Modern Buddy

Let's see what you got!

Dino's Pizza! My first time porting pizza on the scoot. Worked great, though the pie was a bit cool when I got it home. Box on top is jalapeño dippers, peppers coiled in dough.


Zankou Chicken! An LA institution.


Hugo's Tacos (and chips & guac) come in boxes.


Sbux in the box. This works most of the time, but I do often have coffee streaks on my floorboard.


Hugo's Tacos 2: Using the glove box as a hook so I can use the brake pedal.


How I usually carry coffee. Lost this carrier on a 2-day ride. Need to make another.


4 Dozen Krispy Kremes! This is what happens when catering a photo shoot is left in my hands. (This pic is very old; my scoot hasn't looked like this in a long time!)

great pix.

Very nice documentation of your food adventures.

I don't have pics of this, but the last time I tried to carry a food related item on my buddy ended very messy. I stuffed a 32 oz. fountain drink in the front bin of my buddy, only to spill it while still parked! It was dumped all over my floor board. Doh! The store attendant was very nice and let me grab a smaller size for free.

It's happened to me, too! Jamba Juice all over my feet.

One morning I stopped at 7-11 and a guy approached me and asked, "Is that your scooter out there?" I said yes and he told me, "Uh, I think it's leaking… coffee!"

Now I'm hungry...

Don't usually bring pre-prepared food home on the scoot, but we do bring groceries home on them. A nice old lady watched me load the Buddy one time (bags hanging everywhere) and she said "my goodness, aren't you a resourceful young lady!!" Since I'm 50 the "young lady" part was especially gratifying.

Hilarious scene in the parking lot of a grocery store once as I loaded up my scooter with many bags. A couple in the pet carrier, a couple on the floorboard attached to the hook, etc. Next to me was a guy on a giant cruiser (no saddlebags) who couldn't figure out what to do with his one bag.

ericalm wrote:Hilarious scene in the parking lot of a grocery store once as I loaded up my scooter with many bags. A couple in the pet carrier, a couple on the floorboard attached to the hook, etc. Next to me was a guy on a giant cruiser (no saddlebags) who couldn't figure out what to do with his one bag.

ericalm wrote: "Is that your scooter out there?" I said yes and he told me, "Uh, I think it's leaking… coffee!"

Been there, done both of these!
I just laugh at myself......

ericalm wrote:Hilarious scene in the parking lot of a grocery store once as I loaded up my scooter with many bags. A couple in the pet carrier, a couple on the floorboard attached to the hook, etc. Next to me was a guy on a giant cruiser (no saddlebags) who couldn't figure out what to do with his one bag.

Bumped into a friend at the grocery store today, we walked out together and I saw he was riding his V-Rod, he stood there with his quart of milk/loaf of bread/and a couple of cans of something and just stared at his bike. He finally crammed everything into the satchel he was carrying... I'd LOVE to see that bread by the time he got it home!

LOVE these photos! I'm gonna try to remember to snap some of my next grocery shop.

Here are some pictures from a Costco run and a grocery shopping trip today:


10 lbs of Chicken, great for enchiladas (which is dinner tonight!)


2 lbs of Celery and 12 cans of Tuna


Trustee Costco diet Coke!


My Girlfriend's favorite cheese. She's excited.

And as for my trip to Vons:

A small amount of groceries attached the Gen-U-Bin front hook (need to fix that one of these days).


2 lbs of New York Strip, five lbs of potatoes, some apples, and a few other things.


And a few more things in my Givi top case.

All in all, a successful day of errands, brought to you by my 'impractical' (friends and family's words) Buddy.

I hate you.

Stellas have shit for storage capacity. This is why I keep my Jetta.

One half-dozen box fits perfectly in the Buddy's underseat storage. I bet I could get two of these in there, but Rudie doesn't eat donuts.

oooh, I love me some Krispy Kreme donuts! Have you ever had the "colossial donuts" from Shoppers? They're enormous, big enough to me a meal replacement!

BootScootin'FireFighter wrote:oooh, I love me some Krispy Kreme donuts! Have you ever had the "colossial donuts" from Shoppers? They're enormous, big enough to me a meal replacement!

I don't think we have Shoppers in Philly. I <3 donuts. My favorite is Donuts Plus, but it's out of my way & in the ghetto, so I don't go often. I stopped by Krispy Kreme because they just opened shop & I wanted to try them out. Verdict: better than Dunkin' Donuts, but not as good as Donuts Plus.

Forgot that I was riding the scooter tonight while my friend and I were at the grocery store in her car. And me without the bungees.

Where did you put your feet?!

On the cowls

lmyers wrote:On the cowls

Very aerodynamic!

Rear brake's for wusses!

Your front rack must be so pissed off.

I'm jealous because of all of the storage you guys have!

Dinner for one from Otis Jackson's Soul Dog, a new place near me offering (kind of) healthy soul food hot dogs. Weird, but it works!


Okeh, not my scooter, but… biked to the store and got everything to make chili. Groceries are in a Chico bag, quite a useful thing to have when scootering or biking.

Bungee net FTW!! you can carry ANYTHING!.. I"ve done a pizza with one, AND a watermelon to a party. Sadly. No pics ... I"ll take one next time!

Yup, love those bungee nets!

You must LOVE Mac & Cheese!

That box will last forever, don't worry. Usually for like, a year, but it's cheap and I like buying in bulk!

Plisar wrote: Yup, love those bungee nets!

and I thought I was hot shit getting $70 of Trader Joe's stuff into a Jannd messenger bag w/Bungee net onto my seat.

That's it! I'm getting racks for front and back on next non-rent paycheck. Hmmpfff...

Morena Blvd Costco parking lot, Plisar?

My first real attempt at heavy grocery shopping on the Stella.

My shitty car was in the shop, so I trounced off to Trader Joe's in P.B. to grab a mess of stuff...





I think it's time to buy some racks...not sure if the Givi cases will look retarded on a Stella, so I'll do with bungee nets to start.

DirtyRAT wrote:not sure if the Givi cases will look retarded on a Stella, so I'll do with bungee nets to start.

Don't know about retarded, but I don't think they'll exactly look good…

I'm not a fan of topcases, but I've seen some really nice ones fabricated from vintage luggage. The SX/Appeal & Prima roll bags are nice, too. Of course, there's always the good ol' fashioned milk crate.

I'm thinking my Future P200 will have the "BBQ" style rear rack & that's it. After riding with the folding front & rear racks on the Stella for 18 months, I grew to loathe the rattling noise they made. One of my friends got rear-ended by an SUV last week, and his rear rack damaged their car. Haw-haw!

polianarchy wrote: I'm thinking my Future P200 will have the "BBQ" style rear rack & that's it. After riding with the folding front & rear racks on the Stella for 18 months, I grew to loathe the rattling noise they made. Haw-haw!

I would be curious if anyone on this forum was able to solve the rattling issue.

First thing that comes to mind is: zip tie the racks to be always down.

second: use some sort of dampening, but removable ties to keep vibrations to a minimum in the rack's folded position:

Mine didn't rattle much most of the time. The rest of the time, I just ignored it.

Sadly I have no pics ( they are lost), but working at a bike shop in baltimore in the 80's We had a customer pic up his Tomos top-tank moped and take it home strapped across the back seat of his Suzuki GS850...It was pretty awesome

not food, but this is how I get all packed up to hit the road when they ship me to another station at work......

The first picture is everything pictured without me, I have my sleeping bag, pillow, AV cables, and changes of clothes in the duffle bag (with hi-vis vest wrapped around it). I get dressed in uniform at my home station, then step into the "bunker pants" on the ground, and the backpack (85 Liter REI hiking pack) goes on and is like a backrest against the topcase. It's almost like riding 2 up, but the bag is very light and soft and rests on the seat. Bungeed down on the floorboard is my helmet, coat, and underneith is my PS3 in the laptop case (for netflix streaming in the evening).
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Here's where I roll up my shower shoes, washcloth and towel. I also have my work shoes and breakfast or snack foods for the day.
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Finally, in the topcase is my radio strap, SCBA facemask, ballcap, Ipod, and phone charger.
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Lucky for me, it's a small district with 10 fire houses close together. The most I'll have to ride like this is 6 miles each way.

Pretty impressive load, there, BSFF!

I've so far only hung a couple of grocery bags from my Bud's front hook. Just a couple of cans of coffee and some donuts. Not really worth bungeeing down, although I have both front and rear racks.

The only problem with using the hook for groceries is since I also have the cowl bars and passenger footpegs, there's not a lot of real estate left for my fat feet. Not quite as bad as BSFF's turnout coat taking up space, but my feet hang off the sides a little. I could try putting my feet up on the passenger pegs, but I'd look like a silly crotch-rocket wannabe They're a good bit higher than the stock footrests.

Plisar wrote:

Yup, love those bungee nets!

Bungee nets are the BEST. INVENTION. EVER!!!

That is all.

DirtyRAT wrote:

Plisar wrote: Yup, love those bungee nets!

and I thought I was hot shit getting $70 of Trader Joe's stuff into a Jannd messenger bag w/Bungee net onto my seat.

That's it! I'm getting racks for front and back on next non-rent paycheck. Hmmpfff...

Morena Blvd Costco parking lot, Plisar?

As strange as it sounds, if you can only swing one rack at a time get the front one first. I found that it somehow balanced the bike a bit better putting stuff on the front end. At least, it did for me on my old Stella.

Support your home-town grocer. Friday is donut day; get one dozen and get a half dozen free.


I'd get BoSa, but they cost lots more and the cheap bastards where I work ( )wouldn't pay half what they cost.

Duty free stop for Molson in Canada before crossing over into New York during Scooter Cannonball Run last year. Priorities...

And yes, that is a map duct taped to my handlebars. No GPS for me..

Karen G.

haah that white scooter you have is the same one that pride of cleveland has on display from a new york pizza place with a hot pad of the back

Seems that the most wasted space on a scooter is the floorboard area. This is also an excellent storage area due to the fact that a heavy big load will be low to the ground and won't cause any weight distribution problems, ie. overloaded rear cargo rack which can unweight the front wheel and cause squirley steering sensations!

I just ordered a yard of 60inch Cordura nylon 1000 online to enclose the scooter "tunnel" area to essentially make a big custom duffel bag. The front edge of the material will be hooked on by grommet holes to the front fairing and same for the rear end to fairing sides with enough material to flop over the top to conceal items. My feet will have enough room on the sides at the base of the U-shaped bag--kind of like stirrups on a horse. When I don't need the large storage, I will just unhook, fold and store in a pouch.

I have already made a fold-up 54 liter (50 % bigger than any expensive Givi trunk and a more efficient cube shape) cargo box from a standard Office Depot folding rolling crate. When not in use it is tied down with one bungee onto two 3/8 inch bolt studs (had to drill 2 holes into crate sides for studs to go up into). When needed, it opens up and is upright on a small plywood platform and held down to the two studs with 2 wingnuts. Even comes with a snap on cover that does not come off, even at 65 mph. When arrived at destination, simply reach down and spin off 2 wingnuts and place rolling crate on the ground, pull up telescoping handle and pull crate along as I walk. Best part- bought on sale for $20.

Plisar wrote:

OMG! I can't let Lagerhead know they have a giant box of Mac and Cheese out there!

peterenee1 wrote:Seems that the most wasted space on a scooter is the floorboard area.

Agreed. Sadly, I can't carry nearly as much in my Stella floorboard due to the brake. Even large carryout orders get in the way.

Would love to see pics of your setup when you've installed it!

thats some pretty cool storage ideas you have in here, gave me all the idea how i can use my scooter to transport food and groceries and all. I usually bring my car because i didn't have the right idea where i can place stuff in my scooter. bungee nets really come pretty hand!

love it

I've found it's very easy to take a large pizza on a GTV, especially with a bungee net.

Used to do it on my Scarabeo 50, but due to it being much skinnier, and me only having standard bungees instead of a net, the box tended to get crushed even if I only rode a few blocks.

Back in the late 90's I used to deliver pizzas for Domino's on my Tomos Targa, had over 100 deliveries! I used a sauce bucket lid to keep it sturdy in the hotbag and used bungee cords too keep in on the rack... only had to remake one pizza when I fell going up a dirt and gravel hill in a rain storm. Git paid .25 cents a mile, hourly, plus tips! I made a killing!

peterenee1 wrote:Seems that the most wasted space on a scooter is the floorboard area. This is also an excellent storage area due to the fact that a heavy big load will be low to the ground and won't cause any weight distribution problems, ie. overloaded rear cargo rack which can unweight the front wheel and cause squirley steering sensations!

I just ordered a yard of 60inch Cordura nylon 1000 online to enclose the scooter "tunnel" area to essentially make a big custom duffel bag. The front edge of the material will be hooked on by grommet holes to the front fairing and same for the rear end to fairing sides with enough material to flop over the top to conceal items. My feet will have enough room on the sides at the base of the U-shaped bag--kind of like stirrups on a horse. When I don't need the large storage, I will just unhook, fold and store in a pouch.

I have already made a fold-up 54 liter (50 % bigger than any expensive Givi trunk and a more efficient cube shape) cargo box from a standard Office Depot folding rolling crate. When not in use it is tied down with one bungee onto two 3/8 inch bolt studs (had to drill 2 holes into crate sides for studs to go up into). When needed, it opens up and is upright on a small plywood platform and held down to the two studs with 2 wingnuts. Even comes with a snap on cover that does not come off, even at 65 mph. When arrived at destination, simply reach down and spin off 2 wingnuts and place rolling crate on the ground, pull up telescoping handle and pull crate along as I walk. Best part- bought on sale for $20.

Love to see pics of both of these! Also, what do you think of those IKEA big blue shopping bags? I just got to thinkin' that one of those would probably work pretty well in the floorboard area...

phatch wrote: Also, what do you think of those IKEA big blue shopping bags? I just got to thinkin' that one of those would probably work pretty well in the floorboard area...

Hmmmm...... gotta give that some thought.
I'm guessing at first they may be too big, grab one stuff it with some miscellaneous 'stuff' in the garage and see.