Honda Spree and Elite 50 Forums

Sorry, got stuck at work. Here are some photos. Disregard the loose clamp on the intake/carb junction.

That’s the same as the one I’m restoring for my kiddo. 80’s-tastic!

I think I saw starting fluid leaking out of the intake elbow where it meets the carb. The elbow doesn’t line up well. I think I need to attach the elbow first and then screw the mounting bolts into the carb. d*** it feels good to hear this thing getting closer to running. I’m going to be tearing int...

Meat, Bam! You nailed it. The slide wasn’t all the way down. I didn’t realize the slide had to be pushed all the way down. It was plainly obvious it was wrong when I assembled the throttle cable and slid on the carb with the carb off the bike. She started up, idled great, and then after about 30 sec...

As this is my first carburetor project, let’s not assume too much knowledge on my part. 😉 Is the slide supposed to “slide freely” in the throttle body? It seems like the slide engaging the throttle key prevents the slide from moving freely. Is this normal? How far into the throttle body is the slide...

Meatball, thanks for the tip on the throttle cable routing inside the grip. There’s a stop tab that must be oriented correctly when reinstalling the grip on the handle bar and inside the two halves of the handle at clamp. Once I lubed the cable and reassembled the grip correctly, the throttle cable ...

I’m confident the throttle slide is oriented correctly because there is clearly a slot for the high idle to screw into on the slide. Is the needle in the slide supposed to be seated fully or is supposed to have play? I’m assuming seated but I dropped the slide into the throttle slide body and it fel...

I lubed that throttle cable up like a $2 whor.. The action is much better. I can physically see the cable housing flexing close to where the carb is. The throttle feels like new up until I screw the cable to the carb. Then it binds up. With an oiled air filter in place, it runs better. I resecured t...

Mike, since I ordered a new cable off of eBay for $10, I figured I could get creative/destructive. The actual cable is double ended unlike bicycle cable so I don’t see a way to lubricants the cable inside of the cable housing. Meat, I didn’t physically alter the cable housing or move it when I had t...

The throttle grip twists fine. It’s like the cable is simply not moving. In my younger years, I was a bicycle mechanic. I’m pretty confident that the cable is binding in the housing (Occam's Razor). It seems highly unlikely that the spring would be incorrect. This thing hasn’t been touched since I s...

I’m pretty sure it’s oriented correctly now as before it didn’t slide flush. Now it does. I used this link for the cleaning which shows the orientation. I’m guessing the cable is simply binding as there is no “springiness” to the throttle. http://hondaspree.net/wiki/index.php5/Carburetor_Cleaning_Pi...

I inherited the Spree I used to run around on when I was in grade school. So far I’ve been able to get the engine to run after I rebuilt the carb and went through the fuel system. The major issue is it’s stuck at full throttle. I ordered a new throttle cable assembly. I made the mistake of reassembl...