Honda Spree and Elite 50 Forums

I got back from Taiwan on Saturday, and inspired by the sheer volume of scooter goodness going on there, got down into the basement to work on my SB50p. I had smeared a little piston inside the cylinder, so I put it in a heavy duty garbage bag. I took a plastic (not metal) 2.5 gallon pail, and fille...

I repainted the side panels on my elite by 1) scrubbing them down to the white pvc with a coarse sanding sponge (Home Depot), with warm water and just a hint of pine sol (which strips paint, and could soften plastic if you leave it in there too long) 2) once dried and wiped down, I used a spray-can ...

I've got a cylinder that has some melted piston in it. Am I correct in assuming that the "smear" is aluminium from the piston, and that the wall of the cylinder is something significantly less soft? This being the case, am I better off trying to eat the aluminium smear away with carefully ...