Scooter Won't Start in the cold

[epicket1]

Hi. My 150 cc scooter won't start. It is 16 degrees overnight. I drove it tonight around 6 pm, and let it sit until about 10 pm. and it wont start. I tried hooking it up to a scooter charger that I bought from walmart. The battery reading said it is low. I put in a new battery last week. Is there a heater for batteries? If I leave it off of the charger would it start the next day? Is there a certain way to kick start it. I can't seem to kick start it. Someone else kick started it the other day and it started. What position should the kill switch need to be to kick start it?

[wangchicken]

HMM, kill switch should be in run position if you want it to run.

[rockynv]

Is that 16 C or 16 F? The bike may be trying to tell you something if your trying to take it out at 16 F.

Other than that you also have to consider what weight oil you are using at temps below freezing. 15W45 might be fine and 45 F to 100 F but at 16 F you may want to consider using 10W30 or even 5W30. 15W45 is like molasses at 16 F and would make the bike very difficult to start.

[prodigit]

Also, adjust your idle screw (quarter turn, to half a turn to the right).

[snugglebunny]

does it sit outside or in a shed/garage ?
what i did last winter was this---
put a m/c cover over it, ran a electrical cord to a small space heater
right under the stator area, pointing at the oil pan.
turned it on like a hour before i needed to go,
yea its fun running out in your pj's and robe
to plug it all in etc. ;D

but never ever had a prob after that.

[mainepeace]

When its colder it needs more fuel to start. As prodigit stated, richen the A/F mixture a bit. (Assuming nothing else needs to be adjusted like the valves)

Greg

[richardthescooter1]

Is your enricher working?

[Lykos]

This stuff seems to help me in the cold

www.amazon.com/28201-Gas-Line-Antifreeze-Water-Remover/dp/B0016GXNC4/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1358388306&sr=8-1&keywords=heet

EDIT:
And welcome to the forum!