Repairing stolen scooter By wwiillburr (Read 560 times)

[wwiillburr]

I'm fixing my girlfriend's 50cc Peace VIP champion scooter. It was stolen from her residence and recovered 2 weeks later by the police.

The thief removed the ignition. I have put an ignition back on, and the ignition correctly stops the bike from running, but the electric starter is not starting the bike. Kickstarting the bike works correctly, the killswitch will also kill the bike.

I believe the thief hotwired part of the bike. I have one black lead coming from the battery, but oddly 2 red leads coming off the positive terminal. One goes up the right hand frame to what looks like a relay, and the other has a fuse (which is burnt, and when I replace and turn the ignition on, blows immediately) which goes into the wiring harness.

Can anyone shed light on this?

Thanks!

[jct842]

The start circuit only works when the brake lights come on. Look to find where the brake light gets its voltage, it then goes to the start sw. then to the start solenoid. there are diagrams here in library section for generic scooters. john

[gatekeeper]

The red wire with a fuse goes to your ignition switch. With the switch in the "on" position the red wire feeds power to the black wire coming out of the ignition switch to your horn, brakelight, turn signals, etc. The ignition switch may be hooked up wrong, or be defective, sending the red wire to ground and blowing the fuse when turned to the "on" position.

Switch wiring

Red = power into switch
Black = power out of switch
Black/White = Kill switch
Green = Ground

Use a continuity tester, unplug the ignition switch and test with the switch turned "on". You should have a closed circuit (continuity) when touching the test leads to the red and black wires. If you find continuity between the red and Black/White or the Green, the switch is bad.

At the connector, make sure the red goes to red, green to green, black to black and the Black/White to the Black/White.

[wwiillburr]

Thank you everyone!

The ignition was wired incorrectly to the 4 pin. A quick rearrangement of the pins and I am good! Scooter starts

[gatekeeper]

Alright, good deal!