Honda Spree and Elite 50 Forums

Greetings: On my '87 Aero, installing the 9g weights in the Keli and a +1000 spring made the scooter sustain a much higher RPM than stock. It was worrying me a bit as I was breaking in the new Polini 65 at the time. It got through fine, but if I had to re-do it I would have kept the stock spring in ...

Greetings: That'd depend upon the tank contents, wouldn't it? If it's been used to soak countless old radiators, you would be introducing flakes of rust & other spooge to your precious bearings. The acid should do no more harm to your bearings than it does to other metals but it's. a water solut...

Greetings: My '87 Aero shares your scooter's powerplant specs. After its resurrection, with 2900 Miles on the odo, it ran an easy 37 bone stock. With a new top end and Keli HSV, I will guess yours will get to 44. Vary throttle position constantly for the first tank or 2. Adjust your oil pump to open...

Greetings: If you're done discussing pipes & hassle factors, anyone? TC I admire your enthusiasm. You could probably experiment and find a pipe length that would make the Spree absolutely sing at precisely one engine speed. The result would not be much fun to ride, although it would look cool. P...

Greetings: No need to break out compressor, extension cord, hoses, Gun, impact sockets. Leverage and reliable retention moah simple, grasshopper: http://www.hondaspree.net/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=7649&highlight=aero+variator I've used it several times now. Works well but takes some practice to th...

Greetings: Having remarked that the variator rollers are not arranged symmetrically around the center. Two at the "top" are quite close together. The two at the "bottom" are farther apart. The two middle ones are not exactly straight across, but the ramps angle down a few degrees...

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A-1 if you bought her machine parts for Christmas and she's happy about it, she's a keeper. Marry her.

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If you're not kidding, dude you are so dead. Can I have your scooter?

Greetings: So far it's worth this much: http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/HONDA-NOS-NQ50-NQ-50-SPREE-1984-85-NEW-OEM-MPG-RARE_W0QQitemZ370133551485QQcmdZViewItemQQptZMotorcycles_Parts_Accessories?hash=item370133551485&_trksid=p4506.c0.m245&_trkparms=72%3A727%7C65%3A12%7C39%3A1%7C240%3A1318 mrcy...

Greetings: The Black Art of crankshaft disassembly is extensively described somewhere in the Sportster website: http://www.sportster.org If I come across it again, I will remember to post it here. You are right that the Honda Service Manuals don't cover crankshaft disassembly and truing. The crank a...

Greetings: I now have a (really bad) pictorial guide to the process I followed: The "volcano" in the picture below is composed of a wad of this material: http://img179.imageshack.us/img179/3933/eputtyca5.jpg http://img179.imageshack.us/img179/eputtyca5.jpg/1/w640.png I cleaned off the plas...

Greetings: "Super-Smart" :?: High praise indeed, but wisdom comes from experience: I (mis-)spent my winters in Quebec riding first-generation snowmobiles. Engines with names like Sachs, Koehler, Canadian Curtis-Wright and Rotax. They almost invariably slept outside. Minus thirty (-30) degr...

Greetings: There are detailed instructions on crank r&r in the service manuals. Unless you want all the glory for yourself, which I can understand completely, consider having just that part done by someone with the experience and all the special tools to get it right on the first try. Hello, Hon...

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Don't wire your breadtruck horn directly to your horn switch! It will fry. See the beginning of this thread. I can send you a spare relay with instructions if you like. Got anything extra to swap?

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Have used West for years on sailboards. XL-ent products but can't make fast emergency beach repairs as snot-stick can. Also hard to hand-mold into desired volcano shape. Consider the average Forum user and application.