Honda Spree and Elite 50 Forums

I have probably bought more scooter, jet-ski and snowmobile batteries in the last two years, than most guys will in a lifetime. When I am in a rush I buy from the local Meijer ( similar to Walmart) , they hold up well enough to sell the scooter, when I want a cheap battery, I buy off Ebay, they hold...

From what I can see, that sure looks like the float bowl drain hose, the screw in the lower part of the float bowl is loosened to drain the bowl and tightened for normal running operation. There should be no fuel coming out of the float bowl drain hose when the drain screw is tight. If that is corre...

Good news !! Somebody must be producing pistons/rings again, since Ebay right now has plenty of pistons for sale. Last year it was close to impossible to locate pistons or rings. Last year I bought one new piston just to get the rings, now it seems there are several to choose from.

Look at the rear wheel hub area, is the rear wheel hub spline loose fitting onto the rear axle shaft spline ?? Or is the rear axle shaft loose in the transmission housing ?? The reason I ask is to determine if this is a super easy fix, or a more involved fix. I certainly would try a tight fitting wh...

I use GPR on all my dirt bikes, if my scooter needed one, I would buy a GPR in a heartbeat. They custom made a bracket for an old vintage Honda I had, absolutely the best to deal with. Once I sent back an old one for rebuilding and they gave me a brand new upgraded one for free. They have very easy ...

No, even though the carb dip of today is much weaker than it used to be, the risk of plastic damage is high.
I would give it a quick blast of aerosol carb spray, followed by a quick blast of compressed air. I have done that many times, was able to get the screen squeaky clean without any damage.

We bought four new original carbs off Japan Ebay so each of the Motocompo's would have new carburetors. The gas tanks are not available anywhere, so I cut 'em in two, sandblasted them, welded back together and coated them with Kreem. I also bought six petcocks from Japan Ebay. Motocompo batteries ca...

The tank can easily be removed and shaken upside down to get the fuel out, rinse with some clean fuel. The petcock has a fuel filter screen on it, clean it off and it should stop most large particles. Some others have had fuel restrictions when adding additional filters, so while that seems like a g...

Pat is right about checking fuel quality and fuel screen ( on inside of petcock) then applying vacuum to the petcock to see if fuel flowing is another great idea. Cleaning the carburetor orifices is another very important item. Cleaning the oil tank screen and priming that pump is another important ...

My smallest jet drill is .016" ( .002" smaller than a R.C.H.) , that orifice is smaller than .016" If the hole was .750" you could stick your little finger into it. I had one I couldn't get clear, I used glass beading until I wore a hole through the float bowl. Luckily there are ...

That picture that mousewheels provided is great, that orifice shown is almost always clogged. The scooter will be extremely hard ( if not impossible) to start when that tiny hole is clogged. If it is open, you can shine a penlight through it , or you can spray carb cleaner through it. Either way, it...

Did you clean out the orifice that feeds fuel to the bystarter ? It is less than .016" but must be open to provide fuel to the bystarter. It is located in the float bowl cover.

I used to hone my own cylinders, until I found a local motorcycle shop that does them professionally with a honing machine, they charge five bucks.
I cannot buy a hone and get professional results for $5.00 I suggest to contact your local motorcycle shops for an estimate.

The CR125 rings I bought would not fit my Aero 125 piston.

The CR125 piston I bought has the ring stop pins in the wrong spots, the ring gaps would drop into the ports.