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Thanks wheelman!

Guys, working on repainting one of my sprees and in the process of cleaning the rear body panels. Removing the oil, dirt, and gunk. Inside the panels is foam. Does this foam serve any purpose? Does it deflect heat from the motor? Can I remove and clean or will this cause the panel to get too hot ...

Build Update...

Neither bike will start! Ugh...

Both bikes received full cleaning of the bike, carb, new fuel lines, petcocks, air filters, batteries, spark plugs, gas, oil, etc.

Prior to doing all this maintenance and cleaning, the start would at least crank. Now...nothing! When I try to ...

Attached are some photos of the builds...

Please note repair manual printed and bound in the second picture! haha!

Monday Morning Update...

I've discovered the following negatives while taking apart the red scoot:

* Disassembled the kick-start and noticed that the gear that the half-moon turns has some of threads sheared off. This is probably why it kept getting stuck when I attempted to start it. I re ...

swimmingfree wrote:i use duck tap as a temp fix....lol...lol
swimmingfree

Believe me...a piece of cardboard and some duct tape was the first things that popped into my head! Although I'm trying to make these as reliable as I can...

swimmingfree wrote:you need a cover for the air filter or it will not run .... it will be to lean and not good on the motor ....
swimmingfree

Yup...working on finding a lid. Thanks!

Swell!!! Well last night I started taking apart the Red scoot to clean and get ready to work on it this weekend and noticed this one needs a bit more attention. This thing is covered in oil! And the best part, its missing the air filter box lid. Not too mention the kick start is stuck in the down ...

Morning!

So I began working on getting these bikes running and have done the following. Please keep in mind I'm a total noob when it comes to these 2-stroke motors...thanks! I've also downloaded the manual and have been using that and old posts on this forum for reference.

* Ordered new 12v ...

Some additional pics...

Hello Everyone!

I wanted to introduce myself and show you my soon to be builds. Yes, buildsI bought 2! These will actually be my 2nd and 3rd builds since the first I restored was back when I was 15. My first ride was a Honda Eve we bought from an importer in Miami for $200 and my father and I ...

Just joined and looking for two new sprees for me and my lady to run downtown with, in the meantime below is my first ride when I was 15! My dad and I restored this back in 1995. It was a Honda Eve we got from an importer in Miami for $100 bucks! Rebuilt the motor, new paint (first time I worked ...