes ago, Crossy said:

At least the bike was still there this morning ????

 

Do you have a local bike-fixing guy? Take the battery to him, he will (almost) certainly have a charger.

 

In the good old days we would just use the kickstart, do these bikes bump-start?

Well pointed out about the kick start- I forgot about that on modern bikes, and assumed the bike he has can't be bump started, or surely he would have done that already.

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2 minutes ago, phetphet said:

Depending on the model, some bikes, the ones with variators I belive, cannot be jumped started.

OK ,take the battery off ,get Grab to take you to nearest battery shop and

charge the battery, better than sitting there hoping someone will respond

on TVF and come along.

regards Worgeordie

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1 minute ago, worgeordie said:

OK ,take the battery off ,get Grab to take you to nearest battery shop and

charge the battery, better than sitting there hoping someone will respond

on TVF and come along.

regards Worgeordie

Only if he lives somewhere with Grab. Could be difficult in a Nakon Nowhere village.

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13 minutes ago, Peterw42 said:

I was just suggesting the stand (above).

Now go for a 15-20 minutes ride and you should be back in business.

 

just been for a nice ride through the banana plantations.

 

everything seems fine now! 

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