cdi upgrade plus weight adjustment is the key to high top speed that always gives more gains than intake/exhaust combo in my experience

Hey after a hard pull…pull the bike over and do a plug chop. That will tell you volumes! If you see your plug is all blackish then you’re rich if you see it looks super white on the porcelain you are super lean, you want a nice tan color on the porcelain of the plug that will tell you you’re running near perfect. Also you should be able to kind of tell by the sound of your exhaust whether you’re lean or rich. If the exhaust sounds crackly and very sharp you are a likely lean if it sounds super thumpy and kind of muffled you’re likely Rich. Don’t give up.

Hate to be redundant, but that exhaust is absolutely a racket on the ruckus!!

I think the best mods for performance on the ruckus is the cdi rev box and a aftermarket clutch variator with a qulity brand belt. lighter clutch weights = faster accel lower top speed. heavy = slower accel with higher top speed. I did the TRS air intake with the uni filter and yoshi exhaust like you and after 2 summers I regret it. I'm about to add the stock air box and exhaust back on and forget about the slight gains you get from it.

Im just doing a k&n drop in filter and using better gear oil. And synthetic motor oil might get a better battery and spark plug i may do a variator later on honda makes them pretty good as they come im just gonna replace the cheap stuff they use to keep production costs down pretty much

Need to do some cvt tuning to help with the top end and maybe play with the jetting more. But your on the right track!

Look up some tips on the air/fuel mixture screw, located on the left side, it’s caped with a D cap, depending on altitude, I’m at two and half turns out at 150’ sea level, good luck

Also, the exhaust sound and commentary are fine

a quarter turn on the airmix-screw will fix the stop-off-issue usually, with all these 50cc-carbed-engines, no big deal. Also, if you ever run into a cold-start too much fuel engine-stop (wet sparkplugg), detache the electric autochoke-cabel, (turns the autochoke off permanently) works wonderful for fixing this issue, no need for a choke down to 0 Celsius anyway.

Bike looks great. What model windshield is that?

The rev limiter is on there for a purpose.....so the motor does not over rev and blow up.💣

Getting just the cdi I only got I think 72kmh. Then got variator, clutch springs (mostly for better grab) and intake with jets And maybe a few other things but I got 80kmh and was going to get met gears to hit 95ish kmh I believe like small engine velocity but sold my ruckus right before I had the chance to install them and bought a Honda Navi. The ruckus you have to perfectly tune absolutely everything to get 50mph.

You're hitting the Rev Limiter. It's to protect the engine from over revving and blowing the engine.

Hey man you're videos are great. Appreciate your content

The loud exhaust is a safety feature. It lets motorists know you’re there.

THX FOR THE VIDEO... HOPE YOU HAVE A PART 2 ON A FIX FOR YOUR UPGRADE...

got my ruckus 5 days ago. new 2024. my topspeed is 43 on flat ground. ive watched a few vids and dont think ill be doing any speed upgrades. im 180lbs

I hit the rev limit at 42mph. The only mod I’ve done is the exhaust…and I’m running it at 5,300’

Mine bogs at full throttle too and I’m having a hell of a time finding the right jets for the aftermarket carb the guy before me put on! Turning the air screw changes things a little bit but my guess is it’s my main jet

You maybe have to adjust the throttle screw a little if you didnt have the throttle cable at the exact same spot as before. That happened to be when I took it all apart it kept shutting off at start and I gave the throttle screw a little spin clock wise and it never dies on me anymore.

I have over 6,000 miles on my 2019 Ruckus, my top speed is about 38 mph (your own body weight determines your top speed) my advice is to leave it stock, it’s a scooter, it’s not designed to go over 40 mph, you’ll spend thousands to gain a few extra miles, it’s not worth it.

At a stock configuration my 2022 hits 42MPH pretty easily. I live in FL though... most of the roadways are flat. I watched a video on a couple of guys do a 1,000 mile road trip on a ruckus. He drilled three holes into the air box and the ruckus hated it. Maybe go back the factory air box?

Just your idling on where you won't have to hold your throttle Island thing on the

Possible just adjust the idle under your seat too and raise it just a hair and see if that helps

Read all the comments, chuckled at a couple. I restore American muscle as a father /son hobby. Last was an 08 signed Shelby GT500 Convertible. In the past I built & raced drag cars & bikes. Made serious money taking old VW Bugs dropping a 904 Porche motor in it & chopping it making racing dune buggy's. Have owned a Harley for 51 years but this is only the 2nd Honda, I had a 305 Scrambler when I was 15. 1st time with a Scooter & discovered it is as much fun as the mini-bike I had when I was 12. Without getting crazy & after doing the engineering model, what I had stock with my 220lb body plus 14lbs of bags, foot pegs for better handling & a rear carrier was a top speed of 37mph. Since I have added 2 spark plugs, the E3.38 is the best closely followed by the CR9IX which is cooler running than the NKG CR8IX8 iridium & increased rear tire pressure to 34psi front at 28psi. This solved a tendency to hesitate going full throttle. Added a Polini kevlar belt, Polini Variator, NCY drive face, a variety of Dr. Pulley sliders & a Trail Tech Tach which is necessary to properly tune. At present my top speed calm wind flat road is 43mph at 8650/8700rpm with far better acceleration than stock. But it takes almost 1/2 mile from 40 to 43mph. Next on the agenda is an EFI not a generic CDI. Intrigued by 1 plus a performance ignition combo for $220 that is plug & play plus allows the kill switch to continue to function....... Real News - Unless you exceed the Rev limit setting of 8850rpm, the CDI will only give you a small amount of lower torque & not top speed gain. For me this will mean 4.5 gram Sliders & possibly a combination of 4 gram & 4.5 gram equaling 4.25 grams. I am currently running 3x 5.5 gram & 3x 4.5 gram sliders. With 5.5 sliders only, my top RPM is only 8500/8650 but had a top speed of 44mph. Per the spreadsheet I used, with 4.5 gram sliders I had a top speed of 41mph but rev limited at 8850rpm. Once I finish, I will install street tires. What I am wanting is to run at 45mph possibly with a top max speed of 47/48mph. This would be perfect for riding around town as I bought this Scooter to use for in town errands saving the Ultra Classic for Hwy use. While it would be simple to bore this motor to a 58cc, increase air flow, change & adjust carb jets plus match the increased air intake to a tuned exhaust, frankly I have no need to spend the money & time to achieve what my engineering chart shows to be a max of 56mph with the curb weight of approx 240lbs.

What a learning curve. But good video. Too small slow jet. Air intake adjustment. Then you level out.

You have probably taken yrs off that ruckus life.

mine is stock i weigh 155 pounds mine will run flat out 48 miles an hour i use synthetic oil in motor and gear case

I think stock setup plus CDI and street tires is the best formula.

Sounded like you hit the rev limiter. Did you change out the variator/weights yet?

Nice video. I'm guessing you are correct. Needs more fuel at idle, and top end. I have been thinking about the intake and exhaust, but It looks like there is no going back once you have the airbox off and the new pipe is not cheap. I'm good with the cruise speed of 35-40 on flats, but I have a couple hills that knock me down under 25 on my commute route. Do you think the variator alone would help me out going up hills?

Use premium fuel! Stock or not. That will help run better. I prefer stock ruckas myself

You have to tune your scooter after every SINGLE upgrade. When you just throw everything on at once your run into issues and make things harder on yourself lol.

PL just your Island thing up where you won't have to

The loud muffler is no good......ruckus motor needs back pressure to run right.

Do u have to get a motorcycle license ? to drive it

Turn up your Idle on the Carb too low that's why it stalls

Over inflate air in tires. Get better spark plug and good gas. Most gas is garbage. Try it.

noisy mufflers means "here comes the geeky kid down the street again"

So is it still 49 cc?

" I don't know why I'm talking super loud. " Because that straight piped fart machine is too loud. c-c

Did you ever get it dialed in?

Mine works great stock for going to the pharmacy and vape shop. I’d like to get some sort of rack so I could haul those giant block of promix soil home

Would you recommend a stage 1 over a stage 2?

Adjust your idle rpm?

Your timing is offf from the cdi

What year?

Lol yeah it’s freaking worth it your bike and go a lot faster it’s not worth it for the Honda engines because there’s really not a lot you can do to them but the GY6 is helll he can totally beat the Honda engine they just say the Honda engine is more reliable I guess meaning it can turn on and it just has a competitive reliability to it just like the cars but that doesn’t necessarily mean that the GY6 doesn’t have More reliability when it comes to performance because it does you could do more performance parts to it like let me reiterate to you basically if you have a a 50 Taotao scooter engine in your bike unless say if you put a big bore kit in it and all the Margie could possibly get it could go about 100 or 90 something your bike when you fully modded out will we be able to go freaking 50 depending on your weight ratio in depending How up-to-date your bike is it is not any other problems going on is it

lmao its called yoshimura