85 Spree, test bed for mods

[deuce217]

Yes, what he said before me. Thanks again for the effort to share your hard earned info.

[TOLAH]

Hi, Aloha I'm new to this an I'm wondering how can you upload pictures instead of the links to view would like to just put the pics up for everyone.

[eliteguy50]

Hi, Aloha I'm new to this an I'm wondering how can you upload pictures instead of the links to view would like to just put the pics up for everyone.

Put [img]in%20front%20of%20the%20link%20and[/img] at the end of the link. You have to do this for each link. Should look like:

[img]link.com[/img]

and it will turn to a picture after you click submit as long as it is a valid link.

[stucinthe80z]

You missed the point. I'm going to take the wimpiest, can't do nothin' to make it go fast scooter and kick some booty with it. My point of view is that if you take a faster scooter motor and put it in a Spree frame you don't have a Spree any more. You have an Elite or whatever with a Spree frame.

BTW, just how fast is your stock se50?

keithw

i agree with you on if you stick another drive train in it you just own a FRANKENSPREE i have the one back i bought brand new 26 years ago that my cousins kids trashed i have put new tires on it 275.10 kendas new factory air filter sb reed valve ran solid 27 on a radar sitting on the side of the road near my homenew bando belt bought new clutsh weights form honda waiting for the clutch main spring before i install i am very intrested in youre endever i love my spree but i think in the next week i will buy a ch 120 fiddle (honda0 of of cours my wife will hate me for a couple of weeks shes chinese and her three year old scooter imploded ha ha i told her she needed a honda and of coures rub the fact it that i bought my spree when she was 15 years old please tell me what mods you are doing and i plan to buy one of noiseguys tuned spree pipes what do you think?

[noiseguy]

Ah... Zombie thread... Keith hasn't been on here since 2009.

[cmoreoke]

can't wait for future developments on your test spree!
i have an 84 and an 85. 84 don"t even have a petcocck cover!

[cmoreoke]

just found out keith was killed when he hit a wall in late 2009 while on a test run!

[Dr_Craw]

Thats sad, man that sucks.
Rest in peace

[NeuroManson]

Hi guys, first time Spree owner, first time poster.

Snagged a 85 for $400 (a little on the high end, but it came with free delivery from Seattle and around 99% intact, even has the petcock cover). Found that it needed a partial carb rebuild (very partial, the throttle slide was missing its needle retainer clip), then managed to somehow tune it by ear. No bogging down, and manages to pull 28 despite my being 40 lbs over the maximum weight, even with around 10-15 lbs of groceries over that. It's the black with salmon logo (I refuse to call it pink) version.

I'm up in the air whether to do a repaint (though the paint already looks good) or just keep it the same color and pimp it with some pinstripes or whatnot.

I'm also very interested in seeing the mods. I lack a garage though, so I'm stuck with what I can do on my apt patio, swapping a Dio seems out of the question at the moment. Also, are there any benefits to stretching it? I used to have 1987 Helix and a 1985 Elite 250, and while very similar mechanically (and of course it's stretched), the Helix always handled a lot better than the Elite with that added length.

Anyway, back to reading the rest of the thread, thought I'd say hi and ask for any advice.

[Red Eft Performance]

just found out keith was killed when he hit a wall in late 2009 while on a test run!

Wow really?
His profile said his last login was 2013.

[Bear45-70]

I added a 48mm piston, a cylinder and head to my Spree along with a good exhaust and a 21m PWK carb with a CNC two stroke intake and ended up with a screamer but the porting was *.