Tuesday, January 11, 2011

GREETINGS! My Bella Gela!


AND THEN THERE WERE TWO! 

GREETINGS!
IF YOU ARE LOOKING AT MY FINE BELLA GELA, AN ELECTRIC SCOOTER/MOPED
THEN YOU LIKELY HAVE AN INTEREST IN THEM.

AFTER GETTING THE FIRST ONE, THE SELLERS CONTACTED ME ABOUT A SECOND ONE THEY'D BOUGHT AND WOULD I WANT IT?  WELL, DARLING HUSBAND NEEDS HIS OWN SET OF WHEELS AND VOILA!  IT CAME TO BE!   DH HAS A NEW SET OF BATTERIES AND SHALL PROVIDE ME WITH A TEMPLATE THAT I MAY WORK ON MINE.  I KNOW, LUCKY GIRL AM I!

BELLA GELA NEEDS A BIT OF WORK.  APPARENTLY, WHEN THE DELIVERY FELLAS BROUGHT HER, THEY DROPPED HER ON HER SIDE WHEN THEY CAME THROUGH THE SECURITY GATES OF THE COMPLEX.   THINGS HAPPEN, AYE?

HOWEVER, I FOUND THROUGH SOME YOUTUBE.COM VIDEOS, PEOPLE WHO REPAIR THIS
TYPE OF PLASTIC WITH A SPECIAL TORCH. AND, THERE IS THE OPTION TO USE PLASTIC CEMENT TO SECURE ANOTHER PIECE OF PLASTIC BY FUSION ONTO THE FIRST PIECE.

AS I HAVE A FEW CRACKS LOCATED IN VULNERABLE PLACES, I PLAN TO ADD PLASTIC
TO THE BIKE TO HELP PRESERVE THE PLASTIC'S INTEGRITY AND PREVENT ADDITIONAL BREAKAGE BY ADDING STRENGTH..

ANYWAY, BECAUSE OF THIS, I NEED TO DO A LITTLE COSMETIC WORK TO HER, WHICH ACTUALLY INVITES CREATIVITY AND THE OPPORTUNITY TO PERSONALIZE MY SCOOTER!   I MAY ALSO ADD SOME OTHER DECORATIVE TOUCHES AND AM EXCITED TO THINK ABOUT WHAT THOSE MAY BE.  AS AN ARTIST, THE HARDEST PART IS TO CHOOSE WHAT I WANT TO DO WITH HER!

AFTER SPEAKING WITH AN EMPLOYEE OF THE MANUFACTURER, I LEARNED THAT PEPBOYS WOULD BE BEST TO FIND THE SILVER PAINT, I'D LIKE TO USE ON THE REPAIRS SHOULD I NEED THEM.  THANKS FOR THAT INFORMATION, JOHN.

IF YOU HAVE CUSTOMIZED YOUR MOPED, SEND ME A PHOTO!  I'D ENJOY LOOKING AT IT!  OR, F YOU WANT TO CHAT ABOUT OUR SCOOTERS, EMAIL ME AT
:BELLAGELASCOOTER@GMAIL.COM!

CHEERS!