Honda Spree and Elite 50 Forums

The pull of the dark side, strong it is.
Solar Wind first ride today, great it was.
Four years with a full gas tank evaporating, jellified it was.
Fuel gauge sending unit, fuel pump, fuel filter, bystarter, crud they were.
Basketized today, it is.

Even the smallest scooter seems to notify the McDonalds order taker that I am at the speaker at the McDonalds by my house. I don't know if there is a wire loop in the pavement, a motion detector, or a camera, but they know I am at the speaker every time. At the Burger King, I just drive up to the wi...

Mike.. I hear you, I'm trying, but they are very scarce. I've been looking for one for two years now, 6 times a day on Florida craigslist and eBay.. There must not been many of them sold in Florida. Two years ago, I saw a black one that was on craigslist in Daytona, with no title, and missing half o...

It was 83 degrees and sunny here today, and it seemed like a good day to drive all the scooters.. gave each one a 30 minute ride, so it took most of the day.. hahaha.. After each ride, I parked the scooter on the back lawn, and then took a group photo after finishing the rides.. http://www.vintagega...

It's now a couple of weeks later, and I have finished basketizing and dressing out the Metropolitan. All of the accessories are still available new from Honda Powersports. I spent a few hours googling and binging looking for the installation instructions for the windshield with no success, so I uplo...

The assortment of color panels on that metro on the craigslist ad that you reference raises a red flag for me.. The VIN sticker on CHF50s is on the plastic leg shield instead of on the frame. Before buying that one, I'd check that the VIN on the title matches both the sticker on the red leg shield, ...

1man.. as Tonto would say about you.. "him one lucky man".

My whole goal has been to have more scoots than you, but now the goal seems unobtainable.. lol.

Metropolitan wheels are black for the 2008 "Gothic" and "Monza" color schemes and 2009 "Graphite" and "Monza" color schemes (I think the wheel color is actually called "Honda NH303M Mat Axis Gray"), and they are pretty common. See: http://www.urbansc...

Wheelman.. I talked with him for a while. He said he was 69.

MrJumps.. He also said his wife left him when he bought his 9th scoot, and he gave me some advice for 1man8scoots.. don't buy your ninth or you might loose your fiance..

I was over at Daytona last weekend, and took this photo of an old guy with his Spree who had been riding up and down the beach. The sand is firm and easy to ride, but the speed limit is only 10 mph..

I've been watching craigslist for all cities in Florida for a couple of years looking for Honda 50cc scooters that don't run, but have titles, and this was the first 2006-2009 Metro I have seen that was in non-running condition, with title. All it took to get it running right was a guitar string thr...

I couldn't resist this 2008 "Gothic" Metropolitan on craigslist last week, even though I have no more room in the shop... have 14 Honda 50 CC scooters now, all titled, registered and running. This is my first 4-stroke.. so the disease has now spread over to the dark side. Worked this weeke...

Jumps... speaking of riding weather.. it hit 31.5 F early this morning at my house in Central Florida.. I can only imagine what it was like at your place.. winter came on quickly here this year, or maybe we had a late summer. I was swimming in the pool Saturday afternoon while watching the NASCAR ra...

Adding a photo from True Grits 2016:

There are a number of youtube videos already posted from the 2016 True Grits 50CC Fun Run. This one is a good one as it shows pretty much the entire entry field. I can recognize a couple of forum members in the lineup. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LaiNr8ikOmI There is one old geezer at about the ...