Well it looks as Mr. M in Cali has gone and purchased a 2004 Honda Ruckus from Facebook Market Place. A good find as the Ruckus carries a cult following. I've rather liked its styling and look forward getting to know another Honda product. The yellow and black sets off very nicely in a sort of industrial way. Good show Mr. M!
It looks to be a solid decent machine and he got it for a reasonable price too. We'll give it a go though, fix any issues as they come along. At this point the its been sitting for a few years after the keys went walkabout. Most likely being a Honda the only thing keeping this from going down the road is the fuel system so we'll dig into that first. As we go along I'll update pictures an process
Mr.M has a few ideas as to what he'd like this to be so we'll begin with a strip down, light cleaning and general repair. First off is removing the battery cover and getting a good look see at the lock system for key code numbers. After which the disassembly of the whole machine for some light cleaning, within reason. Mr. M is considering a repaint or a possible powder coating of different parts maybe even a different set of wheels to add some "pop.
After a bit of fiddling about we were able to get the gas cap open. Not horrible but also not really great. As expected, the fuel had turned and a touch of water was on the bottom of the tank. the cap looks to be crusty but maybe it'll clean up well enough.
With the disassembly under way, the next step was to pull the headlight unit off. the blinker wires look confusing not that they are, so a picture will be worth a thousand words. Only three bolts hold the whole unit onto the front of the machine, easy peasy and its off in seconds.
more to follow...
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