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Hey all,
I'm new to the forum, been riding my Super 8 for around 3.5 years now. My scoot's my only way around town now that I'm in college, so this winter, I haven't had the luxury of my parents carting me around in their car. It's gotten cold here in Ohio (talking between 10-20 F) , and I've been running into some issues.

First, I just recently took a two week vacation over seas, during which my dad said he would periodically start up the scooter. I topped off my gas tank and left the battery in so he could start it up. During that two week stretch, it got really cold, and my dad couldn't get the scooter started. When I got back, I was able to start the scooter by kicking it, then left it to warm up while I shoveled the driveway (it was probably around 10-12 degrees). Afterwards, I realized that my scooter at some point had shut off (the engine had shut off, dash light and brake light were still working, and I assume if I had tried, the horn and blinkers would have worked too). Even after I charged the battery with a tender, it failed to start, until finally we jump started it. My scooter had always been hard to start in that kind of weather, but this never happened to me before. After this event, my scooter starts up, although inconsistently, every time I have somewhere to get to.

In this cold weather, even after letting it sit and warm up for a few minutes, the scooter's RPM will drop substantially during deceleration. It has even stalled on me a few times. There also seems to be the happy zone when I let it warm up. If I leave it for too long, the scooter stalls if I give it any throttle, even if it's on it's center stand. The same happens if I don't wait long enough.

I was wondering if anyone on this forum has these problems as well, and has any advice on things I could do help alleviate these problems. The difficult starting procedure I can deal with. I've only explained it in case it pertained to the problem that I'm having. More importantly, stalling on the road is quite scary, especially because there's no easy way to get it started back up (because you need to brake and start. Usually the bike will start right back up if it does stall). Just wondering if perhaps something is acting the way it should, or if there is a fix I could do to keep me safer on the roads.

Thanks a lot!
JKLz17