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Yep that`s something to do with it bud, over 60% is tax on fuel but then we pay tax on everything. A pack of 20 cigarettes is the equivalent to just under $10

Yep looks like the RR Alley. It still ain`t great but at least I`ve got just over 13v at the battery now. Those two RR`s on the shelf can go back to the distributors.

Charged battery right up and drop tested, all seems fine with that. Tried another charged battery on scoot to see if that made a difference but no change.
Checked resistances on stator wires and thats all good (it should be as its new).
Tried two new regulators on there but all the same.
Checked and cleaned all earths but made no difference, even tried popping on the extra earth lead as before to replicate the 14 volts but it didn`t happen again.
Only thing I can say for sure is the white stator wire gives 10v and yellow gives 8v when connected. Disconnect the stator plug at regulator and I get 26v at idle which seems right. So it would point to regulator but it isn`t (having tried replacements) . I checked resistances at regulator plug and they`re good as well.
I think this one will have to go back to the distributor....

Lighting is AC (only works with engine running). Scoot is 3 months old, totally stock with 381km on the clock. I PDI`d it when new and charging was 13.5 volts at battery.
Had a fiddle with it this afternoon, removed battery and started bike by kickstart, yellow and white wires were down to 6 volts each without battery fitted
Then fully charged battery and refitted, double checked earths, connected an extra lead with crocodile clips each end from engine to negative battery terminal, at that point for a split second I started getting 14 volts at battery, then that disappeared and went back to 12.3. I don`t know if that was because of the extra earth lead or just a blip in the system, it didn`t give me chance to check.
I`m back in work on Monday so hopefully will have a bit more time on it.

We`ve got a 3 month old scoot in work where the owner has to charge the battery every couple of days or it dies. Battery voltage when running is about 12.4 tops. I checked the charging system, the white and yellow wires from the stator are only putting out between 8 and 10 volts each tops. If I disconnect the regulator the voltage from each wire goes up to about 32. I swapped the stator and flywheel to no avail. Swapped the regulator in case it was causing a problem but all remained the same. Any thoughts chaps ?

The Abruzzi has the normal GY6 engine, they made two models of 125, one with a normal carburettor and one with fuel injection. If it`s a carb model then adjusting the idle is simple, if it`s fuel injected then I haven`t a clue unfortunately.

The easiest way to access the engine is to take the seat bucket out which is 4 or 6 bolts if I remember correctly. You can then access the main components. You can change the sparkplug, it`s a bit fiddly but can be done with the seat bucket out. The side panels are held on by a bunch of screws, you`ll need to have a look around the panels to spot them.

I hear ya buddy. The last Vespa I had was a batteryless PX, simplicity itself. When I took off the headset on the 4T, I wondered how I was going to get all the multiplug connectors back into that space.... very carefully was the answer