Unveiled at Thousand Oaks ... New Buddy !!

SDG · Post by **SDG** » Tue Sep 02, 2008 5:49 am

Here it is as shown on Sunday.........

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Great to see all the scooters at the shop Sunday for the party.

Best,
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MikieTaps · Post by **MikieTaps** » Tue Sep 02, 2008 6:59 am

so whats new?

k1dude · Post by **k1dude** » Tue Sep 02, 2008 7:40 am

MikieTaps wrote:so whats new?

They just became a Genuine dealer. This is their first ever Buddy.

Post by **illnoise** » Tue Sep 02, 2008 12:51 pm

Disappointed!

jfrost2 · Post by **jfrost2** » Tue Sep 02, 2008 12:54 pm

illnoise wrote:Disappointed!

I thought the dealer was first in the country to get some new rare color scheme, or maybe even a 2009 200cc buddy/gmax/stella/thing.

Post by **ericalm** » Tue Sep 02, 2008 1:11 pm

There are 2 ModernBuddy members (myself being one) and a couple ModernVespa members in the second photo. It's like "Where's Waldo?" of scooterists.

MikieTaps · Post by **MikieTaps** » Tue Sep 02, 2008 3:42 pm

k1dude wrote:
MikieTaps wrote:so whats new?
They just became a Genuine dealer. This is their first ever Buddy.

I see... YAY New Dealers!

Tazio · Post by **Tazio** » Tue Sep 02, 2008 4:27 pm

I don't see me but I see my Buddy Series Italia. Also all of us Buddy owners there got to uncover Vespato's first Buddy to the admiring public. Great gathering, food, people and rides.

rickko · Post by **rickko** » Tue Sep 02, 2008 4:47 pm

The only change I've seen in the 2009 models so far is on the 125's. They use to come with color matched (same color) floorboard carpet, floorboard, side panels under the seat and front pocket under handlebars. The new models no matter what their basic color, all have those pieces in black.

No longer is the 125 a 1-tone bike.

So, of course as you might imagine the orange Buddy 125 now looks more like a pumpkin.

I suppose the rational behind this color change makes it cheaper for Genuine to stock body parts if all the 125's share the color black for those parts mentioned above.

The bad news is (I'm hypothesizing) if you have an older 125 and damage one of those parts in the near future, you may soon be able to only replace it with a black part! I can't believe PGO is going to stock a lot of old color parts. Heck! It took me over two months to get a current production color. I can't imagine what is going to happen when the 2006-2008 125 colored parts run out.

..rickko..

Post by **ericalm** » Tue Sep 02, 2008 4:56 pm

rickko wrote:The only change I've seen in the 2009 models so far is on the 125's. They use to come with color matched (same color) floorboard carpet, floorboard, side panels under the seat and front pocket under handlebars. The new models no matter what their basic color, all have those pieces in black.

No longer is the 125 a 1-tone bike.

So, of course as you might imagine the orange Buddy 125 now looks more like a pumpkin.

I suppose the rational behind this color change makes it cheaper for Genuine to stock body parts if all the 125's share the color black for those parts mentioned above.

The bad news is (I'm hypothesizing) if you have an older 125 and damage one of those parts in the near future, you may soon be able to only replace it with a black part! I can't believe PGO is going to stock a lot of old color parts. Heck! It took me over two months to get a current production color. I can't imagine what is going to happen when the 2006-2008 125 colored parts run out.

Um, they actually made this change with the 2008s. I think this only affected owners of pink or sunset orange Buddys because the red and creme already had black interior panels (other colors were new for 2008).

So far, no changes for '09 models have been seen that I know of.

rickko · Post by **rickko** » Tue Sep 02, 2008 5:05 pm

...Um, they actually made this change with the 2008s.

Oops! Guess that shows you how much I know about '08 model 125's, hehee.... I thought the '08s where uni-color.

..rickko..

dorian · Post by **dorian** » Tue Sep 02, 2008 5:35 pm

Did this new Buddy dealer happen to uncrate any Pamplona's?

Post by **ericalm** » Tue Sep 02, 2008 5:37 pm

dorian wrote:Did this new Buddy dealer happen to uncrate any Pamplona's?

Nope. They currently have 1 Buddy in stock, but are expecting more.

Nash50 · Post by **Nash50** » Tue Sep 02, 2008 6:38 pm

How come new dealers are getting Buddys while there are existing dealers who have not recevied shipments for at least a couple of months? Shouldn't Genuine make sure it supplies customers that have been waiting for a long time and put down deposits, etc, before gearing up with new dealers to dilute the pipeline even further? I've been patient in waiting for my new Buddy for two months now with no firm date for receiving it. But this really hacks me off.

k1dude · Post by **k1dude** » Tue Sep 02, 2008 6:42 pm

Nash50 wrote:How come new dealers are getting Buddys while there are existing dealers who have not recevied shipments for at least a couple of months? Shouldn't Genuine make sure it supplies customers that have been waiting for a long time and put down deposits, etc, before gearing up with new dealers to dilute the pipeline even further? I've been patient in waiting for my new Buddy for two months now with no firm date for receiving it. But this really hacks me off.

Well.....they only got ONE. I suspect if they pipeline were full, they would've gotten 10 or so. They had to send at least ONE to a brand new dealer. I wouldn't be too pissed. But then again, I have mine so it's easy to say.

Post by **ericalm** » Tue Sep 02, 2008 6:44 pm

Nash50 wrote:How come new dealers are getting Buddys while there are existing dealers who have not recevied shipments for at least a couple of months? Shouldn't Genuine make sure it supplies customers that have been waiting for a long time and put down deposits, etc, before gearing up with new dealers to dilute the pipeline even further? I've been patient in waiting for my new Buddy for two months now with no firm date for receiving it. But this really hacks me off.

This new dealer got ONE Buddy to unveil when they announced they were going to start carrying Genuines.

As far as others, it's my understanding that scooters are being distributed based on orders from dealers, when they were placed, and by volume at the dealership. Existing dealers do get preference here. But the reason dealers are out is, for the most part, not because Genuine didn't supply enough, but because dealers didn't order enough in the right timeframe. As has been said before, no one anticipated the degree of demand this summer, which is why dealers from coast to coast are low on stock. It is not because they got shorted on their orders, however.

SDG · Post by **SDG** » Tue Sep 02, 2008 8:58 pm

Nash50 wrote:How come new dealers are getting Buddys while there are existing dealers who have not recevied shipments for at least a couple of months? Shouldn't Genuine make sure it supplies customers that have been waiting for a long time and put down deposits, etc, before gearing up with new dealers to dilute the pipeline even further? I've been patient in waiting for my new Buddy for two months now with no firm date for receiving it. But this really hacks me off.

This is a Genuine Scooters press bike, it is not for sale and was never in the retail chain.

We are supposed to get scooters in October.

Hope that helps,
SDG

femsatronic · Post by **femsatronic** » Tue Sep 02, 2008 10:27 pm

I guess when that guy told me he would "never sell that junk" in reference to Genuine he had his toes crossed. I called him out of the blue and told him he should consider the line. I wonder if he will ever call me and tell me I was right. I kinda doubt it.

Alix B · Post by **Alix B** » Tue Sep 02, 2008 10:29 pm

Hee hee. This ain't West Side Story. THis is money time in the scooter world.

Tazio · Post by **Tazio** » Tue Sep 02, 2008 10:33 pm

OK, I do see me now right in the center of the picture. I'm sitting on the low wall facing Eric. My head is under the red hat.

Those T shirts were great also.

teacherquinn · Post by **teacherquinn** » Tue Sep 02, 2008 11:26 pm

Ah, what a great little scooter! I rode my Pamplona to VTO and so many people were curious about it. Definitely a hit.

paint_lick · Post by **paint_lick** » Wed Sep 03, 2008 12:45 am

That's cool! Another SoCal Genuine dealer. I still haven't spotted another Buddy out here in Redlands.

Portland_Rider · Post by **Portland_Rider** » Wed Sep 03, 2008 3:19 am

I was hoping to see a Genuine Buddy XXX 500cc.

justscooten · Post by **justscooten** » Wed Sep 03, 2008 8:49 pm

where is this deale at... i read a thread that there was a new dealer in fort wayne in. id like to find the one in IN. it would be very close to me!!

Post by **ericalm** » Wed Sep 03, 2008 8:51 pm

justscooten wrote:where is this deale at... i read a thread that there was a new dealer in fort wayne in. id like to find the one in IN. it would be very close to me!!

A bit of a drive—it's in Thousand Oaks, CA

justscooten · Post by **justscooten** » Wed Sep 03, 2008 10:46 pm

ya that would be a bit far from michigan you guys out west get all the good stuff

Post by **ericalm** » Thu Sep 04, 2008 12:15 am

I started a Gallery thread with pics from this event here. A ton of pics were taken, so I expect we'll have more added later.

justscooten wrote:ya that would be a bit far from michigan you guys out west get all the good stuff

We also get to ride 12 months of the year.

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Unveiled at Thousand Oaks ... New Buddy !!

Unveiled at Thousand Oaks ... New Buddy !!

mystery is a new dealer -- well that is good too. congrats.