Modern Buddy

Another year has passes and it is hard to believe that it is time to start the...

Modern Buddy Third Annual SPEND-A-THON
The economy is still in the dumper? Who cares!!!!! Get those credit cards smoking, pawn the silver, sell some blood and do your part to help the recovery!

The spend-a-thon will run from Thanksgiving to midnight New Year's Eve .

Please wander over to this thread during this month every time you spend money on scooter gear. ANY scooter gear for ANY scooter!

Thats globally. All brands, A to Z including books, gear, oil, GPS and of course SCOOTERS!!!

Please post your spending in USD to make it easy.
( Do your own currency conversions easily at http://www.xe.com )
There's no need to mention much except the total $$ involved and the date I guess. But you are more than welcome to post a list!.

I will update the total every couple of days! Lets see just how much we can spend! Yes yes...of course cash counts too!

Got a gift under the tree or menorah or for Festivus (for the rest of us!) give it your best honest estimate!

For the first Spend-A-Thon viewtopic.php?t=2792&highlight=spendathon out total was $14,354


Last year viewtopic.php?t=9143&postdays=0&postord ... &start=0we ended at $27,644.85!!!!!!!

As with last year, winners will be selected for whatever categories I make up!


LET THE SPEND-A-THON BEGIN!!!!

As always....at least for the first two. It is my pleasure to get the buying started!

Windscreen, Cuppini Buddy - Short
Carb Gasket Kit, Complete, SI
Oil Filter, Vespa ET4/LX150/GT/GTS / Buddy 125/150
Spark Plug Wrench (ART.4881)
Buddy Scooter Socks SM/M


TOTAL $150.74

oops

I was going to post mine but I noticed the rules say it starts the day after T-giving.

Lil Buddy wrote:I was going to post mine but I noticed the rules say it starts the day after T-giving.

You're in! I changed the rules!

P200 Clutch rebuild kit $62.36


MOTOSPORT is having a 15% black friday discount. It was good for me today!

Please tell me if this is in any way not kosher, but we're having daily specials from now until Christmas Eve!

The special will feature a different product or products every day, usually alternating between a GY6 product and some 250cc product (which I know doesn't apply to the Buddy folks, but it does to 1/2 our normal customer base).

We've already had some specials on Dr Pulley sliders and main springs (and will again in the future -- probably paired with the Dr P variator - hint hint...) There will be many more to come.

Feel free to email me @ [email protected] with 'suggestions' for packages as not every day's special has been decided. Check back in daily to see what's new.

The daily special will ALWAYS be on the front page of http://www.buggypartsnw.com in the special green and red mud-splattered image.

Once again, I apologize if this post is against the rules and ask the mods to delete it if it is.

Have a Happy Thanksgiving, Merry Christmas, and delightful holiday season!

bpnwmike wrote: We've already had some specials on Dr Pulley sliders and main springs (and will again in the future -- probably paired with the Dr P variator - hint hint...) There will be many more to come.

Feel free to email me @ [email protected] with 'suggestions' for packages as not every day's special has been decided. Check back in daily to see what's new.

The daily special will ALWAYS be on the front page of http://www.buggypartsnw.com in the special green and red mud-splattered image.

Once again, I apologize if this post is against the rules and ask the mods to delete it if it is.

Have a Happy Thanksgiving, Merry Christmas, and delightful holiday season!

GROAN! Just bought Dr. P variator and sliders from you all on Tuesday! Plus a new belt.

$154 if that counts...

bought 4 buddy oil filters from scooterworks...

total cost: $46.51

Dang. Just bought jacket, pants, and balaclava four days ago...

- Assortment of main jets
- 2 spark plugs

Total (with shipping) $35

Picked up a Sunpro CP8215 StyleLine Voltmeter for the Blur for $12.26, free shipping.



BTW, I've seen this neat little gauge strip for about $25.00 that has voltage, temp, black ice warning, stopwatch and lap counter functions. Didn't really need all the gee-whizzies on it, but thought I'd mention it in case anyone else was interested:

Well, since this is the most Voodooful time of the year, I'm buying more performance parts! (Big surprise, huh?)
Koso Racing Clutch: $50 with shipping.
Oil filter: $10
Oil: $4.50

Total: $64.50

Does labor rates at the shop count in $$ spent, or just the parts?

Kaos wrote:Well, since this is the most Voodooful time of the year, I'm buying more performance parts! (Big surprise, huh?)
Koso Racing Clutch: $50 with shipping.
Oil filter: $10
Oil: $4.50

Total: $64.50

Kaos - which clutch is the one you're getting?

I know there are a few different flavors of Koso clutches out there, but am having a hard time locating them. Can you PM me a source on those?

I have one type on my site that is a lot more expensive than $50 (wholesale cost!), but it's not just a standard type clutch. It's got a bunch of adjustments you can make and is very high quality.

Heck, even the PACKAGING is nice on it!

bpnwmike wrote:

Kaos wrote:Well, since this is the most Voodooful time of the year, I'm buying more performance parts! (Big surprise, huh?)
Koso Racing Clutch: $50 with shipping.
Oil filter: $10
Oil: $4.50

Total: $64.50

Kaos - which clutch is the one you're getting?

I know there are a few different flavors of Koso clutches out there, but am having a hard time locating them. Can you PM me a source on those?

I have one type on my site that is a lot more expensive than $50 (wholesale cost!), but it's not just a standard type clutch. It's got a bunch of adjustments you can make and is very high quality.

Heck, even the PACKAGING is nice on it!

This one is the Non-adjustable racing style one. Its got much larger friction surfaces on it.

I've actually never seen this one that cheap before. It was unfortunately a random eBay find. The cheapest I've seen this one other places is around $80. It also had no packaging whatsoever.

Here's the image from the eBay listing: <img src="http://i.ebayimg.com/19/!BZ1Lr7gBmk~$(K ... g~~_12.JPG">

I put it in this afternoon, and so far its quite nice. I'm not sold on the 2000RPM springs that were installed in it when I got it, but it grabs really well even with the 2k springs.

EDIT: In fact, without shipping it was only $22 bucks, but shipping from Taiwan is a bit high this time of year.

$50 gift card at my local scooter shop for a Christmas gift for a friend.
Purchased this morning.

Howard

As I said before - I don't know if these will even fit on the Buddy's but they sure are nice, and look to have even longer clutch pad surfaces.

This is the one I've got:

bpnwmike wrote:As I said before - I don't know if these will even fit on the Buddy's but they sure are nice, and look to have even longer clutch pad surfaces.

This is the one I've got:

It looks like a normal GY6 clutch, if so it'll fit. I really like that open spring style, makes spring swaps so much easier.

1 Fieldsheer Aqua Sport TX Jacket, Black.

I got tired of bundling sweatshirts under my mesh jacket on the "cold" mornings here and since I have a weekly longer evening ride now, I decided to get an actual textile jacket with a nice liner. Bonus, it's waterproof. Thanks to Fieldsheer for making relatively non-power ranger gear. (But I'll drop you in a second when I get enough money on the side for a Corazzo Ventata!)



Total: $90.00 (plus $1 to ModBud via newenough.com)

Can I play along?? I just dropped $250 on one of these for my... Umm... 170mph 'scooter'...

Let's see, so far I've spent a bit to spruce-up the P200...

Air Bellows: $9.99
Rubber Legshield Trim: $15.99
Brake Shoes: $30.00
2T Oil: $12.00
Levers: $18.00
P200E Badge: $7.90
Gasket Set: $18.00
Replacement Top End: $150.00

TOTAL: $261.88

I spent like 80 bucks on paint & stuff too, but that was before Thanksgiving.

Oh yeah and I spent $475 on a PS3 and games, so probably won't be doing anymore spending for a while!
I'm not made of money you know!

I got more things

- Lots of Jets, Idle, mixer, mains, etc
- PX Air Filter
- More Spark Plugs
- Motul 2t oil

$50

Nice start!


Spen-A-Thon total
$1116.53!

Cheshire wrote:Does labor rates at the shop count in $$ spent, or just the parts?

If its money spent on a scooter....it counts!

kawasakifreak77 wrote:Can I play along?? I just dropped $250 on one of these for my... Umm... 170mph 'scooter'...

Oh I'll let you slide. Only because its such a cool looking pipe!

I just dropped $100 on the Day 5 Holiday Special(DP Var., 12g Sliders and 1500 clutch spring) at BuggyPartsNW.
Kudos to Michael Baird for getting me in under the wire!

I bought a Battery Tender Jr. during Black Friday from Amazon for $21 with free shipping.

BuddyRaton wrote:

kawasakifreak77 wrote:Can I play along?? I just dropped $250 on one of these for my... Umm... 170mph 'scooter'...

Oh I'll let you slide. Only because its such a cool looking pipe!

Oh yeah it is! Sweet, in the past few months I've spent more on parts than I have on rent, lol!

I just dropped $6,200 on a new Vespa GTS 250, plus a sidestand, rear rack and windscreen for $255, a topcase for $90 and a silk balaclava for about $17 delivered.

PeterC wrote:I just dropped $6,200 on a new Vespa GTS 250, plus a sidestand, rear rack and windscreen for $255, a topcase for $90 and a silk balaclava for about $17 delivered.

nice.

Just bought the NCY front shocks from my dealer for super cheap. 25% off and a FREE install comes to $210.32

Too bad the streets here in Denver still have some snow on the streets and is rather cold.

bought a prima pipe and sliders and some scooter oil

total cost: $159+$24+$3=$186

Prima Pipe and a newbattery! $212

Nice score PeterC!

Of course we want photos!

Well a little bit of a slow start but it looks like things are picking up!

SPEND-A-THON TOTAL $8,408

$128

A set of Shinko SR009 tires - $53 (Motorcycle Superstore)
Fieldsheer Aqua Sport TX Jacket - $75 (New Enough - Bargain Basement)
Prices include tax and shipping

Add another $75.95 for cowl protectors for the GTS 250. The scooter itself should be in my driveway by late morning, it says here. Photos to follow.

For the GTS:
$99.00 new Faco Mid Windscreen
$100.00 used Piaggio Rear Rack; folding section
$5.00 new Moon Eyes decal
Buddy:
$0.00 A real good cleaning

The object of my latest fiscal indiscretion arrived this morning... a brand new Vespa GTS 250 that I posted earlier in this thread. Tomorrow it gets a sidestand installed, because I'm too lazy and/or klutzy to live with that damned centerstand!

PeterC;

Nice Scooter!
Be careful with those side-stands; I’m still doing body work on my wife’s GTS; after a second fall.

added: PeterC;
Just realized; you have very similar lawn as some of mine – Xersicape; our excuse to use rocks.

[quote="rajron"]PeterC;

Nice Scooter!
Be careful with those side-stands; I’m still doing body work on my wife’s GTS; after a second fall.

The Vespa dealer, who is also a Harley dealer, supplied me with a nice Harley-logoed 8" black disk, which is used as a firm base for a sidestand. They cost just a couple of bucks... probably the only modestly-priced item in the whole store!

For me,
a new Tangerine Buddy 125 (!!!!!)

and

a full-face Fulmer helmet

Total: $3300

Bought an HJC Modular Helmet

$209.00

19mm archee carb for the zuma $75

for the stell
24/24 carb $99
vsx air filter $20
heavy duty center stand $38
non cat pipe $50
black engine cover $25
home built lift $150 in parts


$457

some small offerings...

frogg togg rain suit - $17
lap blanket - $50

$67

Hmm... I got a sander for Christmas and although it's not directly scooter related, I did ask for it to finish my scooter so I would think it counts. It was probably about 40-50 bucks I guess.

$42 for a new "premium" bike cover. The jury's out on this one... it's the same company that makes the other bike covers that I like; but the material, despite their claims of being completely water proof, doesn't look like it is. Time and weather will tell.

Now I just need the roads to stay clear so I can pick up the bike to go under it!
Total: $42

Scoot! magazine 5.99
Scooter socks white 9.99
Scooter socks black 9.99
On Guard disc lock 39.99
YSS rear shock 59.99
Tourmaster gauntlets 109.99
NCY fork 249.99

subtotal 485.93
holiday sale -20%
sales tax 8%

GRAND TOTAL: 427.62

Well, now that everything's official and signed (<a href="topic13953.html">I didn't want to jinx anything</a>) you can put me down for $3496. Delivery is tomorrow (so I didn't have to drive it home in snow-sludge or unload it off my truck into a snow-covered backyard with a lovely, but lightweight wife). Pics, of course, will come later.
Total: $3496

Lostmycage wrote:...Pics, of course, will come later.
Total: $3496

Pics are nice and all, but pics of what??? Don't make us wait!