Bowing my head
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- Tam Tam
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Bowing my head
So, the Genuine Feel the Love tour stopped in our city today, and I test rode a 4t Stella...it was amazing!!! so smooth! so quiet! not bumbly rumbly and smelly! and fast too...I got my 2t for a fair amount less msrp from the shop, but during the test ride, and for about 5 minutes after, I was biting my lip, thinking, 'Aw hell, why didn't you spend the extra $$$' Those things are smooth as teflon silk with a big spread of butter...very very smooth.
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Re: stella
Yup. It gets smoother, but a tiny bit louder/deeper, and faster over the first 1500 miles or so.onedeed26 wrote:my stella is not so smooth yet, but it only has 100 miles on it..... will this improve over time?
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Did you SA guys go on the ride?
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I got there a little too late to test-ride the scoots, and sadly the Genuine crew had to take off for the next city (Corpus Christi) and didn't get to join us on the group ride. I did get to introduce myself and shake hands with the sponsors, though.ericalm wrote:Did you SA guys go on the ride?
But it was a good ride to a great eating spot. Glad to see Genuine getting out there and spreading the love.
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I thought about getting a four stroke Stella just for smoothness of ride too, but I figured that since everything else in the garage is a two stroke, might as well keep the trend going. Plus my friends are all two stroke fanatics and they would give me the stink eye. Are the four strokes more mellow, power-wise, or are they just as jumpy as the 2-strokes? I've driven a Bajaj and it was quite nice, good power without any attitude - wonder how it compares. Personally, I also own a Lambretta and a Sparta moped, so I think it's pretty obvious that I like sassy bikes. I also have a salty personality myself, so birds of a feather, right?
As for scoping out a 4T Stella, I know one dude in Ann Arbor who got a green one. I dunno if he goes out for scooter meetups, but I haven't gone to any sort of club rides in ages, since most of them don't accommodate for my chronically broke-down bikes and it's not really fun to get smoked by people with performance kits (the moped) or sit on the side of the road waiting for a friend with a truck (the lammy - duh!) and now that I've got the Stella maybe I will go hang, but I kinda view it like it's a humble compact car not a lovable pet that needs to be shown off!
As for scoping out a 4T Stella, I know one dude in Ann Arbor who got a green one. I dunno if he goes out for scooter meetups, but I haven't gone to any sort of club rides in ages, since most of them don't accommodate for my chronically broke-down bikes and it's not really fun to get smoked by people with performance kits (the moped) or sit on the side of the road waiting for a friend with a truck (the lammy - duh!) and now that I've got the Stella maybe I will go hang, but I kinda view it like it's a humble compact car not a lovable pet that needs to be shown off!
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