wheelie

[smacky]

girlbike posted this sweet video link on urban scootin. thanks girlbike.

www.vespaclubroma.it/filmati/nicola.mpg

[ratpak07]

dude, thats sweet, im going to find a way to wheelie my ruckus, ill post a pic when i do

[CTRukus]

wheelies scare me

[Kami no Chiizu]

How about some Stoppies?! Let's see some of then.

[smacky]

could the front disc brake mod give enough stopping power for a stoppie?

[Dandy Dan]

If you guys wanna do wheelies on your ruckus there a few ways to do it:

1) Put your Ruckus on the center stand, sit on it, rev the engine up so your tire is spinning pretty fast and then throw your weight back so the rear wheel hits the ground. You'll wheelie for sure cuz your front is already like a foot in the air plus your rear wheel is spinning. I've done this a few times.

2) To do a real wheelie you'll need to do a few mods. Get a 6g average roller weight in your variator. Then replace the springs in your rear clutch with stiffer ones (lets the engine rev up more before the wheel kicks in)(I think Yamaha makes some good ones). If you throw your weights back and give er full throttle you might get the front up a bit. If not soup your engine up and try again.

3) At a stop light put your legs down and then when you want to go twist the throttle but keep your legs down and pull back on the bars. This should lift er up and if you hold it until you're at the balance point you'll actually be able to do decent ones....I've got a few good ones. One 1/2 way across the intersection.

Now go do some and take pics but remember this is kinda hard on your machine.

Stoppies:
You can do these too on a stock ruckus. First see if you can lock up the front wheel. If not tighen your brakes until you can. A ruckus should just be able to lock it up if you pull hard. If you brakes can lock up the front then you don't need any more braking power. All you need to do to do a stoppie is to reef on the front brakes and throw your weight forward...kinda jump forward a bit...It's a bit scary but it works.

Go take pics and don't blame me if you crash.

[azn]

i dont know, it seems it might be a little dangerous to do wheelies stock, would you even have enough torque (let a lone power) to do it? I might give it a try.