1998 Honda elite s 50 project

[Jwhood]

So I decided to start my build thread for my Honda elite s, I'm currently stacking up parts got a hell of a deal from a local guy in Maryland that literally has 20+ of mostly every part made for a 94-01 elite, I got a drop in modified front disc brake stem with disc brake hub, brake caliper, and forks,sef variator, spare oem clutch, a trailtech speedometer cluster (the one Brent has on t2) a oem belt all for $100 unbelievable really cool dude and told me if I need anything just let him know, also got a complete Honda tact plastic set and tact handlebars and head set and jdm tailight. Cylinder wise got a Corsa 72cc only thing left to get is carburetor, custom exhaust built to fit 72cc non ported Corsa, and up in the air on rims torn between the rpm alloy rims or getting 2.75 x 10 8 hole clone z50 monkey rims, the bolt pattern on these are 4x90 but a kymco hub bolt pattern is 4x140 so holes in rims will need to be moved and old holes filled in with Tig and sanded smooth,I'm gonna strip entire bike down to frame and paint the frame too so stay tuned and see this scoot go from weak to sleek!!! 😉😉😉😉Oh and thanks too "Pinkscoot" for making this all happen cause with out him it wouldn't be possible

[jloi]

Can't wait. will be watching

[mattyslimz]

That’s awesome you getting this one started. Sounds like you got a good scoot connect up there. I need to take a ride up one day to Bawlmer and see if theirs any scoot junkyards.. I know theirs GOTTA be some..

[Jwhood]

Aug 9, 2019 16:15:42 GMT -5 mattyslimz said:

That’s awesome you getting this one started. Sounds like you got a good scoot connect up there. I need to take a ride up one day to Bawlmer and see if theirs any scoot junkyards.. I know theirs GOTTA be some..

Crazyrays used too but lqk bought them out now its all cars and trucks I'm always searching for stuff

[mattyslimz]

Aug 9, 2019 18:26:39 GMT -5 Jwhood said:

Aug 9, 2019 16:15:42 GMT -5 mattyslimz said:

That’s awesome you getting this one started. Sounds like you got a good scoot connect up there. I need to take a ride up one day to Bawlmer and see if theirs any scoot junkyards.. I know theirs GOTTA be some..

Crazyrays used too but lqk bought them out now its all cars and trucks I'm always searching for stuff

Oh yea the one in Jessup? Or all of them? The one in Jessup use to have all sorts of motorcycles near the door after you pay and walk out back. But I was there about a year ago and didn’t see them anymore:(

[Jwhood]

Yeah they bought them all

[birdman]

[Jwhood]

So the forks I have won't fit the modified steering stem, how far can I open the fork holes before it gets sketchy?? Also might trade straight up for some ncy low down forks if any one has a set, here is a picture of the forks there brand new never used still in box, also got a battery for the vapor and it works great,just need to get a power/tach wire and a speedometer sensor cable

[190mech]

What size is the stem and fork tube?Maybe we can come up with a solution...

[Jwhood]

Aug 11, 2019 13:30:44 GMT -5 190mech said:

What size is the stem and fork tube?Maybe we can come up with a solution...

I'm getting 1 1/4 in converted to mm is 31.75 on the fork tube width,I opened the stem tube up to 1 1/2 in and it won't slide in,I got it wider then the torq bit cap on the fork cap still won't slide in,oh and one thing I forgot to mention could be a real headache bolt sheard in half not by my doing but from previous owner,the other half is loose but man I hate trying to extract snapped bolts never ends well on my,if I can make these forks work I'd like to lower them 3 inch's I want the front of the scoot with that low stance look end!!!

[190mech]

Buy or borrow a 1/4" left hand drill bit,drill a 1/8 to 3/16" shallow hole in the center of the broken bolt,install LH bit,reverse drill and jamb the bit hard into the pilot hole and bump the trigger,,should come right out!

[Jwhood]

Ordered a ct manifold from treats not the really cheap one this one had good reviews and also ordered a vforce 3 reed block with Reed's cause I ran them on a kx100 big wheel and seen better throttle response and a little more power,not sure on carburetor really like the polini cp 24 or a oko 26mm from treats

[Jwhood]

Got a set of decent forks for this build,only thing is that they don't have disc brake bracket holes in them,can any on suggest how I can make one or buy one,I seen one on eBay that looks like it used the axle hole and comes up to where I can mount the caliper here are the forks I got,I'm stripping the paint and gonna try the mirror polish idea like Brent did I like the look

[Jwhood]

I need this type of brake mounting bracket I don't know what to type in or what it's called any idea it clamps around the front fork thanks for any help

[harleyracer59]

for the monkey rims. if you decide to go that route. you can get a monkey disc brake front hub and from what ive found on the interweb only need to change to the monkey speedo drive, it should work out. what size axle are those forks for the rear, maybe you can talk pitobread into machining 2 of those slick rear hubs out of zx wheels. (I need one too)
sounds like it will be a cool build. did you get the black "ct" manifold from treats? I grabbed 2 of them on their last sale. quality looks a lot nicer than the fleabay units. especially like the black exterior coating over the flakey chrome you get on the fleabay manifolds.