Suspension :maximum perfomance:

[flounder]

What up? I bought an 09 ruckus super fresh last year in sept. Had fun riding it around and it seemed to run like a champ. hitting the 43 sometimes 45 on flats. after the winter which i even had to ride it around because i needed to get to my job and my car was broke. But it really didnt sit. i kept it in the garage and ran it once a month for a good day and rude it around for some winter ruck fun. it seemed to lose a little power barley wanting to hit 40 on flats. it also hard to find those here in Pittsburgh.

I have checked out pretty much every technical thread there was to read about ruckus upgrading. From big bores, to which is the best variator & weight set, exhausts, cdi boxes, aerodynamics (frame kits, windshields), carbs, and all this stuff and i have come to the conclusion that for the 2200 dollar bike i bought is throwing another grand for all that outragous stuff really worth it. unless its to make it look cool like some ballin rims ;D

Amyways I've come to the conlusion that the stock suspension is a really weak. im not a heavy guy at 6 foor 170, but the roads here in Pittsburgh are some of the worse. Pot holes and unpaved (thank you honda for nice offroad stock tires). But i want to have some good comfort and not have to worry about bottoming out anymore when im tearing it up on the ruck.

Out of all the different springs and coils available who has tried several. the (claimed) best and the worst. I would appreciate all of your opinions. I personally am just thinking about getting the daytona.

lot of crap to read i might post pictures and get more personal and ask a million ?'s

peace

[chanito]

Most people will agree that the suspension and brakes on the ruckus/metropolitan bike is the weakest link and that is sad, i wish Honda offered some real front shocks and disk brake plus a hydraulic shock in the back, but alas no luck

[flounder]

so any comments on what the best suspension setup is?

[Firegut]

The best that I've heard of were custom at $250-$500 for front and rear each. The daytona rear is better than stock by a lot, but in the grand scheme of things I hear that it's relatively weak.

[flounder]

ok

im really debating between a couple things.

i noticed there are 3 popular shocks.

the daytona
the ncy oil shock
and the kitaco oil shock

the difference between the the kitaco and the ncy is that you can refill the oil in the shock in the ncy. how important is this?

2. i beleive it was jiangwayne??? i read with the previous information that the ncy and kitaco are offset as opposed to the stock or daytona. comments please?

[evilkaneval]

I have the daytona chrome shock. (I think $70 from BSS). I am very satisfied with it's performace. I would reccomend. It is adjustable, four settings of stiffness.

[pounder]

I rock the daytona also and I find it to be ok, but still bottoms out on big bumps..I weight 250 lbs though so it does a pretty good job considering..stock would basically sit bottomed out the whole time..

[quickd]

I also went Daytona. Big bang for the buck over the stock. I am 225, so I agree it is a major change. If you want to go bigger and better than that you might want to tie it to other major changes in the rear end. Until you make the decision to really start modding I think the Daytona is good enough.

fyi...The moment I started using an upgraded rear shock I realized I need to enhance the front shock. So that is on my radar for this spring. There is a posting on RC to do the front relatively simply.