The big news from the floor of the Indianapolis Dealer Expo is that the upcoming 4-stroke version of Genuine Scooter Company’s popular Stella will remain at $3,599. That’s the same as the 2-stroke 2009 version.

The lucky Scottish scooterists over at Vivo Scooterists in Edinburgh recently got to try out the LML Star 4, the European incarnation of the Indian Vespa Clone, soon to be re-badged here in the USA as the 4-stroke Stella by Chicago’s Genuine Scooter Company.

The headline says it all. A very tidy looking white Stella up for grabs with less than 4K on the clock at a nice round $2,000. The seller is leaving the country so their loss could be your gain.

A seller in Fresh Meadows, Queens has a serviceable black 2005 Stella up for grabs with just 1130 miles on the clock. It has some electrical gremlins but sounds like it just needs either a new battery or five minutes of a trained eye.

I can’t believe we haven’t posted this before, but we’re posting it now before the ’09 riding season is over for good. Scooter-news.com has a great review of the Stella, Chicago’s re-badging of the Indian LML Star, the sister bike to a P-series Vespa.

Chicago’s Genuine Scooter Company has announced its holiday offer, “Dressed for the Holidays.” Buy any new Genuine Scooter from a participating dealer before December 31st and receive a free bolt-on accessory package.

The scoot has quite the dent in the front fender so you may want to get to the bottom of what happened and make sure the rest of the front-end is in good shape. But…

2 Stroke Buzz has unearthed photos of the LML Star 4-stroke being distributed in readiness for Milan’s upcoming scooter and motorcycle show.

$900 bags you a Stella from a Carroll Gardens seller, with a couple of upgrades. What it doesn’t bag you is a reliable electrical harness. But it sounds like a short visit to a mechanic will iron out the gremlins and then for around a grand you’ve gotten yourself one hell of a bargain on a scoot.

Scooter vandals hit bikes in Brooklyn. A shiny new Vespa GTS and a Genuine Scooters Buddy lying on their sides on the sidewalk, mirrors smashed, with the sickly smell of gasoline.