turtle vs. rabbit

john found on me social and he said he was obsessed with his Metropolitan. he found another one, untouched, super clean low miles and picked it up. tuned the carb and added a intake runner and velocity stack. a full stainless exhaust as well. we ended up just lowering it, powder coating all the chrome and raw items on it. we also swapped it out to a Ruckus cvt to give it a mild stretch. but for his other one. he wanted it with a little more spice. first we ditched the 50cc engine and transplanted a 150cc engine. we then put a big bore kit with a matching head and big valves making it a 171cc power plant. added a digital fuel pulser unit and a custom made exhaust. after that we used a friends old 12×7 and 12×4 wheel set and powder coated those along with other chrome and raw bits gloss black. we custom made rear and front led turn signals and meticulously mounted them so they did not look like they were even there. the tail light was moved to the left above the side mounted license plate bracket also. we then tackled the speedometer, which we fitted inside the original speedometer housing. the biggest obstacle was to mount a new gen Metro front fender to a Ruckus steering tree. i turned to a buddy who was used Send Cut Send’s services before and we worked together to make a custom bracket. after a couple of iterations, we finally got the measurements right and after trimming the fender, we got it to fit. only problem was the new gen fender was a brighter pearl white, but i think it looks ok. maybe in the future a nice full paint job! after bleeding the front disc setup and calibrating the speedometer, test ride was great. i think it could use some cvt tuning but john said this will just be for putting around at camp sites. sure john, sure mate! *wink