How To boost a dead scooter such as this Kymco People S 200 using a car battery. The same proceedure would apply to most scooters or motorcycles. Make sure the car is turned off the whole time to make sure the charging systems of both vehicles do not interfere with each other. This particular scooter destroys batteries due to the high load placed on the battery by the engine computer when the bike is turned off. If this scooter is not run at least once every 2 weeks the battery will go flat.