Honda Spree and Elite 50 Forums

I thought I had the problem worked out. I re-bled the oil and had it running really well all day yesterday. Then, last night I made a run downtown and about 3.4 miles later it went back to its old habits. Just like you said, mudding out at about half throttle. This time it died and left me stranded ...

Checked spark plug and re-cleaned carb (soaked overnight, blown-dried, and air-dried) and problem remains persistent. I've noticed that when I try to accelerate it will do so effectively and drop back off to idle while i continue to hold the throttle; eventually revving back up.

I have two things ...

I just bought an '86 spree within the past week and was told by the prior owner that the oil strainer could probably use a cleaning. Before I cleaned it, the scooter ran okay (could be improved a little) and the oil light was flashing. So I cleaned the oil strainer and air filter in accordance to ...