Modern Buddy

Hello:

I have a friend who has a Vespa and theyhave the very nice front "glove box" that allows them to store a stainless style coffee mug in the front of the scooter for transport. I was thinking this was really neat, and was wondering if anyone has seen an adaptor or holder of some sort for the buddy that will accomplish the same thing?

-- Joshua

Well many coffee mugs will fit in the left side of the Buddy's glovebox. Two problems- one, they tend to slip back, and two if the seal on them is not so great they leak and can spill on you.

As for problem number one, I bought one of these glovebox organizers from robonz23 here on this board and it's been rocking.

It holds my phone and iPod and has a cupholder to keep my coffee mug from slipping back into the glovebox. I still haven't found the ultimate sealed mug though.

I totally recommend getting one of those organizers.

OXO makes a coffee mug that will not spill. It's fantastic! Costs about $20, I think I got mine at Linens and Things... or Bed Bath and Beyond. One of those places. http://www.oxo.com/OA_HTML/ibeCCtpSctDs ... spid=53057 This is the whole lineup of what thaey have.

jmazza wrote:As for problem number one, I bought one of these glovebox organizers from robonz23 here on this board and it's been rocking.

I second this. And I don't use a mug, I use a Contigo thermos.

I had a small drink fit in the last without wobbling back and forth, I was worried if it would spill though, you know those cheap thin plastic lids....luckily the ride home was smooth

jfrost2 wrote:I had a small drink fit in the last without wobbling back and forth, I was worried if it would spill though, you know those cheap thin plastic lids....luckily the ride home was smooth

Yeah it's not fun when a cup in there leaks or spills. Liquid even just dripping out of a cup at that location + 40mph winds = all over you.

i'm a big fan of leak proof coffee mugs, the kind you can turn upside down and nothing comes out. throw it in the glove box or the drink holder of a backpack... i have a stainless steal one from Nissan I got off Amazon.

and if you always use a refillable cup instead of paper, in one year you can apparently save a tree.

So you guys are so sportin you can drink coffee and ride at the same time? I got a LOT to learn, technique-wise. Once at a red light I took a slug from my water bottle, dropped the lid trying to screw it back on and had to hop off, side stand in play, to retrieve the lid. It was a nice long light.

Liz C wrote:So you guys are so sportin you can drink coffee and ride at the same time? I got a LOT to learn, technique-wise. Once at a red light I took a slug from my water bottle, dropped the lid trying to screw it back on and had to hop off, side stand in play, to retrieve the lid. It was a nice long light.

Haha, I wear a FF helmet so no, I don't drink the coffee but I like to make it at home and bring it in to work.

I did find out yesterday that it's totally possible to sip a fountain drink through a straw at a light even with a FF helmet on though!

yeah, i have a policy against drinking and riding. =)

but with the stainless steel i can take a hot bev from home to the park or from work to school. those 3-hour evening grad classes would kill me without caffeine.

and on longer trips, it's nice to ride for bit, then stop, stretch, and have some caffeine.

jmazza wrote:I did find out yesterday that it's totally possible to sip a fountain drink through a straw at a light even with a FF helmet on though!

Nice!

redcass wrote:

jmazza wrote:I did find out yesterday that it's totally possible to sip a fountain drink through a straw at a light even with a FF helmet on though!

Nice!

During the summer I rock a ginormous water mug in my milk crate that I can hop off the seat, hold the GTS up with my left hand, and lean down while still wearing my helmet and chug away at a red light...I'm sure people wonder why the chubhby guy in front/next to them is resting his chin on the edge of his milk crate

how about coffe in a camelback

Too funny - I came into this thread thinking it was for local coffeehouse recommendations......

Robb



the things i am learning...

^This mug + my Italia = awesome

I usually just throw a stainless steel "bullet" thermos in the seat box, but I'd like to use a mug if I could find one that fits snugly in the glove box.