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Post by knoxville363 on Sept 22, 2011 5:48:02 GMT -6
 I was on my way home from work just now. I thought it was funny that this guy driving a scooter in front of me was easily 250+ lbs and his scooter looked quite small for his size. I have a 2007 Bashan Eagle 150cc. We were both at the red light. We were NOT racing either obviously since he was in front of me. He had me easily by 10+ mph. I was amazed on how fast his scooter was going especially with man of his size. I saw him before and the scooter emblem on the side was a BUDDY. The tires and the overall size of the scooter was smaller than mine so I doubt it was a 250cc. Anyone have any idea on what type of scooter this was (besides BUDDY) and how it was possible for him to be going that much faster than me. I doubt he was driving WOT either. I was traveling at least 45 mph and he was at least 10 car lengths ahead of me by the time I reached 45.
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Post by runningslow on Sept 22, 2011 11:40:57 GMT -6
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Post by Bashan on Sept 23, 2011 2:52:28 GMT -6
The Genuine/Buddys are made by PGO in Taiwan hence the upper tier construction. Some of them are EFI which would account for the performance enhancements. The engine appears to be a GY6 although it may be a variation on this. Here's one of their service manuals if you'd like to peruse through it. Rich
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Post by knoxville363 on Sept 23, 2011 5:44:53 GMT -6
I was just blown away.....thanks for the information guys. I was just jealous...wish my scoot would perform like that :*(
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Post by Bashan on Sept 24, 2011 4:21:41 GMT -6
If you compare price tags you wouldn't be so jealous. This is from Motorcycle USA: At $3499, the Black Jack retails right in the middle of its competition - $700 less than a comparable Vespa S150 but $600 more than the Piaggio Fly 150 and Yamaha Vino 125. Feel better now?  Rich
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Post by kz1000st on Sept 24, 2011 5:43:55 GMT -6
Go him one better. I saw an ad once in Craigslist where a guy listed all the OTD expenses for his standard Buddy 150. It started out at $3200 and by the time he paid for freight, title, tax and registration from the dealer it was about $3800. I could buy a fleet of online Chinese scoots for that. That's why a CF Moto E-Charm or Kymco Super 8 makes so much more sense to me.
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Rich