I'm buying a scooter.

jserio · March 02, 2011, 01:25:49 PM

Quote from: Toogoofy317 on March 01, 2011, 07:23:44 PM
Hey you can go to these guys and stretch it out
http://orlando.craigslist.org/mcy/2238637924.html

Mary

I'm thinking of messaging him and asking him if that scooter is for sale.

noiseguy · March 02, 2011, 01:56:29 PM

Quote from: Big Rich on February 07, 2011, 09:26:55 PM
Im sure there are entire forums dedicated to that scoot.

Oh, that there are. Head over to www.hondaspree.net

Service manuals are hosted over there. So is WikiSpreedia

Looks like an early 50cc 2-stroke from '83 or '84. What's on the VIN tag, and what's stamped on the motor (motor stamping is on LHS at back of engine casting by rear wheel.)

Those reeds are toast, BTW. Surprized it's running at all with one bent up like that.

Plastics will not be easy to find for that thing.

redhenracing2 · March 02, 2011, 08:22:30 PM

Quote from: noiseguy on March 02, 2011, 01:56:29 PM
Quote from: Big Rich on February 07, 2011, 09:26:55 PM
Im sure there are entire forums dedicated to that scoot.

Oh, that there are. Head over to www.hondaspree.net

Service manuals are hosted over there. So is WikiSpreedia

Looks like an early 50cc 2-stroke from '83 or '84. What's on the VIN tag, and what's stamped on the motor (motor stamping is on LHS at back of engine casting by rear wheel.)

Those reeds are toast, BTW. Surprized it's running at all with one bent up like that.

Plastics will not be easy to find for that thing.

Plastics is not an issue, I ain't cruisin for chickies on this thing. It looks good enough as I have it now.

The reed is not bent, I guess it's had to tell from the pic but I'm poking up through one with a finger. The reeds are shiny and seem to work perfectly.

I mentioned in another thread that I found a forum, but it was shut down to new members temporarily due to spamming. It is the very one that you mentioned, and seems to have a lot of good stuff.

Stamped on the side of the engine is 79cc, I'm still gonna pass it off as a 50 so I don't have to tag/insure it.

noiseguy · March 02, 2011, 09:04:04 PM

Yes. It was back up for a week, then I had to take it back down again b/c the emailer broke. Want me to PM you when it comes back up?

redhenracing2 · March 03, 2011, 07:20:03 AM

Plese do, I'm very anxious to get on board there.

redhenracing2 · March 03, 2011, 09:02:02 AM

As it sits

lights off

noiseguy · March 03, 2011, 09:25:40 AM

Ehh... did you saw off the muffler and put on a chrome extension? How's the bike running like that?

2-stroke bikes don't respond well to ad-hoc exhaust treatments. It can make them run much worse, and in some cases lean them out / destroy the rings and bore. Straight pipes are for 4-strokes.

If you want to build an expansion chamber, there's posts on that, but suffice to say it's complicated and a bit of an art. Here's an example of something that worked, that I put together for a Honda Spree:

Otherwise, just clean out the stock exhaust (i.e. hit with welding torch or throw in campfire awhile) and weld it back on.

If that's an Aero 80, it's actually a fairly rare bike. Those rims are uncommon and were only used on earlier bikes. Here's a pic of the same bike in better condition... one of the forum members was working on this last fall:

redhenracing2 · March 03, 2011, 09:23:38 PM

Any chance you have one of those exhausts laying around?

noiseguy · March 04, 2011, 11:54:21 AM

Nope, built a few to pay off my welder and sold all of them. Anyway, wouldn't work on your bike. Your bike's an 80cc; not only is the engine a different design but the chamber's different as well. This was a Ebay-pocket bike pipe that's been cut/rotated to fit the Honda Spree.

Best approach (besides putting stock exhaust back together) would be to find an expansion chamber from a YZ80 or like, and retrofit it. Cut and rotate to fit your bike. Use the stock downpipe, and keep all the lengths the same (that's the critical part that ppl get wrong.)

bill14224 · March 06, 2011, 08:19:00 AM

Stamped on the side of the engine is 79cc, I'm still gonna pass it off as a 50 so I don't have to tag/insure it.
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If that's the original engine your DMV is going to know it's 80cc from the VIN and it will be a motorcycle from a legal standpoint.

You have a Super Bee and a Honda scooter? You love anything with an engine, don't you?

redhenracing2 · March 09, 2011, 02:14:07 PM

Quote from: bill14224 on March 06, 2011, 08:19:00 AM

If that's the original engine your DMV is going to know it's 80cc from the VIN and it will be a motorcycle from a legal standpoint.

You have a Super Bee and a Honda scooter? You love anything with an engine, don't you?

I ran the vin at the dmv to see if it had been tagged before, and they said it had never been registered. No imformation about the bike itself was shown, even with the vin they could not tell me it wasn't a 50. Apparently you've never been to a Georgia dmv, they're their own kind of special

And yes. Super Bee, Duster, Fury, two Jeeps, Civic, Ram, Prelude, scooter, ninja 250, Rio, Raptor 660, Blaster 250 . . . . . I have my toys.

News:

I'm buying a scooter.