Fuel for Genuine Buddy 125
 

In some reviews I have read, when it comes to the proper fuel recommendation. some of them say "regular" for the fuel required. Are the Buddy 125 built different than others, or was that a misstatement?

I googled that question ("what type gas for scooter") and there were many hits. The link below from that list is one from Scoot Dawg 2012 which answers it I think although it does not specifically mention Genuine Buddy.

http://scootdawg.proboards.com/threa...as-scooter-use

Thanks Ozo...guess the confusion is between east & west..

A quick check told me that your 125cc Buddy, has the same 9.2:1 compression ratio as my Chinese GY6 157QMJ engine. So it isn't built that much different.

My suggestion would be to run non-ethanol gas. In our area (Western NY), it is almost all 91 octane. Now, I know it is about $.60 more per gallon than an ethanol/gas blend 87 octane, but well worth it to me. In the 2,608 miles my scoot and I covered last summer, I used 31.3 gallons on gas.....so the higher priced, non-ethanol gas, added $18.78 to my operating cost for the whole year.

This link will help anyone find real gas, no matter where you are in the USA.

http://www.pure-gas.org

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Thanks for the link to pure-gas.org. I used it to find non-ethanol gas near me (Titusville, Fl) ; however, it seems to be outdated because the Exon station on the list near me no longer has non-ethanol gas but is now 10% ethanol.
EDIT: Oops. I was wrong. That station does carry non-ethanol gas (unbranded).

Ozo, if you find one listed, that no longer sells non-ethanol gas, you can remove it. Then on the flip side.....if you happen on a station selling it, that is not listed, you can add it.

I have always run regular gas in my Buddy 125 with no problems. Scooters that require higher octane fuels will normally have a decal near the gas cap saying so.
Engines with higher compression ratios require higher octane fuel.

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Mine tells me 91 octane. I do agree if u can find fuel without Ethanol that would be best. It is murder on Diaphragms in the Carb and on Fuel lines.

There is a Mobil station in W.Melbourne Fla that has a sign in front that actually says that it has no ethanol.:clap::yay::yay: Irish:scoot::nuts:

So is it reasonable to expect a Gy6 150 should get and average of about 70 MPG? If you stay out of the throttle?

In Michigan vendors are required to tag pumps that have ethanol in the fuel. I run Shell premium in my GY6 150 (no ethanol) 2.80 a gallon isn't gonna break the bank when you have .9 gallon tank LOL

I read that 91 octane in China is much lower than 91 octane in US so regular gas is ok. Still I am using non-ethanol. The guy at my local scooter shop said that I should not use ethanol gas now as the two do not mix well and it may plug my filter if I do that.