Buddy Hooligan won't run - low battery

[jjuscg]

After a few weeks away from home with my Genuine 175cc Hooligan in the garage, (no battery tender), the motor cranked normally and did fire, but wouldn't stay running..
After I charged the battery it started and seemed to run normally.

It's always been my opinion that it takes more juice to crank the engine than to keep it running. I'm posting this as more of a curiosity, since it seems I have solved the issue, but if the low battery won't allow the engine to run, should it have enough power to crank the engine?? Is there some feature of the electronic ignition that won't operate on low voltage, even if the engine fires?

[Roscoe]

It looks like the standard AC fired CDI. If the CDI has enough charge it should fire the plug when triggered. Briggs and Stratton has min. cranking RPM of 350 ... I haven't found a min for GY6 type engines. I'd guess the fuel system has more to do with easy quick starting than the ignition. More on the ignition systems... https://www.buggydepot.com/tech-cent...uide-no-spark/