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- Mon Mar 08, 2021 1:12 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: New Horn for Buddy 50
- Replies: 3
- Views: 28
Re: New Horn for Buddy 50
I replaced the stock horn in my Buddy 50 a year ago with this one, and it works well without additional wiring: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B000DINKPQ This is the low-pitch version, which seems to be more popular as a stand-alone. A high pitch version exists too. Some install both, but it won’t work r...
- Tue Mar 02, 2021 4:55 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: When to change throttle cable?
- Replies: 5
- Views: 60
Re: When to change throttle cable?
I have a pretty strict policy about not fixing what isn't broken and isn't recommended in the manual. So far, no broken throttle cables (knock on wood).
- Thu Feb 18, 2021 5:20 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: 2 Buddy 50s in a music video
- Replies: 1
- Views: 195
2 Buddy 50s in a music video
My daughters inform me that Quinn XCII is somewhat famous. This was filmed in Newport, RI, where there is a big fleet of rental Buddies and no helmet law. It's one continuous shot - I wonder how many takes they did as the sun set that day. He waves to somebody walking down the sidewalk, so, I'm gues...
- Tue Feb 16, 2021 1:22 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Buddy 50 wont idle
- Replies: 7
- Views: 178
Re: Buddy 50 wont idle
So...low. Any reason to expect the engine had seized? If not, It’s possible if it’s been sitting for a while that the rings are sticking and will free up after some run time, maybe with a double dose of oil in the fuel in addition to the injector oil. I like to use Marvel Mystery Oil for this in oth...
- Mon Feb 08, 2021 11:34 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Buddy 50 wont idle
- Replies: 7
- Views: 178
Re: Buddy 50 wont idle
The idle jet or other carb passageways are not clean. You’ll need to try again.
- Sun Feb 07, 2021 1:38 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Must haves under the seat
- Replies: 7
- Views: 238
Re: Must haves under the seat
Does no good under the seat - you have to stop and dismount to get it out.* A bottle of Elijah Craig will fit right into the cubby for rapid access. Suggest wrapping with duct tape first to obscure the label. Not compatible with Gen-U-Bin, however. ====================== *Did you know you don’t have...
- Wed Feb 03, 2021 7:40 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: EPA Database - January 2021 Update
- Replies: 13
- Views: 231
Re: EPA Database - January 2021 Update
I don't follow Kymco scooters that carefully, but it looks like the People is the one with a four-valve engine.
https://kymcousa.com/2021-scooters/2021-people-s150/
https://kymcousa.com/2021-scooters/2021-people-s150/
- Tue Feb 02, 2021 11:33 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: EPA Database - January 2021 Update
- Replies: 13
- Views: 231
Re: EPA Database - January 2021 Update
I don't know about the Where's Waldo big-wheel scoots, but what *is* the deal with all the Genuine 200cc models? Those would seem to be entirely new.
- Sun Jan 17, 2021 5:48 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: 110cc and Under Scooter Choice
- Replies: 18
- Views: 621
Re: 110cc and Under Scooter Choice
Love that, Bill. Ride that Zuma like you stole it!
- Fri Jan 08, 2021 12:00 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: 110cc and Under Scooter Choice
- Replies: 18
- Views: 621
Re: 110cc and Under Scooter Choice
I doubt I know a thing more than the next guy. Skipper20 comes here about every 15 months asking the same questions with a different set of scooters. Makes me think he's looking for company more than sensible direction. I have a 50cc and a 400cc. I put 3X the miles on the 50 I do on the Burgman. Li...
- Tue Jan 05, 2021 9:46 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: A Scooter Affair, Episode 05
- Replies: 4
- Views: 339
Re: A Scooter Affair, Episode 05
Scooterwest did have a podcast for a while, but has let it lapse since mid-2018. Robot was never featured, as far as I can tell. This is the video podcast, which was just a video of them recording the podcast. Well-intentioned, but not very carefully written or edited. https://www.scooterwest.com/di...
- Fri Jan 01, 2021 7:03 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: A Scooter Affair, Episode 05
- Replies: 4
- Views: 339
Re: A Scooter Affair, Episode 05
I enjoyed this, thank you. And the others too, particularly Uncle Phil. Ms. Donovan’s fondness for Stellas is peculiar, because in her blog her Stella seemed to give her nothing but trouble. Yet apparently she’s back again with Fireball #1, which lingered for sooooooo long on the “for sale” page. Wo...
- Fri Nov 27, 2020 2:13 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: which battery should I buy?
- Replies: 10
- Views: 926
Re: which battery should I buy?
You should watch Ryan F9’s treatment of this topic. My takeaway: I’m not going to be a lithium customer. Don’t need the weight reduction, and don’t want to deal with the cold weather constraints. No benefit for the cost. AGM FTW for me.
https://youtu.be/3ywopGAXP-I
https://youtu.be/3ywopGAXP-I
- Wed Nov 25, 2020 9:20 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: 2011 buddy 50
- Replies: 19
- Views: 1321
Re: 2011 buddy 50
Not a ton of discussion that I recall about changing weights on stock Buddies. Let us know what you find.
- Mon Nov 23, 2020 8:25 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Upgrades and Bug Reports
- Replies: 19
- Views: 1206
Re: Upgrades and Bug Reports
Curly quotes are coming across obscured by spurious special characters. See towards the bottom of this thread for examples:
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- Sun Nov 22, 2020 1:07 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Upgrades and Bug Reports
- Replies: 19
- Views: 1206
Re: Upgrades and Bug Reports
Wowee! Thank you!!! Looks great so far (30 seconds). I had feared the worst after the last batch of simultaneous lame spam.
- Wed Nov 11, 2020 1:33 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: 2011 buddy 50
- Replies: 19
- Views: 1321
If by “pin� you mean “jet,� the stock main jet on the Buddy 50 carb is #75. You confirm this by removing the jet and scrutinizing the tiny numbers that are embossed on the base. This isn’t difficult, especially once you’ve taken the carb apart a few times, but I wouldn’t recommend pull...
- Sat Nov 07, 2020 12:47 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: 2011 buddy 50
- Replies: 19
- Views: 1321
The stock carb and exhaust on the 50 does work with the 70cc BBK kit. You just upjet the main jet to an 85 and add a shot or so of extra 2T oil to each gallon of fuel in addition to what the oil injector already adds. The other member of Scooterfleet has this exact setup with his blue Buddy. It's pe...
- Fri Nov 06, 2020 10:38 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: 2011 buddy 50
- Replies: 19
- Views: 1321
If your repair time is worth nothing and you don't mind the inconvenience of an inoperative scooter, then go for it! Personally I don't have patience for cheaply-manufactured parts in internal combustion engines, although it did take me a while to come to that conclusion. Maybe you should buy a bask...
- Fri Nov 06, 2020 1:23 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: 2011 buddy 50
- Replies: 19
- Views: 1321
BBKs are not my expertise at all but a lot of Chinese stuff on eBay is touted as compatible with the Buddy 50 but is not. The carbs, for example. And more of it is terrible quality. Carb jet kits, for example. I would be entirely leery of a cheap Chinese Buddy-“compatible� BBK without a direct p...
- Fri Nov 06, 2020 4:07 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: 2011 buddy 50
- Replies: 19
- Views: 1321
Unless you're making an a$$ of yourself, it is highly unlikely that anybody in Westchester is going to care if a 50cc is going 47, which is about as fast as a BBK will get you on a Buddy. Not impossible - just unlikely. But I will say it's interesting and highly educational to take an MSI course ove...
- Fri Oct 30, 2020 5:51 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Hooligan 170 vs Vespa GTS250
- Replies: 32
- Views: 1954
- Sat Oct 24, 2020 8:35 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: A couple of safety tips.....
- Replies: 3
- Views: 548
Good advice. I would generalize #1 by suggesting that riders develop a hypervigilant Spider Sense whenever they find themselves in or near a nearby vehicle’s blind spot. Doesn’t matter whether you are overtaking or being overtaken, or on which side - whenever you’re near somebody who might not...
- Fri Oct 23, 2020 6:12 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Hooligan 170 vs Vespa GTS250
- Replies: 32
- Views: 1954
If you do go the used Vespa route, make sure the seller can provide you a complete service history. You're rarely going to get this. Alternatively: buy a Vespa at a price that bakes in the expectation that you'll have to do a lot of maintenance on it immediately. Fluids, belt, tires, brake pads - p...
- Fri Oct 23, 2020 5:45 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Need to vent after dog attacked scooter
- Replies: 21
- Views: 1224
Watch this guy take a tire off a motorcycle rim, put a new one on and inflate it less than 2 minutes. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8en0AKzytb8 Pretty good performance! And he didn't even look particularly rushed, just efficient. I find that scooter tires are harder than motorcycle tires - the li...
- Mon Oct 19, 2020 5:17 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Anyone know how to de-clog accel. pump passage - 150cc buddy
- Replies: 6
- Views: 684
You don’t have to fill the ultrasonic cleaner tank with cleaning solution. You can put small parts into a Ziploc bag with a few shots of cleaner, squeeze the air out, seal the bag, and put the bag into water in the tank. You can also use a small glass or plastic jar, without a lid, as long as the ...
- Tue Oct 13, 2020 1:33 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Advice on a 2009 Buddy International italia 150cc used!
- Replies: 20
- Views: 1377
- Tue Oct 13, 2020 10:54 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Transmission oil leak Buddy 150
- Replies: 6
- Views: 632
- Mon Oct 12, 2020 12:52 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Advice on a 2009 Buddy International italia 150cc used!
- Replies: 20
- Views: 1377
- Sat Oct 10, 2020 10:22 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: 2012 buddy 50 - when to replace tires ?
- Replies: 4
- Views: 585
- Sat Oct 10, 2020 10:15 pm
- Forum: Black Cat, Rattler & Roughhouse Discussion
- Topic: what are the available upgrade kits for the Roughhouse 50.
- Replies: 3
- Views: 579
My opinion: you will spend more time and money messing around with an upgrade kit than you will getting a proper license and a 125 or 150cc scoot. If you LIKE the fuss factor, and many people do, including me on lots of things but not on 50cc scooters, then go for it. But if you just want to go fast...
- Sat Oct 10, 2020 10:10 pm
- Forum: Black Cat, Rattler & Roughhouse Discussion
- Topic: Genuine Roughhouse 50 carb
- Replies: 2
- Views: 546
I don't have a Roughhouse, and I don't know much about mods, but if you've upped the exhaust, isn't it more likely to be running lean rather than rich? The screw you're referring to only adjusts the idle air/fuel mixture. Typically when you change the displacement, exhaust, or intake, the high speed...
- Sun Oct 04, 2020 12:17 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: help air fuel mixture screw side to enrich
- Replies: 3
- Views: 479
I don’t have a larger Buddy to compare to but idle mixture screws work in opposite ways in different carb designs. Some control idle air, and some, idle fuel. My notes on my Vespa S150 suggest that its carb works the same as the Buddy 50, though I’m not 100% sure of that. Both are Keihin carbs. ...
- Sat Oct 03, 2020 10:51 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: help air fuel mixture screw side to enrich
- Replies: 3
- Views: 479
- Fri Oct 02, 2020 4:45 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Buddy 50 Joke
- Replies: 1
- Views: 423
Buddy 50 Joke
An elderly man on a Genuine Buddy 50, International Italia version, looking about 100 years old, pulls up next to a doctor in a flashy red car at a traffic light. Looking at the shiny car, the old man leans over and says, "Whatchya driving there, sonny?" The doctor replies, "This is a...
- Mon Sep 21, 2020 5:45 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Advice on a 2009 Buddy International italia 150cc used!
- Replies: 20
- Views: 1377
Sounds like they’re trying to get their money back from the upgrades: top box, front rack, suspension. Unfortunately for them, it doesn’t work that way. I’d say $1500 for this scooter; $1300 if it were stock; expect to have to replace tires, all fluids, possibly brake pads. Note that there is ...
- Thu Sep 17, 2020 11:30 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: What accessories do you have and how do you use them?
- Replies: 3
- Views: 549
* LED headlight, $20 https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07KTXL7FW/ * Wire in deadlights with kit and replace with LEDs, $16 https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0721FNCWP/ * RAM style wireless phone mount, $25 Search for “Motorcycle Phone QC3.0 USB Qi Fast Charging Wireless Charger� on AliExpress....
- Fri Sep 11, 2020 11:58 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Buddy 50 Turning over to slowly.
- Replies: 1
- Views: 385
So, you're asking us to guess what aftermarket parts might be installed on this? I'm not sure what aftermarket parts would bog the starter down. I don't think BBKs do, but I could be mistaken. Does the kickstart work to get it started? Is the voltage at the starter correct? Is the starter relay work...
- Tue Sep 01, 2020 4:12 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: A quick jaunt around the 'hood
- Replies: 10
- Views: 754
- Thu Aug 27, 2020 8:44 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Bubby 170i power loss on extended rides
- Replies: 4
- Views: 629
- Wed Aug 19, 2020 12:39 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: New buddy haver
- Replies: 9
- Views: 898
The knob bolts replace the Phillips screws you have to remove to pull out the plastic bin to get full access to the carburetor and other engine/electrical components. There's a little access hatch in the bottom of the storage compartment that will supposedly allow access to the idle speed screw on t...
- Tue Aug 18, 2020 4:03 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Missing USB outlet on 2021 Buddy Kick
- Replies: 3
- Views: 490
I agree with the dealer. This combo voltmeter/dual USB charger is more useful than the stock USB charger, and just plugs into the 12V outlet.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07TM8VWX8/
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07TM8VWX8/
- Sat Aug 08, 2020 4:00 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Oil?
- Replies: 4
- Views: 545
I use Motul 710 synthetic, which may be the most expensive that’s commonly available. I figure for as little oil as the Buddy uses, the difference between a $9 quart and an $18 quart is negligible. However, I don’t think dino vs. synthetic matters much in 2T oils. It’s sacrificial and only get...
- Sat Aug 08, 2020 3:51 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Chunks of debris coming out of my exhaust (Buddy 50)
- Replies: 15
- Views: 946
Your dealer’s mechanic is terrible for not putting the bolts on properly, for not addressing what was wrong with the exhaust, and not being able to troubleshoot your symptoms. Where in Indiana are you? There are four dealers in the state. I would register dissatisfaction to Genuine directly if I w...
- Fri Aug 07, 2020 1:48 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Chunks of debris coming out of my exhaust (Buddy 50)
- Replies: 15
- Views: 946
Carbon buildup used to be a big issue with 2T scooters - my old '86 Honda Spree needed cleanouts every 1500 miles, and doing so made a big difference. I think that was due to soot in the 2T oils used at the time, and perhaps the exhausts didn't contain any catalytic components. (Do all of them now?)...
- Tue Aug 04, 2020 9:39 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Chunks of debris coming out of my exhaust (Buddy 50)
- Replies: 15
- Views: 946
I think you're on the right track. That looks like some kind of baffling or muffling material that's broken loose inside the muffler, causing an exhaust blockage. That would be a very logical explanation for the symptoms you're seeing. Is the Buddy still under warranty? Maybe you should find a bette...
- Tue Aug 04, 2020 2:30 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: front rack ?
- Replies: 5
- Views: 465
- Mon Aug 03, 2020 1:06 pm
- Forum: G400C Discussion
- Topic: G400C Questions/Comments
- Replies: 8
- Views: 774
- Fri Jul 31, 2020 11:53 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Why? But to good to pass.
- Replies: 9
- Views: 837
- Thu Jul 30, 2020 11:45 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Why? But to good to pass.
- Replies: 9
- Views: 837
So...don't buy them there. NCY pads, $25 via Amazon. I saw another manufacturer's set for $20.
https://www.amazon.com/NCY-1000-1314-Pe ... 00GBJZ2WK/
https://www.amazon.com/NCY-1000-1314-Pe ... 00GBJZ2WK/