a day in the life » Scooters http://www.artdoesart.com/blog artDoesBrog Sat, 08 Jan 2011 06:51:28 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Mission Accomplished. http://www.artdoesart.com/blog/2009/01/28/mission-accomplished-4/ http://www.artdoesart.com/blog/2009/01/28/mission-accomplished-4/#comments Thu, 29 Jan 2009 06:17:21 +0000 admin http://www.artdoesart.com/blog/?p=628

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We finally finished installing the Gokubuto kit on Bolo’s ruckus today. Looks pretty sick and rides well too, I don’t even think the 8″ fatty effected the speed too much either. This has been a long time coming for Bolo but his dream finally came through, all it took was some cash, a lil elbow grease and some ghetto fab. Big ups to Gary at Design Craft for fabbing up the header for us.

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Bowls finally answered Bolo’s dream and delivered the long awaited gokubuto kit! We picked this up Saturday after some long riding atound pasadena and finally got around to installing this kit last night. Aside from some minor hiccups, pretty damn easy to install. Bolo’s ruckus is pretty much complete now, just moving to cosmetics like paint etc. The circle is now complete 8″ fatty tire in the back and. 59cc engine.

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Big bore NPS59 now installed and running! Dropped this into Steve’s Ruckus since his engine was pretty jacked, running pretty damn good and impressed on how much more power you get from 10 more cc. 20% increase in displacement is nice, rightnow I am getting lunch at my favorite carne asasa place while breaking the motor in, then back on the computer. My damn brother accidentally disconnected the Internet at the office, no Internet no posible trabajo.

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The big bore install is almost complete, I got everything back onto the frame, all wired up a few more minor details. Just got to hook up the cooling and then I am ready to give the NPS59 it’s first breathe of air. Couldn’t finish tonight I can’t keep my eyes openanymore.

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Almost done being stripped and removed from the frame and swing arm a few more hours.

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Finally decided to finish building the big bore motor. Almost complete just need to install the stator, center stand and swing arm then back into the frame. This motor will be going into Steve’s ruckus to hopefully fix all the speed issues he has been having, hopefully I can get this installed and running by his birthday on Wednesday. It’s 3am was planning on only working till 1am, another 4 hours into projectBOLO.

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One man’s trash is another’s treasure. Hoping to post this junk/ treasure on totalruckus.com and give this shit away. Too much junk in the trunk.

]]> http://www.artdoesart.com/blog/2008/11/25/junk/feed/ 0 Stage6 vs Stock http://www.artdoesart.com/blog/2008/11/21/stage6-vs-stock/ http://www.artdoesart.com/blog/2008/11/21/stage6-vs-stock/#comments Sat, 22 Nov 2008 00:51:48 +0000 admin http://www.artdoesart.com/blog/?p=499
Ok well this is the side by side comparison between the new kit and the old, bumping from 50cc to 70cc. Sucks because last night I gave up late at night, after installing the big bore, couldnt get the damn thing to start…

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Finally got some time to work on the Zuma and pull apart the panels to get to the engine. Unlike the Ruckus you have to take off panel after panel to get even a glimpse of the 2 stroke. After that it’s pretty easy, getting to the engine requires the removal of a bunch of phillip screws and 10mm bolts, once those are off the cylinder is held together by only 4-10mm bolts. Unscrew those and this is what you have. After this you pop out the wrist pin on one side, slide out the pin, and remove the piston. Then take the new big bore piston (70cc), put it on, slide the new cylinder and head back on and your done. Pretty much an engine swap in 90 minutes or less cant get better than that.

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Well I got these parts last week, from Steven [Killer Scooter] @ his GoFastGarage, which is funny since he says, “Scooters come in slow and go out fast!”. Anyways he finally got my 80cc 2Fast4Race 80cc Big Bore Kit. I sort of regret buying this since its bank and well very hardcore, but I guess the whole “hard to find/exclusive/Mugen-like” aura compelled me to do so… At the same time, I was about to buy a Polini variator but then Steven convinced me to buy another 70cc Big Bore Kit [Stage6] for a quick install for instant power. So before I was buying one kit for the Zuma and now ended up leaving with 2 kits for the same scooter. Dios Mio! Stay tuned for more info, but just to give you an idea, the 2Fast4Race kit is worth about 7 Stage6 kits.

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Dc5 and ae86 almost ran my ruckus over charging turnball [fuckers]. I need more power. About to charge the hill down

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Riding my second ruck to it’s new owner sold this baby to get a zuma. Like with kids better to have the best of both worlds. The zuma is going to be motofast. Lookout crawford.

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Got my ruckus big bore! Thanks to sean. Hopefully I can get my block bored out soon and get rockin and rollin.

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