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No bragging at all. If the bike is running well and the grip is good and the water isn't making the belt slip, then go for it. Much better with the cars getting out of the way. Probably safer than riding around with the cars on wet pavement. These are the kind of days that you remember a long long time..

Did your brother always want to be a scooter mechanic?

First guess is the same as most. 3 year old batteries. Most of the time, they don't gradually degrade, they just pretty much quit holding a charge under load. That's the first thing to check. And, shouldn't come as a surprise that there is help available for virtually any kind of vehicle on a forum like this. Get enough people together and there is almost always a few people with experience to share. I would guess that there are several members with welding backgrounds, others with metal fab, probably a few with upholstery, etc..

SWEET!! Now I don't have to move my mouse over to the other tabs in my browser... . Thanks for the quick links, but more importantly, for the move to better and more open info-sharing... keep up the good stuff.
Nova

The main things I picked up on here, aside from the pain, is that you were riding, at night, on unfamiliar dirt roads, in low visibility..DON'T DO THAT!! Change at least a couple of those things. If your headlight is insufficient for night riding (and a lot of them are) upgrade it, or stay on roads you know. If the lighting is good and road dust is the problem, increase the follow distance and slow down. I thing you just put yourself in the "perfect storm" for accident probability..
Good to hear you seem to be ok and the scooters up and running.. As they say, any one you walk away from....

Not a bad read. My complaint about it would be the title. The article is about midpriced rides and is a good primer for the new to the scooter owner that does not want to do their own wrenching. The article strays away from that near the end when talking about buying used to save the money, then about how you will need to learn to do some of your own wrenching. It is his opinion that you can't get a better deal buying a low cost china scoot because you will then have to replace parts and do your own work. If you are completely unable or unwilling to work on your own bike, then that is fairly valid. But I feel, like many others, that you should know how to work on your own vehicle. If you have enough money that you can hire others, then that is great. But one of the best features of low cost scooters is that the parts are pretty cheap, and working on them isn't all that difficult. Just my opinion, of course...