I'll throw in something that's either a "Great!" or "You did WHAT?", depending on point of view:
To jump the bike you hook the positive cable to the positive starter connector, the negative to the frame. The starter relay is covered by a sideplate with a big screw at the bottom, coin-slotted. Got there with the truck, and couldn't turn it(hadn't been off in quite a while, of course it was frozen). So grabbed the vise-grips, clamped them on the quarter and promptly bent the quarter without the screw budging.
Bleep.
I went through the bed and back of the truck, and there's nothing wide enough/thick enough to- waitaminnit, hmmm.... There's the male part of the center seat belt buckle. And I haven't used it in years... Cut the threads on the folded end of the belt, pull the buckle off and SHAZAM!, it fits! Turned the screw loose with no problem, allowing me to jump the bike and get it home.
Yes, I've got the buckle back on, I'll either put a couple of stitches on the folded end or a couple of drops of superglue to hold it.
By the way, it really helps, when charging a flat battery, if you check and find that the trickle charger got bumped to the six-volt setting before you hook it up for a few hours.
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It might be worthy for you to check out Harbor Freight's automated trickle charger. It automatically starts & stops charging as needed. It can be kept connected all the time while your scoot is not in use.
An alternate method could be what I used for many years. screw a plug adaptor in the light bulb socket of your garage door opener. Plug your standard trickle charger into it. Then whenever the garage door is opened, the bikes battery gets 10 ~ 15 min of charging. Works like a champ on my bikes.
Ride safe
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