Honda Spree and Elite 50 Forums

Alright. the drag strip is open, and my old red spree is just not quick enough...
So it's time to dust off the spreeio project.

i had already cut down an 87 elite mount, but needed to relocate my shock mount.
one time i landed like this. it hurt.

so i marked where the new shock mount was going with my trusty sharpie marker...
then ground out the reinforcement lump thingamabobbers to accomidate maximum surface area for my weld.

the metal is pretty thin, and it took a little tweaking of settings, so although it's not the prettyist welding ever, i am satisfied that it won't break.

The front now sat higher than the rear, so it was time to slam my spree.

nobody likes the fruit of my labor?? the weld's not that bad...

Greetings:

No, a nice job methinks and looks solid. I trust that's some sort of Tempered bolt, not something from The Home o' De Po'?

Wheelman-111 wrote:Greetings:

No, a nice job methinks and looks solid. I trust that's some sort of Tempered bolt, not something from The Home o' De Po'?

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Greetings:

In that case when the Pyramids erode to piles of sand that shock mount will still be solid. Well done.

lookin solid indeed, nice job.

Very nice.

Will this be a drag strip only machine? No bounce in the front end wouldn't be much fun off the track.

The rear weld is fine you should be commended on it. Watch out for cracks on the bolt at the nearest weld. I have seen it happen on other similar welds. A better approach might be to weld a heavy tube and slide your bolt through it particularly if you are using a tempered bolt.

I'm still amazed that I was able to fit my Dio engine into my EliteE using the stock mount.

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Fishman43 wrote:Very nice.

Will this be a drag strip only machine? No bounce in the front end wouldn't be much fun off the track.

The front springs can be changed in about 10 minutes with the right tools, and a shock extension will be employed in conjunction with stock springs of i feel like taking it for a trip, but yes, this is mostly a dragstrip/beach toy.
and it still has some travel, about a quarter inch on the tiny springs intended to keep it from bottoming out

I'm liking the stance so far

what a beautiful scooter man!

I havn't yet got it all together and running, but here's a few more pics
Figure 1: the intake ports on my stock bore

and the exhaust, through the jug...


Now that...um yeah...custom intake...

GOT BOOST?