Battery chargers are nice to have. If you can find one at a garage sale buy it. The stuff inside them that does the charging almost never breaks.
A good one will have two ‘speeds’, 6 amp to really charge an empty battery, and a 2 amp “trickle”. A 2 amp trickle charge will take a long, long time to fill up an empty battery. The charging circuit on your scooter is similar to a the trickle chargers people use.
Always hook the charger to your battery BEFORE you plug the charger in, as most chargers do not have an on/off button. You should also disconnect your battery before charging it.
With some spare wires a battery makes a great testing device, especially if you’re testing things where you can see good results like your light bulbs. The cheapy ice pick style tester is a great tester cause it has a 12 volt light in it, which is about the only way to ‘see’ electrons. I can’t tell you how small an electron is, but if it was your pecker, you’d think you didn’t have one. 
The cool thing about a multi-meter is that it shows you voltage readings in places where you can’t see the electrons.
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