Honda Spree and Elite 50 Forums

my friend has a moped in his garage i might be able to buy for 50 bucks its a honda elite iowa? never heard of that before whats the significance of the iowa? it is a good machine.... i kickstarted it and it has compression so im sure i can get it running with a quick tune... bottomline is it worth it?

gbrebory wrote:my friend has a moped in his garage i might be able to buy for 50 bucks its a honda elite iowa? never heard of that before whats the significance of the iowa? it is a good machine.... i kickstarted it and it has compression so im sure i can get it running with a quick tune... bottomline is it worth it?

The iowa scooters are usally restricted in some way so it will only do 25mph now.
But for fifty bucks? Do you really have to ask?

Buy it. buy it before I do

will the elite iowa parts interchance with the elite e

all you would have to do is remove the restrictions, which usually involves grinding out a washer in the exhaust pipe, opening up a second hole in the air box, remove the restriter plate from the variator,and upjetting the carb. and you can take that 25 mph iowa to a 35-40 mph elite

gbrebory wrote:will the elite iowa parts interchance with the elite e

the elite e is very spree like. is that what this is?

huh missed that part(elite e) well the spree bbk will fit and work on it right? just tring to help him out.

odinxxix wrote: well the spree bbk will fit and work on it right?

Yes
Gears too.

One of the kits I ordered is going on an elite e.

yeah that sounds like a great deal. even if you can't get it up and running you can part it for way more the 50

well i just bought an 89 elite e for 400 kinda rough but basically all cosmetic except the airbox is missing which i have allready found one.... going to school for auto body so the plastic repair is nothing so i was just wondering if the elite iowa parts will fit on my elite e...... that way i can keep it for parts... otherwise the guy will just part it out himself

they should fit. just have to derestrict the exhaust, and airbox, and variator.. if it has one. i forget. and upjet the carb. and then everything should fit

gbrebory wrote:well i just bought an 89 elite e for 400 kinda rough but basically all cosmetic except the airbox is missing which i have allready found one.... going to school for auto body so the plastic repair is nothing so i was just wondering if the elite iowa parts will fit on my elite e...... that way i can keep it for parts... otherwise the guy will just part it out himself

What year is the iowa moped?

odinxxix wrote:all you would have to do is remove the restrictions, which usually involves grinding out a washer in the exhaust pipe, opening up a second hole in the air box, remove the restriter plate from the variator,and upjetting the carb. and you can take that 25 mph iowa to a 35-40 mph elite

Key word being usually. This is one of those times where a pic is worth a thousand words. I say buy it because If you are going to school for auto body, surely you can handle making a measly moped engine mount to swap in the entire engine. It depends on what elite he has.

well when i say i am going i mean i am getting my prereq's done auto classes start in the fall but i have a family of mechanics i have over 100 years mechanic experience just between gramps dad and unc im usre we can manage i was just asking cause i know there are ome junk peds out there and dont wanna wate my time with something

My 87 Elite was an Iowa model, had a restrictor plate in the trans. Should be a variated machine. might be more worth sinking money into then the Elite E.

I spent nearly 50 bucks on KFC today. Buy it.