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A few of those were very cool. Thanks.
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I absoluely love what some folks do with the Ruckus. I'd get one but with the limited space I just can't justify it. My wife has one but she wants to keep it basically stock although shes warming up to the idea of at least adding a front disc brake. I'm sure once she starts customizing I may get to help her play with it a bit :lol:
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Nice link.

I have always favored this one.

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Check out the G-Max (Blur)
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The "belly" looks very close to the ground? How does that work with speed bumps?
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Its on full air ride, just like low riders. They raise up once they hit the road. I priced the kit at a little over $2500 usd. :cry:

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how can I get my nuts to glow like the first pic?
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dawg onit wrote:how can I get my nuts to glow like the first pic?
I don't think the fiancé would be very happy about that.
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Tetsuo... Tetsuo!
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knowing that some of the Ruckus builds I've seen from Japan go for around 25k, I wonder what one of these bigger scooters with the air shocks and all would cost? Probably way more than I would have/want to put into any vehicle without 1st aquiring a garage :lol:
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Tee Jay wrote:Check out the G-Max (Blur)
The little Camel repli-racer behind it is pretty slick as well.
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Tee Jay wrote:Check out the G-Max (Blur)
I have to say, if this scooter were black and red it'd be the devils scooter. Looks just like a billy goat. One of the cooler customs I've seen in awhile, really unique.
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C2 wrote:Tetsuo... Tetsuo!
Here you go. this one used to be a Honda Fusion (AKA Helix in the US):

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KRUSTYburger wrote:
C2 wrote:Tetsuo... Tetsuo!
Here you go. this one used to be a Honda Fusion (AKA Helix in the US):

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Ok, that's just cool; I would love to get a closer look, but I have this darn Akira so I should stay away for now.

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these japanese people are crazyyyy! I LOVE IT :twisted:
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these are as horrible as they are fab-u-lous!
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If by horrible you mean the type of unique awesomeness that could only be created by the same culture that gave us the catbus :D
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Long before the catbus, there was the hippopautomobile, courtesy of my distant cousin a few times removed. Gustave VerBeek was the son of a Dutch missionary, born in (you guessed it) Japan. This is one of many bizarre creatures which appeared in his strip "Terrors of the Tiny Tads", about a century ago.

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