Just wanted to stop by and say hello to everyone and to share a few pictures of my recent purchase. Last week, I picked up this 2003 Stella scooter with roughly 10,000 miles on it. I paid $850 dollars, I hope I did okay.
I had initially thought of buying a freshly rebuilt Honda Elite 150cc scooter in the same price range, but the aesthetics and the 'all-metal' construction of this classic scooter was what really won me over. It's built like a military TANK.
Nevertheless, I am working on getting a motorcycle endorsement. So in the meantime, I just ride it around my gated community to become accustomed to cruisin' again. The bike runs like a top and starts right up hassle free with the 'kicker' or the electric starter.
Does anyone have a specific recommendation for a good set of white-wall tires? I'd like to pick up a set of 'moon' hubcaps too.
JohnKiniston wrote:Get a set of these http://www.sip-scootershop.com/en/produ ... 0_79524000 and you should be able to use them with any tire you like. Then your not limited to the couple kinds of whitewalls out there.
Good idea! I didn't know there was such a thing. Thanks John.
for cheap, you can pick up a sito+ exhaust (easy as pie to install), drill some holes above the jets in the air filter (size can be found on the above forum), remove the blue (de-bluing) OR the white filter on the air filter (also quite easy), buy some GGR hot reeds to replace the stock reeds on the reed-block (a little more complicated but even a noob like me can figure out removing the carb stack), and go with a bald john jetting setup.
These are all small mods that don't majorly change the bike but you can also do big things like awesome exhausts and kits.
double-o-soul wrote:if what you say about how she runs is true, that's a freakign STEAL. jealous man.
Previous owner lives almost 40 miles away. I called him up and explained that I wanted to come by to check it out, but had no way of bringing it back home in my vehicle if I were to buy it. However, he said 'that's okay', he'd drive it to my house as long as I gave him a ride back. So, I had him put the bike through a lengthy road test as he followed me home before I surrendered the cash.
Nevertheless, I kept my speed to roughly 50-55 mph, up some winding roads and was really surprised to see him maintaining a consistent distance behind me. It was then that I knew the bike was worth buying as there are no signs of road rash or scrapes anywhere along the body. He even threw in the black helmet sitting on it in the picture above which I thought was pretty cool of him to do so at no extra charge. Come Monday, I'm going to register it at DMV as the tags are set to expire by the end of this month. Not sure how much to expect with the addition of tags, title transfer, and registration, I hope it isn't too expensive here in Washington.
double-o-soul wrote:do you plan on doing any work to it?
you should check out some of these links if you want some simple things you can do to unleash some potential for cheap: http://www.scootercentral.net/forums/viewforum.php?f=15
for cheap, you can pick up a sito+ exhaust (easy as pie to install), drill some holes above the jets in the air filter (size can be found on the above forum), remove the blue (de-bluing) OR the white filter on the air filter (also quite easy), buy some GGR hot reeds to replace the stock reeds on the reed-block (a little more complicated but even a noob like me can figure out removing the carb stack), and go with a bald john jetting setup.
These are all small mods that don't majorly change the bike but you can also do big things like awesome exhausts and kits.
I'm going to give it a good pressure wash, polish, change the fluids, and go from there. If I can, I'd like to bring it back to 'showroom' condition.
Thanks for the tips and the link as I'm sure they'll come in handy as I progress. I really appreciate it.
Congratulations on a great buy! I've read of too many problems immediately after a pressure wash so I'd skip that if I was you. I used the K&N filter cleaner myself on the dirty greasy areas of my bike, worked great with just a quick spray of K&N and a gentle scrub with a cheap brush, gently flush with a hose and then I use my blower to dry everything off.
psssniper wrote:Congratulations on a great buy! I've read of too many problems immediately after a pressure wash so I'd skip that if I was you. I used the K&N filter cleaner myself on the dirty greasy areas of my bike, worked great with just a quick spray of K&N and a gentle scrub with a cheap brush, gently flush with a hose and then I use my blower to dry everything off.
Seems like most of the gunk is on the rear wheel. Looks like a combination of road dust and some oil coming from the 2-stoke. However, I like the blower idea, I'll try to avoid the pressure washer on anything electrical in the future.
Once again, I really appreciate the tips coming from the community as I am new to this brand of scooter. Thanks sniper.
i saw this one on the seattle clist for a while, got a good deal seemingly, if i had a trailer i would of bought it, the 6 hour scoot ride from seattle to portland seemed a little too crazy
