In the parking lot for my office this morning, I took a turn a little too deep, remembering how much fun that was in my motorcycle class. I ended up scratching some of the black paint off the center stand when it scraped the ground. I righted myself immediately of course.
Must remember: A scooter is not a motorcycle, and I don't have footpegs.
Poor Chrometheus
I forgot my camera today, but I'll take a picture tonight when I get home.
If you're riding the scooter like it should be ridden IMHO, scratching the center stand is inevitable. It's a design problem, not a rider problem. If you turned the same to your right, nothing would have contacted the ground.
With the Buddy, the rider has to accomodate that problem at the expense of handling and safety. Genuine needs to address the problem. This likely isn't the last time you'll scrape the stand.
This stuff. It's essentially rubberized paint.
I've used it on my car to change the color of/cover up dings on my side view mirror housings, and blacken and protect my greying grill panels. We used it to turn our green Jetta beater into a mostly black one. I also used it to coat an old pair of sneakers to make them everything-proof for working in the garden. If you put it on a smooth surface and don't like it, you can peel it right off once it's dry. I've only ever used the spray, but the actual dip works alright too if what you're doing is small enough. (I suggest watching the videos on the "create your color kit" page... they're funny)
Anyway, it's pretty handy.. and it should keep the center-stand from rusting in the spots where the paint is scraped off.
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k1dude wrote:If you're riding the scooter like it should be ridden IMHO, scratching the center stand is inevitable. It's a design problem, not a rider problem. If you turned the same to your right, nothing would have contacted the ground.
With the Buddy, the rider has to accomodate that problem at the expense of handling and safety. Genuine needs to address the problem. This likely isn't the last time you'll scrape the stand.
I basically scratch the centerstand every time I drive into my driveway. There is one very specific combination of speed, deceleration, and entry angle that I don't bottom out. But without full time support from Mission Control in Houston, there is only about a 25% chance I can hit it right now.
Yeap. Buddys are notorious for having center stand scrape issues.
There's a mod thread somewhere, where somebody figured out how to raise the center stand maybe an inch or so, the thread was very comprehensive, with pics of the steps and everything. I was going to do it to Sailor Scoot with the help of a friend.
Anyway, scraping the center stand is pretty inevitable on a Buddy is what I'm getting at. If you have any fun on it whatsoever, anyway. It doesn't mean you made your turn too deep.
Skootz Kabootz wrote:Scratching paint off of the center stand is not an injury! It's a badge of honor!
Unless you crash. Then you were exceeding the scooter's limits.
If you're going to be riding that hard, it's good to know where you'll hit the stand. But hit it too hard and won will go down.
I know a lot of people (Skootz, for one) who ride pretty hard and throw their Buddys into some serious twisties at good speed without hitting the stand.
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