hello everyone am new to the ruckus scene. but i have been into civic's for a few years. and wanted to change up the build from my civic to ruckus...
i started saving money for 6 or so months and a few days ago i found a nice ruckus for $1000 about a hour or so away got in my uncles truck with my dad and picked it up. lady owned only owner with 11,692 miles. looks very nice small rust on side mirrors and head lights but that does not madder cause i will be changing them out soon.

here's some pictures....






i don't really want to put a lot of money into it. i like the paint so am thinking of keeping the color.
i do want to do the drag handle bars, lower seat frame, relocate the tag, and do the tail light under the seat. for now anyways.
then when i get some extra playing money get droby to do a gy6 swap, then after i need more power do the little extra's on the engine. and talking about dorby he lives like 10 mins away from me! lol never seen him before. i finished talking to him today going to be taking the ruckus to him so he can check it out next week.
let me know what you guys think...

Yes...that's exactly what I said when I started my build.

Welcome to the International brotherhood of TR.

that's what i said on my civic and i got like 4 almost 5K under the hood and still need my suspension/ brakes/ then inside the car...

took the ruckus to work today!.....
she can only go to 35MPH lol 10 miles each way. it was fun but i need to go faster for sure.

i got home today from work and found some black spray paint so i got to work!
the head lights and head light frame/bracket had some rust so i sanded them down and painted them semi-flat black.


also did the side mirrors.....
before

after

i got today off so i got to work on the ruckus a little!
removed the cover to see how everything looks. i went to my honda dealer and ordered a new belt and rollers.
picture time....


i put everything back cause am going to take it to work Thursday.
but i may take out the carb and clean it.... I've been reading the service manual it does not took to be that hard just takes some time....

so last night i said F*#K it and removed and cleaned out the carb and got the ruckus back together and running better. i have not taking it out so i cant say it's going faster then 35mph but it's running way better then before.

here's some new pictures!...





only took me around 1 hour to get it back together. and was not hard at all.
going to be getting my lower seat frame and handle bars very soon. then work on the brake light and tag mount.
then just start saving up for a GY6 swap i cant wait!!! lol

Glad you want to go gy6. The low top speed got to me also, but not as much as lack of acceleration in the stop and go traffic.

am doing it not only for more power and speed witch is what a want. but cause i want to make it long and the GY6 is longer the the stock GET engine

time for a update!
i have been riding to work a few days out of the week. and today as i was going home from work the low gas light came on so i stopped at the closest gas station to fill up...

first real fill up!

a hair more then a gallon. i also wrote down the miles on the ruckus and am going to write it down again on the next will up to see how much my MPG is...

also when i removed the carb to clean it out i broke the intake piping so i found someone selling one and got it today.

going to install that tomorrow.

i also found someone calling a black passwordJDM engine extension kit for $80 shipped. new there $170 so i said F*^K it a sent him the money for it. i hope to have it in the middle of next week. also going to see a guy about some drag handle bars and lowered seat frame tomorrow.

alright everyone i went and picked up my lower seat frame and drag handle bars. and let me tell you it was not to easy to install the handle bars with the stock controls.... but there in and working. the seat frame was cake.
here's a lot of pictures for everyone


before picture

old seat frame and new seat frame...

seat frame installed

making the handle bars work....

.......part 2 is next!.....

test fitting....

controls going on...

everything back together!

i love the bars and seat frame! she fills almost like a sport bike! and she looks better too. soon am going to order my rear brake lights a tag mount...
here's a link to the one's am going to get...
TotalRuckus • View topic - TURTLEHEAD LED tail light w/ integrated signals - Ultra sano
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the price is a little high but everyone that gets them love them and never have a problem

since i installed the drag bars i removed the speed gauge. and i needed something to tell me how fast.... or really how slow am going to i got my GPS and mounted it on the battery box using the suction cup....
i went for a little spin and here's my max speed....

am hoping with a new drive belt and rollers i can get it back up to 40mph like it should be....

also get ready cause am planing on swapping the engine out as soon as i can along with paint/ rims/ brake all the good stuff.... am going to go all out with this thing.....

here's a picture to help you guys see what i want to do...

and that's just rear wheel/tire....

alright i went and picked up my new drive belt/ rollers/ and spark plug today.


and got them in and went for a test ride and i got the ruckus to 40mph! but the ruckus is slower but it gets to 40 like it should i think it's the new rollers that weight more then the old ones.... o will...


i got my tail light/ tag mount and passwordJDM extension coming should be here tomorrow or Thursday. picture's of those when i get them!

also going for a ride tomorrow with dorby and a few locals. i hope they don't leave me behind....
am going to take my gopro and record some of the riding.....

alright i got all my parts that i ordered in yesterday was didn't have time to take pictures and update. but i got a little time tonight! so here it goes!



passwordJDM extension going to clean it up before i install it.


my new tag mount


my LED brake lights and turn lights. it mounts under the seat.

my next day off is sunday so am going to install the parts then...
then get some new tires and am good to go until i do the GY6 swap....