Honda Spree and Elite 50 Forums

I have no title for my 2001 Elite 50. I know the history on it and it's NOT stolen. In IL I would have to get it bonded. I've done this before with old motorcycles. Kinda expensive and time intensive. I kinda want to keep it for a swap meet bike. I might sell it. If I sell it, I'm going to sell it o...

SUCCESS! I think the wire in the idle tube did the trick! This thing runs like a sewing machine. It's an 01 with only 1011 miles on it when I got it. It had no key, no title, and hadn't run in quite some time. I had a key made at the Honda dealer, bought a new vacuum petcock from Honda, a battery fr...

Thanks for the info! Going to try the wire in the idle tube. If I do give up and opt for a new carb, are any of the ones on ebay worth a lick?
THANKS!

Hi all. I just picked up a 2001 Elite 50. It had been sitting for a number of years. Dead battery? Yep. I bought a new one, tried to fire it, nothing. I gave it a quick shot of ether (I know) just to see if it would fire and it did. OK. Took the carb apart, cleaned everything, blew out every orifice...