Image courtesy of The Genuine Scooter Company.

Detroit Examiner has broken the news that the US debut of the new four stroke Genuine Scooter Company Stella has hit another hitch.

The initial import of the new Stellas has been held up for some time by US Customs. This was surprising given that the prototype model had been inspected and passed by the EPA earlier in the year.

Now, it would seem, we have finally gotten to the bottom of the delay. The initial shipment of Stellas from Indian manufacturer LML did not follow the US specifications established by the prototype. No doubt a genuine mix up at the factory given that LML are shipping the new four stroke in a number of guises around the world with subtle changes to meet local guidelines.

Genuine Scooters is now in the process of returning the shipment to India to bring the bikes in line with the EPA’s requirements. A dealer email uncovered by the Detroit Scooter Examiner revealed that the shipment of bikes had…

“… errors that are not consistent with the original specifications provided to the EPA during the original certification process. The original specifications were not carried out properly in the first production run of Stella. The errors are non-mechanical and easily resolved”

The Genuine Scooter Company suffered two violations as a result of the mix up which is particularly unfortunate given the errors were neither safety nor environmentally related.

Unfortunately this means that early adopters who have put down money on the first shipment of Stellas will now have to wait until sometime in the “late fall.” If there’s any good news in all this, it’s that other international incarnations of the four stroke have been arriving in Europe and Asia to very positive reviews.

Credit goes to Scootin’ Old Skool for unearthing the news.

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