Honda Spree and Elite 50 Forums

Low test is fine (87,) but since you only need 1/2 gallon, you could run premium. The only thing it will hurt is your wallet, and it's extra protection against detonation. I run premium in all my small engines, from the lawn mower to my CB900F. Only the car gets regular octane. Sounds like your scoo...

BTW, the correct airfilter is available at the Honda shop, preoiled, for $3-$4. Not worth you time even cobbling something up.

Do yourself a favor and find someone with a compression tester and check the compression yourself b/f you haul it into the repair shop for a ring job. It's a quick test that should clear things up for you.

Rebuild the top end? What top end? "Top end" to me involves valves, but it's a 2 stroke. He may be talking about decarbonizing the head. To do that you remove the head and clean it. Requires a new $5 head gasket from the Honda dealer. Mess with the carb first; you're due for decarbonizatio...

It's not adjustable. You may have a worn out shock absorber. I weigh the same and have noticed the same thing.

Is there a bolt up shock absorber that would work on this that is superior to the stock item? For example, would a shock absorber off a Elite 50 or 80 work?

Is the bounce in the front or in the rear?

I measured the front forks and rear offset to check for 3.5" tires once; those I know won't fit. I think even the 3" tire interferes with the fork. A 2.75 tire should fit, but the way to check is to measure the distance b/t the forks and the distance b/t the rear tire and engine case. Even...

Did you happen to check the phasing of the input to output? I was wondering if the black box had variable ignition advance, or if it was set to one value.

I assume you checked to see if there's gas in the carb by opening the carb bowl drain. How's the tank for rust?

Did you have the spark plug in line when you did the testing? I'm surprized that the red line is that high.

There's no variator, or variable transmission. You can swap motors with a 50cc Elite made after '87. Not sure if a variator off another model will bolt up.

Take it easy on the starting fluid, you can easily melt the piston on these. If it won't start the idle jet's not clean. Try pulling the choke partially out,remove screws and pull up, making sure not to pull it out past the o-ring. If it runs then the idle circuit still isn't clean. If the idle jet ...

Doubt there's much; the CDIs are called "black boxes" for a reason. If you have a frequency generator and a event counter/oscilliscope you could probably figure out the ignition timing and RPM limit. I'm betting it's really simple, like a single-set ingnition advance setting. I've read tha...

Look again, they're there.

The Spree has a rev limiter to keep the motor from overspeeding. It will sit at 8000 (I believe that's the redline) for quite awhile.