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- Mon Aug 25, 2008 12:04 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: best possible oil to use for 87 honda spree?
- Replies: 11
- Views: 3487
Run the cheapest gas you can find but whatever you do DONT RUN THAT 10% ETHANOL *! Hows a melted piston and and dissolved carb parts sound? Yeah, alcohol is highly corrosive. But if anything it should deter detonation, not make it worse. Alcohol burns very slow. If you ran straight alcohol you woul...
- Sun Aug 24, 2008 11:54 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: best possible oil to use for 87 honda spree?
- Replies: 11
- Views: 3487
thank you guys, very much appreciated. i think i remember seeing something in another thread about honda GN2. must be good stuff. what kinda of gas should i use premium, regular? not sure if sprees are finicky. running high octane gas isnt going to increase performance. but the high octane fuel wil...
- Sun Aug 24, 2008 11:47 am
- Forum: Technical Help
- Topic: Faulty Fuel Gage?
- Replies: 6
- Views: 2195
- Sun Aug 24, 2008 11:41 am
- Forum: Performance Technical
- Topic: Fuels and Additives
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1769
Higher octane gas without the compression to utilize it is a total waste of money and I know of no scooter (unmodded) that has a enough compression to use anything except regular. Additives are a maze of everything from hurts your engine to really works. I've used a number of them over the years (a ...
- Sat Aug 23, 2008 8:31 pm
- Forum: Performance Technical
- Topic: SB50 intake mod for Spree
- Replies: 22
- Views: 8129
- Sat Aug 23, 2008 5:41 pm
- Forum: Performance Technical
- Topic: 1986 honda spree i drilled out my muffler but its not faster
- Replies: 11
- Views: 5304
It's a 1985. It has 3385 miles on it. The last 2000 were put on by me using the Spree as my pit bike while I was still racing and now as a campground bike and a to the post office and the stop and rob here in town. Since I live in a rural unincorporated town, the minimum speed limit is 30 mph and th...
- Sat Aug 23, 2008 12:56 pm
- Forum: Performance Technical
- Topic: 1986 honda spree i drilled out my muffler but its not faster
- Replies: 11
- Views: 5304
- Sat Aug 16, 2008 3:03 pm
- Forum: Performance Technical
- Topic: NQ-50 Faster?
- Replies: 6
- Views: 3290
Well, the only thing you mentioned that isn't done is drilling the exhaust baffles. I would probably cut the exhaust open and redo it completely rather than just drill the baffles. I do have a service manual and was a professional 2 stroke (outboards) mechanic. Besides being a Nation Championship ou...
- Sat Aug 16, 2008 1:53 pm
- Forum: Performance Technical
- Topic: NQ-50 Faster?
- Replies: 6
- Views: 3290
NQ-50 Faster?
What can I do with my 1985 NQ-50 Spree to make it faster or at least more powerful? We have real hills where I live and it just very challenged getting up them. I checked and both air inlets into the air box are open and the exhaust has no restrictor in the header flange. I'm stumped and need help. ...
- Wed Jul 20, 2005 4:32 pm
- Forum: Technical Help
- Topic: Battery?
- Replies: 10
- Views: 4975
- Wed Jul 20, 2005 1:51 pm
- Forum: Technical Help
- Topic: Battery?
- Replies: 10
- Views: 4975
It is normal procedure on bikes/scooters stored in the winter to disconnect the battery. I do this on my scoot and bike, as well as an older truck I have that doesn't get driven in the winter. If it's in a heated garage/basement, you can leave it installed. You should also be putting Stabil in the ...
- Tue Jul 19, 2005 6:36 pm
- Forum: Technical Help
- Topic: Battery?
- Replies: 10
- Views: 4975
- Tue Jul 19, 2005 11:32 am
- Forum: Technical Help
- Topic: Battery?
- Replies: 10
- Views: 4975
Ok, that should work. But why should I have to unless there is a current draw someplace. Is this normal? It sure isn't in most applications, however I do know that GM has several regulator system that pull as much a 10 mils at rest, but their systems are a bunch more complex than the Spree, you know...
- Tue Jul 19, 2005 12:13 am
- Forum: Technical Help
- Topic: Battery?
- Replies: 10
- Views: 4975
I tried the battery tender and like you say, it take alot of screwing around because most commercially built tenders have too high of an output current for small batteries. I built one with a max out of 250 mils and a low of 100 mils. Still by spring the battery was screwed. The thing is my quads ha...
- Mon Jul 18, 2005 3:13 pm
- Forum: Technical Help
- Topic: Battery?
- Replies: 10
- Views: 4975
Battery?
New here, but not new to the Spree. Had one (and I mean 1) since the late '80s. My only real problem is that the battery dies if the thing sits for any length of time (like a month or over the winter) is there any secret to not having to buy a new battery every spring (I have the no kick start model...