Honda Spree and Elite 50 Forums

Hello and Happy New year to everyone,
I am new to this forum and own a 1986 Honda Spree scooter. My question is it is about 30 degrees here and I took my scooter for a ride just to keep the carb from not getting gunked up and I notice that after I let it warm up about 5 minutes and take off it seems like it is still choked for about a quarter or a block then clears up and runs great. Is this normal for cold weather riding? I am thinking it is but want to make sure with the experts like you. Also, I did clean my carb out inside about a month ago because it was stalling on me and it works great. I set my air/fuel screw 1.5 turns out from seating it in lightly and I adjusted the idle screw out until the back rear wheel doesn't move unless the throttle is advanced on the handlebar. I also cleaned my air filter and replaced the spark plug with NGK BPR6HSA. Like I said it runs great but the first few minutes when you first start her for the day runs like shes choked up then clears herself out and runs great. I am very honered to be a part of this forum and look forward to reading your articles on here. Take care.

Thats just the auto choke, completely normal behavior. Store it with stabil treated gas in it, wont gunk up.

I hunt morel mushrooms in the spring. Funny how it's very quiet on the morel forums unless it's time to hunt, but here in the middle of winter there are alot of people on the forums and riding thier scooters in freezing weather!

Mine is buried in a shed right now.

Kenny_McCormic wrote:Mine is buried in a shed right now.

And my Elite is also buried in a shed at our cottage 180 miles away! I'm thinking about bringing it home the next time I go up there. You guys are giving me the itch to do some modding!

Thank you very much for your responses. I really wish it would warm back up so we could enjoy the riding more but I basically ride now just to keep the carb from getting gunked up but I will do the Stabil thing. Have a great New Years.

im a lil drunk

the stabil will also soak up any water that condenses in the tank.