Click on inside to learn how to change the gearbox oil on your two-stroke scoot. This little extra effort during winterization can prolong the life of your ride.

With precious few days left until the holidays, you’ve still got a chance to grab a scooter-themed stocking stuffer for the scooter lover in your life, or, ah hell, who are we kidding, yourself.

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.

Judging by the photos and the enthusiastic posting, this scoot looks to be well cared for and is a nice opportunity to get your hands on an Indian born Vespa clone that you won’t see around the US too often, with the added benefit of a modern LML (Stella) engine to keep you roadworthy.

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.

Just gotten your hands on your first two-stroke manual scooter? Congratulations. Need to know what all those shiny (rusty?) bits do? Thanks to Bob Hedstrom at Scooterville, Minnesota we have answers.

With just 680 miles on the clock and a couple of Big Apple required dings and scrapes, it’s the NYC equivalent of buying a nice comfortable broken-in pair of pre-worn Levis.