My son won an ATA 110 Tao Tao atv from a fundraiser. The battry is dead im assumong because the lights come on and it turns over but never actually starts. I am reading that it should have come with a charger but it did not. I am not mechanically inclined and i have so i have no idea what i need to do to get it to start.

 

Quite frankly, if you're not mechanically inclined (and have no desire to become so) then your chinese quad experience is not going to be a rewarding one. I just want to get that out there so that your expectation level is in the right place. Chinese quads are high maintenance items. They're cheap, and lots of fun, but they need looking after. If you don't look after them they can be dangerous. There is almost always no local service center, and very few mechanics that will work on your quad. Likely the only one working on your quad will be you.

Does the starter crank quickly, or is it sounding kind of slow? Can you jump the quad battery to your car? Any improvement?

Do you have spark? Do you know how to check for this?

Are you sure you turned off all the kill switches? Especially the handle kill switch - sometimes you not only have to center it, but push it in till it goes "click".

Has this quad ever run in your presence, or is this quad in a totally unknown condition?

It is a good idea to have a "maintanence" charger to keep your battery topped off when the quad sits for long periods without use (a few weeks or longer). You can buy these for cheap at walmart.

But your quad has it's own battery charging system - just like your car. There is a alternator like system (called a stator on your quad) that generates power, and a voltage regulator that rectifies the AC stator power and regulates it in order to charge the battery back up.