Bonegirl hits the 20,000 mile mark on the Pink Buddy!

BoneGirl · Post by **BoneGirl** » Mon Jun 30, 2008 4:49 pm

Just had to brag because I have had so much fun on my scooter since buying it a couple years ago. Me and Lagerhead bought scooters just for the fun of it, not because of the economy or rising gas prices, etc. We just wanted to ride and have fun. And I have to tell you, we have enjoyed every minute on our scooters. We have also met so many wonderful people in the Cincinnati Tri-state area as well during Rallies and various Rides. Enjoy your scooter, ride safely and hopefully you'll have many miles before you know it, each one more adventurous than the last!

rajron · Post by **rajron** » Mon Jun 30, 2008 4:57 pm

Amazing!!!

vaderscoot · Post by **vaderscoot** » Mon Jun 30, 2008 5:03 pm

congrats

ill be there one day my 07 red bud has about 7300 on it

hcstrider · Post by **hcstrider** » Mon Jun 30, 2008 5:06 pm

Wow!!! Congratulations on reaching the 20,000 mile mark. It looks like you are gunning for keys mileage record.

jfrost2 · Post by **jfrost2** » Mon Jun 30, 2008 5:11 pm

It's like the energizer battery, it keeps going and going

louie · Post by **louie** » Mon Jun 30, 2008 5:13 pm

hcstrider wrote:Wow!!! Congratulations on reaching the 20,000 mile mark. It looks like you are gunning for keys mileage record.

i don't know, i think it may be the other way around.

MarsR · Post by **MarsR** » Mon Jun 30, 2008 5:20 pm

Congratulations! I love your new avatar.

AxeYrCat · Post by **AxeYrCat** » Mon Jun 30, 2008 5:27 pm

That's awesome, Angie!! Mad props to you and Ben for your insane amounts of time in the saddle!!

(And imagine how much money you've saved on fuel and whatnot!!)

Kurzer · Post by **Kurzer** » Mon Jun 30, 2008 5:34 pm

WOW!

That's some good mileage

Post by **ericalm** » Mon Jun 30, 2008 5:34 pm

Hooray!

In 20K have you had any significant problems with the scooter? Do you follow a pretty strict maintenance regimen?

Corsair · Post by **Corsair** » Mon Jun 30, 2008 10:39 pm

toddrw2251 · Post by **toddrw2251** » Tue Jul 01, 2008 12:29 am

Thats Boss Angie! Congrats!

heavypetting · Post by **heavypetting** » Tue Jul 01, 2008 12:30 am

In 20K have you had any significant problems with the scooter? Do you follow a pretty strict maintenance regimen?

Yes, a performance summary please!

peabody99 · Post by **peabody99** » Tue Jul 01, 2008 12:41 am

and in the midwest too. you go girl!

Elm Creek Smith · Post by **Elm Creek Smith** » Tue Jul 01, 2008 1:57 am

You rock! I just rolled over 10,000 miles a couple of miles before I got to work this morning.

ECS

Keys · Post by **Keys** » Tue Jul 01, 2008 2:43 am

You ARE that girl, Bonegirl!! Congratulations!!!

--Keys

BoneGirl · Post by **BoneGirl** » Tue Jul 01, 2008 2:57 am

ericalm wrote:Hooray!

In 20K have you had any significant problems with the scooter? Do you follow a pretty strict maintenance regimen?

We really do a good job at maintenance. Synthetic oil change around every 1,500 miles. Check belts and rollers, I am on my third set of rollers but the second set was lighter graphite and wore out quickly. Only on my second belt, though.

The biggest problem I have had is with the last few headlight bulbs (I have an '06). They are wired backwards with the brights being on in the normal position as well as burning out pretty quickly. The bulbs are Genuine bulbs so I just bought one more and I'm gonna' keep track of how many miles it makes before blowing. In the meantime, we're ordering a halogen headlight bulb from ScooterWorks. Maybe it's my voltage regulator so we'll check that, too.

I almost forgot, both the Buddys in the house had clutch bearing problems due to a factory defect. It was easily taken care of by Metro Scooter (dealer) and Genuine's Warranty.

I am on my 4th set of tires: wore out the originals, then went to Continental Zippy 1, then Pirelli and now I am on my favorite tire, Maxxis tubeless whitewall. It has done an outstanding job in performance in the rain.

sailortot · Post by **sailortot** » Tue Jul 01, 2008 4:42 am

oh man...it'll be years before i reach that mark.

i live where i work. i only have a 1/4 mile commute.

Alix B · Post by **Alix B** » Tue Jul 01, 2008 5:11 am

Congrats! How has your suspension held up?

aerogirl7 · Post by **aerogirl7** » Tue Jul 01, 2008 6:19 pm

Congrats Angie!!

gottascoot · Post by **gottascoot** » Tue Jul 01, 2008 6:22 pm

sailortot wrote:oh man...it'll be years before i reach that mark.

i live where i work. i only have a 1/4 mile commute.

At first I was going to say.... why don't you just walk???

But then I felt stupid.. You have a scooter! When I get mine, psh.. I'll take the trash out to the end of the driveway on it.. (25ft)

chyyeeeaahyahhhh

Gottascoot!

-Jay

Xena · Post by **Xena** » Tue Jul 01, 2008 8:23 pm

WOW..congratulations!!!!

I feel like a slacker that I only just hit 1000+ miles and have had mine for a year...plus it seems that I ride all the time...

mbrider · Post by **mbrider** » Tue Jul 01, 2008 10:05 pm

Way to go!

It's good to hear that a Buddy will last. I am at 1000 miles and I have only had it for a month.

EP_scoot · Post by **EP_scoot** » Tue Jul 01, 2008 10:17 pm

Next time a new post comes in asking if these things last more that 5000 miles, let's just point them to this thread, shall we?

iloveducks11 · Post by **iloveducks11** » Tue Jul 01, 2008 11:34 pm

I was wondering what everyone's opinions are on the Buddy odometer. I know that the 2008 Buddys are in miles, well close to it. We used a GPS and discovered that when the 2008 Buddy says its gone 1 mile, its actually gone 0.9 miles. I am pretty sure that the older Buddys read out in KM. I am interested what your opinions are on this matter. Also, What repairs have you had to done on your 20k pinky?

petunia · Post by **petunia** » Wed Jul 02, 2008 12:45 am

peabody99 · Post by **peabody99** » Wed Jul 02, 2008 1:45 am

even 2006's are in miles not kilometers. So that is some decent mileage

BoneGirl · Post by **BoneGirl** » Wed Jul 02, 2008 2:43 am

Alix B wrote:Congrats! How has your suspension held up?

No suspension problems whatsoever!

BoneGirl · Post by **BoneGirl** » Wed Jul 02, 2008 2:48 am

iloveducks11 wrote:Also, What repairs have you had to done on your 20k pinky?

No repairs except the clutch problem that was covered under warranty. I forgot to add that my husband has painted the muffler a couple times with high temp spray paint which seems to last a long time. It's an awesome machine.

pugbuddy · Post by **pugbuddy** » Wed Jul 02, 2008 3:10 am

Wow! Congratulations! That is WAY cool!

iloveducks11 · Post by **iloveducks11** » Wed Jul 02, 2008 3:30 am

Hey Peabpdy99,
How do you know that the 2006's are in miles? Did you GPS it, or read it somewhere? I only ask because we have this debate about once a week at the local scooter shop.

louie · Post by **louie** » Wed Jul 02, 2008 3:37 am

it says miles on the speedo.

BoneGirl · Post by **BoneGirl** » Wed Jul 02, 2008 3:38 am

It's definitely miles. I know because I GPS a lot of trips.

louie · Post by **louie** » Wed Jul 02, 2008 3:41 am

BoneGirl wrote:It's definitely miles. I know because I GPS a lot of trips.

are the indicated miles on the tach optimistic like the mph on the speedo?

BoneGirl · Post by **BoneGirl** » Wed Jul 02, 2008 10:33 am

louie wrote:
BoneGirl wrote:It's definitely miles. I know because I GPS a lot of trips.
are the indicated miles on the tach optimistic like the mph on the speedo?

Not on mine. They are true miles.

BoneGirl · Post by **BoneGirl** » Fri Jul 18, 2008 7:00 pm

My bad...I have 21,000 miles...Sweeeet!!!!

xtetra · Post by **xtetra** » Sat Aug 09, 2008 5:18 am

Far out....glad you are having fun.

About how many miles did you have when you had the clutch bearing problems?

BoneGirl · Post by **BoneGirl** » Sat Aug 09, 2008 5:42 am

xtetra wrote:Far out....glad you are having fun.

About how many miles did you have when you had the clutch bearing problems?

16,000. But life is good and today I turned 22,000!

m. gorhon · Post by **m. gorhon** » Sun Aug 17, 2008 9:53 pm

awesome! i am so jealous of all your miles!

i probably would be closer to that but i wasn't able to ride for about 6-7 months due to various issues with the scooter (and a month long trip driving to alaska- in a car)

i am somewhere in the area of 11,000. scooty is in the shop right now so i don't have the exact amount. should be ready to get back on the road sometime this week! can't wait!

ear · Post by **ear** » Sun Aug 17, 2008 10:37 pm

I've been curious about the odometer accuracy myself. Has anyone taken a decent length road trip and compared to a GPS? Curious if it's 10% under like the speedo is. That would mean, for example, if I am supposed to change my oil every 1500 with synthetic, can I actually get by and wait till the speedo showed 1650 miles?

olhogrider · Post by **olhogrider** » Mon Aug 18, 2008 12:55 am

Mine was 6% off after a measured 400 miles. As always, your mileage may vary.

BoneGirl · Post by **BoneGirl** » Mon Aug 18, 2008 2:47 am

And today I hit the 23,000 mile mark in 23.5 months! I have measured my speedometer and odometer both on GPS and the odometer is always accurate. The speedometer reads 5mph higher in the normal driving range (45 - 65mph).

newslinky · Post by **newslinky** » Mon Aug 18, 2008 5:09 am

Aw now your just showing off

Post by **polianarchy** » Mon Aug 18, 2008 3:12 pm

This just proves that PINK SCOOTERS are the best! You, *GO* BoneGirl!

BoneGirl · Post by **BoneGirl** » Tue Aug 19, 2008 2:12 am

polianarchy wrote:This just proves that PINK SCOOTERS are the best! You, *GO* BoneGirl!

We were out of town today and the kid next door was on his little motorcycle (look in the picture at the far left). He had on some giant yard gloves and ran over, threw down his gloves and run to me with his hands out in front of him. I knew he wanted to wear my gloves. As soon as I put them on, my husband was getting ready to put him on his black Buddy. Junior was having none of that! He ran to the Pink Buddy and started climbing the seat right away. He's at the age where he knows PINK is the coolest color but not old enough to be worried about the macho man thing! Yeow!!!! Go, Kid, go!!!!

Lagerhead · Post by **Lagerhead** » Tue Aug 19, 2008 2:30 am

BoneGirl wrote:
polianarchy wrote:This just proves that PINK SCOOTERS are the best! You, *GO* BoneGirl!
He's at the age where he knows PINK is the coolest color but not old enough to be worried about the macho man thing! Yeow!!!! Go, kid go!

You can tell by his expression that in his mind he's going 100mph *ZOOM*! But what he doesn't know is that since he's on a Buddy he's really only going 88.1637422mph (GPS verified).

BoneGirl · Post by **BoneGirl** » Tue Aug 19, 2008 2:37 am

Lagerhead wrote: You can tell by his expression that in his mind he's going 100mph *ZOOM*! But what he doesn't know is that since he's on a Buddy he's really only going 88.1637422mpg (GPS verified).

You are way too funny! All that talk about "How accurate is you odometer?" and "How accurate is your speedometer?" just cracks the heck out of me.

Just get on your bike and ride, for God's sake! I don't have time for all that nonsense.

ScooterDave · Post by **ScooterDave** » Tue Aug 19, 2008 5:35 am

Angie, you are my hero. I hope you come out and ride with me and my rollergirl on Thursday.

BoneGirl · Post by **BoneGirl** » Tue Aug 19, 2008 9:45 am

ScooterDave wrote:Angie, you are my hero. I hope you come out and ride with me and my rollergirl on Thursday.

Where ya' been, Dave? I didn't get to speak with her much, but your Rollergirl seems very nice. I need to get ready for the Roll in the Hay Rally this weekend so probably won't make it out this Thursday.

Later!

kneil67@yahoo.com · Post by **kneil67@yahoo.com** » Tue Aug 19, 2008 12:58 pm

way cool bone girl just hit 1000 had mine since june this year drove my car once so far

Modern Buddy

Bonegirl hits the 20,000 mile mark on the Pink Buddy!

Bonegirl hits the 20,000 mile mark on the Pink Buddy!

You sure those are miles?

Re: You sure those are miles?

Odometer

Miles

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OOOPS! My Bad!

23,000