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Lost me with the crazy stretch. looks ready to snap in 1/2.
Still a cool project though.
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Ran into some problems with the ruckus after the stretch install... A piece of the kick-starter snapped off and got lodged in the variator. Heard a nasty grinding while riding and then the engine died and wouldn't start up again.
Luckily it was only this piece of metal stuck.
Front tire has been swapped over to a michelin bopper and i did some diy white wall to match the rear. Looks much better!
Made it to illmotion! Was a fun day and the ruckus got tons of attention. Thanks to carley for inviting me into the Flames Booth!(pic from life with jason)
Im super happy with how the ruck is looking. But I'm not done yet. I plan on just driving the crap out of this thing and playing with tuning until the end of the summer, then will probably do a teardown over the winter months.Last edited by Danaldson; 08-16-2016, 10:05 AM.Leave a comment:
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Not sold on the whitewalls, and would like to see the smaller stretch but props for all the work on it, and hope you got it running again too!!!Leave a comment:
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Finished up the rear stretch last night! Its pretty hilarious to ride on now! Fhe stock exhaust did not fit with the wide rear wheel so i was forced to cut off the muffler. Currently running a straight pipe off the header. Lets just say its louder than the typical lawn mower.... Ill either order an aftermarket exhaust or do a custom route.
I got pulled over by the police last night while out for the ride. Was thinking they were pulling me over for being so loud, but they were just asking what it was and they thought it was cool! They asked for my papers and stuff to make sure it was legal to drive, but they were cool about it.
I have a few more things to put on before the show on sunday. Front rubber is being changed out from the giant knobby offload tires to a michelin bopper. and then i will be painting/polishing the front wheel to match the rear.
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Looks like you're going Japanese style! Going to be sweet.
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Niceeeee so sick. White wall!!!!! Yeah boi!Leave a comment:
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Let the fun continue!
My Mojo Customs Stretch kit has arrived! Everything tightly packed into the box.
Motor mount
Little Baby Coilover
stretch arm/bracket
extended fuel line
Longer Brake/Throttle Cables.
Some red Grips
and a kickstand.
Got right to it!
Had to free up a bunch of lines and brakes in order to get the engine moved back and stretch arm bracket bolted up to the frame.
Old Motor Mount Removed
New shock vs old shock
The mojo Kit comes with a choice of three lengths of stretch's. guess which one i picked?
Engine mount/Stretch bar on!
Was super close to finishing last night. Just a few more things left to reassemble. The stock throttle and rear brake cable were just barely too short to work. Needed to be about 2-3 inches longer. New extended throttle cable is on, and will be putting the longer rear brake cable on tonight and doing finishing touches! Cant wait!
Oh and the kit also came with this
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Installed my Trail Tech Vapor Speedo and tach on friday. This is going to be a huge help with tuning the bike instead of tuning blindly and just going off off what i hear and feel. I noticed that my rpm's are wayy under the optimal power band right now, so i am going to step it down to lighter weights in the variator to bring the rpm's up.
I just need to calculate the proper rolling diameter for the speedometer and i will be good to go.
The tach shows
Speed/Top Speed
Rpm's
Temperature
Engine Temperature
distance
time
odometer
Trip Time
Hour Meter
Stop Watch
Ride Time
Accumulated Ride Time
Tons of features in this little thing!
One problem with the Vapor Tach/Speedo is that the rpm's wont work properly with the NCY Cdi that i had installed. I guess the aftermarket cdi send pulses to the spark plug and makes it read improperly. I removed this prior to installing so i could see where my rpm's are at. Once i get into the optimal rpm's with the variator i will re install the Cdi to unleash the beast.
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