Not too long ago, we talked about the folks over at Grind Hard Plumbing Co and their crazy Honda Ruckus project. Indeed, slapping on the engine from a Honda CBR1000RR onto a bike as tiny as the Ruckus is by no means a logical move, but it sure is a lot of fun. Last time, we saw all the work that went into making sure the engine actually fit into the Ruckus, and it goes without saying that some hefty modifications to the frame had to be made.
As it would turn out, chopping up the frame and extending it to accommodate such a big and powerful engine took quite a lot of work. From the mid-section to the rear, hardly anything from the stock Ruckus remains, as the folks at Grind Hard really had to grind hard to fabricate all sorts of stuff just to make the engine fit. With all the challenging fabrication work out of the way, the next step was getting it to start. Last time, we discovered that there was a big problem with the engine, but the folks at Grind Hard managed to find a way to fix it temporarily. This time around, they were hellbent on finishing the project.
