Honda Spree and Elite 50 Forums

After thoroughly cleaning carb and checking everything else (it seems), I'm starting to wonder about the petcock. Left standing for a while the 1987 Honda 50NQ fires right up and runs fine at just about any rpm for about a minute and a half - then dies. Will usually start again but not run for any l...

Definitely no click or movement of any kind. Looks like a rusted little spring in there. While the petcock was on the tank, I could get fuel to flow by sucking on it but it stopped as soon as I stopped. I'll try getting a new one, knowing that an '85 tank (which I have on there) has a different thre...

Lines are good. How do I tell if the petcock is bad. It may well be. The scoot was dormant for several years before I saved it from the junk heap and brought it back to life - or life support as it stands now!!!

Thanks for your sage advice. All good. Carb sparkles inside and out; however I haven't extracted the brass tubes - too many warnings against doing that. How do you do it without causing possible damage. Spree starts fine and even idles for a while but then dies. I can rev it up and it'll keep runnin...

I recently pieced together a basket case 1987 Honda Spree. No rust in tank, cleaned carb, new plug, checked all lines, etc. It will start but won't idle for long. It runs with good power as long as I keep the revs up but dies when it should drop back to an idle. On my Honda 150 there was a separate ...