Hi all! I've been lurking for a few weeks or so now, in anticipation of at some point wanting to get a used scooter for my wife. Well, I won one at an auction in Denver today, a week before her birthday! It being from an abandoned/confiscated auction, it needs some love. I anticipated some of it, and bought oil, a battery, an ignition switch assembly, gear oil, spark plug, brake fluid, seafoam, etc.
Since this was an online auction, there are some rough pieces now that I have it in person that I didn't see to start. To give me a head start, I was hoping everyone here could help me with a couple of weird things that I could probably figure out, but you all could save me so much time.
Most of the questions I have initially are in the file comments, but:
- What is that metal piece they stuck through the front? The seat release, or part of the ignition assembly that isn't that?
- What's the part that is missing under the bag holder hook causing the gap?
- Any general advice or alarm bells seeing the state of the cables?
- Any advice on how to fix plastic that is losing color like that?
- Do you have any other general advice or things to keep an eye out for on a Buddy that's had a hard road to this point?