Honda Spree and Elite 50 Forums

Thanks for the help. At first it seemed to be running rich so I opened up the airbox, this caused it to run too lean. I put in a new, clean and oiled air filter and that did the trick...man are these things sensitive. It's latest trick is the battery dying. I put a new battery in, charged it and ran ...

From searching the forum this looks fairly common but there's no one reason that this happens so I'm stuck. I have an 85 spree that starts and idles like a champ. It has great acceleration but I get it up to 15 or 20mph and it backfires and dies. I pulled the plug-it was black. I changed it and took ...

When I say the choke is shot I mean that when I took it off to clean the carb it fell apart in my hand. But it should have started before I took the carb off. When I took it apart it wasn't all that dirty and all jets seemed clear. How much do I need the choke in 100 degree heat anyway?

I got lucky and and scored it on craigslist but if it needs a ring job then I'm not feeling so lucky. I don't think it's flooding because when I take off the fuel line it stops as soon as the line drains. The person that sold it to me seemed real honest, was the only owner and even had the title ...

Just bought an 85 spree. Can't get it to start. Change the plug and I have spark, cleaned the carb and I have fuel and it seems to have plenty of compression (although I haven't tested it) what am I missing? I give it a blast of starting fluid and I can't get it to start. It's turning over fine and ...