Modern Buddy

I have a WPS brand, CTZ10S, was in my Blackjack when I got it so 4+ years old, AGM so never have to add water, can sit for months and crank the motor instantaneously to life, holds a charge forever (I store it over the winter and it barely discharges 1 or 2% per month), google says they’re about $65...

Prima whitewalls are fine, ignore all of the “knee dragging� bull...

The manual says “standard tire pressure: Front 22psi Rear 25 psi�. For some reason there’s no recommended pressure for carrying a passenger, and there should be. My Yamaha Riva 125, same tire size as the Buddy and about the same weight, specs 22 front/29 rear for solo and 22 front/40 rear with...

That’s what you get for buying stolen sh*t

A $6000 mini bike? With “hand polished engine cases� which are actually black? I’ve got a 93 Riva 125 that you can have for $5500 if you ask nicely

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My Blackjack likes the Prima whitewalls

That Prima short is probably the way to go - you don’t want to look THROUGH a windscreen/fairing on a bike or a scooter, you want to look over it while it takes the wind blast off of your chest.

Phugly.

You can buy new body panels in the Blackjack flat/matte black color, but you can also spray your own repairs and match the color perfectly. I went to a local auto body paint shop and they matched the color with SEM 41013 Trim Black "Euro Jet Matte" spray can paint and recommended SEM 39863...

Sounds like you need to try it sometime

Wrong, wrong,wrong. Took a bad shake out of my Kymco SuperEight 150 by balancing the front, did the same with my Blackjack, foolish to not balance the wheels that are your connection to the road. Maybe the 30mph rental mopeds can get away with it, but at 55-60 it's foolish.

Have your tires mounted at a shop that can balance your wheels once the new tires are on. It will run much smoother at higher speeds, guaranteed. You can't balance your own wheels. Saving money is a great idea, but riding a scooter at 55mph that's trying to shake itself apart is not.

If you're not riding it with full throttle yet you're not experiencing the scooter's best acceleration. The torque converter transmission allows you to rev the engine to its peak power band and leave it there while it shifts continuously as the scooter accelerates. It's one of the things that makes ...

Fuel injected engines pump fuel to the injectors and the excess goes back to the tank. In FI cars (which of course is all of them nowadays) the fuel tanks are sealed. I don't think I would start drilling holes in the gas cap of a fuel injected vehicle without checking with a dealer first. The "...

Here's a New England cold weather tip. Be extra careful riding across wet leaves- almost as slippery as wet train/trolley tracks, wet manhole covers, etc. They will slap you down quickly if you hit them with too much lateral force. Been there, etc.

USB is 5.1 volts output, not the 12 to 13 volts a charger would put out. Do the newer scooters have a USB and no lighter socket? My Blackjack has the lighter only.

Nice bike, now ditch the milk crate...

Try a tank bag, maybe some saddlebags...

Did they balance the tires? There should be stick-on weights on the rim. A lot of shops can't balance the smaller wheels on scooters, but it's important to do.

You might find a spanner at a bicycle shop that fits it, most shops carry a line by Park Tools with all kinds of wrenches and specialized implements for disassembling bikes. Older bikes all have those locking rings with four notches on the cranks, sometimes on the steering head, etc.

Imply, not infer.

Enough with the spam. I move that this is an abuse of free speech and propose marylou be permanently banned from the forum. Second?

Check the kill switch...spray a starting fluid (used to be ether) into the air cleaner/carb intake and see if it fires...pull the plug and see if there is fuel (vapor) in the cylinder (or wet plug)...see if you have spark by grounding the plug against the cylinder head (wire on) and cranking the eng...

I wanted to repost a comment I made about VWBUSGUYs deadlight wiring harness and suggestion for LEDs (W3Ws) that I put under a different topic in November: Just installed the deadlight wiring. Outstanding quality, better than the factory wiring harness. Perfect fit. Thanks for an excellent product- ...

Wheels should be balanced by pros at a shop, with the right machine. If your shop can't balance a scooter wheel, call around and find one that can. Here in Southern NH Souhegan Valley Motorsports, a Kawasaki dealer, balances all sizes of wheels, whereas other big dealers in the area can't. A good sp...

Just installed the deadlight wiring. Outstanding quality, better than the factory wiring harness. Perfect fit. Thanks for an excellent product-