Should I sell my 85 Spree with 7,000 miles that needs a top end rebuild to buy an 01 Elite SR 2.600 miles?
With Taz's Spree stock 41mm top end rebuild kit I would have about $400 or so in it
Spree does not have a title so I can't get a license plate for it unless I post a surety bond for $4000 value
($4k is the minimum value the state will accept - it would cost me about $100-$150 to post the bond)
That puts me into the Spree for about $550
The Spree only does about 25MPH and there are very few speed mods I can do to it
But it only weighs 86 lbs & is easy for me to load in the pickup w/o using a ramp after a long tiring track day or endurance race
OR...
Should I buy a used 2001 Honda Elite SR with 2,600 miles locally ?
2001 Elite SR = non restricted version - right ???
He's asking $700 ( NADA value is $515 to $680)
What do you think it's worth???
It has a Texas title & is street legal
Also has the AF16 engine (last year for the that motor?) which has more speed mod options + better fork suspension that the Spree.
But is it 50 lbs heavier that the Spree (elite = 138 lbs / Spree = 86 lbs)
I am using the Spree for a pit bike - 'cause I can't ride on the street due no license plate / title
I can load the Spree in the back of the pickup without having to use a ramp which is a plus when I have the trailer hooked up & packed full of all my track day and race stuff
If I had a scooter that I could ride on the street I'd ride it to work & to the store
Scooters are fun, light weight, great gas milage, very "flickable" / highly maneuverable
SO......fix the spree, get a bonded title for $550 total investment OR buy the Elite with title for $700 (or less) ready to ride on the street ?????
That's only $150 difference to have a newer, faster, street legal Honda
Tell me what you think !
2001 Elite SR
My old Spree right after the rattle can paint job & clean-up
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