Stella 4T Polini Pipe Spotted

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Stella 4T Polini Pipe Spotted

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Spotted at Amerivespa. Unfortunately, I never got to talk to the owner (Missouri plates) about it. But it's out there… somewhere… And I think it looks hot!
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That would be Jimmbomb, I'm pretty sure. Here's his installation writeup: topic18745.html#236114
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PeteH wrote:That would be Jimmbomb, I'm pretty sure. Here's his installation writeup: topic18745.html#236114
Yup.

This quote was a bummer:
Theres' no video cause the thing is as quite as a church mouse farting. I think the stock exhaust is louder than this. Im a bit disapointed in the sound..
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If you saw a cream white with MO plates.. it could have been me... I was there Wednesday thru Saturday nite.. with a gutted Polini. I've since cut it open and removed a bunch of crap& welded it.back together and removed all the packing from the silencer...
Much louder now... wait till after Saturday.. I have one more mod to do... then ill make a vid with sound.
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jimmbomb wrote:If you saw a cream white with MO plates.. it could have been me... I was there Wednesday thru Saturday nite.. with a gutted Polini.
Do tell...
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jimmbomb wrote:If you saw a cream white with MO plates.. it could have been me... I was there Wednesday thru Saturday nite.. with a gutted Polini. I've since cut it open and removed a bunch of crap& welded it.back together and removed all the packing from the silencer...
Much louder now... wait till after Saturday.. I have one more mod to do... then ill make a vid with sound.
Sorry I missed meeting you! I saw your ride several times, but didn't see you with it, save for your back as you were leaving for one of the outings. I'd even asked a few other MB members/Stella riders to holler if they saw you! :)

I'm not as interested in noise with the pipe as performance. Would love to hear of any changes/improvements.
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"Do Tell"

Ha....... see my prior post that's been edited....
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Well... like Eric, I'm far more interested in how the unmodded Polini pipe affected performance. I don't need or want loud.
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Well Eric... Im sad that I missed meeting you.
What color is your 4t? I only saw one other one & it was slate blue.
It belonged to a gal from San Antonio, TX.. We all talked quite a bit.
Her Husband was on an Orange 2t Stella.
Yours must have slipped passed me somehow.

Ericalm and Silverstreak.

Im sorry that i cannot give any info about the performance using this pipe.
You see, I have only 520 mIles on the bike & I am STILL breaking the motor, clutch and tranny IN.
I m taking it up higher & higher rpm's in all gears the more miles I rack up.
So,in effect.. Im still kinda babying it.
I have nothing to use as a base to compare to for performance gains/losses.
Im waiting for 8-900 miles before I really floor the sucker.
Sorry.... I put the pipe on with 300 miles on the ODO... so I was still kinds creeping along..
good luck
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jimmbomb wrote:Well Eric... Im sad that I missed meeting you.
What color is your 4t? I only saw one other one & it was slate blue.
It belonged to a gal from San Antonio, TX.. We all talked quite a bit.
Her Husband was on an Orange 2t Stella.
Yours must have slipped passed me somehow.
I met the couple from San Antonio; really nice guys who lurk here on MB. Are you guys reading this? Say hi. Hope you're well!

I was riding a loaner Buddy Italia for the weekend. No way to get my scoot out from SoCal. Wish I could have ridden, but it would have taken too much time.
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There you are! That's MB Moderator polianarchy on the orange Stella to your right.
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ericalm wrote:Image
There you are! That's MB Moderator polianarchy on the orange Stella to your right.
Yay! Yes, that's me riding ModBud member lmyers' not-so-Evil Orange 2T Stella. Thanks again, Laura! :D
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ericalm wrote:I met the couple from San Antonio; really nice guys who lurk here on MB. Are you guys reading this? Say hi. Hope you're well!
I'm not sick but I'm not well. ;) It was great meeting y'all. *Goes back to stalking polianarchy.
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devojones wrote:
ericalm wrote:I met the couple from San Antonio; really nice guys who lurk here on MB. Are you guys reading this? Say hi. Hope you're well!
I'm not sick but I'm not well. ;) It was great meeting y'all. *Goes back to stalking polianarchy.
Did you just drop Harvey Danger lyrics?

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ericalm wrote:
devojones wrote:
ericalm wrote:I met the couple from San Antonio; really nice guys who lurk here on MB. Are you guys reading this? Say hi. Hope you're well!
I'm not sick but I'm not well. ;) It was great meeting y'all. *Goes back to stalking polianarchy.
Did you just drop Harvey Danger lyrics?

I'm all over the place in this thread. ADD, FTW.
This is relevant to my interests! And don't worry, I have an odd habit of derailing threads. Its one of the reasons I lurk. :P
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I just got some email spam from ScooterWorks announcing availability of Stella 4T performance parts from Pinasco:

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Looks nice, but really steep price: $499.99 for the pipe and $257.99 for the 21mm carb kit.
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Let me know if you spot this.... up-date.

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I did indeed, Jim. Great work!
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