i just started messing with my 87 honda spree project again the other day. the plastics are all trash and im trying to restore them by sanding and polishing. trying to do a full showroom type restore. reply with a pic of what you got or what youre working on!

 

This is my 1986 Honda Elite 80. I bought it at a farm 75 miles from my house. With 6500 miles on it did sort of run and all the parts were there but looked horrible. It was spray painted over the original factory red prior to 1992 and ended up stored in an open sided shed so the orange and blue University of Florida Gator themed paint was either faded or peeling off. The oddest thing was the Florida DMV registration that came with it was dated 1992 and the owner's address was just two streets over from my house. For about 10 years previous I bought old Honda scooters to fix up as a hobby. I'd get them running and sell them for the next one. This Elite 80 was the last scooter project and I've had it since 2010 with about 2500 miles added in possession. After getting the bike running good I wet sanded the plastic panels and did a Krylon rattle can paint job. If you wet sand to 1200 or so and use three very light coats of paint before a gloss coat the finish can come out pretty good for rattle can.

 

looks good !! i would love an elite 80 to get around the city but i decided it would be fine to just stick with the two i have. i have the 87 spree (in pieces) and a 07 tomos sprint (not running)
..... i should get it running again

 

I had an '87 Spree. Fun but dangerously slow.

 

lol its part of the charm

 

I kinda want to get into them, they look like a lot of fun. I have some experience riding 150cc scooters down in Florida (I live in Maryland where they're capped at 50cc). If I ever come into some extra money or find one cheap enough, I'd like to get one and maybe throw on a big bore kit and rejet the carb. I've even seen some guys buy Honda or Suzuki scooters and do a GY6 150cc swap.
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Awesome Scooter, reminds me of something from Go Bots..

 

Almost ten years ago, I had an '86 Spree with the optional glove box that came standard on the '87 if I remember correctly. Swapped an AF16 from a '94-01 Elite and rode it everywhere. Got stolen when I was doing some finishing touches on the swap. The headlight is from a Yahama Vino.




I ended up buying this '93 Elite to replace it shortly after the Spree got stolen. The factory AF05 was eventually swapped out for an AF16 from the later models. The only other modification I did was a JDM Tact tail light with clear lenses.

Ignore the clutter in the cargo area.



Also took it to Radwood last year.

 

My first "bike" was a Vino 125.
That thing was a hoot in traffic. The best part was out-accelerating cars to 30mph. After that it failed miserably for power, but up to that point, it was a blast!
Drivers in cars were so PO'd to have a goofy little scooter beating them off the line!

 

 

Yup,

30,611 miles.

 

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Thanks.

I just reached 33,000 miles.

 

Cool find. My buddy had one of those in high school and I had a 78 Garelli Gran Sport. We would have tons of run riding around town.