Honda Spree and Elite 50 Forums

Breaze, thank you very much for that post. I was thinking along those lines and now that it's been validated, I want to try it on mine. I'll let you know how it goes? It may be a couple weeks til I get back to it.

RZ Rob

Thanks. I'll pull it apart and take pictures. I'm hopping someone's crossed this bridge before.

RZ Rob

Hi folks, I've had lots of various 2 stroke Honda 50s and those ByStarters seem to always have issues. My latest acquisition is an Express SR that's really clean, but it has carb issues. On this model, the bystarter is thermally reactive and attaches to the cylinder and seems to be giving the bike t...

So, I sold all my scooters, but always keep my eyes out for a deal. Saw a great deal on an '84 Aero and had to buy it. Once I got home I confirmed, it was one of my old ones I'd sold a couple years ago. Seems the pesky choke issues made it a hard starter so in 2 years it only got 100 more miles. Unf...

While technically the Needle's job is to hold back the gas, it doesn't take much to overcome it's shut-off capabilities. I'd do a quick check of the petcock by removing the line going to the carb (not the vacuum line) and if it flows freely, just buy a new petcock and see if your problem goes bye by...

Been there done that, I just sold 2 virgin Aero scoots. When the guy did the carb rebuild, he probably overlooked the super-minute pinhole orifice in the bowl that feeds the bystarter (cold-start) system. This is easy to do as I've rebuilt lots of carbs and never had to deal with the bowl. My bet is...

Not exactly a scooter, but I built this rack to haul my scoots to the beach. It's solid!

RZ Rob

I've got two '83s and they both have this problem. One though, after riding it more frequently, the problem seems to be subsiding. Either way, when you clean the carb, note the pinhole orifice in the float bowl, and the emulsion tube that just presses in the carb under the mainjet. These are both ea...

Bear45-70 wrote:Did you try adjusting the air screw (idle mixture screw) for the highest possible RPM, because it sounds like the motor is too lean when cold. From what you are saying the bystarter is working.

I'll try this.

RZ Rob

Oh this is interesting. The only thing the same of the carbs is the float. The castings are completely different and one screws in via a big ring nut and one's held in by 2 small screws(wrong one I just bought online (eBay listed for an '84). The carb in my '83 is PERFECT. The problem is the Bystart...

My '83 Aero 50 is beautiful. It runs fantastic and has less than 1000 miles. The only problem is the darn choke. I bought a carb from an '84 and it's different. Anyone got any ideas how I can solve this? I've meticulously cleaned the carb including the bowl orifices. I'm thinking I need to retrofit ...

Hi folks, Don't know how it happened, but somehow I'm the proud owner of yet another '85 Spree scooter. This one's a fairly clean white one (I need a seat for it though) except it is missing all the stickers. I'm curious, were the stickers (and seat) on the white ones blue or black or something else...

I sprayed my pink scooters with Pledge (seat gauges, hand controls, mirrors and turnsignals, rubber bits etc.) and let it soak in over night. Then I used Color Restorer making a point to stay clear of the decals. Then I wiped her all down to get the chemicals off, used a quality cleaner wax, then to...

My gut feeling is his Bystarter is not doing its thing properly - if it's even still there.

RZ Rob

It's a supply and demand thing. I just paid $75 for a red OEM petcock cover because it was worth it to me to have it. Had I known they'd be being remade I'd rather have that now, but at the time it was worth it to me.

RZ Rob