Honda Spree and Elite 50 Forums

Kenny_McCormic wrote:Its commonly called a elite motor, any elite motor form a 94-01 elite is a dio.

good to know, those seem to be in short supply as well
all the motors ive been seeing are 80's models

Kenny_McCormic wrote:

SpyderMike wrote:

noiseguy wrote:No variator will fit the SB50 or Spree.

could it be modified to accept one?

People have talked about building one, nobody has.

then i shall try
its going to be a long winter anyway right?

where can you find these DIO motors? ive been on ebay for a month now and only find upgrade parts for them

noiseguy wrote:No variator will fit the SB50 or Spree.

could it be modified to accept one?

Wisconsin is no slouch to summer and winter differences either. We are not called the frozen tundra for nothing! I would not even think about riding in the winter here, especially if we have another one like last year. Its scary because winter is not that far away. 45 degrees in the middle of winte...

this mod also works for the elite SB50 i belive

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Honda-Ur ... enameZWDVW

that baby is purrrrdy

i actually have an 88' sb50 atm but im looking at putting a more upgradeable motor in (w/ some work) due to almost 0 mods to up my speed (drilling muffler actually drop 3mph) so ill be trolling Ebay for the main crankcase and trying to build around that w/ parts bought off Ebay (preformance and stoc...

is there a good number of upgrades for this motor?

monkeywrench wrote:high speed pulley

where do i get one for a SB50p...i checked ebay and came up empty

It has no transmission so your best of selling it and buying a SA50. from looking at it, it looks as if a SA50 motor/trans (whole rear end assembly) would bolt into my SB50p frame if you or anyone else knows if this will work let me know i think it will be easier to find a SA50 being parted out due...

Just from looking around i have realized that my model of elite is the least upgradeable, correct? if this is true, is there any modifications a can do to get my top speed up? right now its 30-32mph and id like to get it up to 35-40 and has anyone ever tried switching back ends from a more upgradeab...