Also pushing inward while turning to the left actuates the seat release. There is an “off” position, an “on” position just to the right and a “lock” position to the left that can be actuated with the steering turned to the left. The main switch has three positions with one performing two functions. No tachometer, or clock, or other “extras”. There is an engine light and left turn signal indicator on the left side and a high beam and right turn signal indicator on the right side. The speedometer cluster gives you the basics in an easy to view at-a-glance pod that also integrates well into the design of the scooter. One of the reasons for the popularity of the Buddy scooters is their well thought out features. That’s with my robust ( 220 pounds) figure on a scooter that should only improve as it breaks in (the scooter, not my robust figure). I also did a “parkway” run – minimal starts and stops and consistent lower speeds of about 35 MPH maximum and saw 92 MPG. Again, this scooter isn’t broken in yet and I got 87.5 MPG on hard riding including some higher speed runs. After break-in, there’s probably a bit more there.įuel economy was very good. On a fairly level run, I got it up to a GPS verified 63 MPH. As such, I didn’t really spend a lot of time exploring the upper reaches of speed. This scooter was new with only a couple of hundred miles on it, so it’s NOT broken in. In exactly 10 miles of riding, the Buddy 170i odometer indicates 10.2 miles. I do a couple of measured distance tests, tracking both what the odometer indicates for distance covered and what the GPS unit shows. That is to say when the speedometer indicates 40 MPH the actual speed is 35 MPH. GPS verified testing is a regular part of our review process and the Genuine Buddy 170i has a speedometer that is quite optimist at 14% plus. I frequent a local gas station at the corner near my house on a lot of different scooters and I’m thinking of printing up cards for each one that I can just hand out to people who ask: “This scooter gets 80 miler per gallon, has a top speed of 70 miles per hour and costs about $4,000” … or whatever.
#Buddy 125 battery plus#
In addition to “How much does it cost?” ( $3,299 plus freight, fees & taxes), speed and fuel economy are the most commonly asked questions about scooters. Paul who had just purchased a silver Buddy 170i and very graciously allowed us to borrow it for this review. Fate intervened in the form of Cari from St. They have been VERY popular with customers and Scooterville, our usual source for Genuine Scooters, was sold out. We’ve wanted to review one for months, but getting a Buddy 170i turned out to be tougher than one might expect. All the Buddy models are built by PGO of Taiwan for Genuine. At this point, the 170i will replace the 150cc versions. Both 150cc Buddy models are limited to what is currently available. The picture below shows the four iterations of the 4-stroke Buddy, the solid color 125cc, the International 2-tone 150cc, the flat black performance 150cc Blackjack and now the new 170i. This year Genuine brings us the Buddy 170i with a 168cc 4-stroke oil-cooled fuel injected power plant. The 50cc 2-stroke version has remained in the line up and a 150cc 4-stroke had been added in the forms of the Buddy International and the performance oriented Buddy Blackjack. Introduced in 2006 in a 50cc 2-stroke version as well as a 125cc 4-stroke, the very next year saw evolution in the form of a larger, brighter headlight. Like any good product line, the Buddy has evolved over the years. It’s cute, it works very well, there are lots of available accessories and it’s well supported. There is a rabidly enthusiastic owners group ( and the Buddy is cropping up in popular media all over the place. Ask anybody who owns one, the Genuine Buddy is ( probably) the most popular scooter in the country.
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