The deed has been done...

BadBrains · Post by **BadBrains** » Sat Apr 26, 2008 10:45 pm

I done bought me a 2007 Buddy!

I called Urban Moto in Austin today asking about their '07 Buddy's (which I do every other day as of late) and they had one black '07 in stock. They informed me it was the last one of the season so I hussled down there to make a down payment, but lo and behold... she had white walls!

John said that for some reason the factory shipped that particular scooter with '08 International white walls, and what earns those dudes a special valve in my heart is that they didn't raise the price for it. Seeing as how I had planned to add white walls down the road that's a lot of pennies saved/earned!

I highly recommend Urban Moto for all your scooterly needs. And I also want to thank everyone at Modern Buddy for answering my nooblike questions and being all around cool cats.

Hope to see you on the road soon.

maribell · Post by **maribell** » Sat Apr 26, 2008 10:53 pm

Yay!!!!

See you around town, especially if North Austin is your hood.

BadBrains · Post by **BadBrains** » Sat Apr 26, 2008 10:55 pm

Crestview Saints represent!!!

madtolive · Post by **madtolive** » Sat Apr 26, 2008 11:45 pm

yay! congrats on your bud, and what an awesome detail that it came with whitewalls! the urban moto sweethearts are aces.

lets get all the atx people together for a ride soon, eh? any of the other atxers down?

nissanman · Post by **nissanman** » Sat Apr 26, 2008 11:46 pm

Just remember to keep two on the street, one on the seat.

madtolive · Post by **madtolive** » Sat Apr 26, 2008 11:46 pm

btw, we want to see pics of the happy couple on the new stallion.

KRUSTYburger · Post by **KRUSTYburger** » Sun Apr 27, 2008 12:55 am

SWEET! Congrats. Are those Maxxis whitewalls on there? BONUS! I love my WWs, I have the stock Italia ones which are the gangster ones with like half the tire covered in white. Unfortunately they don't really have the "performance" of the new ones, I'll prolly end up switching to the Maxxis when these wear out. That is really awesome you got your scoot. Nix on the pink one, eh? Black is cool, I think I read you had some paint job ideas in the future? Can't wait to see! HAVE FUN!!! (I know you're gonna!)

jmazza · Post by **jmazza** » Sun Apr 27, 2008 1:23 am

Yeah, check to see if you've got Maxxis or Shinkos. The Shinkos are the ones that came on the '07 Italias and they are tube tires and not super great in handling. The Maxxis are supposed to be much better.

Still, whitewalls rock either way.

jfrost2 · Post by **jfrost2** » Sun Apr 27, 2008 1:30 am

Yes!

Be sure you take the MSF before you do some serious riding too! It helps, plus they give you a waiver form that lets you walk to the BMV and buy the license.

Orange Guy · Post by **Orange Guy** » Sun Apr 27, 2008 2:29 am

And the tagline under your profile pic still reads "Give me two weeks!"

Shouldn't it say "07 Black Buddy with FREE! whitewalls"?

BadBrains · Post by **BadBrains** » Sun Apr 27, 2008 4:28 am

Pics of the happy couple on the "Widow Maker" are forthcoming! The tires are definitely Maxxis, because I remember thinking "Maxxis?! The makers of Sim City also make tires?"

I'm taking the MSF on May 9th so it will be a little bit before I can hit the mean streets, but you can bet I'll be putting around the neighborhood. This might be even nerdier than the Sim City observation, but I've been mocking up paint jobs in Photoshop for the past couple of weeks. I'll put up a poll soon and we'll see which "theme" gets the raving reviews.

Note: Profile changed per Orange Guy's request!

Orange Guy · Post by **Orange Guy** » Sun Apr 27, 2008 4:35 am

BadBrains wrote:I've been mocking up paint jobs in Photoshop for the past couple of weeks.

Anxious to see those!

lojical1 · Post by **lojical1** » Sun Apr 27, 2008 8:59 pm

I know Corsair and I would definitely be down for a group ride, especially now that we are getting to know our way around a bit. Recently drove downtown to the Dragon Boat Races and had a blast scooting around the campus. When are you getting ur bike, madtolive? The ATX Buddy numbers are skyrocketing!

madtolive · Post by **madtolive** » Sun Apr 27, 2008 9:54 pm

end of the week!

trying not to think about it, its too distracting during finals. gaaah!

Christy · Post by **Christy** » Mon Apr 28, 2008 3:05 pm

BadBrains, congrats!!!! you are going to love it!

madtolive, saturday, huh? congratulations!!!! are you going with the seafoam

pic's asap, both of you!

BadBrains · Post by **BadBrains** » Mon Apr 28, 2008 3:19 pm

madtolive wrote:end of the week!

trying not to think about it, its too distracting during finals. gaaah!

Nice, I might be picking mine up on Saturday too if I can wait that long.

jfrost2 · Post by **jfrost2** » Mon Apr 28, 2008 3:21 pm

When first bought my scooter, it was in the the middle of winter, it was to be delivered on a tuesday, I had to wait 2 more weeks after I bought it to receive the bike, it kept snowing and snowing.

madtolive · Post by **madtolive** » Mon Apr 28, 2008 4:48 pm

brains, what time are you going on saturday??

i want to be there as soon as they open, to avoid increased traffic on the road home. i live off brodie and william canon, which is quite a ways from urban moto, i'm scared as all hell of the ride. i bet buddy is going to be scared too, i consider it will be a bonding experience for the both of us.

unless i sissy out and just load her onto the back of a pickup truck. i've heard this is difficult tho, any comments on this?

ahhhhh, heart rate just went up thinking about it. i have a paper due in 4 hours, you guys!

christy, yesssss, i've decidied on the seafoam!! except mine is not seafoam green, it's a zombie blood buddy! my sweet little zooming zombie blood buddy!

BadBrains · Post by **BadBrains** » Mon Apr 28, 2008 6:51 pm

madtolive, if I go on Saturday it will be earrrrrrrrly!

Since I'm not even taking my MSF until May 9th I'll be loading the buddy up into the truck. I've yet to go pick up any straps which I need to look into (I just moved a home gym by tying it up with jumper cables), but I would imagine Urban Moto has a ramp for loading up scoots into trucks.

I'll call tomorrow, find out what it takes to move a Buddy by truck, and let you know.

jfrost2 · Post by **jfrost2** » Mon Apr 28, 2008 6:57 pm

Strap it down to the point where the front suspension is pushed down. This keeps the bike from moving while traveling, strapping it front and back on both sides helps it stay down and stable.

motorhead · Post by **motorhead** » Mon Apr 28, 2008 7:49 pm

if you load it to a truck be sure to use canyon dancers to secure the handlebars

motorhead · Post by **motorhead** » Mon Apr 28, 2008 7:50 pm

if you load it to a truck be sure to use canyon dancers to secure the handlebars

motorhead · Post by **motorhead** » Mon Apr 28, 2008 7:51 pm

if you load it to a truck be sure to use canyon dancers to secure the handlebars

BadBrains · Post by **BadBrains** » Mon Apr 28, 2008 7:54 pm

Thanks jfrost2, motorhead! Speaking of, one of the few bands I like even more than Bad Brains is Motorhead. I've been looking for a decent back patch to testosteronerize my jacket with.

I'll see if I can't find Canyon Dancers or something like them in the area, along with some decent straps. And then I'll tie it down with jumper cables to really seal the deal!

madtolive · Post by **madtolive** » Mon Apr 28, 2008 7:57 pm

yes, do let me know! so i can ask my coworker to bum his pickup truck. damn, i hate doing that....