Honda Ruckus timeline.

[Adcodo]

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I love the way it's starting to look. I'm unsure about the lower frame brace but that's just me

[Danaldson]

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I'm digging the lowered seat frame

The combination of the lowered seat frame and the raised main floor seem ridiculous if you are above 5'-0" (are you??)
Try out the new handlebars, but i find that if i'm hunched over too much when riding bikes for an extended period of time either my back starts to hurt or my wrists start to hurt because more weight is being put on them from leaning over. I think you may have the same problems being tall as well, so maybe give that a bit of thought. The previous handlebars really look the proper height ergonomically for you just based off your previous roller picture combined with the seat lowering.

Agreed sean. I find now that i have the pegs, i am no longer putting my feet on the scooter floorboard anyways. The pegs are super comfortable for me. So thats not too big of an issue i guess. But like you said, i do feel a little hunched over while riding for a longer period of time like today as i rode it to work.

I will probably look for something that sits in between the stock bars and the super low bars.

[MechEngg]

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I'm digging the lowered seat frame

The combination of the lowered seat frame and the raised main floor seem ridiculous if you are above 5'-0" (are you??)
Try out the new handlebars, but i find that if i'm hunched over too much when riding bikes for an extended period of time either my back starts to hurt or my wrists start to hurt because more weight is being put on them from leaning over. I think you may have the same problems being tall as well, so maybe give that a bit of thought. The previous handlebars really look the proper height ergonomically for you just based off your previous roller picture combined with the seat lowering.

[Danaldson]

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Woohoo! more parts! My orders from Password JDM and TheRuckShop came yesterday.

In the password jdm box:
Lowered seat frame powder coated black
Lower frame brace with pegs powder coated black
Lowered handlebar stem with bar.
Anodized red ignition key cover.

In TheRuckShop box came:
Roller Weight Tuning set 4 Gram -14 Gram
Jet Kit including 38 slow jet, 80,82,85 main jets
Trail tech Vapor digital tachometer/Speedometer
Michelin Bopper front tire 120/90/10
the Ruck shop stem face with vapor tach/speedometer mount.

Last night installed my lowered seat frame, lower frame brace and lowered handlebars. The bike is looking pretty sweet now! Really happy with the lowered seat frame and handlebars. its much more comfortable down lower and i have much more leg room with my feet on either sets of pegs .

Before:


After:



Im not too sure what to think of the lower frame brace... It looks kinda cool but it raises the floor so high that I'm unable to put my feet in there anymore. Although the pegs that are attached are great.


As for the handle bars they are great, but i think i may order a different bar. the straight bars aren't the greatest to ride with, so i may look for an angled bar for more comfortable riding. As you can see i also installed the tach/speedo mount stem face. I cant wait to install the vapour tach. Will be much easier to tune the bike knowing exactly where to get the most power in the rev range.





Finally i re-jetted the carb down to a 80 main jet and removed the shim in the needle. I found out for much higher altitudes it better to have the slightly smaller main jet (80 instead of the 85 i had) and removing the shim in the needle (makes it boggy in higher altitudes with the shim).

I also played around with some more rollers in the variator.
I tried out 11 gram weights just to see what would happen : slower acceleration/high top speed Kept pulling past 60kph
lowered it down to 8.5 gram rights and it felt better. Good acceleration and a high top speed. I am regularly hitting 63kph on flats, 65+ when tucking and over 75 bombing down a hill. Im getting close to where i want it. I think with exhaust and more toying with roller weights i will be able to hit 70kph on flats. Thats the goal.

[e30mclow]

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@e30mclow, i can't see how it's considered a bicycle if there's no pedals. that would be considered a powered bicycle and no licence required, but with only one means of power, you would need a licence for it. AFAIK

cool little bikes guys!

What can I say? Answer - because that's 'Murica right derrrr

[Danaldson]

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Best build thread evar. These things are cool!

thanks haha! i love it!

You went all out on this pretty quick lol. I love it.

Well compared to the audi... parts are dirt cheap. But i guess they do add up. Going to try to have this thing ready for illmotion now that the audi is fucked.

[flipstah]

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You went all out on this pretty quick lol. I love it.

[nismodrifter]

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Best build thread evar. These things are cool!

[Danaldson]

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Some go faster bits came in yesterday!

Fresh spark plug
NCY Unlimited CDI
Molossi Variator with 7 gram rollers
Malossi 4.9 Gram rollers
Poling Belt
AND PEGS!!! Hurray Leg room!



Heres a look under the CVT cover. Variator on the left, Clutch on the right.


New variator on and chose the 4.9 gram weights to begin with. Lighter weights raise Rpm(better for acceleration but lower top speed), Heavier Weights Lower rpm (higher top speed but slower acceleration)

Will be a lot of playing around with weight combos on the new variator to optimize it for both top speed and acceleration.


After going for a test ride on the 4.9 weights i notice acceleration was great, but i lost 10km/hour from the stock variator. This means the weights were too light.

Swapped over to the 7 gram weights and top speed was back up to 60. Same as stock, but i noticed low and mid range acceleration was much better. So thats good signs. Im going to order some heavier weights and see how that does.

After playing around with the weights, it got to installing my CDI. This removes the rev limiter from your ruckus and plays with the torque curve a little bit. I noticed a bit better acceleration again, but more tuning is needed for me to hit my rev limiter(need to re jet down to a smaller main jet).

The cdi is the little red box under the zip tie. it basically piggy backs on to your ecu.


Last and probably my favourite mod so far is the PEGS! finally i dont hit my knees on the handle bars and gives me a little bit of a sportier riding position.



I have another package arriving today so yay for more mods! and one big package hopefully coming at the end of the week, or early next.


And a nice little roller form bob :P
fast_man_ by waffle assassin, on Flickr

[Danaldson]

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Awesome haha^

[100%VAGitarian]

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2 Dans with 49cc mopeds on here. neato!

@e30mclow, i can't see how it's considered a bicycle if there's no pedals. that would be considered a powered bicycle and no licence required, but with only one means of power, you would need a licence for it. AFAIK

cool little bikes guys!

[Danaldson]

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4hp? wow my sons KTM 50 has more than that.

Pretty cool

haha yeah the pre 06's have 4ish and the 06 and later have like 4.9 or something like that.

Those R6 tails look amazing on the Ruckus.

thanks nick! they look great,and i was able to fix the wiring so they they function properly now.

[jacktown]

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Those R6 tails look amazing on the Ruckus.

[Tuna]

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4hp? wow my sons KTM 50 has more than that.

Pretty cool

[jjtoutt]

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Just bolt that turbo on and you'll be off to the races