"Officially I'm Broke"

[veedubh20]

that is taiwan yamaha zuma motor ( long block tranny)

[bradthreee]

Hey Taz,

Just as V-dub stated, its a 2004 Zuma motor. This is the long case Minarelli style engine that comes on the Zuma's 2002 and up.

As for the mounting of the motor to the Ruckus frame, there are a few options. I went with a frame that already had mounts welded on. The other option, which is a bit more expensive, are the bolt on engine mounts. Those are around the $500 range. If you were to DIY weld-on mounts, that would cut the cost dramatically

The other portion of the install would be the wiring. Originally the Zuma had a vacuum operated fuel pump, but I have read that with Zumakus(Zuma+Ruckus) swaps there is sometimes fuel cutting out at high RPM's. I'm running a Stage6 HPC crank that ups the RPM to 16,000 max, so I opted to run the stock Ruckus electric fuel pump to ensure constant fuel delivery througout the full RPM range.

[bradthreee]

Stopped by the shop last night and was pleasantly surprised to see the Ruckus coming together nicely!

The exhaust needed to be reheated and bent to fit onto the motor. It was originally for the European AeroX. EGT gauge sensor was installed as well and the wiring was good enough to start her up. All I have to say is DAYM this motor sounds like a beast!

Looks like it'll be ready within the next week or so.

[bradthreee]

This Express was also being worked on at the same shop. I thought it was pretty kewl

[bradthreee]

Picked up some new shoes today





They need a little TLC but they'll turn out just fine

[bakaracer]

Those stars are sick rims!! looks like your bike is coming along good.with that engine setup you got going on there,your going to like it.lots of power for a 70cc setup and your bike is going to look good too.

[bradthreee]

Thanks Baka I was soo excited when I picked up these Daytona rims! I had already started cleaning them up a bit when I took the pic, but man these things were dirty! They even had dog * all over them

I hope to have the bike back sometime this week so I can get these wheels put on

[spree-rider]

[bradthreee]

Stopped by the shop today,

and she's starting to take form. Almost there

Sorry about the plastic and tape, but you get the idea...

[bradthreee]

Here is sitting idle:


Here is in motion:


Spent all day cleaning up the wiring:












Still more work to do:

[sanjuro]

Looks and sounds mean. Video was too short though.

[bradthreee]

Im pretty new to the video thing

Ill take another one at idle for ya Vic

[bradthreee]

Here you go Sanjuro

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z1KAmJqiyQ4

[bradthreee]

Here is a couple with me on it :wasted:






Some others:






Still need to wire up the turn signals and tail light. Test fitting everything before I put on the Orange battery box, dont want to scratch that

[bradthreee]

Tuning now thanks to all those that are helping me along the way