r/HondaRuckus

Finally picked a set of led headlights for my 2016. I had previously swapped out my stock turn signals for some really small bullets and was always a little uncomfortable with how potentially invisible my front signals might be during the day.

Found these lights that have an amber center X option which can be used as a signal and seemed the perfect solution, but they don't fit the ruckus mounts. I figured I would just sort it out when they arrived.

The lights have some threaded holes on the back to secure them into whatever mount they are designed for and I was able to utilize those. I have a diode laser cutter so I made some brackets from black acrylic and paired those with some small L-braces and fender washers I had lying around the garage.

All in all I'm pretty happy with them and definitely pleased with not having to spend on, or wait for, a custom bracket that may not have allowed me to set the lights back as far as the originals. They were also pretty inexpensive. I found them on Amazon for like $35 each.

In case anyone is wondering. I didn't need to add anything extra here to get the blinkers working. I simply spliced the wire for the central X light onto the blinker light for my previous signals. No separate relay needed.

Now, I did also delete my rear light assembly when I changed the front ones, and I replaced it with an LED strip that's mounted on my rear frame horizontally. It has signals built in and those required their own relays, so I added those at that time.

So I think if you have working blinkers already you shouldn't need to do anything special to get something like this working. I could be totally wrong and please feel free to correct if I am.

what looks better?

This is my first ruckus build. I got it from a guy on Facebook marketplace for 300 and it was torn apart and trashed. I am now so close to having it running again but just can't seem to get it there. If you have any insight on what the issue might be I'm willing to try anything! Thank you!

I bought a 2022 Ruckus with 450 miles used from a Honda world dealer. I had it about 48 hours when I went to start it in the morning the battery was dead and there was a clicking sound when I turned the key on so I had to kick start it and it took a few tries. I road it for about 10 minutes when going down the road and it lost power and died on me. Same situation I turned the key got the clicking sound, and pressed the button with no start so about 20 tries to kick start it and it got running. It died on my one more time while I was riding home. I took it back to the dealer today and they replaced the battery and proceeded to tell me the clicking sound that was not there prior is normal and nothing to worry about. Is this the fuel pump going out or is it actually normal even thought it wasn’t doing that the first two days I had it. The tech and salesman both told me the fuel pump is supposed to make that sound. Please tell me if I am crazy or not.

I removed the valve cover and now it acts like the engine is stuck if it is fully seated but turns over just fine with it removed. What did I fuck up and how do I fix it?

So a while back I made a post about an under seat storage that I use at a toolbox but I guess can use it for anything. My DMs were FILLED with inquires about getting them. Well after a ton of durability testing it’s pretty much ready to go.

But before I list it, to make it work you have to cut up the existing plastic parts inside that box like mine is. No idea what it’s even for. But would you guys like an option where you didn’t have to cut it, but have a smaller storage area? Or keep just the one and you’ll cut out those little plastic pieces anyways like I did?

Let me know and it’ll be up in the next 48 hours for grabs!