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2010 Honda Elite 110.. no doubt about it.

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Carb diaphragm isn't installed properly.. Take the diaphragm cover off, re-seat the diaphragm, put the cover back on, fixed.

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I have used them to buy parts for my Symbas, and I have been happy with them. SYM Prices are high, but NOS Symba parts are rare, and what I got were genuine new SYM parts. I bought a Symba carburetor from them, and also a fuel filter. The fuel filter is special to Symba and nothing else and wasn't s...

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I'd ask why you are using wide open throttle before completing the break-in period, and also what octane gasoline you are using. Perhaps the rattle sound is pre-ignition from using too low an octane gasoline.. just a guess, and not a very good one at that.

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The idle circuit in your carb may be blocked, and so you may be idling on the main jet. In other words, you have the idle speed screw adjusted in so far that the engine will "sort of idle", without using the idle circuit. The first question to ask is "has the scooter ever sat without ...

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Peirspeed was a company similar to Genuine, except much shorter lived. While Genuine has been rebranding and selling PGO scooters, Peirspeed was an America company rebranding and selling TGB scooters. I have a Peirspeed/TGB 150 Express Delivery. It is fast and is a lot of fun to ride, and the most c...

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Not all are as bad as the PGO/Buddy. The Honda and Yamaha speedometers on the scooters and cubs I have are only slightly optimistic.. perhaps 2-3 mph at 55 mph.. We should probably give this topic a rest.. been discussed many times on this board.

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What eggsalad said.. your numbers are what you should expect with a Buddy 125. Same as what everyone else sees with theirs. That is why Buddy MPH numbers are called BMPH numbers on this forum.

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Take an X-acto knife and cut the 1 off the three 150 emblems so they say 50. That's what the previous owner of my 150 Italia did. I had to buy new 150 emblems when I restored it last year. Whether you restrict or not, it is still going to be a 150 cc scooter.. To second Alzero's comment: "Restr...

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The wiring diagram is here:

http://www.modernbuddy.com/pdf/buddy_wiring_diagram.pdf

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What I don't understand is why (as far as I know, please correct me if I am wrong) nobody has found it worthwhile to manufacture a front wheel speedometer gearbox with the correct ratio, or found a gearbox from another scooter or manufacturer that will fix the problem. The gearbox is much easier to ...

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I'd also ad that the speedometer on the Vino is a bit more accurate than that on the Buddy. The Vino's is about 3 mph optimistic.. The Buddy's is about 7 mph optimistic. For the length of time the Buddy/PGO Ligero/PGO BuBu/PGO MyBuBu has been in production, it is surprising to me hat nobody (that I ...

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I have four Buddies and two Vino 125s, and ride them all in pretty much even rotation. The Vinos have a slighly heavier feel, with more luxurious chrome, and overall better general body quality. The Buddies are light, quick off the line, and fun. The Buddy body plastics fade pretty quickly and feel ...

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Sorry to be so blunt, but I think Dan is wrong.. the "wiring resistance" is negligible. The reason for not directly connecting to the battery, is that the best path to the inside of the seat bucket is the way eggsalad did it.

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Also, the speedometer on my MyBuBu reads in KPH instead of MPH. I wonder if the Junwei's reads in KPH?

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I have a 2003 PGO MyBubu 125. It also has the turn signals located where they should be. I got interested in PGO/Genuine scooters after renting a PGO Ligero in Bermuda. When I got home from Bermuda, I researched the PGO Ligero and discovered Genuine Buddys.. See: https://oleandercycles.bm/sales/pgo-...

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First thing you want for your financed is something safe and reliable. What you want to build won't be as good at both of those requirements as a stock Buddy 125 or Buddy 150. If you were building it for yourself, you could build some sort of experimental GY6 150 bike that constantly needs tuning an...

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http://modernbuddy.com/forum/topic17349.html

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Maybe the tariff is a California/Oregon deal or your dealer is trying to sneak in a markup on you. The Genuine dealers here in Florida say there is no such tariff on anything coming in.

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Yes, that is the starter in your photo. Start by going to this page and downloading the 125 workshop manual:

http://modernbuddy.com/forum/topic17349.html

Then look on page 43 for a good photo that has a clear shot of the starter.

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You asked for alternative answers that don't have anything to do with the starter motor, so here is one: You aren't holding on one of the brake levers or the switches in your brake levers are bad. Does your brake light light when you apply the brakes. Test each brake lever separately. If one works a...

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That looks more like the ring that goes around the glass in one of your side mirrors. Did a mirror break when your scooter tipped over?

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This is just my opinion, others may feel differently. I own both a Buddy 50, a Buddy 125, and a Buddy 150, and for my use, they are pretty much all the same. First of all, once you have had your Buddy for a few weeks, 30 mph will no longer feel fast to you. 40 mph will feel comfortable. A Buddy 50 d...

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Thirded.. your carb diaphragm is not seated properly. Easy to check without taking much apart. Lift the carb access panel unscrew the two screws that hold the diaphragm cover on, and make sure the raised outer edge of the diaphragm is fully seated in the slot for it that runs all the way around the ...

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Babble, What you call roller guides are the "slides" not sliders. As you say, sliders are what Dr. Pulley sells. There will be less confusion if everyone refers to them by the same name as the factory. http://www.scooterloungeonline.com/buddy50drivingpulley The service manual refers to the...

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We had great weather for the ride and 10 riders..nobody from this forum showed up except me.. Three pages of photos are now posted at the link in the original post.

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Bill,
You made a good choice.. Here is a photos of my Gyros.. the blue one needs an original front basket to be complete. The red one with no basket runs fine, but is my parts scooter.. please let me know if you need any parts for yours..

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The Nature Coast Scooter Club is planning to have it's First Annual Spring Ride on Sunday, May 19, 2019, in Beverly Hills, Florida. Beverly Hills is in Citrus County about two hours north of Tampa and about 2 hours northwest of Orlando and an hour south of Gainesville. I'm planning to go and ride my...

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Try this same post tomorrow on April 2, EDT.. it's still April 1 here.

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I hadn't noticed that.. the one in the lower photo though does appear to have the "bump" in the right side of the handlebar cover, and so I think it has disk brakes. Maybe the drum brake is specific to year, engine size, or country?

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Yes, that is an original color. If you start up Bing images and then do a search for PGO MyBuBu, you get a bunch of PGO sales photos showing the color in a bit more detail. Here are two of them: http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-C7PQf5V_H48/Ti0z2PDSoZI/AAAAAAAABLo/yHikGevz5hc/s1600/PGO_My_BuBu_125_scooter-p...

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While I was at it, I decided to make a new avatar so I spent the morning riding all of my Buddies and then lined them up for an avatar shot. Here is a bigger view of the fleet as it stands today. Left to right; 2009 Buddy International 150 Italia, 2009 Buddy 50 St. Tropez, 2006 Pink Buddy 125, 2003 ...

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Yesterday, I was visiting the scooter dealers in Gainesville, Florida, and thought I'd look again for a silver top box to replace the Soft Italia "Mocha" top box I had installed on my 2003 MyBuBu. I never had any luck finding a copper red metallic top box to match the main color, so I gave...

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Kendoori.. I sent you a private message (PM). To read it, click on the link at the top right of this page that says you have a message to read.. much appreciated..

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I'll say what everyone else is to polite to say. Please change the title of this thread to "My Buddy 50 turns over fine, but won't start", and you might get more helpful replies.

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I found this post by Dooglas, much appreciated. When I got my new to me Buddy 150 International, I installed a new and fully charged FirstPower YTX7L-BS 12V 7AH Sealed AGM Battery. The battery had enough cranking power to bring the engine only up to top dead center on the first or second push of the...

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Facebook isn't an option for me.. I dropped out of Facebook two years ago, when I realized how much they were tracking me. I think I'll just start a page or two on my web site..

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I'm also guessing that the diaphragm isn't seated properly. My buddy 150 accelerated smoothly but slower than a 50 and had a top speed of 40 BMPH until I got the diaphragm properly seated. Once I got the diaphragm properly seated, it accelerated like a rocket ship, with BMPH well over 65. Unlike sco...

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I tried to start a meetup.com group yesterday for the Nature Coast Scooter club, based in Beverly Hills, Florida, but at the final step in the signup, meetup.com wanted $9.99 per month for life, so I bailed out without completing the last step. Now they have my email address, dagnabbit.

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I finally found a Buddy 150 International Italia last week to match the new-in-the-box Genuine Italia top box that has been sitting in my closet for the past two years..now I need to find a 125 Buddy Sea Foam for the other Genuine top box in my closet. http://www.vintagegarage.com/nonhonda/BuddyItal...

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Me too! By far the best color. About time this thread got back to the topic..

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ucandoit.. thanks for the kind words..

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The bins are made out of black Sterlite? dishpan tubs that I got at Walmart and cut with a snips to fit. They are attached to the scooter with a single long 6mm flange bolt that I got at Ace hardware, with spacers and a stiffener between the tub and the leg shield. No drilling or modifications to th...

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I actually have two of each (Vino 125 and Buddy 125) and drive all four at least once a week, as I rotate among them for my twice a day scooter rides. To be completely accurate, one of the Buddy 125s is a PGO MyBuBu 125. All four are extremely reliable and I would say equal in that respect. I have n...

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Here is another one, this time with the scooter body style.. seems like I see about one a month of these, and they all have very low mileage. I guess that should be a warning to buyer.. "looks fun, but not so much". This one is 50cc according to the ad, if so I would call it a Dong Fang MC...

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May have been sold.. I see that the craigslist ad has been pulled..

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Here is another kind of three wheel tilting scooter we see a lot on craigslist in here Florida. They are generally sold here under the brand name "Sunny", and also "Dongfang" and they seem to come in three engine sizes (50 cc, 150 cc, 300 cc) and two body styles. One style looks ...

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Eww. Just eww. Hey, I resemble that remark! That is a hacked up Xingyue XY150ZX, sold worldwide under various names.. Automoto, Vogue, CSR XY150ZX, Eurotrike 150, MP-150F-JCL, Roketa MC-83-150, NST MPS-150ZK, Scooter Pod and many other names. Here is a photo of mine as I bought it two months ago of...

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This one has factory A/C too!

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2008 GO-4 Interceptor

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Re: 110cc and Under Scooter Choice

Peirspeed 150 Express Delivery

First Annual Nature Coast Scooter Club Spring Ride - Florida

Found a silver top box for my MyBuBu

My new Buddy International Italia 150

Pink Buddy

Sunny 3 Wheeler

2008 GO-4 Interceptor