87 honda elite project
Posted: Tue Jul 31, 2012 6:56 pm
So was looking around for my first project scooter to fix up and have to get to work so i found this 87 honda elite 50 on craigslist for $150 and talked the guy down to $100 so i went and picked it up and the guy i got it from did small engine repair and said a guy brought it to him to get it running again and the guy called him back and said he could keep it and sell it to get the money back that he owed him so i went a got it this is what it looked like Before We Got It Home lol dude said " Its Just Ugly " he was right! but it runs and is drivable. also "said" he cleaned the carb lol found out it had no keys and had been hot wired to get it to start also
needs
*head light , speedo, and there plastics
*speedo cable ( one that is on the bike is missing the nut that screws on to the speedo)
*front turn signals
*back turn signals (right broken lens and wires are dry rotten)
*seat/redone
*tires (dry rotten)
*rear side plastics (haven't found a set of those yet)
*air cleaner
*shocks
*paint
*ignition and keys
*maybe forgetting something lol but you get the idea
and this is how it went ill post pics of cleaning and painting and installing parts as they come in the mail bought most of my stuff from ebay.
Note the hot wiring job lol
Broken lens
Took the half air box i had off and rigged up something till i got a air cleaner
Sanding down the front plastic it had a bunch of stickers that were pealing off
broken air box
Bald and rotten rear tire
Painting front plastic
First Coat
Plastic back on and painted the floor board and plastic under the seat
taking all the plastic off to get painted
got alot of laughs about this lol took the plastic piece that was in the air box and found a foam paint brush and cut the foam off and it fit perfectly lol and work pretty good too
Black gloss paint
Painting area
Cleaning
touchin up, Duck taped seat lol
wow it looks small at this angle lol
Parts im getting
High Performance Racing Ignition Coil
Racing cdi
Led turn signals
Head Light
Speedo with 486 miles YES!! LOL
Upgraded from 2.75s to 3.0 x 10 knobbies
Ignition
Air Cleaner
Bought a set of handle bar covers that were suppose to fit a 87 elite 50 but when i got them i found out they didnt fit and were for a 86 spree so i got a full refund of $35 and got to keep the plastics so im selling them lol and had to buy these yay! NOT!!!
have two headlights now AWSOME
Looks pretty good inside the cvt
Got the tires
taking off the old tires
Had to take the exhaust off to get the back rim off PAIN jk
Back Tire Done
no clearance issues thank god lol
Doin the front tire
Tires Done And Aired Up Looking Good
old tires bald and dry rotten to s*** lol
Racing Cdi Going to remount this somewhere else later
KFC LOL
50mm Cone Air Cleaner
Paul JR Designs lol
Went out to start the bike and the engine revved really high and the back tire spun really fast lol so i had to take the carb off , clean it and put it back on three times till it stopped revving out of control when i started it lol Why Me!
Redoing the seat went to hobby lobby and got some vinyl. got a yard for $6.99 Awesome lol and then bought some adhesive spray also
you probably cant tell but thats a Honda generator
Super 77
Had to come inside it has getting tooooooo hot out there
Staple Gun!
Not too shabby if i say so my self lol
Wow that took forever lol
ok so this is what the scooter looks like right now waiting for more parts to come in headlight and its plastic came in the mail today and painted it black just havent took a picture yet lol
will update while i progress Also need help with carb adjustment! it wil start and stay running but when i get to a stop sign and slow down it wants to shut off on me. 
needs
*head light , speedo, and there plastics
*speedo cable ( one that is on the bike is missing the nut that screws on to the speedo)
*front turn signals
*back turn signals (right broken lens and wires are dry rotten)
*seat/redone
*tires (dry rotten)
*rear side plastics (haven't found a set of those yet)
*air cleaner
*shocks
*paint
*ignition and keys
*maybe forgetting something lol but you get the idea
and this is how it went ill post pics of cleaning and painting and installing parts as they come in the mail bought most of my stuff from ebay.
Note the hot wiring job lol
Broken lens
Took the half air box i had off and rigged up something till i got a air cleaner
Sanding down the front plastic it had a bunch of stickers that were pealing off
broken air box
Bald and rotten rear tire
Painting front plastic
First Coat
Plastic back on and painted the floor board and plastic under the seat
taking all the plastic off to get painted
got alot of laughs about this lol took the plastic piece that was in the air box and found a foam paint brush and cut the foam off and it fit perfectly lol and work pretty good too
Black gloss paint
Painting area
Cleaning
touchin up, Duck taped seat lol
wow it looks small at this angle lol
Parts im getting
High Performance Racing Ignition Coil
Racing cdi
Led turn signals
Head Light
Speedo with 486 miles YES!! LOL
Upgraded from 2.75s to 3.0 x 10 knobbies
Ignition
Air Cleaner
Bought a set of handle bar covers that were suppose to fit a 87 elite 50 but when i got them i found out they didnt fit and were for a 86 spree so i got a full refund of $35 and got to keep the plastics so im selling them lol and had to buy these yay! NOT!!!
have two headlights now AWSOME
Looks pretty good inside the cvt
Got the tires
taking off the old tires
Had to take the exhaust off to get the back rim off PAIN jk
Back Tire Done
no clearance issues thank god lol
Doin the front tire
Tires Done And Aired Up Looking Good
old tires bald and dry rotten to s*** lol
Racing Cdi Going to remount this somewhere else later
KFC LOL
50mm Cone Air Cleaner
Paul JR Designs lol
Went out to start the bike and the engine revved really high and the back tire spun really fast lol so i had to take the carb off , clean it and put it back on three times till it stopped revving out of control when i started it lol Why Me!
Redoing the seat went to hobby lobby and got some vinyl. got a yard for $6.99 Awesome lol and then bought some adhesive spray also
you probably cant tell but thats a Honda generator
Super 77
Had to come inside it has getting tooooooo hot out there
Staple Gun!
Not too shabby if i say so my self lol
Wow that took forever lol
ok so this is what the scooter looks like right now waiting for more parts to come in headlight and its plastic came in the mail today and painted it black just havent took a picture yet lol
will update while i progress
Also need help with carb adjustment! it wil start and stay running but when i get to a stop sign and slow down it wants to shut off on me. 
