Honda Spree and Elite 50 Forums

Thanks fellas

Not to be a thread stealer, but after reading your post I decided to loosen mine, pull it out a bit and see what happens. And now the bike will run much longer and I can actually adjust the idle to the proper speed. However after about 5 minutes it gets nice and warm she shuts down again. Where you ...

The one I have in there is stone cold dead. Everything works when the motor is running and that's fine by me while I'm just trying to get it running again.
Marty, it's good to see someone else from Washington here

Just what it says.. is the battery for the stater only, or does it help run some key elements on the bike? I don't have a battery in it, it will start but wont stay running anywhere under 1/2 throttle. And then won't start back up after it is warm

It's an '86 Spree 50

Thanks guys!

That was my next thought. Guess I just needed to had it from someone else. Will the whole swingarm assembly swap over?

I just picked up two Spree's. One 86, and an 87 and since I am new to these I knew right away that I needed to join this site.
The 86 is the strong runner, but has the older styling of the plastics and lights. So naturally I want to get the 87 plastics onto this bike. After reading some posts it ...