Genuine Buddy Question

rickyd410 · Post by **rickyd410** » Mon Aug 28, 2006 4:24 pm

Ok, I'm all in for the Buddy, I'm going to call tomorrow to order mine, but before I do, I want to know, what are the chances the Buddy production is stopped like the Stella? I know it was a labor issue with the Stella. But could the same thing happen to the Buddy?

Thanks all.

Scootin_in_MS · Post by **Scootin_in_MS** » Mon Aug 28, 2006 4:36 pm

Buddy is manufactured by PGO in Taiwan, one of the largest scooter producers in the world. They make several models for many different brands. I don't think they'll be closing shop anytime soon. So unless Genuine decides to stop the Buddy, it should be fine. And if they do stop, you can still order parts etc for the MyBuBu, the Asian equivalent.

Jody

rickyd410 · Post by **rickyd410** » Mon Aug 28, 2006 4:49 pm

Are the BuBus still in production and being sold?

rickyd410 · Post by **rickyd410** » Mon Aug 28, 2006 6:56 pm

I emailed Genuine my question and got this response:

Ricky:

Good question.

The Buddy is made in a different country at a different factory owned by a much larger and more stable company than the one we were partnered with to produce the Stella.

The Buddy is manufactured in Taiwan by an ISO-9001 certified manufacturer that has been in the vehicle business since 1964 and has won many major awards for design, technology, and performance. Their scooters have also won the ELBA 500 International Rally Championship and the Paris Scooter Racing Championship.

I have been blown away with the quality control, engineering and performance of the Buddy and we expect to make a lot of them for a very long time.

Keys · Post by **Keys** » Mon Aug 28, 2006 9:40 pm

In answer to your question; yes, the My BuBu is still in production and sold under the PGO marque in Asia. In Europe, it is marketed as the Leguro. Both have been in production for at least 2 years (I have found photos of a 2004 PGO Leguro on the internet). The My BuBu was a product award winner in Taiwan, beating out both Kymco and Honda products.

--Keys

Post by **ericalm** » Tue Aug 29, 2006 6:45 am

Quite a few people are still holding out hope that Stella production could resume at another factory. I think this possibility has become quite remote given Genuine's new lineup and as time goes by...

Those of us in CA hardly had a chance to get our hands on 'em (unless we brought one over state lines).

germ · Post by **germ** » Sun Sep 03, 2006 12:21 am

It doesn't really matter. My local scooter shop was working on a scooter yesterday that isn't made anymore. If you have a good local scooter shop they can do anything.

AxeYrCat · Post by **AxeYrCat** » Sun Sep 03, 2006 1:38 pm

germ wrote:If you have a good local scooter shop they can do anything.

Provided they can get parts for it.

Or parts that are *close enough* to parts for it.