TheScooterScoop

(Secretary of Transportation, Mary Peters, is b b b bad to the bone)

DSC_0621
Originally uploaded by sanjuro62pt1

What you are looking at is a COMPLETELY tricked out Honda Ruckus (Zoomer in Japan). I couldn’t even guess what the customs cost, but I but at least 2 to 3 times the cost of the scooter (if it were purchased new).

Sanjuro62, from Houston, is a BIG fan of the Ruckus and has managed to make some trips out there to score some custom parts of his own, including a drive train from a Grand Axis that should take his HP from around 4 HP up to 9 HP, allowing him to run an easy 70 MPH ($3,000 mod).

If you want to see more glorious Ruckus customs (phat tires, chrome rims, water cooled heads, custom paint, lights, upholstery, carbs, etc) then click on the image to check out Sanjuro62′s flickr shots, OR you can read people’s responses to these photos on the TotalRuckus forum.

***UPDATE***
If YOU have a Ruckus you wanna add that custom touch to her, check out these great resources!
BattleScooter – USA’s Source for Japanese custom parts
BOWLS – Cali’s eclectic scooter parts
SouthTEK – Australian in Japan, shipping stuff to America. Details here.
Thanks again Sanjuro!

***UPDATE***
Wholly Smokes! Here’s an example of a Silverwing power train in a little Ruckus as mentioned by Bryce and Sanjuro. It is flat-out SICK!

(only 5 seconds long *boohoo*)

Don’t know what it’s really called, but it’s funny to watch.

(Please don’t write on your monitor with mustard and ketchup)

Just wanted to let you know that we’re having some “standard maintenance” being done tonight, so get in all your reading before 11pm pacific time. I imagine we’ll be back online by the morning.

Before we go, remember this… ALWAYS make sure to take the keys with you.

Little girl takes off on her dad’s scooter – Watch more free videos

Aving.net had posted some images of what appears to be a gold plated SMART car. As a matter of fact, anywhere you see the image you’ll see someone refer to it as the gold plated SMART. Further research shows that they used a SLC (no, not Salt Lake City) “Surface Like Chrome” process. The German company, Durovib, have a patented process of applying a chrome-like surface on plastics. A tint is applied during the “chroming” process to make the surface appear any metallic color… gold, red, silver. Looks like you could just put it on a chain and wear it around your neck.