Duosport's Honda Spree repair thread.

[patthesoundguy]

Set the idle air mixture and idle speed properly according to the manual and that lag might go away glad to hear its a happy spree again. There is just something to be said for how a spree drives eh?

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[Duosport]

I think what it has lost by not having a variator it partially gains back by being so light weight.

[patthesoundguy]

Yeah, I really like the feel of no variator. But it is soooo the limiting factor on the spree. Still wont ever give up my spree though even when I buy a brand new scooter

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[Duosport]

And if you bought a brand new scooter what would it be?

[patthesoundguy]

I'm toying with the idea of the Honda pcx 150 its new to canada for 2013. Its been out everywhere else for a few years now. I sat on one for the first time yesterday, after just looking at it for months, it feels light like a spree which is hard to believe. I dying to drive one. I drove a Suzuki burgman last year but the pcx feels so much nicer and it is supposed to go pretty much as fast.

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[Duosport]

Nice!

[Wheelman-111]

Greetings:

I LOVE the PCX, but the 650cc Bergman goes 106 MPH. The 150cc PCX will struggle up to a top of 70 unless you
Dude! Swap in a Dio!!
Anyhow, the Bergman weighs over 500 pounds. A "Scooter" in name only. PCX will be more fun to ride for sure unless you're heading for Vancouver.

[Duosport]

Accch! So it was running so perfect. One kick start. So today I installed a new ignition switch because the old one was missing a key and was bypassed. Installed and everything was working perfect running sweet. I shut it down and went about cleaning and installing the front plastics and running board. After that I gave it another kick to start it up and nothing. I checked for spark. Getting good spark. I checked flow to carb. Getting good flow. Does not appear over flowing to carb. Two times I removed the carburetor and cleaned it. I also emptied the gas tank and put in fresh gas. No joy. Not even a small little pop.

[Wheelman-111]

Greetings:

Before you do anything else, just screw in a new spark plug. Cheap stab but it often works.

[Duosport]

The plug would make sense. I did however just replace the plug a few days ago. I do not now have a new one tonight, so I just pulled the plug and cleaned it off. No luck. I primed the cylinder. No luck. I tried an old plug I had with a cylinder prime. No luck.

I am thinking it is either flooded or a bad plug. If it were a problem with a clogged pilot jet, then the priming of the cylinder should have done something.

I'll get a new plug tomorrow.

[patthesoundguy]

If its flooded start it with the throttle wide open. It alows more air in.

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[patthesoundguy]

Some times plugs will fire out side the cylinder but not when its installed. Had it happen a couple times.

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[Duosport]

If its flooded start it with the throttle wide open. It alows more air in.

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Yes I tried that. No go. Nothing.

[Duosport]

Greetings:

Before you do anything else, just screw in a new spark plug. Cheap stab but it often works.

Lets face facts. You are a genius! I put in a new plug and it started right up. Because I had just replace the plug with a new one a few days prior and it was running great I did not think the plug would be the problem. Now everything is great. Looks and runs great. Well except for the ripped up seat. Working on that though.

Thanks

[Wheelman-111]

Greetings:

Glad it worked for you. No genius here (Ms. Wheelperson will tell you...) but misspent youth on snowmobiles. 30 miles from home in 20 below, you try whatever's handy if the sled don't start. Often as not, the new plug fixed it. Certainly not much effort and cheap.