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So, if this is a bad thing then it's totally not my fault. If it's cool, then it was completely intentional and you can all be jealous.

The local Chinese scooter dealer that I bought my first ride from got ahold of me last week to come look at a bike. He said it was an old Stella that he took in from a kid who was moving and just wanted to get rid of it. He thought it might make a nice parts bike for my '79 P200E.

Well, the first thing that I noticed is that it had been painted Ford engine block blue with a brush and a roller. Yeah ... not a deal breaker for parts, though. The next thing I noticed is that it wouldn't start. Yeah ... maybe a deal breaker. It wasn't stuck, though. We pulled the shroud off and the NEXT thing I see is a 4T engine.

Just out of curiosity, we opened the carb and juiced it a little. It fired right up. It actually sounded good. Until it stopped, of course.

So, here I am looking at a bike and ... wait ... the odometer says 670. Literally less than 700 miles on the bike. He showed me the title. The kid was the original owner. I have the 2012 title from the dealer where it was purchased new with the kid's name on it. I told Jason that even with low miles I couldn't justify buying a bike with crap paint and very few parts that I can actually use. I have plenty of projects.

I asked him how much he had into it. He said he gave the kid $200 for it and I could have it for $250.

So now I can't not buy it. I brought the carb home Saturday and pulled it apart. I even did some polishing on the intake tube. It was an awful casting. I figured it couldn't hurt.

Yesterday I put the carb back on and she fired right up. I rode it around the parking lot and the cables felt good. Even the neutral light works. I put insurance on it today and hopefully a plate is today or tomorrow.

So now I have a four stroke Stella in the herd. I have all kinds of curiosities now. What kind of mileage will I get compared to my Chinese 150 with the CVT? How fast will the Genuine 150 with four gears push me? Will I like it so much that I decide not to resell it and turn a profit (the plan as it stands)?



I brought it home yesterady, did very limited tweaking and rode it around the block. When I hit 4th I looked down and the speedo said 60. Everything feels smooth and tight, as it should. It’s essentially a new bike.

I have a lot of things to consider now. We own 4.5 scooters. I have to insure and tag four of them. I’m really afraid I’m going to like this one.

Good advice. The old one was spiral wrapped and sleeved. If the new one isn't I might just do that.. I didn't actually see where the leak was. All I know is that the hose was wet above the pressure fitting at the wheel, so it was in the line somewhere.

Hey, read THIS THREAD.

I have a 2013 ZNEN 150, and I ran into a problem with belt sizing. This is the belt I'm using and the one I have as a spare.



Hope that helps.

I have the same bike with just shy of 6k miles. Great ride.

You say it happens only at WOT? Do you have an inline fuel filter you could swap out?

Also, one of the early things that we did with mine was up-jet the carb. The 150s - from what I hear - are under-jetted. I haven't had any issues and cruise at 50-55 all day.

Keep us posted. I hope it's a simple fix.

Let me tell you about my ride Saturday. I took
the ZNEN out (solo) because I'd been in a little bit of a funk and
wanted to clear my head. It was a beautiful ride. I was on my way home
after about 40 miles of back roads when it started to rain. I thought,
"I'm really glad I put my windshield back on for this ride. I'll be ok".
I had even treated it with Rain X, so vision wasn't a problem. Then I
heard the pop and lost all power. My drive belt broke. Did I mention it
was raining?



Fortunately, I carry a tool kit and a spare belt. "I'll be ok", I
thought to myself. I pulled over, got out my tool kit, removed the CVT
cover and realized that the spare belt the dealer had sold me was about
five inches too long. Did I mention that it was raining? Oh, and my
socket set went up to 14mm. The variator nut ... 16mm.



I called the dealer, who was already closed. Fortunately, it's a
small place and the number is Jason's (the owner) cell phone. He
answered and I explained what had happened. He had one of his techs run
into the shop and, based on the few numbers I could decipher from the
chunks of rubber I had pulled out of my CVT, put the proper belt in the
mailbox.



I called my wife and asked her to swing by the shop, grab my bigger
toolbox and meet me by my paralyzed bike. I really wish the rain would
stop.



About half an hour later, my wife arrived with the belt. She
remembered to bring our dog but forgot ... the toolbox. Actually, in her
defense, she remembered to put the toolbox in the truck, but at the
last minute decided, because of where I was located, to bring her car
because it was easier to park alongside the road. Aaaand forgot to
transfer the toolbox.



So, as the sun began to set, she ran to Walmart, leaving me once again stranded by my bike, to buy a set of sockets.



I successfully finished the job and we made it home around 9:00 last
night. I say successfully, but I didn't bother putting the cover back on or the bike together. That all went in the trunk and I finished up the job on Sunday. If I had actually had the right socket and the right belt that
two hour plus ordeal would have been half an hour tops.

Guess what size spare belt I now have and which socket went in my tool kit.

We were good here in Michigan all through November. We dipped down into the 20s, but without any snow.

As it is now we have a good 10" of standing snow on the garage roof and all of the secondary roads are snow/slush covered and slippery. I haven't ridden since the snow began to fall. Once there's a chance for ice to be on the roads in the morning (we've had a few mornings with sub double digit wind chills) I appreciate the fact that I also love to drive my car.

That and the fact that even if the temps get up to the point where the snow and ice are melting it turns the roads into a slurry of concentrated salt water keep me off two wheels until things really start drying up.

This was me just playing around with a GoPro last summer. Enjoy. I did.