any hotwire experts around here?

i'd probably pull the trigger with this stuff first:
this ignition switch

there's a link for the battery and fuel tap there as well, which you'll most likely need. plan on tires and tubes, too.

thankfully the express shares a lot of parts with other bikes in honda's line up.

just be glad it wasn't a puch. all the parts are like double!
Believe it or not, I'd feel a lot more confident wrenching on a puch

I remember growing up, if I had money if be on a dirtbike, or some other "manual" moped, but if I were flat broke I'd be on a puch

Guess what I've got the most experience with?

Oh, and it definitely needs new tires, but it looks like the tubes hold air