ran out of gas, now won't start

aleminx · Post by **aleminx** » Sun May 11, 2008 12:36 am

was running fine full speed then started sputtering and ran badly all the way home barely went over 10 mph. i checked the fuel and it was bone dry but was idling fine when i shut it off. refilled gas and now can't start it for the life of me. any ideas? its a 89 spree.

chevyguyjay · Post by **chevyguyjay** » Sun May 11, 2008 12:37 am

no such thing as a 89 spree dude. pull the air cleaner off and smother the carb to choke it.

aleminx · Post by **aleminx** » Sun May 11, 2008 12:55 am

what? if its not a spree, then what is it?

http://portland.craigslist.org/mlt/mcy/673188925.html

chevyguyjay · Post by **chevyguyjay** » Sun May 11, 2008 1:00 am

hm....nice. its a elite50. nice find.

aleminx · Post by **aleminx** » Sun May 11, 2008 1:24 am

scored it for $350 and came with a sweet helmet

so whats up tell me what i need to do to make this thing rage! got probably $300 or so burning a hole in my pocket for this- i can go about 35 right now but my yamaha jog blows it away.

Kenny_McCormic · Post by **Kenny_McCormic** » Sun May 11, 2008 10:50 am

When you run the carb on these bikes dry, its a b**** to get them to reprime, plus the bystarter will only work with a full bowl. So put you hand over the intake holes on the airbox to start it after its been ran dry.

devenex · Post by **devenex** » Sun May 11, 2008 3:33 pm

Now WAY!

I saw that scoot on craigslist and thought about emailing her that it was an elite and that there were no '89 sprees!

Talk about a small world, eh?

Dac · Post by **Dac** » Sun May 11, 2008 4:26 pm

aleminx wrote:scored it for $350 and came with a sweet helmet so whats up tell me what i need to do to make this thing rage! got probably $300 or so burning a hole in my pocket for this- i can go about 35 right now but my yamaha jog blows it away.

what year jog you have?

aleminx · Post by **aleminx** » Sun May 11, 2008 6:05 pm

i think it's an 86 jog.... looking for parts for that one too