Honda Spree and Elite 50 Forums

So my little Honda Aero 50 starter motor has been working a dream since the day I got her.

Started her this morning on the starter, no problems, rode her a few miles, left her for the day outside work.

When to start her later and the starter was dead... battery was grand, horn, brakes lights etc all works with the ignition on.

I am going to guess the starter has quit / or its stuck. Can it be easily removed with the engine in place?

Or could it be something else that is wrong / that I could test?

Planned on just running 12V straight across it to see if it spins, ruling out the switch etc.

But any advice is much appreciated.

Also, it started fine on the kick start, and when pulling either brake and pressing the started button, there is complete silence, not a noise at all from the starter. Thanks again

Greetings:

Try the 12v hotwire as you said. If it spins over, you have a bad switch or relay. Peat can be very corrosive.

Try tapping lightly on the starter housing or taking out the starter and spinning the motor by hand a few times and seeing if that gets it working... mine had debris in the starter and I twisted the shaft by hand until I didn't feel grittiness any more n it worked ever since, at least til the poltergeist came. My girl said she watched my scooter start up and run over n over one day by itself w ign switch off and kill switch off. Ghost did it so many times it burned out the starter.