Honda Spree and Elite 50 Forums

I'm not sure if this is the answer, but it is something to look into. On an engine, having more backpressure (to a point) gives you more low end torque (which is why some modern motorcycles have a butterfly valve in the exhaust that closes at low rpms and opens at high rpms). While you were flushing ...

I've jump started mine off of my car a few times and have had no problems. However, you have to be slightly more careful when starting it. The car battery is huge compared to the Spree's battery, and it puts out a lot more amps. This will make it the Spree's starter turn over like a bat out of *. It ...

After using the information on this site to fix my spree, it averages about 30 mph on flat ground. I noticed though, that when I go down a hill, I can usually get past 35 and sometimes come close to 40 mph. On the flat ground after the hill, the moped will hold the speed until I stop, slow down ...

Does this mean my air/fuel screw is set wrong? Also, I usually don't let mine warm up b/c it doesn't stay running b/c the clutch stays locked up. This could cause the problem to happen somebody said, but wouldn't the problem go away after it warms up (still does it after riding 10 miles)

My spree will go about 25 mph. When it gets to that speed, the engine stops sounding high pitched and makes a low pitched sound. The speed stays close to the same. While I am going, the bike occasionally has surges where it tries to accelerate, but starts making the lower sound again. Can anybody ...

A couple of friends of mine were actually taking a video camera to these things and shooting a "Fast and the Furious" style video on mopeds.

That stuff is kinda common now that its getting nice out here. People drag race mopeds off of traffic lights a lot. I had to pull my spree out as soon as I seen that happening.

no they were fine, I just wasnt getting spark and the thing kept putting oil into my cylinder when i turned it over and i was messing with other stuff. It got to the point that my started wouldnt turn it over anymore beofre i took my plug out.

This may sound stupid but I thought mine was doing that and it was oil. I cranked it over without the plug for a while to clear that out and it started hard the first time after, but it got running.

Where do you add the oil to the final reduction, is it the same hole that you check the oil level with. Also, if it is the same hole, what is a good way to do it, the service manual isn't very specific.

Mine got stuck open and ended up (i think that my float is messed up) draining my whole tank through the overflow on the carb. A little bit of carb cleaner fixed that right up.

Now that I took the carb off again, my fuel valve is stuck open, so i just drained my tank and am going to attempt to fix that, could that have any affect on this.

It makes very little smoke but when it does, it is a little white. It goes fast again without the side covers on, but when I put the covers back on, it goes slow again and doesn't want to stay running whileat idle.

I have a 1985 Spree that went about 30 mph when I first got it. After about a week, it seemed like it was going slower and didn't have much acceleration. I took the carb apart and cleaned it. When I put it back together, the moped went even slower, leading me to believe that I have the air/fuel ...

Everyone says don't use marine oil in the engine, but the royal purple that I seen recommended here is TCW-3. Isn't this marine oil? Also, what will happen if you run marine oil through the engine?