Buddy sightings in YOUR area!

jaylee718 · Post by **jaylee718** » Wed Sep 14, 2011 11:59 pm

Black Jack heading west on Venice near Overland around 6 pm yesterday

pneu125 · Post by **pneu125** » Thu Sep 15, 2011 3:12 am

Blackjack parked on Bay St by Lincoln Blvd- Santa Monica, CA

Colinchristian · Post by **Colinchristian** » Thu Sep 15, 2011 1:27 pm

Blue Buddy heading North on De Zavala @ Vance Jackson in San Antonio about 6:30 9/14....

you were lane splitting. I was in my cage and jealous.

roobot5000 · Post by **roobot5000** » Fri Sep 16, 2011 12:03 am

Yesterday: Double sighting!

Sea-foam green buddy heading north on Cherry at Speedway with purple glittery helmet. 4:30ish pm.

New mocha 170 heading east on Speedway in front of Choice Greens. 5pm.

peabody99 · Post by **peabody99** » Mon Sep 19, 2011 2:16 pm

yesterday (A Sunday), a pink buddy turning from Linda Vista RD to Ulric.

Hipnerd · Post by **Hipnerd** » Mon Sep 19, 2011 11:40 pm

Spotted a Buddy 150 Italia turning into the UC Davis Medical Center in Sacramento last week.

hackett · Post by **hackett** » Tue Sep 20, 2011 2:05 am

Saw a St. Tropez parked at a house in the Edgemere Park neighborhood in OKC on Saturday.

ravenlore · Post by **ravenlore** » Tue Sep 20, 2011 12:31 pm

Pamplona parked at Hennepin and 31st in Minneapolis yesterday between 5 and 6pm

BootScootin'FireFighter · Wed Sep 21, 2011 2:31 am

two on the same short trip across town. Red buddy 50 parked in front of the Golds Gym, Nash St & Key Blvd. Then a blue buddy going opposite direction of me, south on Glebe Rd as I turned into my building. Hello!

rajron · Post by **rajron** » Wed Sep 21, 2011 12:13 pm

In Albuquerque west side on Griegos heading west by Twelfth on my black Vespa; Saw a pink Buddy, pink helmet I think, a woman ridding, I waved, she nodded.

Mtlgrlie · Post by **Mtlgrlie** » Wed Sep 21, 2011 1:09 pm

Saratoga Springs, NY......saw a Seafoam green buddy on Broadway!

Also there is a covered Stella, a Green Buddy and a pepper white Mini Clubman close by at the same house. I would love to know who you guys are! We have a Clubbie and 2 Buddies ourselves. We drive by them every Sat. Morning.

Stormswift · Post by **Stormswift** » Wed Sep 21, 2011 11:51 pm

Finally saw one!!!! A tangerine Buddy 50 cc......sitting in the lobby of a medical facility being ruffled off!!!!LOL

AWinn6889 · Post by **AWinn6889** » Wed Sep 21, 2011 11:53 pm

Mtlgrlie wrote:Saratoga Springs, NY......saw a Seafoam green buddy on Broadway!

Also there is a covered Stella, a Green Buddy and a pepper white Mini Clubman close by at the same house. I would love to know who you guys are! We have a Clubbie and 2 Buddies ourselves. We drive by them every Sat. Morning.

NICE! I thought I saw a seafoam green one around town!

peabody99 · Post by **peabody99** » Sat Sep 24, 2011 2:42 am

San Diego. yesterday at about 515 PM a previously spotted tangerine orange buddy on University in Hillcrest, @ 3rd Av. Today, an Italia on Upas at about 520 PM-we nodded to one another (thanks! ). 3 minutes later a Black Buddy heading north on Park blvd. Female rider snubbed me. I am may take a break from this thread b/c no one spots me here (lol) and the Buddy (and other) riders I wave or nod to, do not return the love. They either look away or give the disdainful "do I know you?" look.

jijifer · Post by **jijifer** » Sat Sep 24, 2011 2:48 am

peabody99 wrote:San Diego. yesterday at about 515 PM a previously spotted tangerine orange buddy on University in Hillcrest, @ 3rd Av. Today, an Italia on Upas at about 520 PM-we nodded to one another (thanks! ). 3 minutes later a Black Buddy heading north on Park blvd. Female rider snubbed me. I am may take a break from this thread b/c no one spots me here (lol) and the Buddy (and other) riders I wave or nod to, do not return the love. They either look away or give the disdainful "do I know you?" look.

that's a bummer. I don't know any other scooter community but i find SD scooterists to be mostly friendly. I suspect they are new riders too afraid to take their hand off the bar. That's what I tell myself anyways.

Skootz Kabootz · Post by **Skootz Kabootz** » Sat Sep 24, 2011 3:08 am

peabody99 wrote:... I may take a break from this thread b/c no one spots me ...

Clearly you have taken the "ride like you're invisible" thing to a whole new level!

Post by **ericalm** » Sat Sep 24, 2011 3:38 am

This morning: Red 125 on Riverside Blvd. at Laurel Cyn., which seems to be a major Buddy thoroughfare. Rider with red/white Nolan N30 helmet.

KABarash · Post by **KABarash** » Sat Sep 24, 2011 3:52 am

A 'Mocha' 170i and two Pampolonas at my local dealer......
Other than that I've STILL seen none in the 'wild'!

Tocsik · Post by **Tocsik** » Sun Sep 25, 2011 12:42 am

Saturday 9/24 at about 11:30 a.m.
Saw a Pamplona going South on Washington in Thornton/Northglen at about Malley Road or 112th.

Southerner · Post by **Southerner** » Sun Sep 25, 2011 1:23 am

Opelika, Alabama, in CTE Small Engines, on the showroom floor with a bunch of commercial lawn mowers.

It will be the last, however, they're going totally to Kymco.

huskerchic · Post by **huskerchic** » Sun Sep 25, 2011 3:12 am

Saw about 85 scooters going west on Bowles earlier today... oh wait, that was the Monster rally!! Lots of buddys, vespas, kymco, Honda and lambrettas. Quite a bit of fun in the mile high city today!

huskerchic · Post by **huskerchic** » Sun Sep 25, 2011 9:06 pm

Was at a stoplight today and a scooter (a white fiddle i think) pulled up next to me. I looked over and this gentleman had to have been about 85 years old. He smiled, winked and said "great day for a ride", then pulled away. It made me smile laugh out loud! I hope I'm still scooting at his age! Rock on gramps!

AWinn6889 · Post by **AWinn6889** » Mon Sep 26, 2011 12:24 am

New "Old Navy" commercial (to the tune of "I think we're alone now"... "I have a new bleh-ouse") has a bunch of Stellas in it!

black sunshine · Post by **black sunshine** » Mon Sep 26, 2011 3:23 pm

huskerchic wrote:Saw about 85 scooters going west on Bowles earlier today... oh wait, that was the Monster rally!! Lots of buddys, vespas, kymco, Honda and lambrettas. Quite a bit of fun in the mile high city today!

OMGGGG that gets me super excited for the rally here next month!!!

the other two are in the back, but we had 4 Buddys on our Sunday ride this week:

hackett · Post by **hackett** » Mon Sep 26, 2011 9:20 pm

Saw a guy and girl two-up on a St. Tropez turning off of Broadway across from Central Market this afternoon.

And tons of Buddies at The Good, the Bad, and the Rally this weekend in Austin, of course.

Post by **ericalm** » Mon Sep 26, 2011 11:23 pm

ericalm wrote:This morning: Red 125 on Riverside Blvd. at Laurel Cyn., which seems to be a major Buddy thoroughfare. Rider with red/white Nolan N30 helmet.

Let's make that a female rider on a Pamplona with topcase. Saw it again on Magnolia Blvd. Sunday; I was on my bicycle.

peabody99 · Post by **peabody99** » Wed Sep 28, 2011 2:52 am

a light blue buddy with cool stickers and stereo (!). We chatted a couple times between Bankers Hill and Downtown.

Skootz Kabootz · Post by **Skootz Kabootz** » Wed Sep 28, 2011 3:03 am

peabody99 wrote:a light blue buddy with cool stickers and stereo (!). We chatted a couple times between Bankers Hill and Downtown.

Sounds like Jijifer.

peabody99 · Post by **peabody99** » Wed Sep 28, 2011 3:57 am

Skootz Kabootz wrote:
peabody99 wrote:a light blue buddy with cool stickers and stereo (!). We chatted a couple times between Bankers Hill and Downtown.
Sounds like Jijifer.

well I have not offically met jijifer (I usually find out we were at the same event after the fact and sice I am bad at recognizing people from avitars, I have not put one and one together), but I think her scoot has bird stickers and this scoot had other stickers.

Post by **ericalm** » Wed Sep 28, 2011 4:27 am

peabody99 wrote:
Skootz Kabootz wrote:
peabody99 wrote:a light blue buddy with cool stickers and stereo (!). We chatted a couple times between Bankers Hill and Downtown.
Sounds like Jijifer.
well I have not offically met jijifer (I usually find out we were at the same event after the fact and sice I am bad at recognizing people from avitars, I have not put one and one together), but I think her scoot has bird stickers and this scoot had other stickers.

Yup, she has bird stickers and one on the side of the legshield that says "Zombie Outbreak Response Vehicle." Also, I don't think her speakers are hooked up anymore.

BootScootin'FireFighter · Wed Sep 28, 2011 3:28 pm

Red Buddy 125 parked out front of Baltimore Penn Station. I was transferring from the MARC to the light rail. Awesome weather, wish I could ride, but was delivering a car.

PeteH · Post by **PeteH** » Wed Sep 28, 2011 4:09 pm

Hahaha - here in STL, "Penn Station" is just a sandwich shop. And at mine, there's most always a black Buddy 50 parked outside!

Wheelz · Post by **Wheelz** » Wed Sep 28, 2011 4:15 pm

A pamplona w/ matching topcase about 11:00 p.m. tooling down corkscrew ave, I think you were a female rider, and I've seen you before....

Post by **ericalm** » Thu Sep 29, 2011 6:37 pm

This morning, around 9am on Ventura/Cahuenga from Studio City to Hollywood, my first "in the wild" sighting of a silver Buddy 170i. Woman riding, purple helmet. Nice lookin' scooter!

ravenlore · Post by **ravenlore** » Fri Sep 30, 2011 4:47 am

Roughhouse parked in the 700 block of 1st St N in Minneapolis at 10pm

Tocsik · Post by **Tocsik** » Sat Oct 01, 2011 4:57 pm

Thornton, Colorado.

Pink Buddy, Saturday morning around 9:30 headed North on York St. between 128th and 136th, right around Signal Creek neighborhood (my place!).

Maybe visiting someone? Haven't seen this scooter around the area.

peabody99 · Post by **peabody99** » Sat Oct 01, 2011 7:15 pm

San Diego. Brown 170, female rider on 9th AV, north of Cedar.

Polar22 · Post by **Polar22** » Mon Oct 03, 2011 6:56 pm

Cincinnati - Norwood Fitworks. Buddy 125 in front of the Gym.

pneu125 · Post by **pneu125** » Mon Oct 03, 2011 11:24 pm

Blackjack headed east on Venice Blvd at light on Beethoven. Couldn't even get him to give me a head nod.

Southerner · Post by **Southerner** » Mon Oct 03, 2011 11:26 pm

pneu125 wrote:Blackjack headed east on Venice Blvd at light on Beethoven. Couldn't even get him to give me a head nod.

Don't take offense. Might have been a new owner who was afraid to let go of the handlebar.

Or maybe they were just nervous about the traffic.

viney266 · Post by **viney266** » Tue Oct 04, 2011 1:48 am

Red buddy 125 on rt 140 outside of westminster today in the rain!. Had on good gear ..WAy to go!...nice to see another guy on 2 wheels in the rain!

ravenlore · Post by **ravenlore** » Wed Oct 05, 2011 12:01 am

pneu125 wrote:Blackjack headed east on Venice Blvd at light on Beethoven. Couldn't even get him to give me a head nod.

I've come upon a half-dozen scooters in the last two days. Only one beeped back.

But a dude on a Harley gave me a head nod.

peabody99 · Post by **peabody99** » Wed Oct 05, 2011 3:11 am

Southerner wrote:
pneu125 wrote:Blackjack headed east on Venice Blvd at light on Beethoven. Couldn't even get him to give me a head nod.
Don't take offense. Might have been a new owner who was afraid to let go of the handlebar.

Or maybe they were just nervous about the traffic.

might be a S.Cal thing. Very rare to get a return wave, rarer still to get an initial. Much to my delight a vespa p200 gave me a solid INITIAL wave the other day. MC's wave more than scooters. Having been here close to a year, my wave /nod behavior will soon become extinct. I mean seriously if you never get anything in return at some point you gotta hang it up. That Pavlov guy was on to something.

scootavaran · Post by **scootavaran** » Wed Oct 05, 2011 3:30 am

Does it have to be a Buddy sighting?

Sorry if a dumb question

Post by **ericalm** » Wed Oct 05, 2011 4:10 am

scootavaran wrote:Does it have to be a Buddy sighting?

Sorry if a dumb question

Doesn't have to be, but should probably be limited to Genuines.

Post by **ericalm** » Wed Oct 05, 2011 4:13 am

pneu125 wrote:Blackjack headed east on Venice Blvd at light on Beethoven. Couldn't even get him to give me a head nod.

Heck, in traffic, I don't even wave or nod to every scooter I see. I will to some, and I'll try to return them, but I'd be riding around one-handed all day if I waved at everyone. I'm far less likely to on the Stella, when I need a hand to shift.

Edwub · Post by **Edwub** » Wed Oct 05, 2011 1:44 pm

Re: socal and waves

I used to always wave or nod (majority was nod) to scooters on my Metro. For over two and a half years, I got very, very few responses. Most people looked at me like I was just weird.

By UCLA there are TONS of scooterists...the bulk are kids who bought one cheap and know absolutely zilch about any customs or traditions, much less rules of the road (I see a lot of people on 125s use the bike line and think they're lane splitting/filtering). They also cut each other off all the time, and give scooterists a bad rep in the Westwood area.

Now on my Blur, still nothing from those scooterists. Pretty rare to get one a bit further south. But I get excited like a lil' girl when big bikers started giving me the wave!!!! I think from a distance the Blur looks more motorcyclely. I had one guy try to take it back as I got closer, but for the most part I'm getting some waves and a whole lot of nods from the motorcycles.

The hilarious part is some of the riders I see on my commute used to snub me on the Metro. After so long, it feels nice to be acknowledged. I guess the new jacket and being on a new scooter means they have no idea I'm the Metro they used to always roll their eyes at.

Anyways, don't give up hope. Keep nodding til your neck hurts!

[edit: fixed typos]

Uncle Groucho · Post by **Uncle Groucho** » Wed Oct 05, 2011 2:40 pm

I was on my way into Decatur yesterday around 4:15 when someone on a scooter gave me a wave and woop. Due to a lot of traffic, I didn't get a chance to see if it was another Buddy. I did the wave, but with my shield down they wouldn't have heard me anyway.

After 3 weeks and 260 miles on my Italia, I feel more secure taking a hand off the bars to show some love...

synaps3 · Post by **synaps3** » Wed Oct 05, 2011 5:11 pm

Saw a brand-new white Buddy 125cc parked next to my PCX today at work. Left them a note to come register here, we'll see if they post.

peabody99 · Post by **peabody99** » Sat Oct 08, 2011 4:00 am

San Diego. I have seen more than I can keep track off. On 6th av Bankers Hill a Silver 170. Looks awesome in "person"! 3 minutes later an Italia and Black Jack parked in scooter parking on 6th Av downtown. Then there is the Cream and the Italia often parked out in front of the law school (Calif Western?) on Cedar. Probably the coolest scooter sighting was a group ride pack of lil honda ruckas' all tricked out riding downtown today at about 5pm.

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