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ComposiMo
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Joined: 15 Apr 2008
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Location: Indian Harbour Beach, FL
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4/25/08
Well, today was another rather eventful day 
This time, my lead mechanic Tom decided to stick around and help me out tear this thing the rest of the way down, and BOY, did we get it DOWN...
First things first, i decided to start from the front, and work back... so, we removed the front wheel and forks...
Then, once that was done, we separated the chassis from the rear section, leaving the rear sitting there all by its lonesome...
Then, the handlebars came off, and a few other nickknacks found their way into the parts bin... including the rear frame section, most of the plumbing and vacuum/fuel/coolant lines...
So, then we kept tearing down the rear section....
Exhaust and radiator found their way off the Ruck...
Such a TINY exhaust tubing... haha!
Then, all hell broke loose, and everything sorta fell apart... Yes, the motor is just chilling there all by itself on the kickstand... lol!
Then we started looking at the motor once everything else was cleaned up, and tagged and bagged.
Its such a cute little motor.... since the motor is being sent off for some R&D, we decided to go ahead and tear it down a little bit, because curiosity was killing us as to seeing exactly how small the little piston, lavles and internals must be... so we wanted to pull the head So, Tom and I got to it!
Yay, we're in... man, this thing is SO TINY!!! Wow!
Aaaannnnd all back together again
So, here is where we sit tonight!
Now some real fun can begin! yAy!
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smoove314
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Joined: 06 Jun 2006
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Location: Iowa City, IA
2002 Honda Metropolitan I
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| Posted: Fri Apr 25, 2008 4:05 pm Post subject: |
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I bet that ruckus is thinking" I feel naked, and torn apart from the inside out.  " I'd say to it"Don't worry little guy theres big things happening to you  "
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Tuesday Club
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Joined: 12 Feb 2007
Posts: 3542
Location: h03-L4nd0, FL
2004 Honda Ruckus/Zoomer
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| Posted: Fri Apr 25, 2008 4:09 pm Post subject: |
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Man, you work fast! Looking good... 
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sanjuro62
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Joined: 10 Oct 2005
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Location: Houston, TX
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| Posted: Fri Apr 25, 2008 4:46 pm Post subject: |
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Oh, everything looks so nice and clean. Nothing worse then working on some gunky motor and drivetrain.
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bassinface
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Joined: 23 Mar 2007
Posts: 3531
Location: KCMO
2005 Honda Ruckus/Zoomer
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| Posted: Fri Apr 25, 2008 5:00 pm Post subject: |
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 Its amazing how nice a clean motor looks on a clean table. Nice space, good lighting, the right tools... well done. |
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bowery4
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Joined: 27 Jan 2008
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Location: Bangkok Thailand
2002 Honda Ruckus/Zoomer
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lungfish23
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Joined: 10 Jun 2007
Posts: 475
Location: Vancouver (UBC)
2007 Honda Ruckus/Zoomer
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| Posted: Fri Apr 25, 2008 10:00 pm Post subject: |
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nice work!
your workplace is so clean! i wish i could keep things that neat when i'm taking things apart. |
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camokurt06
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Joined: 20 Jul 2007
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Location: Greenville, NC
2006 Honda Ruckus/Zoomer
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| Posted: Sat Apr 26, 2008 5:47 am Post subject: |
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| Wow! this is fun to follow. Can't wait to see some pics of things being put together. This is like watching those OCC guys from NY building those choppers from scratch...good stuff |
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Tuesday Club
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Joined: 12 Feb 2007
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Location: h03-L4nd0, FL
2004 Honda Ruckus/Zoomer
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| Posted: Sat Apr 26, 2008 8:16 am Post subject: |
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| camokurt06 wrote: |
| This is like watching those OCC guys from NY building those choppers from scratch...good stuff |
Don't compare ComposiMo with those hacks....They do not really fabricate much--window-dressers.
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tallkyle
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| Posted: Sat Apr 26, 2008 8:24 am Post subject: |
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wow very impressive.
keep up the good work man
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Renzsu
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Joined: 23 Sep 2006
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Location: Amsterdam
2007 Honda Ruckus/Zoomer
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| Posted: Sat Apr 26, 2008 8:44 am Post subject: |
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Nice writeup so far!! The suspense of what is to come is killing me
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camokurt06
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| Tuesday Club wrote: |
| camokurt06 wrote: |
| This is like watching those OCC guys from NY building those choppers from scratch...good stuff |
Don't compare ComposiMo with those hacks....They do not really fabricate much--window-dressers. |
Oh, I wasn't comparing skills or anything like that. I was talking about the entertainment factor of watching someone tear a bike down then put it back together again. |
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Tuesday Club
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| Posted: Sat Apr 26, 2008 5:25 pm Post subject: |
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| camokurt06 wrote: |
| This is like watching those OCC guys from NY building those choppers from scratch...good stuff |
Don't compare ComposiMo with those hacks....They do not really fabricate much--window-dressers. |
Oh, I wasn't comparing skills or anything like that. I was talking about the entertainment factor of watching someone tear a bike down then put it back together again. |
No worries! 
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ComposiMo
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Location: Indian Harbour Beach, FL
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| Posted: Sun Apr 27, 2008 4:44 pm Post subject: |
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Eeeewww.... OCC... lol!
Thanks for the great comments guys! I've been away all weekend racing my S2000... had a great race on Saturday in St. Augustine, stayed with a friend in Orlando, and then had another Autocross in Deland on Sunday... and i just now got home.
Anyway, so i obviously got nothing done on it over the weekend... so right now its still bare... but the aluminum won't be stock for much longer... going to be heavily changing things around this week
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Marloon
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Joined: 15 Apr 2008
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Man... I almost didn't find this project, i thought it would be in the other forum room. Thank god i found it!
DAMN! you guys work really fast! awesome work and awesome pictures.
Since gas prices are 1.31/L (5.24/Gallon), then i am gonna find myself on a scooter really soon and really fast! |
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