Honda Spree and Elite 50 Forums

noiseguy wrote:Do yourself a favor and find someone with a compression tester and check the compression yourself b/f you haul it into the repair shop for a ring job. It's a quick test that should clear things up for you.

I will! Thanks for all your help!

<<Do yourself a favor and get a compression check. Is this something that it just started doing or what? What incline is the hill? Are you over 200 lbs?>>

I am only 134. The hills are hills I've always done easily, but just in the last 3 days it won't make them.

<<Compression = power. Under 90 ...

I think when he said rebuild that he meant rebuild the engine. Good God! Does it need that already?

I put nothing but high end gas in the scooter. Is premium too rich for the little guy?

When my 1986 HONDA SPREE is ridden uphill, it just slows and dies. I called my mechanic, and he suggested replacing the spark plug first, and going from there. I have put 2200 miles on it, and it has about 2500 miles. He also said I may have to rebuild the top end?:?

Yikes. Is this the only option ...