How hard is it to put on your own racks and windshield?

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How hard is it to put on your own racks and windshield?

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i am a DIY kind of gal and don't believe in paying others to do what I can do myself.

Put them easily on other scoots. How about on the Buddy?
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Way easier on the Buddy than on any Vespa, that's for sure. Less cursing involved, too. :)
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As each type has its own mounting hardware and everyone's scooter has small differences that have been personalized for the rider. You may have to come up with a mounting that may be unconventional. Will it be a PITA to mount your own, most likely, will it give you a sense of accomplishment and let you stand back and say "take that you POS that I just mounted", hell ya'.
I picked up a clearance Prima windscreen and did all the above, but I have to admit it looks pretty decent.

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Re: How hard is it to put on your own racks and windshield?

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Whimscootie wrote:i am a DIY kind of gal and don't believe in paying others to do what I can do myself.

Put them easily on other scoots. How about on the Buddy?
It's a windshield and a front rack for a Buddy. In other words for a DIYer it's a piece of cake. If you've done it on other scoots you know the drill. To mount both should take about an hour.

If you get stuck throw a post up on here and ask for help!

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I've seen accounts of people who had some difficulty getting the mounting points to line up for the rear rack, so that might take a little strong-arming.
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Re: How hard is it to put on your own racks and windshield?

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Whimscootie wrote:i am a DIY kind of gal and don't believe in paying others to do what I can do myself.

Put them easily on other scoots. How about on the Buddy?
The windshield shouldn't be a problem. I put a Prima on my son's '09 Buddy 125 in less than 30 minutes. "Racks" is plural so you must mean both the front and rear racks. The rear shouldn't be a problem but the front will require removing the front panel and drilling out the 2 holes that are partially pre-cut. Being a DIY kind of gal this shouldn't be a problem either. Yes, go for it and then you'll have the satisfaction of standing back, admiring your own work and thinking about that 100 bucks or so that you just saved by doing it yourself. BTW, you've been thinking about that Psycho 125. Have you made a decision yet? Just curious.

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Sounds very do-able!

Yeah, I bought the Psycho! That's over on another thread. Get it in a week or so I hope.
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Check out the Technical Library forum (bottom of main page) there are instructions with pictures for both I believe.
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Windshield is easy. Rear rack can be tricky. I had to use a metal file to enlarge the holes because the rack was not lining up
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Stormswift wrote:Windshield is easy. Rear rack can be tricky. I had to use a metal file to enlarge the holes in the body plastic because the rack was not lining up
Edited for clarity. Hope you don't mind.
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Syd wrote:
Stormswift wrote:Windshield is easy. Rear rack can be tricky. I had to use a metal file to enlarge the holes in the body plastic because the rack was not lining up
Edited for clarity. Hope you don't mind.
LOL :wink:
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Stormswift wrote:
Syd wrote:
Stormswift wrote:Windshield is easy. Rear rack can be tricky. I had to use a metal file to enlarge the holes in the body plastic because the rack was not lining up
Edited for clarity. Hope you don't mind.
LOL :wink:
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Same thing. I had to do some work on the rear rack to get things to line up. Other than that, it should have been a 10 minute job.

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