They say necessity is the mother of invention. Well, I don’t know who “they” were, but I do know that they were spot-on! It seems nothing has been more inventively inspirational than the slow, slow engine of the Honda Ruckus. I mean, who doesn’t love the Honda Ruckus?! Who doesn’t think it could use a light kick-in-the-pants? And so we have…NECESSITY!
Owners have tested their grease-monkey skills by installing racing cams, pulley springs, clutch springs, CDI boxes, custom pipes, upgraded variator & weights, air filters, bigger carbs, better plugs, only to touch a speed ceiling of 45, maybe 50 mph…. After that all you’ve got left is your ingenuity.
You could test your skills by bolting on an engine upgrade like sticking a 125cc Yamaha Cygnus or other Honda clone engine in there. Very respectable, but for some it’s still not enough. You might push THAT even farther with the mad scientist inspired NPS600 (a Ruckus with a Silverwing engine crammed under the seat… which, makes me feel… funny… down there) and for some even THAT isn’t enough.
At this point you’d be reaching deep into the dark recesses of your creative tool box to come up with a solution… let’s see, what do we got here? Sling shot? Electric hub assist engines? Ion Drive? Ah HAH! I GOT IT! Jet engine! Nothing commands respect like a scooter spouting a 5 foot flame and screaming away at 18,000 RPMS. Go ahead, search your feelings. If you’ve got a drop of testosterone in your blood and were around in the 70′s, you know what sort of impact the classic Bat Mobile had on your mailable little brain…. and SO, we present the jet powered ruckus
So Honda, do us a favor and don’t squash this inspirational masterpiece you’ve created. I’m hoping we will see that ion drive Ruckus any day now.
27. May 2008 at 7:20 pm
I’m sure that thing turns a LOT of heads as it goes down the street! Too cool!
27. May 2008 at 7:47 pm
Thats the coolest thing I have seen I want one! jet that is 2 actually one on each side of my GT. You know just for laughs.
27. May 2008 at 9:23 pm
Actually, I would buy a ruckus in a second if Honda shoehorned a 100cc engine in there. Any Honda 2009 rumors?
14. June 2008 at 3:54 pm
The thing is you have to spend so much money to upgrade the suspension and brakes too. Give me a 100-150cc Ruck off the showroom, please…
15. June 2008 at 7:38 am
Know that while this a cool idea, it’s not a new idea:
http://thenewcaferacersociety.blogspot.com/2008/06/fritz-von-opels-rocket-bike.html
23. June 2008 at 1:30 pm
Why hop up a scooter? Thats just it, it’s a scooter. Not too Cool. You can dress up a terd, but its still a terd.
23. June 2008 at 3:31 pm
That’s “turd” not “terd” you illiterate troll.
17. January 2009 at 2:27 am
I have a metropolitan but I bought this for my husband because he loves the Honda Ruckus.
http://www.ruckuslife.com/ruckus-tshirts/index.html
17. January 2009 at 2:28 am
Nice! A little Ruckus lovin’.
26. April 2009 at 10:39 am
“love the Ruckus Shirts – they are the bomb… also that site ruckuslife.com has mods for the bike. “