Honda Spree and Elite 50 Forums

Hey guys, So my Spree is missing the Petcock Cover and I realize now that those are quite the precious commodity. I ended up buying a black one on eBay for $50. Weird I bid $60 for a red one and lost to someone else who got it for $60. Either way, I want a red one. Ultimately, I'll paint this one if...

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Here's my new [to me] scoots.

A 1983 Aero 50 and 1985 Spree.

My wife and her two dogs love riding around on the Aero

RZ Rob

They're Alive! Both the Aero and the Spree run fantastic. They start right up, idle like a champ and pull really hard to the top. The Aero, thanks to the variator is noticeably spunkier and has higher top speed. Still both are quiet and a lot of fun to ride. My wife already claimed the Aero as her's...

So I recently got the '85 Spree and have slowly been bringing her back online. I finally got her run pretty good after cleaning the fuel tank, petcock and of course the carb (thanks Mousewheels). So now I take her for a real cruise and notice that I've got some serious clutch chatter as I accelerate...

Update: OK, I went in on the '83 Aero first. I readdressed that port on the bowl, and while I think it was clean yesterday, I cleaned it better today and put in a new plug. Now I believe (to your earlier comments) that crud from the tank has found its way back to the pilot circuit (off idle flat spo...

Mousewheels, you are truly incredible. You are an asset to this forum. I'm amazed by your photographic talents. I can see that I still don't have that orifice opened up enough. I was being so delicate that the hole's too small and not enough fuel is getting into that passage quick enough. Do you do ...

This just in: OK, I went out this morning and checked to see if the '83 would start on its own volition. It started right up and I was able to work the throttle and keep her going indefinitely as long as I didn't let the revs fall to the flat zone. It was feeling like it'd die down low, I tried and ...

The fuel starvation issue you mentioned suggests that a look and test of the tank fuel strainer and vacuum-operated petcock is prescribed. Well on the '85 it was obvious these items needed addressing as the petcock was stuck. I removed the tank and cleaned it with CLR (and muratic acid) and a serio...

Well, I started on one of the bikes ('83 Aero 50) and found the jet on the bowl and it was definitely clogged. Eventually I got it where I was blowing carb spray in the big hole in the bowl, and it was spraying out the small orifice in the bowl. The encouraging thing was the bike started on its own ...

Here's a pic of the orifice in the carb bowl that clogs, & in fact - this one is clogged pretty badly. I think you just solved the mystery. I was concentrating on the passageways in the body of the carb. I barely gave the bowl a passing glance besides cleaning out the 1/4" of tar in the ba...

A likely cause of your problem is the orifice is clogged. Possibly, the bystarter needle is somehow stuck to where no extra fuel can be drawn. Unless there's something I'm not getting, the passage ways that I'm seeing are HUGE and clear sailing (like maybe 1/16" opening). I agree with you that...

I've got two 50s (1983 Aero 50 & 1985 Spree 50). Both are VERY CLEAN and run FANTASTIC except.... Both require about 3-5 minutes of intravenous feeding of starting fluid (or else they run out of gas) until something goes [figuratively speaking] click in the carbs and then they idle right, purr l...

Turns out the problem wasn't the starter at all, but rather the engine was filled with gas causing the motor to "hydraulic." Liquids don't compress. After removing the spark plug, the starter works great. After repeating process (and cleaning etc) a few times she even started. I had to cle...

So on this piece of ancient history known as a dormant '85 Spree the vacuum petcock wasn't working. After removing it, I blew (with the pressure from my mouth only) in each of the outlets. Seeing neither was clear I presumed the diaphragm was probably good, but stuck. I sucked really hard on the vac...

Exactly what I did. I needed to pull the plug like 10 times, but eventually it all blew out the exhaust. Wow, more smoke in my garage than an Amsterdam bar.

RZ Rob