Honda Spree and Elite 50 Forums

Update: Messed with it some more. It would surge at mid throttle too. Anyway, After removing the carburetor a 3rd time, I soaked it in some toxic waste in a can. I had an old can of Berryman carb dip buried in the back of the garage. Left the parts in it for 15 min. Upon removing the carb, some ...

Is it possible to propane sniff with a 2 stroke like you can with a 4 stroke engine?

I've got a 1989 Elite 50 (the SB50). It ran great last year. It sat over the winter and then wouldn't run right. I did the following trying to correct the problem.

drain tank and fresh fuel,
carb cleaning,
spark plug (yes went NGK had at .028, it's now .025)
carb cleaning again, forgot the emulsion ...

yep. The second time. The first time (the start of this thread) it had 3/4+ tank
this last time I was trying to debug w/o seeing it other than a phone call from the misses.

I've also gotten a phone call where the fix was 'Is the key on'. sigh......

yes, the carb was clean. So clean, I was able to see light thru the pilot circuit.

DOH......

it's out of gas.... grrrr...

UGGG. It still does it.

It ran great for about 30 miles and worked great. And now it's not running right again after about 3-5 blocks and is impossible to restart.

The screen in the tank was clean when I checked that when changing fuel lines and cleaning the carb.. There was very little crud in ...

alright y it runs again. Didn't try it too hard yet, just in the garage on the stand. The carb was pretty clean. Though there was a little rust dust residue in the bowl. Changed the fuel and vacuum lines to some yellow tigon and after remembering to put the spark plug wire back on, it fired right up ...

alright y it runs again. Didn't try it too hard yet, just in the garage on the stand. The carb was pretty clean. Though there was a little rust dust residue in the bowl. Changed the fuel and vacuum lines to some yellow tigon and after remembering to put the spark plug wire back on, it fired right up ...

I've got an 89 Elite E that used to run great. However recently I took it about 3 blocks away and it lost all engine power.
and wouldn't restart. I left it for a bit (walked the rest of my trip) then it started again fine. Upon giving it any gas it would die. I'd let it sit for a little bit and it ...

better photo.
the schmutz on the front cowling is road grime from having it stick partway out of the trunk while moving it. I haven't even washed this yet.

Currently it will be the wife's to run back and forth to work and occasionally a pit bike.
The body work is fantastic with just a couple of injuries.

We have hills in the area and the torque is a little lacking. I'm not looking to make it crazy fast, but if it can get up to speed a little quicker ...

Howdy! Recently picked up a 1989 Elite 50 With just 1300 miles on it.

Starts with one kick. and moves my 250 lb body about 32 mph. a couple buddies and I must have put about 30 miles on it the day I brought it home.

sorry for the lousy photo.

I'm looking for a mirror and I'll have to search ...