Why, because the stock engine did not run
thats what I was told, not my bike but I put this monstrosity together
At least it does start right up and drive so its not a total loss
I used a honda metropolitan engine, and gears but ruckus swingarm to make it a little longer
Ended up doing a semi hard tail shock in the rear, stock suspension up front
Pretty quick because its such a light bike, but with no speedo not sure how it performs
Added frame brace for the looks, as what you see is how it will be
no body panels
Stripped off a decent seat cover and foam for the look too, but I think it looks cool that way
I was hoping for a dirty primer look, or rusty but it got painted black
This is how it ended up
below will be some fabrication pictures
inside the handle bar bag is all the electronics for the donor engine as it was made for a ruckus
we thought the wiring we got was for the metropolitan engine as that would all mount under the seat, but we were given the wrong type but it can work exactly the same just in a different spot on the bike
met engine
engine mount
trying to set ride height full compressed
wanted to have a tiny amount of safety so I used a shock I keep around with no spring in it
shock mounted
although the frame clearance was perfect
it sat a little too low to the ground
so I ended up putting a spacer on the shock shaft to make like a hard tail
but still look like a shock
barely moves so its not totally sold
made a quick mount for the stock headlight
note all the electronics up front
now I got a ruckus swingarm to install
so that moves the rear wheel back about 4 inches
and allows a taller tire which we used
although I think on this bike the smaller tire would look better
since it moved back now my shock mount was too far away
I had this extension laying around and you can see how I made the shock into a hard tail
also I like the stance it had now, lower but the taller tire helped raise it too
also had the rack put on so the brake light mounted better too
