Honda Spree and Elite 50 Forums

Okay, I have finally got her cleaned and some new parts on. I have a good working carb, good compression and gas is getting to the spark plug. Which is firing outside the chamber but when I screw it in and go to start her it does nothing but try to start, it doesn't fire. What could be wrong? What ...

Sounds like any 50mm filter will work. Uni also makes filters with 2" inlet.

skip1701 wrote:Hi all.. i've also considered putting a 150 4 stroke in the se50 and a 250 in my dead zuma..call me crazy.

With enough time and skill/money it can happen. The trouble is most 150's are horizontal nowadays and this causes all sorts of problems with hanging and clearance and length.

Greetings: What happened to the SE engine? You mean the kymco Zx50 engine. See the madmax build . It is running really well. Cruises at 40. Been close to 50 on it and the take-off is crazy good. But, it is pushed by the wind very easily and on a 40mph road where I cruise it is slightly underpowered...

To cruise at 55mph you might need to go with a native 150cc motor.

I am working on an elite 150 swap right now. We'll see how it turns out, it's really wide and i have a lot of work yet to do.

I am trying to find out some other scooters with vertical engines.

Honda Elite, spree, aero
Early Zumas
Early Jogs

anyone have any more they know of?

capturedbyrobots wrote:The Elite 250 has a grease packed variator stock.
I'm not excited to get into that mess, but I'll have to soon....

Same with the 150. Most folks i read are still packin grease.

Yeah, more money does make entry into riding harder, but I know i would see fewer reckless thoughtless scooter riders in town if they all needed the Rider Safety course. I am contemplating taking the course myself to get the motorcycle endorsement ( the course is required for M class license in FL)

toad772 wrote:If the contest is over why is this not deleted?

For better or for worse, old threads don't get deleted on this forum.

I believe the stock torque is 8 ft-lbs, might need to check the manual on that. I ran my bbk at 11.

Clean the carb.
Check the air filter for crud/oldness.
Clean the carb again.
Make sure the petcock works well and replace fuel lines if you feel like spending the money.
Then clean the carb again.

here is a linkto help.

There is a law in FL that all unleaded should contain 10% ethanol. In North Dakota i felt like it was higher.

Bear will chime in about how it burns hotter and tears things up, but you just have to live and let burn.

Can using a different additive help offset this?

Number one lesson:
Don't be afraid of the job. You don't have to pay someone else to do it.

Number two lesson:
Money can always fix your mistakes.

I believe Keihin carbs all use the same bowl screws. These are for a CH150.

I am in need of some of the screws in the bowl of the carb. Are they metric #8 or #6?