Bike talk: Motorcycle/Scooter chat thread!

[R13]

I thought the v-rods were cool, until I sat on one.

Most awkward riding position ever, Like a sport bike with forward controls...

 

[94RS]

The V-Rods would have been cool if Harley didn't take all of Erik Buell's many years of R&D and shit all over it in typical Harley fashion... If that bike had been released as a Buell, it might have been a street version of the VR1000. Instead,we got the V-Rod.

 

[R13]

Then I might have really wanted one, Making it a drag bike was just gay, Now it's a great engine in a chassis that's only meant to go in a straight line, The drag bike has rearsets too which is why the road version sucks, That frame is set up for forward positioning like a super sport, It should've just been a new version of the vr1000...

 

[Accel.speed]

Is it really THAT expensive to build a ruck???

 

[R13]

Yes, Check out pwjdm and stuff like that...

Because the ruck is "jdm" it's also apparently a top quality high performance machine that can only use the highest quality parts that will run you about $999,999.95 :lol:

 

[R13]

Our insurance rates are gonna go up when people start dying on the h2r...

 

[Accel.speed]

Haha got a quote today actually.

Liability - $220/year

Full Coverage - $2,885/year



Damn my speeding tickets and young male gender.

 

[94RS]

Is it really THAT expensive to build a ruck???

Depends if it's all about looks, speed or combining the two.

Go to The Ruck Shop's website and price some things out. Start with a new GY6 engine, harness, exhaust, and (not on the site) a weld on mount (cheapest option) will run around $90.

Then after the performance pricing, factor in all the things that would make the Ruck look good. Rewrapping the seat: 100-150ish, a DORF seat frame is around $300, BMX stem/bars of your choice, different taillight, clean up the headlight bracket, a gas tank cover, pick a set of wheels, which you'll need to add in the price of a rear hub for the fatty, lower forks/disc brake kit.


Still haven't factored in painting/powdering the frame.


This is also assuming you have the time/skills to do the work yourself. There's a ton of money in Blackie for a reason.

 

[R13]

$18.xx a month?

Mine's $80 a month or $658 a month for full coverage.

Of course that's a for a 1000cc and a deathrate of like 1 out of every 8 people who ride in my area have hit something and died. :smackself:

 

[Accel.speed]

Depends if it's all about looks, speed or combining the two.

Go to The Ruck Shop's website and price some things out. Start with a new GY6 engine, harness, exhaust, and (not on the site) a weld on mount (cheapest option) will run around $90.

Then after the performance pricing, factor in all the things that would make the Ruck look good. Rewrapping the seat: 100-150ish, a DORF seat frame is around $300, BMX stem/bars of your choice, different taillight, clean up the headlight bracket, a gas tank cover, pick a set of wheels, which you'll need to add in the price of a rear hub for the fatty, lower forks/disc brake kit.

$90 for the engine and everything?? Is that the 180cc? It cant be that expensive unless you go high quality and outrageous parts. I would think just getting a new engine and maybe reworking the cluster/electronics and plastics wouldn't be too expensive.

How much are tires?

$18.xx a month?

Mine's $80 a month or $658 a month for full coverage.

Of course that's a for a 1000cc and a deathrate of like 1 out of every 8 people who ride in my area have hit something and died. :smackself:

What the actual hell. Thats more than my bike is worth in a year...

 

[R13]

RC is only worth $4500 max. :lol:

Sadly the death rate is insane around here and it affects insurance rates...

 

[94RS]

$90 for the engine and everything?? Is that the 180cc? It cant be that expensive unless you go high quality and outrageous parts. I would think just getting a new engine and maybe reworking the cluster/electronics and plastics wouldn't be too expensive.

How much are tires?

$90 for mount, and you need to get it welded on. There's bolt on mounts, but those run a few hundred. The engine is around $350, haven't checked in a while. It's a 150cc, you could get a 180 BBK, but it doesn't last long and it's not a direct bolt on. There are premade 180s, but they run close to $1k.

You'd still need a GY6 rear wheel, about $40-50, and a wiring harness. You could either hack up a cheap Chinese harness and splice it into the OEM, or just replace it all with a quality aftermarket harness.

What cluster and plastics are you talking about? There's a single gauge, and the only plastic besides the floorboard is the battery box. You could replace the speedometer with a more accurate Trail Tech Vapor.


Contrary to what people may think, even though they're scooters, just like anything else they get expensive when you start modifying them...

 

[Accel.speed]

Oh ok thats closer to what I thought.

I could see spending a grand on a $1500 scooter ending up pretty well yeah?

And I don't know much about the plastics or whatever, since ive only seen a stock ruck like twice. But I figured id modify the body somehow to look better. Maybe move stuff around.

Idk I'm just thinking out loud here haha.

 

[94RS]

http://tampa.craigslist.org/pnl/mcy/4744702806.html

Knock off Cub with a smaller engine than mine for double what I paid :lol:

 

[R13]

Looks like a power chair :lol:

The digital fuel gauge is cool though, Unlike most bikes that don't tell you anything and then suddenly "Oops you're almost empty" :rolf: