New guy with questions

gasser · Post by **gasser** » Thu Apr 16, 2009 1:11 pm

Hello all, new to the forum. Ive been looking for a dio for a while now with no success. I did however find a nice white and blue '86 aero for $500. I got to thinking. Why not swap a dio motor, fork, and wheels into the aero. Im pretty sure thats all do-able from what Ive searched and read. My question is: How hard is it going to be to find the other aero parts later down the road? The scoot doesnt need anything at the moment but I can see that changing as time goes on. I guess Im just a little hesitant to buy a scoot that no parts are available for.

scooterwerx · Post by **scooterwerx** » Thu Apr 16, 2009 1:13 pm

there are parts, you just have to be good at looking for them. best bet is to find non running parts bikes and part them out, if you found a shasta white 86 id buy it.

beefy · Post by **beefy** » Thu Apr 16, 2009 10:42 pm

Aero's are sweet rides unless your gona put a big bore kit in I would keep the aero engine

scooterwerx · Post by **scooterwerx** » Thu Apr 16, 2009 11:24 pm

daywot has polini contesta kits for them, a few european shops have them too, you can get 45 out of the stock displacement....

gasser · Post by **gasser** » Fri Apr 17, 2009 2:55 am

I would probably keep the stock motor in untill I got a SA built. I wanna break the 60 barrier and SA parts are plentiful. The parts availability for the rest of the scoot is the only thing thats stopping me from buying it. I have to decide tomorrow.

beefy · Post by **beefy** » Fri Apr 17, 2009 11:27 am

You should be able to get any oem part still for the aero. My dad has one we've never had a problem getting parts. I'd buy it based on the price. Personally i wouldn't pay more than 400 or 500 dollars for one. That's not to say they're not worth more. We drive old Hondas and newer Yamahas and they are just as fun as if not funner than the Yamahas. It's just once or twice a month you find a really good deal on a Honda. My dad's aero smokes my cousin's elite dio all day long, but they are both on stock bores with variators, the aero also has a windshield.

You also have to consider do you want a dio really bad. Because if you do and you get an aero you probably won't be satisfied till you get the dio. Also in the long run you can make the dio faster.

scooterwerx · Post by **scooterwerx** » Fri Apr 17, 2009 1:55 pm

beefy, where are you getting oem stuff for the aero? my local dealer has nothin!

Wheelman-111 · Post by **Wheelman-111** » Fri Apr 17, 2009 2:33 pm

Greetings:

I can answer on behalf of Deepinnaharta Honda.

Cowboy's parts guys have always gone the extra mile for me. Of course they have nothing in stock, but they go on computer One and find anything I ask for 90% of the time. Computer Two gives them access to another 9%.

Fuel sender, vacuum fuel valve, every gasket I've asked for, all 2 days away from their warehouse.

Only plastic panels are just about impossible to find. MrCycle.com had the center rear panel, for instance, that Cowboy couldn't find. Still seeking the hatch cover for inside the right side trunklet.

beefy · Post by **beefy** » Fri Apr 17, 2009 4:09 pm

We get a lot of stuff from bike bandit but they don't have everything. Babbits got most of everything else.

scooterwerx · Post by **scooterwerx** » Fri Apr 17, 2009 7:32 pm

hey wheelman, did you know, the 85 aero has the trunk, but without the spark plug access panel? weird! i have an extra i could part with.........

z50r-ghost · Post by **z50r-ghost** » Fri Apr 17, 2009 8:21 pm

wheelman,

i have a perfect rear hatch / trunk access cover that i would sell you. all you would have to do is paint it; it is already primed.

gasser, my opinion on the Aero you may be buying.... DO IT!! the white and blue Aero's are sweet as *, and you CAN make them fast. IMHO, the 85-87 Aero 50 is the best looking scooter Honda has ever produced!!

later, jon

scooterwerx · Post by **scooterwerx** » Sat Apr 18, 2009 12:40 am

i agree! hey, how much do you want for that rear panel?

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