Honda Spree and Elite 50 Forums

I just looked at like 15 nearby store sites and couldn't find any that carry honda gn2 or any oil that looks like the right substitute. Anybody want to tell me a common oil that works for honda spree? The nearest honda dealer is hours away so if that is the only place to get it then I must find some...

Greetings: Not a troll! Evidently it CAN run with the stuff you use in your minivan, but the plug won't give reliable color readings, and it must smell funny. 4-stroke motor oils lubricate, but have the wrong additives for our total-loss systems Honda dealer can supply GN-2 or a quality 2-stroke af...

i like my plugs a light mocha color. That thing looks terrible. How old what type of oil are you running? I had a guy bring me an aero he was running 10-30w...for years. :nervous: I drive my spree often enough that oil never really gets old but I always run cheap 10w 40 in mine. I'm poor and haven'...

Well, I simply can't figure it out. I did all that servicing and now for some reason I'm stuck at a 25 mph top speed again. I even baked the muffler in a fire today and cleaned the carb again. I'm not even sure what I did that took the 29mph and mid/high rpm powerband away. It has no leaks, new plug...

i like my plugs a light mocha color. That thing looks terrible. How old what type of oil are you running? I had a guy bring me an aero he was running 10-30w...for years. :nervous: That aero running 10w30 must have smelled terrible running yikes. That is the one thing I will Not cheap out on is my o...

The plug chop read is not near the tip. You need to look down in at the base of the porcelin there should be a ring of tan brown. If its all white fron top to bottom its super lean. You need prob 1/4 to half mile wot from a dead stop with brand new plug with motor already warmed up before putting t...

i like my plugs a light mocha color. That thing looks terrible. How old what type of oil are you running? I had a guy bring me an aero he was running 10-30w...for years. :nervous: I drive my spree often enough that oil never really gets old but I always run cheap 10w 40 in mine. I'm poor and haven'...

So here is the update. I pulled the plug this morning after the 10 min WOT ride and it was alarmingly clean. I will edit this post later and add 2 photos of the chop but I am currently in town. I returned the jet needle to the center slot to be safe for now. I confirmed that there are no leaks in th...

That looks a little Grey, like a lot of ash kinda of thing. Generally you want to see a kind of cardboard to chocolate colour. It doesn't look lean white though. If it was crazy lean there would be no build up at all and just white porcelain there. I'd still check out all of the usual air leak poin...

black your rich brown perfect white your not aright your picture looks white to me, could be an air leak I understand that white is generally not alright during a plug chop but this plug wasn't chopped. It was simply pulled after about 300 miles. The white color you see all over is on top of the br...

I found a super cheap and quick fix for those of you who have rusted/bent/broken turn signal brackets on your spree. In a nutshell, you buy hacksaw blades, drill holes in them, then bend them in the shape of your old brackets and mount them in to hold your turn signal. I recommend not using hacksaw ...

Hello. My '86 spree has had a hard life but continuously demonstrates the loyalty of honda ingenuity. It has been acting up this season so I gave it a light tuneup. I attached a pic of the spark plug I pulled after about 300 miles. Any info on the expected vs actual condition of that plug would be m...

Been riding the snot out of it. I relied on the check oil light (was working a month ago).... big mistake. Started making a grinding sound, top speed dropped by 5mph, lost its power to climb hills. Got home and checked my oils to find that my reservoir was empty. Put oil in it, started it up and let...

I would like to know the answer to that compression braking question myself. Is it better to gun it down hills, partial throttle, or no throttle?

Maybe check your float in the bowl of the carb if you know how to do that. Perhaps it's missing? :*: