Tuning Tips - Honda Ruckus and M

Tuning Tips - Honda Ruckus and Metropolitan I

Here are some relatively simple tuning tips to make sure that your bike is running 100% and maybe a bit more than it was from the factory. Please keep in mind that not all of these suggestions NEED to be done on every single bike, a lot depends on the rider and your geography/climate/miles/condition, etc., but this is a great place to start.

Change your oil! 99% of the bikes we work on are overfull of nasty dirty oil! A quart of oil is cheap and is the best thing you can do for your bike. We use Castrol 10w/40 and always fill between the hash marks (about 1/2 way down)
Replace your spark plug - they are cheap and you'd be amazed at the difference
Check your tires - tire pressure is important on small bikes for speed, handling and safety
Replace your gear oil - this stuff breaks down FAST, easy to replace, and cheap!
Check and replace your air filter - again, CHEAP, and a dirty oily filter isn't going to help anything
Clean your carb - get a can of carb cleaner or take it apart and clean it right, but make sure you know what you're doing
Replace those worn out belts and rollers - keep your bike running like it did new with new parts
Adjust your brakes - again we see a lot of bikes that have sloppy brakes
Think about running a leaner jet - this helps many bikes, but not all
Clutch Springs - raise that engagement point and make that bike take off like it should
Maybe an after market pipe to get things flowing?
And the sky is the limit after that!
Check out http://totalruckus.com and http://www.ruckuscentral.co.nr/ for more information
Also, if you have a Met II please visit http://www3.telus.net/dougsimpson/metropolitan.html for more information

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