Modern Buddy

So... For some reason, my 2009 Avacado Stella came without whitewall tires. I remember asking the dealership about it, they said they didn't know why it didn't come out of the crate with the advertised whitewalls.

Anybody hear of this? Not a big deal, but I'm curious.

I didn't know that any of them came stock with whitewalls. My black '09 didn't come with whitewalls.

my bet is that some one wanted whit walls on a color that didnt have white walls and they swaped them out
only certain colors come with white walls
red black and orange came with black walls
advacado and the babay blue came with white walls

My '09 avocado Stella also came without whitewalls, and when I asked they said Genuine stopped sending them like that - they didn't know why.

I like the look without the whitewalls anyway...

I don't mind the look at all, looks less flamboyant and more utilitarian without.

I was just wondering if anybody else experienced this. Looks like at least 1 person has...

Yup, no whitewalls on mine either.

All of our 2009 Avocado Stella were received with Black walls.

Anybody know why?

My understanding was that they replaced the white walled Shino tires (which generally had very bad reviews) with a better tire that has more grip/longer wear and better reviews.

I could be wrong. It could also have been a supply issue. I just seem to recall hearing about the tire change from my local shop as an "upgrade".

i used to have the italia buddy and i must say that i like the look without whitewalled tires better. when i bought the avocado stella, my dealer just said they weren't doing white-walls any longer.

i would have to say the stock white walls that came on my 08 were good for shit the back was bald with less the 4000 miles

Some of the shinko white walls were an eighth of an inch to wide so the sidewalls of the shock side would rub the shock mount on the motor. I think genuine made a mid year change of the tire supplier and solved the problem. So some built before the change would have the shinkos ones built after went back to continentals or something like that. Also early on when the factory solved the labor strike, the spark plugs were the wrong ones, so the piston would slap the top of the plug. Both were put out in service bulletins from genuine to dealers.

I think it's just to make it look more like some kind of military surplus scooter, schweet!

jmkjr72 wrote:i would have to say the stock white walls that came on my 08 were good for shit the back was bald with less the 4000 miles

Are you rotating your tires? Have 6000 miles on my original whitewalls and they still have a few miles left on them.

i didnt think i would need to do anything with them at less then 4000 miles
but yes i rotated the bald bad boy out to the spare location
you got to remeber that i only had 2 months of scooting on olive before the wreck

tbonestone wrote:Some of the shinko white walls were an eighth of an inch to wide so the sidewalls of the shock side would rub the shock mount on the motor. I think genuine made a mid year change of the tire supplier and solved the problem. So some built before the change would have the shinkos ones built after went back to continentals or something like that. Also early on when the factory solved the labor strike, the spark plugs were the wrong ones, so the piston would slap the top of the plug. Both were put out in service bulletins from genuine to dealers.

Yes, I bought Shtinko whitewalls for my '05 a few years ago. The rubbing on the back wheel caused a groove that ate through the white. So it ended up being a whitewall with a black stripe in the middle of it.

I'll never do whitewalls again. It only looks good when you first put them on.