Honda Spree and Elite 50 Forums

Nice :2thumbs: looks good. Nice job man! I got an old Honda Elite 50 scooter when I purchased my house, it's been sitting for years and I am finally getting around to trying to make it run.... Unfortunately the thing looks like *! The color is very faded, mine's a '87 and seems to be some kind of p...

deep breath.. ok its not hard to take the motor off all the wires have diffident colors and some have strip about 2 bouts 2 cable 8 wires.. im going to tell you something you have just started on this you will cave to clean the carb and maybe the gas tank .. but we will be here for you but if you g...

Greetings: Quoth NightCruiser: Pounded all over with a rubber (Emphasis added.) mallet and it doesn't seem to move at all. Rubber Schmubber. Real STEEL , Dawg! Just use a gentle hand ... Did you slide that engine out from under the scooter lak whut Ah dun tol' ya? Sure makes life easier, and chance...

Sputtering and dying out at lower RPM when hitting bumps... Could that be an air leak that only happens under stress? Carb, intake, exhaust etc bouncing a bit when you hit bumps, opening up the leak. Just a guess...

I pulled all the bolts (9) and it is SOLID! Pounded all over with a rubber mallet and it doesn't seem to move at all. I guess it must be those rusted bushings and everything gummed up that has it seized together. I hate to pry on it but I guess thats what I will have to do. If anyone has any tips wh...

Is there any trick to getting the left crankcase cover off? I pulled the kicktstart lever and all the bolts, the cover still wont budge? The snap ring on the kickstart shaft can stay on until after the crankcase cover is pulled, right? I tapped the case a bit with a rubber mallet, no movement, I did...

the starter bendix/pinion gear maybe rusty as well take it out and oil it really good and clean the belt dust outta the "teeth" also do the same for the gears in the starter cover but it doesnt really need any oil or grease, maybe a pea sized amount of engine grease under the castle gear ...

Thanks for the info. The engine is definately not "seized" by rust or anything like that, cause I did get it to turn over quite a few times while kicking it. I guess I am gonna pull the belt cover and have a look in there, seems funny that the electric strarter wont turn and the kick start...

Hello, Years ago when I bought my house I got a 1987 Honda Elite 50 (SE50P) scooter with the purchase. It was not running, at the time I tried to start it, dead, tried to kick start it and it seemed like the motor was frozen or something so I pushed it in a corned and forgot about it. I have been cl...