Honda Spree and Elite 50 Forums

My identical scoot just got running too, same story. Congrats! Isn't the white and blue just totally... white and blue?

Thanks to loads of good advice here on this forum and a lot of blood, sweat, and foul language, my elite E has gone from garage-space-occupier and running joke to 3 cubic inches of roaring (buzzing) terror.

WOOHOO! In celebration I rode my still-not-entirely-reassembled scoot down to the coffee ...

Kenny_McCormic wrote:Thats not really THAT bad.

Nah, it's not. I spend 300+ in chains tires and fluids for my V-strom every year. * my seat and my shock both cost as much as two elites.

So I guess what I'm really saying in this thread is "Waaaah!"

Kenny_McCormic wrote:How much did you pay for rings and a valve?

Pretty close to 70 with tax. I bought straight from the stealership, reasoning that if they couldn't help me get the right part at least I could reach them across the counter.

Yesterday with the purchase of a new petcock and piston rings from my friendly neighborhood honda dealer, I have official sunk more money into my elite E than I paid for the scooter, and it is still not presently self-mobile. (current price tag: 350 dollars, 170 of which is scooter)

This is ...

Kenny_McCormic wrote:The elite E, IIRC is a spree engine, buy from a honda parts dealer to prevent such screwups.

Yes, sometimes we dummies must learn the hard way. Thanks to all for the info.

Next week's lesson: Is your Vaccuum Petcock broken? How to be certain by getting gas all over the place.

So I got some new piston rings for my Elite E, but all I could find was the rings off a fiche for an Elite LX. The picture looked I-freaking-dentical so I figured what the * lets go for it.

The rings I got don't seem to want to seat into the piston enough to fit back up the cylinder. The width ...

keithw wrote:My Pal has a variable front pulley. I was emailing a guy in New Zealand and he said that his does not. The Pal variable pulley will not fit the Spree unless you swap the crankshaft also.

keithw

Wwaaaaaaait a minute O.o

Does this mean I might be able to get a variable pulley into my Elite E?

CaptDan wrote: A rubber band
A midships motor
No big * cowels
And a plastic rotor
An electric start
A one gear ride
Screamin' beJezus
I'm off to the side!

(c) 2008 ABSMoPedz Mewsick - no rights reserved.

Dammit that verse just got coffee all over my laptop. Awesome

Hi all,

So I have this 89 Elite E (the one with the fixed drive like the spree but an elite body, thanks to everybody on here for helping me figure out the correct model.) with the two-part clutch.

The two-part stock clutch is no longer available at any price, but I was wondering if I could just ...

Your engine is basically a spree engine with a bigger better intake system.

Aha! That explains it then! Thanks a ton for the clarification. Seems the place to start will be a new clutch/bell/belt, any suggestions for what to do with the front pully to make sure it grabs the belt properly?

Is it ...

Spoilers, Type R stickers, and a coffee can exhaust tip! Booyah!

Ok, got some pics that'll hopefully help one of you guru types:

First off: the scooter itself:
http://www.cygnature.com/bike/Scoot/ChickMagnet.jpg
Chicks dig it. Bodywise it's pretty clearly an elite, and the VIN says it's probably the SA50P.

Anyway, this is the smooth pulley that's mounted ...

Kenny_McCormic wrote:Pics of engine and bike would help greatly and it does sound like a spree

I'll get some after work. Looking at fiche's the inner pulley half doesn't look like a spree pully, because it's smooth on the back. It looks suspiciously like the face of a variator.

The plot thickens: I have no variator, just a big heavy disc pulley. Looking at the tech docs, that sounds like I have a spree, even though my body is distinctly an elite. If the transmission is a Spree transmission does that mean the Engine has to be too, or is it possible that some idiot has put a ...