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snoozy · Post by **snoozy** » Tue Jun 24, 2014 6:21 pm

Been offline for a few days camping (did you miss me?

) We went to Idaho and bought a BUDDY!!

Yes, it is a Seafoam green 125. I know I said I didn't want Seafoam. I know. I still don't, and plan to get it repainted as soon as possible. But even so, it is in beautiful condition, and is purty even in Seafoam! (I could go down to the building salvage store and find a matching seafoam commode from 1958, I'll bet...)

az_slynch · Post by **az_slynch** » Tue Jun 24, 2014 6:27 pm

Congratulations!

Don't need to paint it, just do a panel swap. I'm sure somebody would love some Seafoam panels.

snoozy · Post by **snoozy** » Tue Jun 24, 2014 7:12 pm

Yeah, but I want a custom color, so I gots ta have it done special.

Syd · Post by **Syd** » Tue Jun 24, 2014 7:33 pm

Congrats, snoozy, on the Zombie Blood buddy. Zombies never die, you know (well, never unless you shoot 'em in the head, or chop their head off, or burn 'em).

KrispyKreme · Post by **KrispyKreme** » Tue Jun 24, 2014 9:20 pm

Great find. Have fun and be safe.

Whimscootie · Post by **Whimscootie** » Tue Jun 24, 2014 9:59 pm

Yay! Now you're official!

I love the seafoam color, but it's cool that you can customize too.

What's her/his name?

still shifting · Post by **still shifting** » Tue Jun 24, 2014 10:19 pm

Sweeet!! R

snoozy · Post by **snoozy** » Tue Jun 24, 2014 10:34 pm

Not sure what its name will be -- not sure if it is a she or a he yet (I haven't looked!:oops: )

I took it for a spin on our road. I am not legal yet, so I am just going on our quiet little country road here. It had no problem going up the steep hill! Yay!

KrispyKreme · Post by **KrispyKreme** » Tue Jun 24, 2014 10:41 pm

Snoozy, that is the zippiest scoot in it's class.

I love my Buddy. PGO makes an excellent product.

snoozy · Post by **snoozy** » Tue Jun 24, 2014 10:57 pm

And this one has Dr.Pulley Sliders already installed...

RoadRambler · Post by **RoadRambler** » Wed Jun 25, 2014 12:47 am

Very nice! Looks in great shape, and congrats on already having the Dr. Pulleys.

MYSCTR · Post by **MYSCTR** » Wed Jun 25, 2014 1:09 am

2008 Buddy 125 ...currently in Seafoam, but one day in metallic aqua!

Looking forward to seeing this upgrade when done!

Kudos on the (new) scoot!

Drum Pro · Post by **Drum Pro** » Wed Jun 25, 2014 2:42 am

Are those nipples on your buddy or are you glad to see us? LoL.... Congrats on yer new bike.

skipper20 · Post by **skipper20** » Wed Jun 25, 2014 3:01 am

snoozy wrote:Been offline for a few days camping (did you miss me? ) We went to Idaho and bought a BUDDY!!

Yes, it is a Seafoam green 125. I know I said I didn't want Seafoam. I know. I still don't, and plan to get it repainted as soon as possible. But even so, it is in beautiful condition, and is purty even in Seafoam! (I could go down to the building salvage store and find a matching seafoam commode from 1958, I'll bet...)

A VERY nice purchase. I like the matte black mirrors. They would go very nice with my also newly purchased Blackjack. Any idea of their origin?

Bill in Seattle
'09 150 Blackjack
'12 170i Italia

TVB · Post by **TVB** » Wed Jun 25, 2014 3:10 am

skipper20 wrote:A VERY nice purchase. I like the matte black mirrors. They would go very nice with my also newly purchased Blackjack. Any idea of their origin?

They resemble the mirrors on the Yamaha C3.

snoozy · Post by **snoozy** » Wed Jun 25, 2014 3:32 am

Drum Pro wrote:Are those nipples on your buddy or are you glad to see us? LoL.... Congrats on yer new bike.

Good eye! (Or salacious eye, l'm not sure which...) Those are a couple of blue LED mods the previous owner put in. He also put on the black mirrors, but i dont know what type they are.

Whimscootie · Post by **Whimscootie** » Wed Jun 25, 2014 4:59 am

I'm thinking they look like C3 mirrors too. Got them on both my scoots.

snoozy · Post by **snoozy** » Tue Jul 01, 2014 11:19 pm

Took my scooter to the supermarket last week. Parked amongst all the gargantuan FUVs and asphalt coloured vehicles. Looked like a little upstart. But very stylish! Came out and as I was putting on my helmet, the woman getting into her car next to me said, "By the way, I love your ride. Especially the colour!"

Today as I sat in a turn lane waiting for the light to change, a guy in a contractor's pick-up gave me an "OK" sign at my scooter.

I am going to wait until winter to paint it -- when I can't ride it. I'm really enjoying this scooter! And it has great power on hills. Better than my car, actually.

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KrispyKreme · Post by **KrispyKreme** » Wed Jul 02, 2014 2:00 am

Snoozy, that color is so cool. And yes, Buddys are small. They are also very fast for their class. A bit bumpy I admit, but as flickable a scoot as there is.

snoozy · Post by **snoozy** » Wed Jul 02, 2014 4:04 am

The colour is growing on me...but it will look terrific in something like the Vespa aquamarine, too:

www.modernvespa.com/forum/topic105316

snoozy · Post by **snoozy** » Wed Jul 02, 2014 4:10 am

(Oops -- double post...)

KrispyKreme · Post by **KrispyKreme** » Wed Jul 02, 2014 4:18 am

I am going out on a limb here...........ride that scoot! Don't change it a bit!

It you have the money, got for a 300.

I have a way of being an asshole. I hope we keep getting along. You are a good person.

Don't mess with the color. My opinion.

snoozy · Post by **snoozy** » Wed Jul 02, 2014 4:42 am

You're not being an asshole -- you're just expressing an opinion! I never take pixels too seriously anyway.

BuddyRaton · Post by **BuddyRaton** » Wed Jul 02, 2014 10:17 am

Nice scooter! I like the Seafoam but a custom repaint could be a fun winter project! Keep us updated!

jrsjr · Post by **jrsjr** » Wed Jul 02, 2014 3:58 pm

I'm trying to visualize the color change you want. What I'm picturing is something like the below. Am I on the right track? Too much blue? Too little? Just curious...

snoozy · Post by **snoozy** » Wed Jul 02, 2014 4:30 pm

Not really. I don't have photoshop anymore, otherwise I could come up with something, although I don't think I could render the metalic look. And computer monitors are all so different.

I've seen Toyotas which have a colour they call Cool Metallic Soda... http://marcel-kuruma.blogspot.com/2013/ ... japan.html

Neurotic-Hapi-Snak · Post by **Neurotic-Hapi-Snak** » Wed Jul 02, 2014 9:14 pm

Maybe try to find some sort of transparent blue metallic fleck topcoat to apply over the seafoam? Might give you a cool effect.

jrsjr · Post by **jrsjr** » Wed Jul 02, 2014 9:27 pm

Neurotic-Hapi-Snak wrote:Maybe try to find some sort of transparent blue metallic fleck topcoat to apply over the seafoam? Might give you a cool effect.

Right there with you. When I modded that photo, all I did was slightly tweak the "hue" control in Pixlr and save. I was thinking exactly the same thing you said. Great mindz thinkinking alike and all, amiright? However, it turns out that the coolio color that snoozy is looking for is quite beautiful and not something you could easily achieve with a topcoat on the Zombie Blood. Here is a sneak peek at "Cool Metalic Soda." C'est magnifique, nes pas?

snoozy · Post by **snoozy** » Thu Jul 03, 2014 2:27 pm

Drum Pro wrote:Are those nipples on your buddy or are you glad to see us? LoL.... Congrats on yer new bike.

It occurs to me that those LEDs on the front are less like nipples and more like tongue studs

....

Drum Pro · Post by **Drum Pro** » Thu Jul 03, 2014 8:27 pm

snoozy wrote:
Drum Pro wrote:Are those nipples on your buddy or are you glad to see us? LoL.... Congrats on yer new bike.
It occurs to me that those LEDs on the front are less like nipples and more like tongue studs ....

I didn't know what they were so that was my best guess....

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