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Scooter Fab
Here for my 2nd post is a scooter build I did this spring. Lots of fab work. Only two parts were purchased for this project, everything else was either re-used or fabricated from raw material. I started with a non running Honda Ruckus & stripped it down to just the frame as that is all I was going to use. I would be swapping in a Yamaha Zuma 125 motor and anything I could re-use of that scoot...
Enjoy!
Picked up this non-running Honda Ruckus to have my way with.
http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t...-08-07_287.jpg
and on my work table:
http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t...2-46-03_18.jpg
then 12 seconds later or what seemed like it as remember I am old:
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i like the front end off the z125 and wanted to see how hard it would be to swap it over to the ruck as the honda is all girlie and I am all old and manly:
http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t...-29-19_872.jpg
and then some grinding and some press love, the z125 was not at all friendly but the Ruck said pop when it just saw the press:
http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t...-26-18_735.jpg
http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t...-07-00_230.jpg
since the Ruckus stem is much smaller, I had to add some weld to it:
http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t...-21-35_383.jpg
and then some more:
http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t...-40-13_821.jpg
then some lathe love to get it back down to the correct size to the z125 lower triple:
http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t...-13-52_298.jpg
pressed it back in and a little weld, and I am all manly again:
http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t...8-57-21_80.jpg
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I decided to make this velocity stack on the lathe, because, well it is just cool and I wanted to see if I could:
http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t...-31-44_399.jpg
http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t...-31-52_607.jpg
some of my prior failures....i had to keep modifying my tool until it did what I wanted:
http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t...-23-22_991.jpg
figured I would mount it off to the side
http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t...-33-20_720.jpg
http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t...-16-21_106.jpg
decided I needed a headlight and figured I had a spare zuma 50 headlamp and would use that temporarly until I could decide what I wanted to use so I rolled a piece of 304ss tube and started to make a web bracket. It is different, but defintely not final:
http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t...-21-04_292.jpg
http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t...-21-11_124.jpg
http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t...-21-19_371.jpg
Some exhaust fabrication for your viewing enjoyment
304SS made in USA!
http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t...153355_249.jpg
some Akro Ti love, had to stretch a piece to fit the inlet of the Akro.
http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t...154915_501.jpg
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Wow, really nice project you've going there. I really appreciate the fact you detailed a lot of the steps with pictures and annotations of your planning and thought processes. Very cool!
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Now that is some THOROUGH photo documentation! :D
Nice fabbing, thanks for sharing. You must have a really toolful shop with all the different processes you do.
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Great job. Your shop looks awesome. Really like all the fab work you did on that and love the hood ornament.
