What charges my battery?

[sr71blackbird]

I have a scooter and it has a battery that I remove during the winter to trickle charge it because it is not being used and would freeze otherwise.
But during the warmer weather, I use the scooter all the time and it always starts and has a bright headlight and tail lights and accessories etc., but I see nothing that can be described as an alternator.
But I wonder what, if anything, charges the battery?
Does anyone have a motorcycle or whatever that would know the answer to this?
Is the trickle charge over the winter enough for the rest of the year?


http://www.totalmotorcycle.com/photos/2006models/2006-KYMCO-Vitality50a.jpg

[lleeder]

http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o217/sibeling/fat_man_on_scooter.jpg

[Chigworthy]

Maybe it has a generator?

[bobsnin]

http://www.soundtrackcollector.com/images/movie/large/Batteries_not_included.jpg

[Foster]

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20080525052401AAaRHlG

"The charging system in motor scooters usually runs off the magneto... Which is found inside the flywheel housing. They operate on the same idea as a snowmobile or a motorcycle charging system. What the magneto consists of is a series of copper wire wound on small spools. Each spool is seperate and they make a circular pattern all the way around. These copper wires are the actual magneto itself. If this were to go bad it would cause your motor scooter to not be charging"

[Jughead]

Some times the contacts get rusty from humidity and Just a little wire brush can fix it with a good cleaning...Not you but a lot of people ruin battery's from to much power set on there trickle charger...:bye: