***The Official HONDA RUCKUS Thread***

[Stephen]

I drive mine at night, its fine. Granted, its seattle and urban, so you pretty much could ride with the lights off given all the streetlights

[Mtriple]

The stock lights arent bad, I did upgrade to a DDM HID for the high beam though. I'm running a 2500k hi/lo halogen in the other light.

low:


high:

[beenjamin]

I kinda want one of these babies now

[Stephen]

Thread got me motivated again, got a koso mirror and a pwjdm plate mount

[E30_fiend]

I paid 1500 for it. I'm not really sure how that compares to the rest of the country but I'm in New Orleans, LA. I've seen 3 Ruckuses on CL in the past month and each one had several people looking to buy it. I was actually able to put it in my Honda Fit on the way home.



After toying around today, it looks like I can't get past 37-38 mph without going to an airstrip or something. I'm 175 lbs, so I thought I might be able to break 40 mph. I'm going to try pumping up the tires a little more and see if that helps. If not, I might look into tuning the carb. I won't do much though, if I wanted something faster I would have bought a MadAss or a 150cc scooter.

The scooter does great on 25 mph streets. It can keep up with traffic on 35 mph streets, but you won't be passing anyone. You pretty much drive it on full open throttle 100 percent of the time no matter what you are doing.

a big problem the stock GET motors have are being overfilled with oil. Check the dipstick, you want the oil in the middle of the hash marks not at the top. I weigh 250lbs and I have seen 75kph on flats with a digital speedo none of that stock bizniz. So im sitting anywhere from 44mph-48mph almost at all times. A little faster on the downhill. Ive got a variator, kevlar belt, mixed 5.6 and 6.9 gram rollers, intake and a CDI ignition from BattleScooter.com. Also make sure your tires are properly inflated for a better speed. Also keep in mind that the official break in period of the ruckus from the dealer is 600 miles so until you get there, dont really stress a mph or 2. you'll see it. But honestly the best thing you can do for a ruck to go faster is lose weight haha.



Taylor

[E30_fiend]

I kinda want one of these babies now

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[Stephen]

Talyor, youve hit 44? Fack

[E30_fiend]

Talyor, youve hit 44? Fack

yes sir. once the belt and variator broke in, it gets along pretty good now. I should have installed one at a time instead of all at once





Taylor

[Lof8]

Went on a trip out to the beach with the Lady and her Zuma:

[bimmer_E30]

Lol! sweet!

[sgvblke30]

here are some bikes ive done in the past.....enjoy guys...

[blunttech]

riding these things is exactly like driving an e30m3. its all momentum driving. you let off and youre fucked. the throttle should just be an on/off switch

[Stephen]

Trying to install a led tail. PO left me with no instructions. blah.

All it has is a red, white, black, and 2 yellows. On the ruckus end, there are quite a few more wires, none of that color.

Anyone have any tail light schematics or wiring advice handy?

[accident]

multimeter, yo.

[Stephen]

i actually did get it working lulz