A couple of years ago, I inherited a 1985 Honda Aero 50 scooter from a friend who had no more use for it. The thing wouldn't start. It was falling apart. Yadda yadda yadda.

After letting it sit in my garage for a couple of years, I finally decided to get it running again. I replaced the battery and then siphoned out all the old gas (although, in retrospect, I should have run it dry) and replaced it fresh. It would *try* to turn over but just wouldn't quite make it. I took it apart and sprayed some starter fluid into the air intake/carb and it started up just fine, ran for a bit, and then died.

I replaced the two vacuum lines going to the carb, and it ran like a top all day today. Started every time.

Just a bit ago (about 9:30 pm) I tried to start it to no avail. The thing just does not like to be cold. And by cold I don't mean a cold engine. I mean an outdoor temp of below 60. Honestly, it acts like there's something wrong with the chokebut I don't *see* a choke on it.

This is, apparently, a long-time problem with this scooter. One of the previous owners drilled a hole through the outer shell, the cover for the air filter, and the filter itself so they could spray starter fluid in to get it started.

At this point, there seem to be two likely candidates for repair: the fuel filter/pump thingy attached to the bottom of the gas tank (I'm not sure *what* it is) and the carb.

Does anyone have any ideas about what might be going on? Anyone have any experience with one of these? The thing runs great (well, acceleration isn't as smooth as it should be, but 85% of the time it does what it oughta) and will be used to get me from home to work (about 3 miles on back roads).

ADDITIONALLY:

Anyone have any ideas about how I might mount a cupholder on this? I like to stop by the 7-11 and grab a cup of coffee in the mornings.