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2009 Shanghai Beta 50cc/100cc BBK.


Hello all,
To make a long story short(or not so long).
I'm trying to solve this electrical problem that I've been having.
I have no power to anything anymore.

Electrical history:
•Run/Stop switch doesn't work and has no effect.
(It hasn't ever since I took it to a shop for not starting a few years ago, I'm still unsure to this day what they did..)
The bike still ran ok after this until recently which I'll go into.

Now these are the problems I have(along with the non-working run/stop switch):

•Electric start button doesn't work. I have to crank it using the solenoid,(yes I'm holding the brake and it's not the kickstand)
•Key won't turn off the bike(I shut it off using the kickstand kill switch),
•Headlight and taillight won't come on(bulbs are fine) and the rear top brake strip light, lights up only when the brake is pressed but not the main tail light, and the front side assist-headlights were working, not the big middle main head light.
This has been the case for about 2-3 years and the bike ran fine with this problem until all the recent electrical problems.


Recent new installations:
(I'll leave out the CVT stuff sliders, clutch, etc...as it has nothing to do with electrical)
•All brand new:
Stator,
RR,
Performance CDI,
Performance Ignition Coil,
Spark plug,
100cc BBK, Carb, cam, etc...
BBK link



It would only start after much cranking and only when I had jumper cables connected to it, like it needed the extra voltage or something?
A few times I got away with kickstarting it, But even this would be either hit or miss and only after many kicks.

My battery was dead/not charging and I thought the new Stator and RR would solve this.
The Stator actually solved a no spark issue I had and allowed me to finally start the scooter.
So this left the RR.
I replaced it and still had no head and tail lights.

I took my battery to get fully charged(The auto place guy said he couldn't check if it held the charge because his meter was only able to read bigger voltage... Also he said the water in the battery was low and we filled the water up before he put it on the charge).

I couldn't check if my battery was dead or held a charge at the time because my multi had dead batteries.
I put it in the bike and nothing... No crank at all, no lights/horn, no nothing(I atleast had all this before, just not strong enough to crank)
I got home because it started when I kicked it.
On the way home I realized all the lights(turn signals, side headlight-assist-lights, etc..stopped working, also the horn)
My speedometer was very dim and would only get brighter when I revved the engine up but no other light/horn would work.
Shouldn't a good Stator/RR keep every light bright and working as long as the enging is running?

When I got home and got some batteries for the multi meter, it was going haywire, randomly cycling through numbers every time I put any of the leads near the bike while it was running.
When the bike was off, I believe my battery showed 12.(something? I think 12.6??) but definitely over 12.volts, which is weird because the turn signals/horn/electric start should be working.

But whenever the bike was  running, the multi was cycling through the random numbers which made it impossible to get a reading on anything and figure out if anything happened.

*side note: I forgot to tighten the RR bolt and rode with it dangling for a bit. I thought maybe it broke something? So I switched back to the old RR and the same thing so I thought nothing of it.
I also tried swapping back in the old CDI, same result.

I was jumping the solenoid to crank it at this point but it never started again and this is where I am now.


I have been trying to get this scooter running again properly for about the last month and a half and am completely frustrated.
I upgraded so much and thought I was gonna be rolling again,
My scooter is my main method of transportation and I really need it running.
Please help me,
Thanks in advance.