Honda Spree and Elite 50 Forums

So I'm on the tail end of my spree-dio build. Have done frame supports, foot peg mounts, nice grab bar and mounted up the motor. Went to pull the front forks off so I could bring it all to powder coat and it appears as though whomever owned this last didnt understand how to put a nut on correctly. Its halfway stripped and crossthreaded. I can't for the life of me get it off. I'm upset I didnt notice this before. I took it to the local honda shop and they said the only thing they could do was cut it off!

If I'm going to hack up the stock suspension to get it out of there I might as well do some consideration into what kind of nice front suspensions anyone out there has tried. At the beginning of the build I was contemplating doing a front end with disc brakes. I do realize I'll have to cut the frame up and put a new mount, but anyone know of any front ends that will still clear the stock front plastics?

nope!! if your planning on doing a swap,you have to use the stock stem or get a donor bike and weld in the stem neck to use that frontend. most of the disc brake swaps done on spree's were from disc brake dio's or sym dd50 that used the spree stem.

Thanks baka. Looks like I already located a new front end which is needed even if I want to do a swap... I'll save that thought for the future if I want to upgrade.

Hey BAKA, while we're on the subject... what do you recomend for an easy front end swap on an 87 elite?

Roaster wrote:Hey BAKA, while we're on the subject... what do you recomend for an easy front end swap on an 87 elite?

live dio zx frontend. its a direct bolt on. the only thing you have to do is use a heat gun to push the inner panels out so it can clear the triple clamp.


this my race bike with the live zx triple with the standard function G2 adjustable forks


my street bike with live dio zx triple and full ncy fork and brake kit




this is the full live dio zx frontend with rim

where could i track down that front end setup? and it would work on my 88 elite correct?