Honda Spree and Elite 50 Forums

so who here is from St. Louis? I know you are out there, I've seen your pictures in front of Seamus Mcdaniel's pub. If there are any St. Louis folks still on this forum, PM me.
South Side

New brushes ordered. Now I need another bad starter in order to replace the mounting face

I did find this post
http://www.hondaspree.net/phpBB3/viewto ... f=3&t=4575

That led me to here
https://www.jackssmallengines.com/jacks ... rt/6232705

So that's something

Brushes

Oh, and did I mention the mount is busted....because the mount is busted.

We put power to it today and no dice unfortunately.
He said the brushes are too far gone.

I talked to one of the maintenance engineers at the tv station I work at. He told me if it's it gunked up it will draw more current and I likely fried the wires since I wasn't using the proper gauge. His hobby is restoring old tv equipment and running a 70's era studio out of his home. Did I mention...

That's good news.
The bad news is when I tested it something started smoking.
And it wasn't me.

I have a bad starter motor. I was looking on ebay and wow, spree starters are expensive. Yet GY6 starters are like 15 bucks. What's the difference? Will a gy6 starter not fit on a spree?
Sure it's chineese, but if it frys, you can get another.

Sorry for the noob question.

I picked up the spree today. I'm unsure of the year but there is no glove box. It needs some love for sure. Either the battery is bad (though the horn works as well as the brake light) Or it could be a bad solonoid. Some genius removed the turn signals so I have to do something about that, and the s...

You can always sell it to someone in a state that doesn't need to register under 50cc.

Hi folks, I may be getting a spree soon through a trade for a Chinese 150 that I just can't seem to finish fixing up. I got the 150 through another trade for some stuff I didn't need. Alas, the 150 is huge and I'm tired of spending hours working on it and the end result still being Chinese. I curren...