Honda Spree and Elite 50 Forums

Hello,
I just picked up a Derbi Manhattan last night, I have read mixed reviews on other sites, Does anyone here have any experience with this model or brand? What did you think of it?
And the big question is where are all of the parts for this thing! I have heard these are made by Piaggio and have ...

jesse1234 wrote:what size mirrors do we have to get? I want to get some low-profile aftermarket ones

I picked up some Koso street bike mirrors off ebay, they come with all the different adapters, they fit great and in my opinion look SWEEEEET! Gives my scoot a nice race look LOL

Just my 2 cents...

I wouldn't do it with my scooter as it is now, she's street pretty... and not as long as I have my '85 Honda CR60R (Which is a blast for a 60cc!)

The only drawback to the CR60R is it is not street legal so I have to trailer it out to the dirt... It would be nice to build a "Dual Sport" scooter so I ...

That is all true! I never thought about applying it to scooters but drag can happen to anything.

Along the same lines, I wonder what increase you can get from removing the mirrors and taping your seems up, especially the vent on the front panel for the horn and around the headlight, I would think ...

Thanks Wheelman,
I have read several of your posts and used many of your ideas and pointers. I think it was your post that got me thinking about a 3.5 tire, so I went to the local bike shop, they had 1 3.0 and 1 3.5 so I had them put the 3.0 on the front stock rim and the 3.5 on the rear stock rim ...

Maybe you could get together with some of the other scooter and motorcycle riders and go to the school and ask for (or demand) more parking. I am sure out of all of those riders you will find a lot of them that would like a little elbow room. I would think any campus would encourage you to ride ...

First I gotta say Great Site!
I just stumbled across this site as I was getting some info about my first scooter I picked up a couple weeks ago. I found a lot of good stuff here!

The scooter I just picked up is a 1988 Honda Elite LX that has been sitting for 10 years, it had a lot of sun fading ...