Question for you scooter enthusiasts - Beyond Tiki

K Kanaka Member Atlanta Joined: Jun 02, 2003 Posts: 402	K Kanaka Posted posted on Fri, Dec 5, 2003 12:39 PM Bajaj was Piaggio's India distributor. Rather than building them in Italy and shipping them to India they set up manufacturing in India using some sub-standard cheaper parts (epecially the ignition system). Bajaj still owns the frame and body stampings and continues to make, sell, and export their variant of the P-series Vespa. The Stella scooters are awsome!!! They are 2 stroke and yes, they do have a catalytic converter(to my knowledge the only 2 stroke road legal machine over 50cc with a cat.) I haven't been involved in the scooter scene for a few years but from my memory in California, any 2 stroke over 50cc is banned from road use-period. So unless a law is changed or you get a 4 stroke scooter, your out of luck. As I said, I'm not up to date in scooter reading and research but that was the way it was 3-4 years ago. http://www.vespasupershop.com http://www.lambretta.net http://www.scootrs.com as well as Genuine Scooters are all good places to get vintage scooters that are legal in California. http://www.scootrs.com will even build you one with disk brakes and electric start just like the Stella. Scotty

Bajaj was Piaggio's India distributor. Rather than building them in Italy and shipping them to India they set up manufacturing in India using some sub-standard cheaper parts (epecially the ignition system). Bajaj still owns the frame and body stampings and continues to make, sell, and export their variant of the P-series Vespa. The Stella scooters are awsome!!! They are 2 stroke and yes, they do have a catalytic converter(to my knowledge the only 2 stroke road legal machine over 50cc with a cat.) I haven't been involved in the scooter scene for a few years but from my memory in California, any 2 stroke over 50cc is banned from road use-period. So unless a law is changed or you get a 4 stroke scooter, your out of luck. As I said, I'm not up to date in scooter reading and research but that was the way it was 3-4 years ago.
http://www.vespasupershop.com
http://www.lambretta.net
http://www.scootrs.com
as well as Genuine Scooters are all good places to get vintage scooters that are legal in California. http://www.scootrs.com will even build you one with disk brakes and electric start just like the Stella.
Scotty

Post #63494 by Kanaka on Fri, Dec 5, 2003 12:39 PM