Our good friend Skyler is almost done with his Ruckus revision #100? lol.Hes rocking our GY6 mount setup and full black powdercoating done in house.
Those aren’t mirrors wrapped in tires,they are full dish wheels in 10 inch front & 12 inch rear.The back wheel is so wide & deep he could use it as a pho bowl if he wanted to. ^_^
These wheels had heavy damage from all these years of use.After getting broken down completely they were ready to get prepped.
We did the lips in “MATTE BLACK” then followed with “ULTRA CHROME” centers to serve as a base for the next color which is a translucent.
And finally after adding the “BLACK CHROME” powdercoat over the base.
Still undecided on whether these will get black bolts of gold bolts.
Both 12″ and 10″ versions will be available with our in house made mounts.
Price TBD but those tires are $200 each so……
This Ruckus arrived here a while back in 100% stock form.Months later it made its debut at a carshow in Dallas/Ft.Worth Texas.
Pretty much nothing has been left untouched.
Some of parts & services done in house consists of:
Custom 1pc frame
Custom foot brace
Custom rewelded/shaved front frame
Custom engine mount system
Custom shaved headlight
Custom mounts for tail light,coolant bottle,upper air strut,etc
Custom wiretuck thru the frame
Custom header into stainless megaphone w/reverse cone followed by pie cuts
Custom 12″ inch FATTY wheel setup w/matching front wheel
Custom handlebars with integrated GPS mount
Everything red or black was powdercoated by us in mirror black and mirror red.
We also installed an air ride system along with disc brakes and everything else you see.This is a 100% in house built bike.
Been really missing my car lately.Its been YEARS since i’ve driven it!
Why?
First a wiretuck by a shop went totally wrong.Stuff fried here and there,all electrical hell broke loose.Then a bodyshop messed up the paint when I did a complete color change so I lost all hope on the project.
Is it time to bring it back?
It’s an ex magazine featured car too.
Here is a shot of a local Ruckus owned by “JoRuckus” on the forum.He’s rocking a few AK Garage pieces including our Ruckus FATTY wheel kit and open style CVT cover in gloss black powdercoat.
I received these wheels today to do a refinish.They were spray painted white on top of the original finish.The fronts weren’t TOO bad dirty wise aside from the obvious paint.
Now the backsides were a different story!
Real heavy dirt,grime,spray paint,everythinggg…..
Before and After some cleaning.
After some more heavy cleaning the chrome powder basecoat is done!
The next step is to lay down the candy color over this chrome.
My friend called me up last week about a job.His boss wanted to powdercoat the wheels on his supercharged vette.The original finish was a silver/polish accented setup.After lots and lots of powder,all 4 of those steam rollers were ready to go.
The before shot.
After the full high temp satin black treatment.
A local friend brought in his Ruckus to swap in a new rear frame since his old one was trashed.
BEFORE shot,with frame by someone else.
This is his new frame after we did our weld on mounts with “made to suit” engine hanger.
^ Nice stretched out stance and we also made a custom header for the Yoshi muffler.
-Alex
Here is some finished pics of a build we luckily had a part in.
Basically the customer mailed it in for LESS than $100 via USPS priority from Missouri to Texas! It was in 2 boxes,except for the motor.We did all the custom fab work in different areas,wiring and threw in some of our bolt on parts too.
After we did our part, we boxed it back up and the owner reassembled it back at his place with A LOT of extra parts he had ordered like the handlebars,disc brake setup,etc.etc.
