Honda Spree and Elite 50 Forums

Wont some Ruck forks fit? I think theyre the same.

Yeah, Im gonna need new shocks. Looking for a cheap-ish set that will work with the Met drum brake. Also not looking for the "slammed" shocks that lower it any. Got any links to the right ones? Theres too many out there for me to guess.

What are some decent legs that don't break the bank? Or should I stick with the stock met ones?

So, doing some quick measurements reveals that the Met and SE50 stems have the same numbers as far as stem length and thread location. I will attempt the swap soon as my evening is booked. If I left anything out or want a different measurement, let me know while I have it apart. Off topic: I serious...

The first pic shows the plastic shroud I mentioned earlier. That will need to be hogged out for sure. The turning stops on the stock stem are small and fit inside the shroud but the stops on the Met stem are large pegs that protrude from the top. See pic. The other pic shows top view of stock lower ...

OK, guys. All this info is preliminary and the swap has NOT been actually attempted yet. I have opened up the nose on the 87' SE50 and began the recon mission. Keep in mind these numbers are not exact to the nearest millimeter and may be off by a C-hair here and there. Heres what I have found upon t...

In reference, the G stem is same size as a metropolitan stem, and a dio zx stem, in terms of stem length and width of fork spacing but I believe you could use wheels up to 3" wide with any of these stems. I have also seen the G stem used without mods on an se50. Above was a quote from Bones on ...

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In this thread, Bones mentions how the Metro stem will fit the se50 with NO modification. If this true, I may be in business! Can I shove disc legs into the Met stem? Sweet!

I don't suppose theres a write-up on this process floating around somewhere, is there?

My Metro donor bike was seized. It took a breaker bar with extension just to get it to spin the crank. Was able to salvage the stem and other odds n ends so Im leaning towards doing a stem swap in the SE50. What process am I looking at with this? Cutting/welding/fabbing? I see tons of info on met st...

Waffles97 wrote: I have worked in plastics for 13 years

Seems like we should be asking YOU how to fix it...

That's one happy kid if I ever saw one...mission accomplished, bud. Hats off to you and yours.

I swear I saw a build thread on here where he had a tiny keg strapped to his rear rack and plumbed in. Also saw one where the guy used a go-kart tank in the same fashion. The go-kart tank is on ebay for $100 or so.

The bike definitely spent some time horizontal on both sides. Plastics are trashed as well as turn signals, brake levers, etc. I look past all that surface damage and see a decent bike underneath. Once I assess the cost of all parts needed to get this back together, I'll make the decision on whether...

For those that haven't had much experience on a Met (me) the bolt you see just below the cross member is the motor mount point. Im still trying to figure out the braking system, how you pull one handbrake and it squeezes both front/rear brakes but the other handbrake only pulls one. If anyone has a ...