Dasshreddar's PCX/Ruckus Hybrid

[dasshreddar]

some updated pics of the latest version???

[Kompact]

Uh ....you've destroyed a really nice scooter. Maybe I just don't get it.

[xixon]

Uh ....you've destroyed a really nice scooter. Maybe I just don't get it.

agree...it looked super cool, now it looks like a hack & patch nightmare

[dasshreddar]

you just don't get it.
when did it look cool?
whatever

[you you]

What a mess

[homie]

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder right? It's always in the woods or on a dirt road. I think DS is living off the grid and this is more like what you would see in a Mel Gibson Mad Max return to ThunderDome. If this is the case and you are a prepper... I LIKE IT!

[xixon]

you just don't get it.
when did it look cool?
whatever

page 3...that's when it looked super cool...a really nice blend between the PBX & the Ruckus that used the best of both bikes

no offence, as I'm not putting down your bike, but it no longer has an appealing look (IMHO).

[honkerman]

It's a rat bike...er...scooter. It's supposed to look bad. Not my thing, but to each his own. The process of ratting it out was well executed. The weight reduction must make it a lot of fun in corners.

[you you]

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder right? It's always in the woods or on a dirt road. I think DS is living off the grid and this is more like what you would see in a Mel Gibson Mad Max return to ThunderDome. If this is the case and you are a prepper... I LIKE IT!

What, prepping for the Thunderdome?

What is the grid and have you been licking it?

Scooter is a shonky mess but I suspect it ran its course as there's very little left to do to complete the masterpiece.

[db22]

Dasshreddar -- I don't hate it. The rat bike aesthetic isn't for everyone. I've seen some ratted motorcycles that I love, and I was a big fan of the late lamented (some say lamentable) Big Ruckus. A Ruckus 150 might have swayed me away from the PCX, if it existed. Keep working at it (ratters are forever works-in-progress, anyway). Maybe figure out a way to fit analog instruments, and ditch the fairing entirely? Have you considered trying to fab a fiberglass cover for some of the exposed works (matte black, of course)? Anyway, you seem to be enjoying the process. That is what really counts.

[db22]

I have to explain myself
the above bike is a concept not very practical I agree
not done by myself-but another
this forum about making a PCX that looks like it has teeth
Dass has gone along way to achieve that
and you you the motor is a 450 double overhead cam
a dog that had teeth

Let's just agree on the dog.

The DOHC 450 was the best of the Honda parallel twins -- fast and well worthy of modding into a great cafe bike. Now the old SOHC Fours, they were something. Maintenance hogs at times, but smooth, fast . . . just keep those four carbs synched.

[dasshreddar]

Dasshreddar -- I don't hate it. The rat bike aesthetic isn't for everyone. I've seen some ratted motorcycles that I love, and I was a big fan of the late lamented (some say lamentable) Big Ruckus. A Ruckus 150 might have swayed me away from the PCX, if it existed. Keep working at it (ratters are forever works-in-progress, anyway). Maybe figure out a way to fit analog instruments, and ditch the fairing entirely? Have you considered trying to fab a fiberglass cover for some of the exposed works (matte black, of course)? Anyway, you seem to be enjoying the process. That is what really counts.

Thanks db22, the only fairing mod i would still do is a more minimal headlight fairing... i like it naked.

[you you]

I have to explain myself
the above bike is a concept not very practical I agree
not done by myself-but another
this forum about making a PCX that looks like it has teeth
Dass has gone along way to achieve that
and you you the motor is a 450 double overhead cam
a dog that had teeth

Let's just agree on the dog.

The DOHC 450 was the best of the Honda parallel twins -- fast and well worthy of modding into a great cafe bike. Now the old SOHC Fours, they were something. Maintenance hogs at times, but smooth, fast . . . just keep those four carbs synched.

They were both crap by modern days standards. Really really crap. Things move on.

[db22]

They were both crap by modern days standards. Really really crap. Things move on.[/quote]
Um, yeah . . .okay.

[db22]

Dasshreddar -- I don't hate it. The rat bike aesthetic isn't for everyone. I've seen some ratted motorcycles that I love, and I was a big fan of the late lamented (some say lamentable) Big Ruckus. A Ruckus 150 might have swayed me away from the PCX, if it existed. Keep working at it (ratters are forever works-in-progress, anyway). Maybe figure out a way to fit analog instruments, and ditch the fairing entirely? Have you considered trying to fab a fiberglass cover for some of the exposed works (matte black, of course)? Anyway, you seem to be enjoying the process. That is what really counts.

Thanks db22, the only fairing mod i would still do is a more minimal headlight fairing... i like it naked.

I like the stripped to the bone look, too. The process on the last bike I played with was to take it all apart, then put it back together bit by bit and stop just as soon as it was street-legal. Nothing that wasn't essential.

[scooter steve]

I like it it's yours so do whatever you want to

[dasshreddar]

yeah scooter steve just do whatever

More latest version pics

[WhiteNoise]

Thar she be stripped on the beaten path.
She be looking a bit weary dass. Thinking she needs a bath, facial too and change of clothes? Any clothes!!
Just kidding. Do as you do, Tinker Toy Boy

[db22]

Your PCX is unique, lovin' it!

[you you]

It's truly embarrassing. Someone bury it please.