Honda Spree and Elite 50 Forums

For the longest time I thought my spree was, well... a spree. When I bought it and I didn't know anything about scooters, the guy just told me it was a spree and I thought no more about it... But the more I look around the forums etc and get familiar with this family of scooters, I notice more and more differences here and there that make me say "huh this doesn't look like its from a spree, like the ones in the photos..." IE gauges/controls, taillight and rack, turn signals (rear), my CDI box being on the LEFT side instead of the right... I just never realized this because I've never had the body panels on cause ive been working on it. Tonight it hit me... do I have an aero?



If this is true, will the SPREE air filter I just ordered still fit??

I don't know if it's an Aero, but it's definitely not a Spree.

A Spree air filter won't fit an Aero.

Well, it just seems to have the aero taillight + rack, and body panels, etc. That's what tipped me off. Also, when I look up parts for an aero online from a local dealer, on the parts diagrams the airbox actually looks like the one thats on my bike, not from the spree. I also saw a CDI on ebay that looked just like mine, but for an aero. Is there a way to tell model/year from the VIN?

Where can I find the engine number on the bike?

snikro wrote:Where can I find the engine number on the bike?

Im not sure. The vin is on a small tag behind the front wheel and a plate welded to the frame under the floorboard.

So it would be pretty likely that that's an aero engine in there? People don't tend to swap spree engines into aero's, right? Also, what are the differences between the two motors?

I found the vin plate and according to the website it's an 85 NB50M. Does anyone know the difference between the NB50<b>M</b> and NB50?

might be a more restricted version thats slower to comply with moped laws.

Funny thing about that is the 86 and 87 Aero's were called just NB50, and the "M" wasn't marketed anymore. But they're pretty much the same throughout those model years, right?

cheer up, you have a faster 50 cc bike. my old beat up aero 50 would go 38 mph on flat ground.

just to confirm, definitely not spree. spree has a simpler fork setup, and slightly different headlight.

Its an aero cuz it has a one piece trans cover! Now what car can you get aero emblems off - just got mine from a junk yard, yea name the car!

its not a spree. But it is a aero, the tank and the tail lights give it away.

It's and aero,but why is the front fork backwards?