Modern Buddy

Ordered back in mid-Feb, my BV350 is finally at home in the garage! Yay!
It has all of 3 miles on the OD and is gorgeous black! Several goodies purchased while I was waiting will be installed over the next few weeks but now I am just going to ride for awhile!

Unfortunately this means I don't have my B125 any more but I still intend to hang around here. Getting the BV was due in large part to this forum's comments. Thanks again.

Pics to follow.

You never know...you might just be back at some point. Not saying you'd want to get rid of your BV....just saying that having two (or more!) scooters isn't necessarily such a bad thing.

I have two Buddys and a Aprilia Scarabeo 500ie. LOVE the Beo, but also love the Buddys. They both offer a totally different, yet fun, riding experience.

Besides...having more than one scooter means you aren't adding all the miles to just one....and it isn't lonely sitting in your garage.

Glad you finally have your new BV - and right at the start of summer. Excellent.

I got 2 due to my OCD...

Dooglas wrote:Glad you finally have your new BV - and right at the start of summer. Excellent.

Yes...I'm a bit envious! My Beo is at the mechanics trying to determine why I have to press the start button twice (or twist the throttle) just when starting cold (warm, it starts fine).

Love my Beo and wouldn't trade it, but do envy that your larger cc scoot is at hand now to enjoy in the warm weather.

Enjoy your new BV!

michelle_7728 wrote:You never know...you might just be back at some point. Not saying you'd want to get rid of your BV....just saying that having two (or more!) scooters isn't necessarily such a bad thing.

I have two Buddys and a Aprilia Scarabeo 500ie. LOVE the Beo, but also love the Buddys. They both offer a totally different, yet fun, riding experience.

Besides...having more than one scooter means you aren't adding all the miles to just one....and it isn't lonely sitting in your garage.

Not that I wouldn't consider it but I would need a much bigger garage. Somehow the wife doesn't really consider another scooter as a reason to move. Yeah, I don't get it either but there it is.

I love the buddy. Just ain't in the cards to have both. at the moment anyway.

Glad that it finally showed it's face!

I ran into Bob White yesterday during lunch, and he was asking. I told him "I sense he's out getting it, RIGHT NOW". At least you got it in the same day

Angela is enjoying your orange Buddy. She's not a scooter lunatic like us yet, but the seed has been planted.

See you Saturday?

Scooterboi wrote:

michelle_7728 wrote:You never know...you might just be back at some point. Not saying you'd want to get rid of your BV....just saying that having two (or more!) scooters isn't necessarily such a bad thing.

I have two Buddys and a Aprilia Scarabeo 500ie. LOVE the Beo, but also love the Buddys. They both offer a totally different, yet fun, riding experience.

Besides...having more than one scooter means you aren't adding all the miles to just one....and it isn't lonely sitting in your garage.

Not that I wouldn't consider it but I would need a much bigger garage. Somehow the wife doesn't really consider another scooter as a reason to move. Yeah, I don't get it either but there it is.

I love the buddy. Just ain't in the cards to have both. at the moment anyway.

out of all the reasons i hear to not have another scoot (Buddy) or two scoots or w/e, the "no space for another" always intrigues me. i mean, seriously? its not exactly a row boat

I probably should take a picture of my garage to show how everything is "shoehorned" in there, but yeah it's that tight.

skully93 wrote:Glad that it finally showed it's face!

I ran into Bob White yesterday during lunch, and he was asking. I told him "I sense he's out getting it, RIGHT NOW". At least you got it in the same day

Angela is enjoying your orange Buddy. She's not a scooter lunatic like us yet, but the seed has been planted.

See you Saturday?

Definitely!

JHScoot wrote:
out of all the reasons i hear to not have another scoot (Buddy) or two scoots or w/e, the "no space for another" always intrigues me. i mean, seriously? its not exactly a row boat

I can't speak for everyone but my parking is a luxurious single spot in a parking lot... at three bikes it's already getting pretty cramped

Lokky wrote:

JHScoot wrote:
out of all the reasons i hear to not have another scoot (Buddy) or two scoots or w/e, the "no space for another" always intrigues me. i mean, seriously? its not exactly a row boat

I can't speak for everyone but my parking is a luxurious single spot in a parking lot... at three bikes it's already getting pretty cramped

I had 4 on a 4x8 sheet of particle board so I could chain them to the fence and put covers on them. 3 is a stretch, 4 I had to move some out of the way to get to others. Blargh!

Scooterboi wrote:Ordered back in mid-Feb, my BV350 is finally at home in the garage! Yay!
It has all of 3 miles on the OD and is gorgeous black! Several goodies purchased while I was waiting will be installed over the next few weeks but now I am just going to ride for awhile!

Unfortunately this means I don't have my B125 any more but I still intend to hang around here. Getting the BV was due in large part to this forum's comments. Thanks again.

Pics to follow.

Great news! Do be a little careful at first, the BV350 has a lot more oomph than the B125, enough to get you into trouble if you ride it as hard a most folks ride the Buddy. Please do hang around here. Lots of folks here are seeing the BV350 as the next step in their riding career and it's great to get as much feedback as possible. I'm still waiting to hear from somebody who takes the BV on a long trip. I'm curious about the usual stuff like rear tire life, seat comfort, riding position, reliability, how it holds up in extreme heat, and stuff like that.

Congratulations again on your new scooter!

Funny you should mention that. I am looking forward to taking a 4-day tour of southern Colorado the end of June. 900-ish miles total at +8000 ft elevation.

Should be fun but I have to get the break-in and first maintenance done before then. )

625 miles in a month on the BV? We should all have such problems.

Some months I put more than 600 miles on the Italia .

if the 'Beo is any indication, the bv350 should be fantastic.

Scooterboi wrote:Funny you should mention that. I am looking forward to taking a 4-day tour of southern Colorado the end of June. 900-ish miles total at +8000 ft elevation.

Should be fun but I have to get the break-in and first maintenance done before then. )

625 miles in a month on the BV? We should all have such problems.

Amen! P.S. I hope you'll do a writeup of your trip!

We have his-n-her BV-350's and dont regret them a bit.

I removed my windshield and messing with the seat a bit, but man what an awesome scooter!

In my oh so humble opinion, Piaggios best value and one of their best efforts in a very long time.

Ride hard, ride long. (you can do that on the BV!)

Thanks for all the great ideas and suggestions.

Ya' know, I think I am going to take today off and play. Later!

Congrats on the new scoot and don't forget to give us that first ride report!

As far as how many is too many...I just sold my 08 Seafoam B125 so now I'm down to "only" 8