Honda Spree and Elite 50 Forums

This is what the Spree is replacing:



Ignore the pieces going out from the sides to the back behind the tire. Thats from an experiment in making a trailer for it. I gave up on it once I got my DL. I need to take it back off one of these days.

It is a Mosquito Stinger 40cc (2 cycle). Very well made scooter for it's kind. Just about top of the line. The seat is optional but I'd highly recommend it for it's speed/performance. It has a Subaru engine as I recall. The scooter company was actually based here in USA but went bankrupt apparently. They were known as Mosquito motors, then Apache and then they disappeared. I once ordered a chain from them (before finding out Wal-Mart sells the same chain for 1/4 the price) and they had a toll free number and the part came from a place here in USA. Too bad. They made a d*** good scooter. The made a 4 cycle version as well a year or two after I got my 2 cycle one. They are still up for sale on various scooter stores online but they are sure pricey. And to think we paid even more than that in a store in CA. *sighs*

The front fork that doesn't match is an aftermarket suspension fork I got as the scooter has ZERO suspension built into it. Makes for a very bumpy ride. The fork helps a lot.

Top speed around 28-30mph according to the bicycle speedometer I got to work on it for a few days. (I think the vibrations fouled up the speedometer's sensor.) It certainly felt like 30mph. I think it actually creeped up to about 32mph on a very long stretch of straight smooth road I took it out on at the time. Downhill I'm sure it would have gotten up to 40. I know I took it past 35mph downhill but after so much speed it begins to feel unsafe so I had to let off the throttle and brake a little. Oh yes, the rear is a drum brake and the front is a pad like a bicycle. Only a pull start and no electrical system at all. Police here pulled me over for not hand signaling. I'd like to see them hand signal at 25mph on a bumpy road on a scooter and not crash. After that I pretty much stopped riding it as they ruined it for me. I then worried about them harassing me for not hand signaling, after riding it for over 3 years in CA & AR without a cop ever having a problem with it. I suspect they wanted to make sure I was legal to ride it more than anything else.

But yeah. Now I have the Honda Spree with turn signals, a headlight, brake lights and a better horn than the piece of crap bike one I put on the Stinger. And I have motorcycle endorsement on my DL so I have nothing to worry about how as far as harassment from the cops since I will be 100% legal in every respect.

That thing looks like a blast!

GIJoeBob wrote:That thing looks like a blast!

Yeah, it is. Uses many off the shelf bike and engine parts so it's pretty cheap to do routine maintenance on. Uses 16" bike tubes and tires. Uses a standard weed eater plug, the chain is the bigger bicycle chain that Wal-Mart sells.

The handlebars fold down so you can put it in the back seat of a car if you need to transport it. And it doesn't weigh much. I had to lug it up and down stairs into the apt when I lived in California. I would hate to try that with a Spree.

Cubey wrote:And it doesn't weigh much. I had to lug it up and down stairs into the apt when I lived in California. I would hate to try that with a Spree.

Spree isn't that bad. If you take off the floorboard, you can grab hold of the round part of the frame and carry it on up. That's what I did at the apartment before I got a house.

-aseigler

CharlotteSpreeRider wrote:

Cubey wrote:And it doesn't weigh much. I had to lug it up and down stairs into the apt when I lived in California. I would hate to try that with a Spree.

Spree isn't that bad. If you take off the floorboard, you can grab hold of the round part of the frame and carry it on up. That's what I did at the apartment before I got a house.

-aseigler

Just put straps on it and wear it as a backpack.

CharlotteSpreeRider wrote: Spree isn't that bad. If you take off the floorboard, you can grab hold of the
round part of the frame and carry it on up. That's what I did at the apartment before I got a house.

I was referring to the weight, not what to grab onto. According to wiki, an '84-'85 Spree is 86lbs dry weight, an '86 is 92lbs and a '87 is 94lbs. The Mosquito Stinger is around 40-45lbs with gas and a (optional/not included) seat.

Cubey wrote:

CharlotteSpreeRider wrote: Spree isn't that bad. If you take off the floorboard, you can grab hold of the
round part of the frame and carry it on up. That's what I did at the apartment before I got a house.

I was referring to the weight, not what to grab onto. According to wiki, an '84-'85 Spree is 86lbs dry weight, an '86 is 92lbs and a '87 is 94lbs. The Mosquito Stinger is around 40-45lbs with gas and a (optional/not included) seat.

All the work of getting it up the stairs is offset by the fun you get to have by riding it back down.

GIJoeBob wrote:
All the work of getting it up the stairs is offset by the fun you get to have by riding it back down.

You actual do this? Death wish or just huge ballls?

Kenny_McCormic wrote:

GIJoeBob wrote:
All the work of getting it up the stairs is offset by the fun you get to have by riding it back down.

You actual do this? Death wish or just huge ballls?

im going to guess huge balls.
I have done this before on my old yamaha jog. I only had to balls to do it twice. last time i did it the back tire kicked out and i feel hard.

and i feel hard.

From thinking about scooters? J/K

are they something wrong with my grammar?

Dac wrote:

Kenny_McCormic wrote:

GIJoeBob wrote:
All the work of getting it up the stairs is offset by the fun you get to have by riding it back down.

You actual do this? Death wish or just huge ballls?

im going to guess huge balls.
I have done this before on my old yamaha jog. I only had to balls to do it twice. last time i did it the back tire kicked out and i feel hard.

I was joking. I have gone down stairs plenty of times on my mountain bike, but I think the wheels on a scooter might be a bit too small for something like that.

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