4T Stella for first scooter

arnette · Post by **arnette** » Mon Apr 27, 2015 3:25 am

I've owned a carb motorcycle before and the thing was a pain as I rode it infrequently. The carb would get all gummed up, etc.

Now I see that someone is selling a sweet 4T Stella shifty in town that's in great condition, low miles and fairly cheap. How much of a pain are one of these to own?

I don't mind the occasional tweaking but if I don't ride for 2 weeks am I going to go through the rough idle/full choke thing all the time?

Neurotic-Hapi-Snak · Post by **Neurotic-Hapi-Snak** » Mon Apr 27, 2015 3:57 am

Not much of a pain at all. You shouldn't have any problems with the carb with the little amount of inactivity.

arnette · Post by **arnette** » Mon Apr 27, 2015 4:17 am

Neurotic-Hapi-Snak wrote:Not much of a pain at all. You shouldn't have any problems with the carb with the little amount of inactivity.

Ha, that's weird. It's the same year and color as yours!
Thanks for your comment. I'm hoping they're easy to work on and maintain, but the local scoot shop guy started to make me doubt.

Stitch · Post by **Stitch** » Mon Apr 27, 2015 12:24 pm

Use a fuel additive if you have to run gas with ethanol. I've had good luck with startron, and there are a bunch of other ones out there.

Neurotic-Hapi-Snak · Post by **Neurotic-Hapi-Snak** » Mon Apr 27, 2015 4:37 pm

arnette wrote:
Neurotic-Hapi-Snak wrote:Not much of a pain at all. You shouldn't have any problems with the carb with the little amount of inactivity.
Ha, that's weird. It's the same year and color as yours!
Thanks for your comment. I'm hoping they're easy to work on and maintain, but the local scoot shop guy started to make me doubt.

He probably wants to sell you a scooter.

arnette · Post by **arnette** » Tue Apr 28, 2015 2:53 am

Welp, checked out the Stella and it was a beauty. In the end, though, decided I wanted a twist-and-go.

So now the question becomes... Buddy 125 or 170i?

JohnKiniston · Post by **JohnKiniston** » Tue Apr 28, 2015 3:58 am

I recommend the 170 for the fuel injection.

arnette · Post by **arnette** » Tue Apr 28, 2015 5:43 am

JohnKiniston wrote:I recommend the 170 for the fuel injection.

Yeah thinking that myself. But it's a $600 more expensive. Is FI worth a six hundred bucks? And the underseat storage is less

Still cruising the Craigslist ads in the area. There are 3 Buddys available but the owners are nuts. They want so much!

JohnKiniston · Post by **JohnKiniston** » Tue Apr 28, 2015 4:28 pm

Never having to clean the carburetor and not having to wait for the bike to warm up is worth $600 over the lifetime of the bike for me.

From riding club members bikes the 125 and the 170 both will go about as fast, the 170 will get to speed quicker and feel a bit smoother while doing so.

I also like that the 170 has an oil cooler that the 125 doesn't, For long rides that means the engine should be cooler overall.

Neurotic-Hapi-Snak · Post by **Neurotic-Hapi-Snak** » Tue Apr 28, 2015 7:12 pm

arnette wrote:Welp, checked out the Stella and it was a beauty. In the end, though, decided I wanted a twist-and-go.

What's the problem, you not cool enough for a manual?