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Rubber
Let's talk rubber folks (excluding tires).
Which rubber pieces did you need to/decide to/want to replace on day 1? What about over your current ownership of the scooter?
Have you found the replacement items to be of the same quality or higher?
What have you done to try to preserve the various rubber bits to extend their useful life?
Which items do you consider to be absolutely critical to replace?
Which rubber pieces did you need to/decide to/want to replace on day 1? What about over your current ownership of the scooter?
Have you found the replacement items to be of the same quality or higher?
What have you done to try to preserve the various rubber bits to extend their useful life?
Which items do you consider to be absolutely critical to replace?
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The boots are the only thing I've replaced so far from scooter works and so far they are better than the OEM ones. I also have started to park the bike in the back underneath my canopy and under a motorcycle cover. I'd like to replace some of the rubber covering the wires next visit to my dealer. hopefully Lee @ Beach City Mopeds and Scooters will have them...
I really do like my Stella though and I think they did a good dealer prep on it but it's just where I live. It's too dry for both me and the scoot...
I really do like my Stella though and I think they did a good dealer prep on it but it's just where I live. It's too dry for both me and the scoot...
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My battery strap is long gone, replaced.
Center stand boots replaced with metal.
I've replaced the grips. Newer Stellas come with much better ones.
The piece that holds the neutral light wire in the back of the shifter is gone!
The rubber around the ignition is cracked.
Cowl rubbers and most others doing well. All was doing well when I was more diligent about keeping the scoot clean and using a UV protectant every coupe months, but I've slacked off!
Center stand boots replaced with metal.
I've replaced the grips. Newer Stellas come with much better ones.
The piece that holds the neutral light wire in the back of the shifter is gone!
The rubber around the ignition is cracked.
Cowl rubbers and most others doing well. All was doing well when I was more diligent about keeping the scoot clean and using a UV protectant every coupe months, but I've slacked off!
Eric // LA Scooter Meetup Group // Stella 4T // Vespa LX // Vespa LXS // Honda Helix // some, uh, projects…
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my brown grips have lost their color and are now almost clear... they are also super sticky when the sun hits them and they are making my gloves stick and leave black leather residue which makes them look super dirty...quen047 wrote:I had SFSC replace the stock brown grips (as seen in my avatar) with black Vespa PX grips at the 1st service as mine started to melt in the fog (?) VERY quickly.
need to find some other faux leather brown ones to replace them with...
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My shop replaced mine with new black ones under warranty after the brown ones got clear and gummy.Spiffy wrote:my brown grips have lost their color and are now almost clear... they are also super sticky when the sun hits them and they are making my gloves stick and leave black leather residue which makes them look super dirty...quen047 wrote:I had SFSC replace the stock brown grips (as seen in my avatar) with black Vespa PX grips at the 1st service as mine started to melt in the fog (?) VERY quickly.
need to find some other faux leather brown ones to replace them with...