The Mcnugget Elite

[countmcnugget]

Hello I've been working on my 87 Elite SE50P for a while now while waiting for parts and people have been very helpful! I've decided to start a build page. This is my first scoot so we'll see how she goes.
So far I've installed a Pollini Variator, Leo Vince SP3 Exhaust, and a new battery. I was just going to make these minimal updates and cruise but now that it is getting cold here. I've decided to clean her up and see if we can't make her pretty. It is gonna be an interesting journey the Mcnugget's not to mechanically savvy!

The Count.

[dun rite]

looks like it needs a good cleaning anyways. Have fun and good luck

[tru72]

dam ... 87 elites!!
one day ill get one for my collection!!
nice!!

[89eliteR]

I pretty much have the same bike Canadian 89 elite R which is the same as your 87, just a quick question, did you change your front fork? If so to what?

[countmcnugget]

Stock front end, but dio front ends look sweet on these if you can get a hold of one.

[89eliteR]

The Canadian dio's are few and far between. Well my area anyways. They look identical to the 88 and up US elite, but besides looks its a lot different.

[countmcnugget]

So last night after getting the kid to bed got to work on taking the rest of the plastics off and cleaning a few of the pieces. Namely the fan cover because that thing was nasty. Now it looks like i repainted it, haha. The plastics are gonna need some work a lot of sanding and primer. Can't decide what paint scheme to go with yet. Not sure if I wan to go ultra flashy or just go with the standard blank. Also found an old bee hive under the front plastics so that was pretty sweet; not sure if this thing has been cleaned since 1987. Included is a photo from the gas tank where i cleaned the original color sticker; the code reads black with nasty 80's/pink inners!

Looking to take the Air Filter and carb off tonight and clean those out. Also have to figure out how to fix the bolt that attaches the exhaust as it broke in half last night when removing the exhaust! It looks like it is 8mm from the manual so we'll see if the local hardware store has anything.

Count.