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I think a woman got 40,000 miles on a Genuine Buddy . The trick to long life is simple , break in in right , keep the oil fresh and do not abuse it . I have had around 20 or 2T 49cc like Garelli , Puch , Tomos , several Hondas , a Spree . Elite , Express and Urban Express and they seem superior to most of the new scooters as far as reliability . Now the pedal mopeds are much slower and drag go up hill since they use a single speed chain drive instead of a CVT . The Urban Express I rode it mostly with a passenger and since I had so many I would have group rides on my toys . The Urban Express never once had anything done to it besides tires and brake shoes and one headlight . I rode the Spree for 2 years hard like any 18 year old would . I bought it wrecked and had to replace the forks and front tire . All it ever needed was tires later and shoes too . I was so used to Honda that when I bought a TaoTao Atm I had a meltdown when the piston cracked on the second day and blew up 6 weeks later . I put on a Air Sal 50mm BBK as I had no interest in another piston kit made out of butter and recycled pot metal .

After that nightmare I decided to research scooters before making another mistake . Yes I love Hondas but for that much money I could get a used Honda Civic or 600cc cruiser . What is funny is I joined SD right when the piston exploded ( 2nd time ) and posted a fuss on it and my scooter dealer replied not knowing it was me at the time and I thought it was ironic that I said you will get to see it Tuesday as they are closed on Mondays . I read reviews on the CFMoto Echarm and Glory which he tried to sell me to me the first time buy saying how much better they are but I only had a grand to spend as I hated putting 80 a week in gas in my van . So far I am at 15,300 miles with no problems and is still a beast as it is one of the fastest 150s ever .

Most run into trouble when they make a change to the exhaust or airfilter resulting in it being too lean and burn up the piston . Since the 50s are restricted a larger main jet or a unsealed carb is a safe mod and safer than being borderline lean with the factory settings . Now you can change roller weights and be fine as long as not too light to were the engines revs high too much or too heavy to where it strains going up hill . Change the engine oil and gear lube first thing before riding it and never go over 1,000 miles without changing the oil . Many replace the fuel line and vacuum hoses and fuel filter with common automotive fuel line and any standard fuel filter . I like the golden cones myself . Put a NGK sparkplug preferably iridium type but standard is good too as some come with a Torch brand of plug and NGK is the only brand to use