Modern Buddy

Posted: **Fri May 23, 2008 4:20 am**

HI i am new, I have a buddy 50 08 175 mile on it ,idels a little rough and a little doggy,any up grades i can do to get more power and speed.

Posted: **Fri May 23, 2008 4:37 am**

You could de restrict it and get around 40-45mph top speed. Then you could get it kitted to 70cc, and get a performance pipe, this should make it go about 50mph.

Posted: **Fri May 23, 2008 4:18 pm**

jfrost2 wrote:You could de restrict it and get around 40-45mph top speed. Then you could get it kitted to 70cc, and get a performance pipe, this should make it go about 50mph.

Thank you,will the idle get better? I have to hold the throttle to get it to run in the morn and after it is warm.

Posted: **Fri May 23, 2008 4:22 pm**

Your idle might be low, eric has a tutorial in the technical forums of how to adjust it, you might want to just turn it up a bit. The bike should run in any condition and stay on by itself.

Posted: **Fri May 23, 2008 4:36 pm**

Dodgeboy, congrats and welcome !
Good too see more MN people coming in.

Did you get it at Scooterville? If the adjusting becomes too much for you, just take it back if you are close and they can do that for you.

Hopefully i'll see you around.
Also check scooter.meetup.com/225 for local rides

Posted: **Fri May 23, 2008 5:18 pm**

jfrost2 wrote:Your idle might be low, eric has a tutorial in the technical forums of how to adjust it, you might want to just turn it up a bit. The bike should run in any condition and stay on by itself.

Here's the link: topic4153.html

Posted: **Sat May 24, 2008 3:08 pm**

EP_scoot wrote:Dodgeboy, congrats and welcome !
Good too see more MN people coming in.
Did you get it at Scooterville? If the adjusting becomes too much for you, just take it back if you are close and they can do that for you.

Hopefully i'll see you around.
Also check scooter.meetup.com/225 for local rides

I got it from starr cycle here in mankato , I will take a pic and post it soon.
What do you ride? any up grades done to yours? Any up grades i can do , already been derestricted .

Posted: **Sat May 24, 2008 11:30 pm**

Have you stayed on paved roads or have you traveled a few miles on dirt/gravel/sand road(s)?

Posted: **Sun May 25, 2008 1:10 am**

Yea, your air filter may be junky and dirty if you rode on dirt roads, dirt roads will kill your air filter and engine performance, just get a can of compressed air and clean it. Otherwise, if you havent been off road/dirt roads, your idle is probably the issue.

Posted: **Sun May 25, 2008 2:01 am**

Also, when you start it and are holding the brake lever; try letting it run for a couple minutes and slowly release the brake lever.

Posted: **Sun May 25, 2008 2:03 am**

Yeah, start it holding the rear break, but you should be able to have it run smoothly after just starting it....

Posted: **Sun May 25, 2008 3:17 pm**

jfrost2 wrote:Yeah, start it holding the rear break, but you should be able to have it run smoothly after just starting it....

No dirt roads iam going to ride it on monday alittle to warm it up and adjust the idle alittle , Thanks for the info.

Posted: **Thu Jun 05, 2008 2:31 am**

We've seen damn near all 08's coming in with the idle set wrong; is it still acting up? Bring it down; it'll take 1 minute at which point I can talk to you about making it hella fast!
Peter