Honda Spree and Elite 50 Forums

So...I finally...FINALLY...saw a Spree being ridden on the road yesterday. Good lord, they're tiny! Looks a bit like a toy. Hehe.

I am in Las Vegas, but it does get cold here in the winter, so I have to try and ride warm.

With the new reeds, and a new patch because I pinched mine, plus the labor, and cleaning of the engine, which truth be told was CAKED in sludge and dirt, is about $225. Expensive. But, if it runs, it will buy me time in that I can get to work, save money on gas, and while I do that, periodically pla...

Well, I made an attempt with what little tools and time I had. But, rather than work on my scooter for possibly weeks, I wanted to try and get this up and running asap, because my family has only one car. I can't leave my wife without the car all day while I'm at work any more, because she needs to ...

Well, I'm glad I'm getting a million and one "I told you so's". Anyway, he's putting new reeds in, although he had to order them. He got it going pretty good, but didn't measure the compression once he got it running well. I'm obviously not happy with him here, but like I said, "no to...

Well, like I said...no time, no tools. Anyway, turns out it doesn't need a new piston. He wrote me when he thought it was and he was ready to head home for the night. Now, I got it the next morning, and by that time he had been there for a while and did some stuff to it, and it will not need a new c...

Um...huh?

Oh, I understand that. I was briefly flirting with the idea of buying, because (I must admit) those things are beautiful. I mean, *beautiful*. They have an almost Vespa-like quality...nice horizontal lines. It's a good price, but I have more important things to spend the money on right now, so...may...

No time...no tools.

He said compression is at about 30 pounds.

But, he later said he has it running strong (i'm leaving the details out about how he did that for brevity), but that compression isn't stronger. How is that even possible?

I have a line on a Riva 180z. Any thought on these?

Bad news...no compression, and the guy wants to put in a new piston and rings kit. But, he charges like, 80 bucks an hour for labor. This 300 dollar bike is all of a sudden going to cost at least 400 bucks more, which I don't really have.

Got the new tire on, but it still dies at wide-open throttle.

So, I put it into a shop...I'm in over my head with this.

Got it on...finally. It really sucks because I couldn't get the nut off that keeps the wheel on...so man, it was quite a fiasco getting the tire off enough to get a tube on, and then stuff the tube in there and then get the tire back on. I mean, holy s***, son. A few hours, and very sore arms. Anywa...

Ok, so I can't get the d*** tire back on the wheel. I don;t have a tire spoon...and the local tire place wants 10 bucks for it. Because a roommate moved out, I'm totally broke, so...10 bucks is a small fortune for the next few weeks. So...gimme some helpful hints on how to get the d*** thing back on...

I posted on Craigslist that I was looking for a used Honda or Yamaha scoot for cheap. So, this guy emails me and says he has a Yamaha he could sell me. So, over the course of 2 or 3 months, we email eachother back and forth. He's a busy dude, so I'd email him and not get a reply for a week or so. We...