Modern Buddy

I was riding home late this afternoon when I felt something hit my left hand and bounce off the toe of my left boot. Before I knew it, my left mirror was swinging freely. The left bracket that held my Prima windshield broke right through the hole where the rear view mirror holds it. I didn't have time to go to Tulsa Scooters tonight, but I'll get by there this week to see what options I have.

Anyone else break a windshield bracket?

ECS

And how does the moose that you hit look?

--Keys

Yournot REALLY having fun until parts start falling off! I haven't lost anything off my Buddy...yet. On other scoots I have lost a mirror...amirror...a mirror and an engine cowl!

one side of my license plate rattled off one time. Thank god for zip ties.

Don't have a windshield... But I have had my mirror come loose and "swing freely". I think it was cuz I was going so dang fast, the wind just pushed it back.

Frequent oil changes because oil is cheaper than metal.

BLUE LOCTITE because it is cheaper than replacement parts.

Loctite - Enemy of vibration.

Don't use RED loctite.

I noticed the other day that my old tube of BLUE loctite is in a RED tube.

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Dennis

Anyone else break a windshield bracket?

Yep, my Prima windshield bracket broke off a few months ago. Tulsa Scooters stuck it back together so I could use the windshield until a replacement came in. However, after a month or so, it broke for good and the replacements they received turned out to be the standard Buddy windshields (a little smaller than the Prima).

I held out until I got tired of being whacked by the wind and then just had them put on the Buddy windshield (free replacement). IMHO, it works just as well as the Prima in spite of being a little smaller (mainly thinner--I initially noticed wind hitting my shoulders but never enough to bother me). I looked for another bracket for the Prima but have yet to find anything that would fit! Good luck!

Just be careful what you use loctite on... It can cause over tightening, which can break plastic parts such as body panels and windshields.

ericalm wrote:Just be careful what you use loctite on... It can cause over tightening, which can break plastic parts such as body panels and windshields.

Ah, good point, and if you go to the store to buy "Loctite," you may confuse the nice salespeople. Loctite, is now associated with a brand, rather than a product. You may have better luck asking for "threadlock." Again, be sure to ask for the BLUE threadlock. The grip of blue threadlock can be broken with hand tools, whereas the grip of RED threadlock cannot.