Modern Buddy

A few stock shots. Had dealer replace tires.

Front reflectors and Stella logos off. Do the reflectors on the rear bumper pull off or unscrew off?









Took off the fake spare cover to paint it. Satin Silver to match the rims and CVT? Or Satin Black to match the undercarriage? What do you think?

Looks fantastic!

For a new bike it looks nice. But since I am not a fan of the Stella look, this is so sparse looking. Definitely needs some bling. And if you do end up painting those covers, might I suggest a two tone look.

To each their own, Roughhouses are not my thing.

I'm referring to the plastic spare tire cover, not the cowls. I painted it silver and take a photo and see how it looks, otherwise I'll paint it black.

Down the road I could see swapping with someone that had another color of Stella for a two tone look (I would go red myself!)

The glossy black is really nice. I can't wait to hear more subjective reviews.

Is the faux spare wheel cover really necessary? Can it be run without the cover in place?

I'm sure you could run it without it, at least on a dry day, but it does shield a bunch of electronics, including the battery, so I put it back on. It's fully silver now and seems to blend in well with the wheels and contrast nicely with the 'black'.

After seeing it in place it does give it a two tone look. Definitely stick with the silver, it goes with the current color scheme and looks factory done.

The front reflectors are glued on and if left out in the sun they will fall off. The back ones are screwed in to the bumper....

Those white walls are SWEET. Definitely an item on my radar now.

Are those the K62 Continentals that you have on the Stella?
She sure is a beautiful looking scoot. I'm half tempted to trade in my 08 Stella for the new Stellauto.

A custom seat cover from Cheeky Seats.

a close-up of the sparkles in the new black paint

That seat cover looks fantastic along with the whitewalls.

Looking great! All of it.

I had no idea the paint was so sparkly

(makes me miss my whitewalls even more)

That seat cover is perfect! Such a classy ride.

ankdworak wrote:Are those the K62 Continentals that you have on the Stella?
She sure is a beautiful looking scoot. I'm half tempted to trade in my 08 Stella for the new Stellauto.

Yes, they are. From Scootworks.com

That seat cover is perfect! Such a classy ride.

Thanks, was actually looking for a Burberry plaid and this was the best I could do that was waterproof and not from China….Suzy from Cheeky Seats is great!

clayjo wrote:

ankdworak wrote:Are those the K62 Continentals that you have on the Stella?

Yes, they are. From Scootworks.com

I just looked at the price for those; about $100 each - OUCH! That strikes me as steep for such teeny little tires. Now… how to convince the wife I'll simply die without them?

$156 at scooterworks delivered for my pair.

clayjo wrote:$156 at scooterworks delivered for my pair.

Oh, lol, you wrote "scootworks" which is actually a website that has them. I should've guessed you really meant "scooterworks". Ok then, good, $156 shipped sounds a little more reasonable.

I like what I see.

Oh so Beautiful! One thing I would think about is switching out the tail light cover to something not so big.Or at least a black screen covering.

Just a thought as we all have our own unique taste.

I'm jealous!

Tim

That looks fantastic! I didn't realize the spare tire cover protected anything. I took mine off yesterday. Now I might paint it black with some of that specifically-for-plastic spray paint and reattach. I bet the auto is nice, and that you do not have a huge blister on the inside of your thumb right now.

I took mine off as well. Only had one drenching ride but reconsidering the
paint option. Thanks.