Modern Buddy

Hello =) just got a Buddy 150 St. Tropez a month ago and have been wanting to put the prima pipe on it, but it is just not in the cards right now (poor college student). So I'm considering taking off the stock exhaust, cutting off the heat shield tabs and giving it a fresh paint job, mainly just to give the scoot a clean look. Are there any complications I should be aware of? Or should it be pretty straight forward? (as in unbolt, mod, and bolt back on).

Do you mean instead of getting a Prima Pipe, just take the heat shield off the stock pipe and repainting where the mounting points were?

If so, other than burning your sweetie's leg worse than normal, I can't see any issues. (Another idea would be to remove the heat shield, repaint it and bolt it back on.)

Welcome!

I'm having trouble finding the Prima 125/150 exhaust in stock. I wonder if they're just producing another batch or if they're redesigning it.

Syd wrote:Do you mean instead of getting a Prima Pipe, just take the heat shield off the stock pipe and repainting where the mounting points were?

If so, other than burning your sweetie's leg worse than normal, I can't see any issues. (Another idea would be to remove the heat shield, repaint it and bolt it back on.)

Bingo! Idk why but I just don't like the look of the heat shield, so yes just looking to cut off the mounting points and repainting the exhaust to cover up the cut/grinding scars. Yes there is always that chance that a passenger could burn themselves, but I rarely take passengers on my voyages so that shouldn't be a problem.

Also, the only place I have been able to find the Prima Pipe is on Scooterworks.com.

Thanks for the responses!

You can get a Prima from your dealer or Scooterwest.com, too.

You'll need to use a high-heat paint, the kind for grills, appliances, etc. Unless you like matte black, in which case you can use an engine paint.

ericalm wrote:You can get a Prima from your dealer or Scooterwest.com, too.

You'll need to use a high-heat paint, the kind for grills, appliances, etc. Unless you like matte black, in which case you can use an engine paint.

Good to know! Thanks!

I had another idea. Instead of painting, I thought about just heat wrapping the muffler, but after doing some online google searching, I have read some bad things about heat wrap. If I just wrap the muffler, am I risking it getting way to hot? Or could this solve both issues of paint and keeping the passenger safe?