Buddy sightings in YOUR area!

PeteH · Post by **PeteH** » Mon Jul 30, 2012 1:09 pm

I got my first double-sighting this morning. I was waiting out the light at Manchester and Sulphur in STL at 6:45, and heading east was a Mocha 170i. Just as I finish nodding to him, buzzing west comes a Seafoam 125 with a Prima pipe. Whoa. Three of us at once!

hackett · Post by **hackett** » Tue Jul 31, 2012 12:23 am

Saw a blue Buddy parked at the quick trip next to the Afghani restaurant on Starcrest yesterday evening.

Uncle Groucho · Post by **Uncle Groucho** » Tue Jul 31, 2012 12:46 am

Girl on a seafoam green Buddy with topcase, on Dekalb Ave near East Lake station around 4:30 today.

ranette · Post by **ranette** » Tue Jul 31, 2012 3:15 am

Saw a Sea Foam Buddy 50 in the motorcycle parking area near City Hall Park in Burlington Vermont.

Post by **ericalm** » Fri Aug 03, 2012 12:14 am

A couple days ago, around 7PM, woman on a Seafoam Buddy 125 on Lankershim Blvd. in the NoHo Arts District. Red Corazzo Ventata and red ladybug helmet! Pulled up and said, "Nice Stella." I replied, "Nice Buddy! I used to have one!" Then she sped away.

This afternoon, Yucca St. in Hollywood near Vine, Pamplona, rider and passenger, white helmets, pulled up and parked in front of Lost & Found.

Mutt the Hoople · Post by **Mutt the Hoople** » Fri Aug 03, 2012 3:11 am

PeteH wrote:I got my first double-sighting this morning. I was waiting out the light at Manchester and Sulphur in STL at 6:45, and heading east was a Mocha 170i. Just as I finish nodding to him, buzzing west comes a Seafoam 125 with a Prima pipe. Whoa. Three of us at once!

I saw the same.seafoam Buddy today in the same area! Also saw a Pamplona and an Orange Buddy. Saw a second parked Orange Buddy in Dog Town. I was running errands all over the place today. But I wasn't on my Buddy

I was on my Vespa because I needed the extra storage. I keep seeing Buddies but no one here ever says it was them. BTW, went to Shaw's coffee Pete!

skully93 · Post by **skully93** » Fri Aug 03, 2012 1:53 pm

A red Buddy on Speer in Denver I think?

Skullcap helmet, not strapped on, in shorts n flipflops....

fossel · Post by **fossel** » Sat Aug 04, 2012 1:40 am

been awhile ,but I saw a white buddy 125 turning left on leucadia blvd from the coast hyway

Pflower001 · Post by **Pflower001** » Sat Aug 04, 2012 5:39 am

Silver 170 on franklin at gower.

JHScoot · Post by **JHScoot** » Sun Aug 05, 2012 4:22 am

brown 170i heading west on California Blvd in Pasadena around 4:45pm. female rider, 3/4 helmet. all i really noticed....

chas · Post by **chas** » Wed Aug 08, 2012 10:30 pm

Buddy Pamplona International headed Northbound on Redhill at Dyer approximately 9:30 AM today.

hackett · Post by **hackett** » Thu Aug 09, 2012 2:07 am

Saw a Roughhouse chained up on the sidewalk on Summer St. near Otis in Boston today.

fossel · Post by **fossel** » Sat Aug 11, 2012 1:54 pm

saw a orange buddy heading east on palomar airport rd.east of the 5

Demo_Nic · Post by **Demo_Nic** » Thu Aug 16, 2012 7:50 pm

Saw a Buddy St. Tropez in front of First Class Pizza around noon in Fountain Valley, Ca off of Brookhurst and Ellis on 8-16-12.

fossel · Post by **fossel** » Thu Aug 16, 2012 10:48 pm

saw a red buddy on sorrento vally blvd

Tam Tam · Post by **Tam Tam** » Tue Aug 21, 2012 1:07 am

Saw a seafoam Green Buddy heading up McCullough by the roundabout driven by a young lady with a red ladybug spotted helmet. ( I was leaving the Shell Station on my blackjack)

KABarash · Post by **KABarash** » Tue Aug 21, 2012 11:38 am

I saw a;
black Buddy, ridden by BSFF
another Buddy, I think blue, ridden by Jewls(?)
orange Stella
another scoot, I didn't quite notice
All in a small 'pack' Friday 17 August about 5-5:30pm on Rt 15 north, in Camp Hill Pa.
I was driving the company 'White Rhino'........

RoaringTodd · Post by **RoaringTodd** » Tue Aug 21, 2012 11:39 am

That must have some of the scooters going to the TMI Meltdown rally that was held in the area last weekend.

KABarash · Post by **KABarash** » Tue Aug 21, 2012 12:11 pm

RoaringTodd wrote:That must have some of the scooters going to the TMI Meltdown rally that was held in the area last weekend.

Yep..... I should have mentioned that.
That's why I think I knew who they were....

BootScootin'FireFighter · Fri Aug 24, 2012 10:11 pm

KABarash wrote:I saw a;
black Buddy, ridden by BSFF
another Buddy, I think blue, ridden by Jewls(?)
orange Stella
another scoot, I didn't quite notice
All in a small 'pack' Friday 17 August about 5-5:30pm on Rt 15 north, in Camp Hill Pa.
I was driving the company 'White Rhino'........

Yea dude, that was me and part of the DC contingent! A wet ride up, constant rain from Gettysburg. I saw you hollering at us, but I couldn't make out exactly what you were saying, I had no idea that was you. I thought it was just some random dude in a work van yelling at us, I was like "sure, ok dude, whatever you say". The guys at TMI said you came by asking about me earlier in the day.

So cool, first time I was spotted in this thread! And it wasn't even in my hometown. And Julie wasn't there this time unfortunately. Great rally, what an awesome weekend!

KABarash · Post by **KABarash** » Sat Aug 25, 2012 1:37 pm

BootScootin'FireFighter wrote:
KABarash wrote:I saw a;
black Buddy, ridden by BSFF
another Buddy, I think blue, ridden by Jewls(?)
orange Stella
another scoot, I didn't quite notice
All in a small 'pack' Friday 17 August about 5-5:30pm on Rt 15 north, in Camp Hill Pa.
I was driving the company 'White Rhino'........
Yea dude, that was me and part of the DC contingent! A wet ride up, constant rain from Gettysburg. I saw you hollering at us, but I couldn't make out exactly what you were saying, I had no idea that was you. I thought it was just some random dude in a work van yelling at us, I was like "sure, ok dude, whatever you say". The guys at TMI said you came by asking about me earlier in the day.

So cool, first time I was spotted in this thread! And it wasn't even in my hometown. And Julie wasn't there this time unfortunately. Great rally, what an awesome weekend!

Yep I was that 'random dude'

Sorry to hear the ride was wet, the rain didn't start in earnest here/there till just a short time before I saw you, it followed you up??
I stopped by about 6pm-ish never mentioned any names though.....

redhandmoto · Post by **redhandmoto** » Sat Aug 25, 2012 3:06 pm

Friday, 8/24, 'downtown' Alexandria, VA, King St., filtering along the right street side to get in position for a right turn at the light: Tangerine Buddy 50, youngish smiling healthy dude, flip-flops.

Ah, Dude...

Consider ye the asphalt road,
how like a belt-sander it is;
Look ye the tops of your tender toes -
that sander will give them the biz!

A mere moment's scrape, a power hone,
the blood and flying flecks!
the grinding away of tiny bones,
ten gory stumps all wrecked!

rfman81 · Post by **rfman81** » Sat Aug 25, 2012 6:53 pm

Thursday morning saw a guy on a red buddy 125 off division street. He waved and sorta got unsteady. With so many buddy's in Nashville it sorta makes me wonder why I am the only one on here.

BootScootin'FireFighter · Wed Aug 29, 2012 1:12 am

Emerald green 170, parked on the level below us in the garage, still has all the original stickers from the dealer and 27 miles on the odo. Maybe we're starting a trend in our building!

Stormswift · Post by **Stormswift** » Wed Aug 29, 2012 1:42 am

KABarash wrote: Yep I was that 'random dude' ...

Wow, we are sure used to being yelled at when we ride..When a woman rolled down her window in a car next to me and yelled "hey" I immedeately assumed I will get cussed at. She was the one who "liked my Buddy"......

Capt_Don · Post by **Capt_Don** » Thu Aug 30, 2012 1:06 pm

About a week ago I saw a Buddy 50 turn into the wal-mart lot in kirkwood and gave a honk.

Then two days ago at Cape Girardeau, when traveling down main street, I saw a two toned Buddy with a front rack out in front of a store.

black sunshine · Post by **black sunshine** » Thu Aug 30, 2012 3:31 pm

nice green Stella with crash bars outside of Lowe's in the Edgewood Shopping Center in Atlanta yesterday!

jmer1234 · Post by **jmer1234** » Thu Aug 30, 2012 11:22 pm

Pink Buddy with a girl in a pink sequins dress heading North on Broadway.

scootavaran · Post by **scootavaran** » Fri Aug 31, 2012 3:08 am

Finally saw a Stella today. It was packed in what looks like a used thrief store or something. It was closed so I couldn't check it out.

viennacoup · Post by **viennacoup** » Fri Aug 31, 2012 3:39 pm

New Seafoam green 125 with wicker top box at grocery store on Bainbridge Island near Seattle.

Southerner · Post by **Southerner** » Mon Sep 03, 2012 7:15 pm

Shiny new black Buddy with a windscreen on Frederick Road heading for Auburn here in Alabama Sunday morning. Anybody here?

KABarash · Post by **KABarash** » Wed Sep 05, 2012 2:36 pm

Pink Buddy turning east on Rt322 from WalMart
Hummelstown Pa
I think it was Saturday 1 Sept......

jeff from pa · Post by **jeff from pa** » Tue Sep 11, 2012 7:25 am

Green 170 at the Pike Place Market Monday Sept. 10 about 6:00. I saw it just after I bought my coffee at the original Starbucks.

Mutt the Hoople · Post by **Mutt the Hoople** » Wed Sep 12, 2012 2:56 am

Orange Buddy at Locust close to the Moto Museum, and a Saint Tropez Buddy on Manchester... We waved but I was on my creme Vespa. When I'm on my Buddy I see Vespa's, when I'm on my Vespa I see Buddies LOL

KABarash · Post by **KABarash** » Wed Sep 12, 2012 1:05 pm

Buddy Pampolna west bound on Market St at 32nd St. Leymoine, Pa about 3pm Tuesday 11 Sept

ranette · Post by **ranette** » Thu Sep 13, 2012 3:08 am

Orange Buddy 125 parked near the back entrance to the Burlington Town Center mall in Burlington, VT.

Post by **ericalm** » Fri Sep 14, 2012 5:23 am

White Buddy with basket parked outside Priscilla's Coffee, Pass Ave. in Toluca Lake/Burbank. Two wheeler-y day at Priscilla's; there was also a GTS Super with split seat a couple spaces down, my ride, then a few scattered cruisers.

avonpirate · Post by **avonpirate** » Fri Sep 14, 2012 8:53 pm

Last Sunday in Vail Village I saw a red Buddy, a pink Vespa and a blue Honda. I left a note onthe Buddy saying that I owned one and was looking for a scoot friend. (no response yet) Pink vespa owner was waiting tables or dining, I presume. The Blue Honda owner was a sarcastic, caustic airhead. Scratch Honda off my list.

Mutt the Hoople · Post by **Mutt the Hoople** » Sun Sep 16, 2012 6:55 am

Orange Buddy on Big Bend in Webster Groves... Very happy rider. I was in my Creme GTV. Red Buddy on Manchester Road just past Maplewood not quite to Brentwood Blvd. Also looking quite happy!

fossel · Post by **fossel** » Sun Sep 16, 2012 2:14 pm

saw a light blue buddy parked in downtown encinitas

Tocsik · Post by **Tocsik** » Mon Sep 17, 2012 12:09 am

Saw a Pamplona in Boulder on Broadway and Baseline at 4:20 this afternoon.

Wheelz · Post by **Wheelz** » Mon Sep 17, 2012 5:35 pm

Buddies everywhere!

I've been in Chicago for a little over a week, and if I took the time to document every Buddy I saw. I would do nothing else.
All different flavors, and sizes, mostly 50's, but in every style.
I've seen quite a few Stellas as well.
All in all, an ass-load of scooters have been seen this week.

Southerner · Post by **Southerner** » Mon Sep 17, 2012 10:46 pm

No Buddies but saw two Kymcos in the wild Sunday, and, for a change, got a wave from both.

We still don't have a Genuine dealer in the area so seeing the few Buddies I have is exceptional.

avonpirate · Post by **avonpirate** » Sat Sep 22, 2012 5:56 am

Red 2006 Stella with modified handlebars in Avon Colorado. The best part of the encounter is that the owner & friend coached me as I learned to kick my MB 125Cc !!! What a great experience!!

avonpirate · Post by **avonpirate** » Sat Sep 22, 2012 5:59 am

That would be 'kick start .'

Post by **ericalm** » Sat Sep 22, 2012 6:24 am

avonpirate wrote:Red 2006 Stella with modified handlebars in Avon Colorado. The best part of the encounter is that the owner & friend coached me as I learned to kick my MB 125Cc !!! What a great experience!!

I just put 2 + 2 together from the Facebook group!

Post by **ericalm** » Sat Sep 22, 2012 6:37 am

Saw tons of scooters up at Griffith Observatory today as we gathered to watch Endeavor fly over on its way to LAX before heading for its permanent home at the California Science Center. By the time I got to the park, the only vehicles being allowed in were scooters and motorcycles. Even then, I had to hike uphill about a half mile because no parking was available, even for a Stella!

Quite a few Buddys up there! I recognized a few (including Skootz and one of our scooter group members). On my way back to work on Franklin, I passed the rider of the one below, who was with a guy on a black Buddy 125, and I shouted, "Nice Buddys!" as I passed.

(And if you haven't seen enough pics of the event yet, here are some of mine.)

Southerner · Post by **Southerner** » Sat Sep 22, 2012 3:44 pm

Oh yeah, the shuttle. I seem to remember seeing a news item about a controversy because they cut down all the trees lining the street on the route.

Great pictures, Eric. NIce to have shots like that since it will never happen again.

Reminds me. I've kinda neglected my own Flikr account.

Post by **ericalm** » Sat Sep 22, 2012 6:35 pm

We have a ModernBuddy Flickr group! (Link in my sig.)

The trees that were cut are going to be replanted.

Southerner · Post by **Southerner** » Sat Sep 22, 2012 6:53 pm

The ones I saw didn't seem to be over maybe 12" DBH and so can be replaced but in my experience it costs several hundred apiece. I believe it was said that the least expensive alternative to that would have cost more so I guess it works out.

Will have to check out the Flikr site.

Modern Buddy

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