hey guys picked up a elite 150, 1985.

Doing some work on it now before the summer.

- Im putting a Kn n filter on it and getting rid of the stock set up. There are 2 hoses that run to the stock air box, is it alright to vent these to atmosphere?

- I just sanded the fenders down to bare plastic, no paint. What sand paper should I use now before painting? wet sand? grit?

- Im thinking about poly bonding the lights to the fenders for a smooth look. Would this just crack once i drove it for a while?

Also anyone got pics of some elite 150s? im thinking about going metallic silver with black bumpers? any input here?

thanks

You should use a fine grit wet 1200 maybe. You must use a plastic specific primer. They are flexable and move with the plastic. If you don't the primer and paint may crack or spider web as the plastic moves.

Prime it first and then sand it. This should leave primer in the low spots showing the high spots you need to keep sanding. It can be a slow process. What colour was the Elite when you bought it ?

originally red, then yellow, then blue, then black. And seems to me that the previous owner had the "runs".

That guy was too heavy with the spray bombs.

One of these hoses would likely be the ventilation exiting your engine case. The air inside the engine case gets contaminated (ie. gas fumes leaking past the piston rings) so a ventilation system is in place to prevent the oil from also becoming contaminated. This 'dirty' air exiting your engine case flows into the airbox so it can go back into the cylinder to be burned and thus minimize emissions. You can vent this hose to the atmosphere if you wish...it's your call. It will raise your pollution levels somewhat but not noticeably to you. Make sure that no water can run down this hose if you disconnect it because you sure don't want water in your engine. Route it so it slopes down.

The second hose is likely a fresh air supply for something, perhaps for the carb. Take a look and see if you can see where it runs to. It could also be a part of some vaccum operated system like a vacuum operated petcock or choke. If this is the case you will need to leave it hooked up to some part of the intake but you could move it from the airbox to the intake manifold. If the hose is just a fresh air supply that you can just disconnect it (try disconnecting it before you remove the airbox and see how it runs) and then route it somewhere safe. Perhaps put a small KN filter on the end to protect it.

Have you seen this silver Elite 150? It looks great:
http://www.motorscooterguide.net/Pictures/elite150.jpg

thanks guys for the input, actually decided to go with a dark grey metallic. Will post pics aafter Im done!

Sounds nice....I'm looking forward to the pictures.