Honda Spree and Elite 50 Forums

I've read a few other posts about similar problems and I'm guess it needs anther good carb cleaning. Come to think about it the last time I took the side covers off to clean it I noticed the bolts holdin the carb on were loose but I just tightened them up and it ran fine for a few weeks until this h...

Hi guys! I was riding along just fine when all of a sudden for no reason it lost power and started to run really rough. Now it idles just fine and will run great until you sit on it and try to go. As soon as you try to get it to go under weight it bogs down and dies. Carb need to be cleaned or could...

I used to ride my 225cc Enduro throughout the year in Iowa in rain and even snow. People thought I was nuts but I used to ice race in MI a long time ago.
I now live in Southern California and plan to ride my SB50 the mile to work and back everyday.

A Great big THANKS! :woot: To RideRed and the rest who have given me advice on getting my SB50 going! Today after the 6th Fuel System cleaning, (I plan on doing a few more in the future, this thing was sitting for 23 years), the results are: No more fuel leaks Runs quieter No more big billowy clouds...

Final update on this thread and a BIG THANK YOU to all who have posted suggestions to get this Elite SB50 going. HEY NOOB (the original poster of this thread), don't give up! Don't give up! Don't give up! Today I tore apart the entire fuel system for the 6th. time to clean it out, (everything from t...

Update2: I took a chance and cleaned it out real well with the guitar string and....... runs like a raped ape! Just a a small gasket leak in the carb now but other than THAT it runs great! Should do even better after I get the 879 octane gas out and put in the 90 + like the manual says....... Thanks...

LOL! Well I guess I'm not going to get rich, but I'm at least riding again! Thanks for the info!

IT'S ALIVE! I followed YOUR advice on here and in the Tech Thread "Spree runs for 20 secs ...." and I got it running! Still needs some carb cleaning and a couple of screws for the air filter box but I got it screaming up to 30mph!
Thanks again!!!!!!!

Update (Sorry to horn in on your thread but what I get done may help you too I hope!). Used the guitar wire and lots more Carb Cleaner still can't see light through it but after the reassembly it idles just fine but bogs down when you give it the gas. You can play with the throttle to get it up to a...

Still working on the carb cleaning but in the meantime I found out a little more about this scooter. According to the VIN # and the stickers on the frame this IS a 1988 Honda Elite ES SB50. What I've read about it also says that it is a fairly rare scooter with not many sold in the US at all. So doe...

RideRed you are amazing! Looking into the bowl I found the pinhole you are talking about. NOTHING is getting through it right now. I'm taking the E string off of my guitar right now to try to clear it.

Trying to get my '88(?) Honda Elite ES SB50 running and have posted Carb questions and will be trying the suggestions (Thanks!), but I also keep reading how important having the air filter properly attached etc. is ( mine has 3 screws missing and the box won't seal right). Could this also have a sim...

This is exactly the problem I'm having with the '88 elite ES that I bought. So.... I'll be working right alongside you on this one! Off to see if there are any pics of this pinhole to the 2nd resevoir so I will know what to look for. Good luck!

Thanks RideRed! I was afraid I would need to do some more cleaning, but I'll give it a go and see what happens.

Hi guys! While helping my new neighbors move in I noticed what looked like a pile of Scooter parts already in his garage and asked what was up with it? Turned out to be an '88 Honda Elite ES sb50 (or would be after I got it together), that a friend had sold to him back in 1992 for $100 before he lef...