). I had only been riding Blur 1 since I got them as it had the good battery in it. However, like most new bikes I get, I wanted to do an oil and gear change on it since it service was at about 600 miles and I really wanted to put fresh stuff in there before I started putting some miles on it. Blur2 had paper work showing it had recently had its 600 mile service during the summer, but had been sitting with the previous owner and had a dead battery. I swapped the batteries so I could ride Blur2 and make sure nothing was wrong with it since I had basically yet to actually ride it other then just hear it start up and run. My initial impressions was that Blur2 was a bit slower, but I figured it was probably still breaking in and having been the wife's scoot she was smaller and probably didn't ride it as hard as the husband had ridden Blur 1. After a short ride, I noticed light oil on the left side of my rear tire on Blur2. I checked and the Oil filter, oil drain plug, etc was intact and everything looked okay, so I figured it was the common overflowed gear oil since it only takes 90cc's. Well, whether I liked it or not, I decided it was time to service both Blur's so I knew I was starting out fresh and had the right amount of gear oil, etc in them.
I picked up some Synthetic Rotella 5w-40 (I use Rotella in all my bikes) and some synthetic gear lube 75W-140. I'm hesitant about going straight 140 in the winter time? maybe in the summer when its hotter? When we bought Sarah's Buddy we had it serviced right away and he recommended 85w-90 for it, so I'm still really learning on all this?
The first thing I noticed was that the drain valve for the gear lube on Blur2 was barely tight, but I hadn't noticed it leaking? Maybe that was where my oil spray was coming from, who knows? I drained what was in there, but it didn't seem like much, but I'm still becoming acquainted with how little 90cc's really is. I didn't bother measuring what came out as I knew what was going back in. I changed the oil & the gear lube on Blur2 and was ready to go play. Blur 1 is going to have to wait to get some love as the sun was out and I was ready to play.
At this point, Sarah and I were going to ride over to my parent's house that is over 30 miles away to show them the scoots, plus stop at a friends house on the way.
Almost immediately once we left the subdivision, I noticed Blur2 seemed to have picked up some speed. Both acceleration and just out right top end. It was quite noticeable and shocked me, but it was all good. At this point, I'm thinking its faster then Blur 1, but I haven't been back on it to compare.
That morning, we had also just mounted a windshield on Sarah's Buddy which I had read should help her pick up some top end speed. Sarah is also only 5'4, 115lbs compared to my 6'4", 220lbs, so she has a lot less weight then me, and from what I've read, I fully expected her to be walking away from me when we play on the scoots together. Infact in the back of my mind, it was one thing that kept making me look at bigger scoots like the Sym HD200 because I was afraid of struggling to keep up with her light weight and fast buddy. Here is what really surprised me though on our ride was that Sarah couldn't touch me. I was pretty much leaving her behind. The only exception is a long hill where I start to loose momentum and she can easily catch up and pass me. From basic acceleration 10-40mph, flat ground running at 60mph and down hill, she just can't keep up. At one point on the Blur, I did hit an indicated 70mph down hill which I hadn't seen on either one yet, so that was cool. Both Blurs now seem to be very comfortable right at 60mph indicated with faster spurts. If its a long up hill, I'll slow to about 50 indicated and thats when Sarah can easily catch me. I don't think her Buddy is slow, but then again I haven't ridden it since I got the Blur's, but I was quite surprised overall. She actually got a bit mad at me at one point when I was zipping through traffic and leaving her behind. I thought in the beginning, she was just being cautious as she got accustomed to the Buddy but she said she was wide open and just couldn't catch me.
BTW, I wasn't even going wide open. I had read in another post about feathering the throttle right at that point where you appear to get the most out of the CVT without over loading the engine and I think that works the best. I tried to explain that to Sarah, but not sure she was attempting that or not?
I'm still thinking maybe her buddy has some breaking in to do at barely 500 miles now, but I gotta say I'm so pleasantly pleased with the Blur's and their handling and speed, etc, and of course the brakes. I do find the seat pretty much sucks and the hump is totally in the worst spot for me. I might look to just have my entire front seat area raised up to match the rear and that will give me some more leg room and allow me to slide forward or backward depending on my mood. The 13" wheels on the blur are nice and I can definitely see where Sarah has to watch the road a bit more carefully with the Buddy's 10" wheels. However her small frame and size, I couldn't see her being very happy on anything larger. She is absolutely in heaven at how easy the buddy is to put up on the center stand and she can flip it around 180 degrees in the garage when she's getting ready to leave. That alone has her tickled pink.
We ended up doing roughly 75 miles that day. My Blur said closer to 100, but we know how that goes.
I do plan on getting a windscreen for my Blur and I already mounted my Givi E-36 case to the rear rack last night so I can keep my laptop dry in the rain. I even rode it into work today even though it was raining when I left and the forecast is expecting 2"+ over the next 2 days.
I actually don't have any pics to share either. I normally always carry my camera, but we left home without it this time.
I'm looking forward to many more rides on the Blur's and I thank those of you that gave your input on here about them before I did buy two of them!
