Buddy sightings in YOUR area!

Tocsik · Post by **Tocsik** » Fri Jun 01, 2012 3:30 am

Black with the grey/silver trim Buddy 125 leaving Fitzsimmons Campus just before 5 this afternoon. I was the Pamplona at the stop sign on the cross street.

k1dude · Post by **k1dude** » Fri Jun 01, 2012 10:15 pm

A black Buddy 50 was parked at the north entrance to the St. Louis Zoo in Forest Park.

un_designer · Post by **un_designer** » Sat Jun 02, 2012 1:05 pm

I saw 3 Buddies at the First Friday Artwalk last night: a black and an orange Buddy both on Santa Fe; an Italia on 11th by West HS in front of The Parkway and next to a cop car (and a girl sitting on the curb crying while a guy comforting her).

Jana · Post by **Jana** » Sat Jun 02, 2012 3:28 pm

JHScoot wrote:One day I will be spotted. That day will be the most glorious of my scooter riding life.

I know, right? It's the simple things that make our day....

I see the black buddy all over SoCo, but I haven't seen the rider yet. I keep hoping!

I see a red Honda all over SoCo as well, but no joy there, either. I see it mostly at the Club Fitness shopping center at Lemay and Forder intersection. It's usually parked by the pizza place.

Jana · Post by **Jana** » Sat Jun 02, 2012 4:14 pm

PeteH wrote:Saw a blond-haired gent on a white Buddy (assuming it was a 50, as he was not wearing a helmet) going south on Jefferson at Lafayette.

I've seen that guy in SoCo as well, but never when I'm riding!

And let me just say that he should still wear a helmet.....just sayin'.

Mutt the Hoople · Post by **Mutt the Hoople** » Sat Jun 02, 2012 7:26 pm

Italia on Manchester Road in Maplewood parked next to several motorcycles. I keep seeing riderless Buddies.

fossel · Post by **fossel** » Mon Jun 04, 2012 1:32 am

I saw a black buddy 125 parked at the la paloma theater in encinitas,and then saw an orange buddy 125 with a wind shield heading north up the coast in leucadia

Capt_Don · Post by **Capt_Don** » Mon Jun 04, 2012 2:10 am

I saw a scooter near Ballas and Big Bend, but it was to far away to see what make. I honked and waved from a distance.

Post by **ericalm** » Mon Jun 04, 2012 4:50 am

Saw a bunch of Buddys out today in the Silverlake (Silverlake Blvd., Sunset) and Los Feliz (Vermont, Griffith Park) area. Woman on a Pamplona (IIRC) parked in front of Half Off on Vermont.

SO MANY scooters out today!

kmrcstintn · Post by **kmrcstintn** » Tue Jun 05, 2012 9:28 am

I saw a Buddy air filter brought into a dealer by a fellow rider needing a replacement...does that count?!?

seriously...I only know of 3 others actively on the road in my area besides mine (2 of which belong to Three Mile Island Scooter Club members)

KABarash · Post by **KABarash** » Tue Jun 05, 2012 12:00 pm

kmrcstintn wrote:I saw a Buddy air filter brought into a dealer by a fellow rider needing a replacement...does that count?!?

seriously...I only know of 3 others actively on the road in my area besides mine (2 of which belong to Three Mile Island Scooter Club members)

Hey...... That was me, does that count?

(I'm not a TMI SC member)

I've been told there are more around but I have yet to see any

Maybe I'll ask our dealer where he 'exported' the units he's sold.

Post by **ericalm** » Tue Jun 05, 2012 5:11 pm

Red Buddy 125, male rider with black Nolan N30 helmet, Lankershim Blvd. around North Hollywood, 9:15 or so this morning. Seen this one a couple times recently, I think.

un_designer · Post by **un_designer** » Tue Jun 05, 2012 5:13 pm

Just saw a Pamplona with a topcase on Speer, between 13th & 12th, heading away from Downtown. Rider wearing shorts I think, and a black shirt, with a black helmet.

kmrcstintn · Post by **kmrcstintn** » Tue Jun 05, 2012 5:56 pm

Hey...... That was me, does that count?
(I'm not a TMI SC member)

yours is the third one I'm referring to, but since you left it at home that day all I saw was your air filter

I don't think our dealer exported any of them...folks probably don't ride them much so they are not seen

JHScoot · Post by **JHScoot** » Thu Jun 07, 2012 4:51 am

Black Buddy parked on the sidewalk near the curb out front of Edwards Theater at the corner of Garfield and Main in Alhambra, 6/6.

scubadoobie · Post by **scubadoobie** » Fri Jun 08, 2012 6:37 pm

Woman with a 3/4 white helmet on a Seafoam Buddy on Friday (6/7) morning at Fannin and entrance to Hermann park, near the Sam Houston statue.

JHScoot · Post by **JHScoot** » Fri Jun 08, 2012 7:01 pm

I would like to know who are ALL these riders "spotted" yet don't post here? I mean I understand not all who ride use the internet like we do, but I would think if you own and ride a Buddy you must at least be aware of this site, if not a member?

And if not a member, why not? It's easy and fun

Post by **ericalm** » Fri Jun 08, 2012 7:49 pm

JHScoot wrote:I would like to know who are ALL these riders "spotted" yet don't post here? I mean I understand not all who ride use the internet like we do, but I would think if you own and ride a Buddy you must at least be aware of this site, if not a member?

And if not a member, why not? It's easy and fun

Many owners are not MB members and don't know of the site. I think a lot of the ones in the Facebook groups are not MB members, though some of us occasionally post links.

There are also many MB members who read but don't post.

JHScoot · Post by **JHScoot** » Fri Jun 08, 2012 10:00 pm

Ok, well here is another opportunity for one to be discovered right here! Now this was spotted even closer to my home then the one on Garfield / Main. This one was spotted, parked, virtually right around the corner from me.

St Topaz PARKED in front of an apartment complex on Alhambra Rd near the corner of Chapel Ave. Chrome front rack, perhaps a sticker or two on the leg shield. Around 2:30pm.

C'mon, now!

JHScoot · Post by **JHScoot** » Sat Jun 09, 2012 12:06 am

Ok, here is another chance.

I did not ride last summer due to injury and scooter repairs and being out of town. It all worked out like that. So, I see more scooters out and about now that I am out and about more this summer. But c'mon, people. They aren't just for summer!

Another local spotting. I am enjoying a nice cup of coffee at The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf at around 3:30pm in South Pasadena on Fair Oaks Ave and an Italia rolls by, heading south.

Was it YOU?

fossel · Post by **fossel** » Sat Jun 09, 2012 10:17 pm

saw an orange buddy heading south on the coast thru carlsbad.Then a pink buddy in downtown encinitas

qballfc · Post by **qballfc** » Sun Jun 10, 2012 9:57 pm

Been a Blackjack owner with 900 miles for 3 months now and still have not seen a Buddy on the road!!!! Did see 2 Vespa riders(including cool burgundy color) in Saratoga/Cupertino today. Does google street view count? Saw orange Buddy across from Kezar Pub on Stanyon in San Francisco.

pumpedoncaffeine · Post by **pumpedoncaffeine** » Sun Jun 10, 2012 10:48 pm

I would be happy to just see another scooter. Everyone just stares from their huge 4x4 dually diesel pick up trucks when they go by.

spr0k3t · Post by **spr0k3t** » Sun Jun 10, 2012 10:50 pm

That's because everything is bigger in texas... including swelled heads. 8^)

pumpedoncaffeine · Post by **pumpedoncaffeine** » Mon Jun 11, 2012 12:23 am

spr0k3t wrote:That's because everything is bigger in texas... including swelled heads. 8^)

That is true! We moved to a small town for a job I took at a local refinery.
But I love my scooter! Sooner or later, the huge truck drivers will find that digging in their pockets for gas is not worth it.

Post by **ericalm** » Mon Jun 11, 2012 12:24 am

pumpedoncaffeine wrote:I would be happy to just see another scooter. Everyone just stares from their huge 4x4 dually diesel pick up trucks when they go by.

Lots of scooters in Texas. Not many in your part of the state, though.

I'm from DFW, and scooters were rare when I left 12 years ago. Now, all over the place!

Post by **ericalm** » Mon Jun 11, 2012 12:29 am

pumpedoncaffeine wrote:That is true! We moved to a small town for a job I took at a local refinery.
But I love my scooter! Sooner or later, the huge truck drivers will find that digging in their pockets for gas is not worth it.

An oil refinery? You trying to out yourself out of a job?!

pumpedoncaffeine · Post by **pumpedoncaffeine** » Mon Jun 11, 2012 2:00 am

ericalm wrote: An oil refinery? You trying to out yourself out of a job?!

no a aluminum refinery.

pumpedoncaffeine · Post by **pumpedoncaffeine** » Mon Jun 11, 2012 2:03 am

ericalm wrote: I'm from DFW, and scooters were rare when I left 12 years ago. Now, all over the place!

Thats where we came from about 6 years ago. There were already quite a few around then. Some of the people I worked with were already riding them to work.

Ed Hit · Post by **Ed Hit** » Mon Jun 11, 2012 10:54 pm

Rode behind a black 125 from about Irving and LSD to Peterson. Chatted a bit at a light about both enjoying our buddies!

HepCat · Post by **HepCat** » Mon Jun 11, 2012 11:49 pm

Girl with a little black dress/outfit riding a black on black buddy on king street in front of the Anubis statue today (6/11) around 4:15pm

fossel · Post by **fossel** » Tue Jun 12, 2012 12:32 am

rode to work down the coast.On the way home I saw an orange and black buddy 125 turning east in cardiff by the sea.

skully93 · Post by **skully93** » Tue Jun 12, 2012 4:13 pm

HepCat wrote:Girl with a little black dress/outfit riding a black on black buddy on king street in front of the Anubis statue today (6/11) around 4:15pm

I have a picture of me in front of that statue! Also Horus!

my sighting of hte day: Rolled up to 95th and Arapahoe between Lafayeette and Louisville here in CO. Scared the jeepers out of some poor soul on a black 125 in a 3/4 helmet.

HepCat · Post by **HepCat** » Tue Jun 12, 2012 5:24 pm

skully93 wrote:
HepCat wrote:Girl with a little black dress/outfit riding a black on black buddy on king street in front of the Anubis statue today (6/11) around 4:15pm
I have a picture of me in front of that statue! Also Horus!

Haha.. me too.. I haven't been in to see the Exhibit yet tho.

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fossel · Post by **fossel** » Wed Jun 13, 2012 1:00 am

Ive been riding my scooter to work all week,Ive seen more buddy's this week than I have in a month.
Today I saw a st. tropez tooling through del mar heading south

KABarash · Post by **KABarash** » Thu Jun 14, 2012 1:14 pm

Psyco Buddy west bound on Market St Camp Hill, Pa. near 20th about 6:30pm Wednesday

Wheelz · Post by **Wheelz** » Thu Jun 14, 2012 2:22 pm

I have only seen 1 buddy in the wild around here and it's the same one.
A pamplona with a female rider-I see her once every month or so but we're always going different directions.
If I see somebody on a Genuine and have the chance to talk to them I would mention this sight for sure.

Post by **ericalm** » Thu Jun 14, 2012 2:48 pm

ericalm wrote:
shuyaku wrote:
Light blue Buddy, female rider in light blue Corazzo 5.0, full helmet, black top case with checkers on it. Riverside Blvd. around 9am. I see this one often, and think I've met the rider (maybe at an LASG ride? at NoHo?)
that was me! Yup - met at a couple of LASG rides via NoHo
Thought so! I'm usually getting my coffee, not riding, when I see you go by!

Saw you yesterday and think you probably saw me on my red Stella.

mgermano · Post by **mgermano** » Thu Jun 14, 2012 2:53 pm

Buddy Blackjack and Silver 170i parked "under the bridge" in Downtown Pittsburgh yesterday, along with my Stella.

Uncle Groucho · Post by **Uncle Groucho** » Thu Jun 14, 2012 3:40 pm

Yesterday afternoon on Mclendon Dr near Decatur: Italia 50, just like mine, rider had a black helmet I think. I was in my cage

I had seen one around at the Publix and parked in front of an Auto Zone around the corner from my house, so it may have been that dude....

phatch · Post by **phatch** » Thu Jun 14, 2012 8:58 pm

WISCONSIN Buddy owners: is this yours in the photo?

From another forum I frequent

kmrcstintn · Post by **kmrcstintn** » Fri Jun 15, 2012 12:03 am

Psyco Buddy west bound on Market St Camp Hill, Pa. near 20th about 6:30pm Wednesday

I saw that scoot at Velocity Cycles @ 2 months ago during their open house...I was wondering where it got to

Uncle Groucho · Post by **Uncle Groucho** » Fri Jun 15, 2012 2:24 pm

This morning, another Italia, this one with a Shad topcase and windshield so it wasn't the one from the day before. Right near North DeKalb Mall around 7:10. Couldn't tell if it was a 50 or not, I was going in another direction.

Man, Decatur is replete with Italias!

black sunshine · Post by **black sunshine** » Fri Jun 15, 2012 3:26 pm

two in a row! cream Buddy and a white one, heading the opposite direction on Hosea Williams in Kirkwood. girl on the white one waved. hi!!!

un_designer · Post by **un_designer** » Fri Jun 15, 2012 7:39 pm

Just saw a black buddy pass by 30 seconds ago.... guy wearing black helmet, blue dress shirt and white pants, heading south on Elati and 12th Ave, off of Speer.

Liz C · Post by **Liz C** » Sat Jun 16, 2012 1:16 am

Pioneer Way - Italia and a Pamplona perhaps?

I got a little excited, I admit...

hackett · Post by **hackett** » Mon Jun 18, 2012 1:01 am

Two today, both on Broadway.

First was a woman on an Italia headed north in between Brackenridge Park and the Pearl Brewery.

The second was a black buddy with a Corazzo sticker headed south near Central Market.

Post by **ericalm** » Tue Jun 19, 2012 4:58 pm

Genuine spotting in Chicago:
Little Italia, Grand and State, rider wearing tshirt with camera design. 11:55 AM.

Last night: Green Stella 4T on Michigan near Water Tower.

Uncle Groucho · Post by **Uncle Groucho** » Tue Jun 19, 2012 5:43 pm

Yesterday, around 5:25 PM at the intersection of Briarcliff and Clairmont: dude on a red Buddy 125 heading towards 85.

Post by **ericalm** » Tue Jun 19, 2012 9:59 pm

…Then I went to Scooterworks and saw more than I could count!

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