Hello! First of all let me introduce myself. My name is Kevin Schultz. I do not know a whole lot about the Honda Elite myself, I just recently bought mine on June 17, 06. But mine starts up just fine. It needs little work and only goes 25 for know, but I will get it to 35 soon enough. First Adam, I need you to find out what the compression is for me. It should read between 114-171 psi. Second tell me if the spark plug is an NGK spark plug for 88-93. They range in three different temperatures. The first is Standard BR6HSA, Cold climate BR4HSA, and Last but least the BR8HSA. I would recomend using the cold climate first, due to extreme hot weather that we are haveing. Remember these things are air cooled. Third of all check the CDI unit. And last but least when you are trying to start it up, are you pulling on the break leaver. Either one works (left or right), they have to be pushed in to turn it over. Let me know when you have done all of these things above. If by chance you have a Myspace you can contact me or at Kevin_is_a_hero@yahoo.com.