Odometer Reading Incorrect?
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Odometer Reading Incorrect?
Hey guys - first time poster, long-time lurker.
I got my Buddy 50 back on May 12th. It was brand new from the dealer, but it had 300ish miles on the odometer. I thought nothing of it and was excited to take it home.
For some background, I don't go far on my scoot. I have ridden it on average between 2-5 days a week to/from work, which is 5 miles away. Then about twice a week, I'll ride it to/from my boyfriend's place - 7 miles away.
I've had the scooter just a little over a month and somehow the odometer is up over 3,000 miles.
I know Genuine says the speedometer is "optimistic" for safety reasons, but this seems a bit much! My concern is the scheduled maintenance, mostly. I'm unsure whether I've missed the 500mi first maint. I'm bringing it in soon, but worried I've done some damage.
So, is a way-off odometer unheard of? Thanks, guys!
I'm going to measure how much the odometer increases on my ride to/from work tomorrow
I got my Buddy 50 back on May 12th. It was brand new from the dealer, but it had 300ish miles on the odometer. I thought nothing of it and was excited to take it home.
For some background, I don't go far on my scoot. I have ridden it on average between 2-5 days a week to/from work, which is 5 miles away. Then about twice a week, I'll ride it to/from my boyfriend's place - 7 miles away.
I've had the scooter just a little over a month and somehow the odometer is up over 3,000 miles.
I know Genuine says the speedometer is "optimistic" for safety reasons, but this seems a bit much! My concern is the scheduled maintenance, mostly. I'm unsure whether I've missed the 500mi first maint. I'm bringing it in soon, but worried I've done some damage.
So, is a way-off odometer unheard of? Thanks, guys!
I'm going to measure how much the odometer increases on my ride to/from work tomorrow
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That does sound like something is wrong. It's been 40 days since May 12th. Even if you rode 14 miles (roundtrip to boyfriend) on each of those days, you'd have only put 560 miles on it. Does your speedometer seem pretty close to correct? I think there's a direct correlation between speedometer and odometer.
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Assuming you go to work 5 times a week at 10 miles round trip. That equals 50 miles a week and 5 weeks or 250 miles. Let's say you visit your boyfriend 10 times per week at 14 miles round trip. That's 140 miles and 5 weeks or 700 miles. So that makes 950 miles total. Are you sure you aren't forgetting all the mall/coffee/grocery/post office/mom/friend/restaurant/movie trips?
And yes, if you went 3,000 miles without doing your first service, you may have done some damage. Keep your fingers crossed and do the service immediately.
And yes, if you went 3,000 miles without doing your first service, you may have done some damage. Keep your fingers crossed and do the service immediately.
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Tis very weird. I hardly have a sense of distance, but I sure wish I'd caught this sooner!
Speedometer seems fine. This is a restricted scooter, so tops it'll go 40mph down a hill.
I'm 100% positive my guy hasn't been going for joyrides. He's been under my watchful eye when I'm over at his apt!
And it would be odd if this were in kms, as the speedometer is in mph... That could make sense otherwise though. I'll see if the distance in kms would make sense. I did notice my manual was talking about distance only in kms...
Speedometer seems fine. This is a restricted scooter, so tops it'll go 40mph down a hill.
I'm 100% positive my guy hasn't been going for joyrides. He's been under my watchful eye when I'm over at his apt!
And it would be odd if this were in kms, as the speedometer is in mph... That could make sense otherwise though. I'll see if the distance in kms would make sense. I did notice my manual was talking about distance only in kms...
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Ah yes, the far right number.
My wife originally wrote down that she had like 1004339 miles on her truck, and its an '02. I was like 'No sweetie, there is no way you have that many miles.." We argued until we went out and she pointed. Did the same thing, those are 1/10ths!
Unfortunately none of of my Mom's mechanical abilities rubbed off on me, but at least I have known about the odometer since I was a kid. I just thought we were going really fast!
My wife originally wrote down that she had like 1004339 miles on her truck, and its an '02. I was like 'No sweetie, there is no way you have that many miles.." We argued until we went out and she pointed. Did the same thing, those are 1/10ths!
Unfortunately none of of my Mom's mechanical abilities rubbed off on me, but at least I have known about the odometer since I was a kid. I just thought we were going really fast!
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