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| The Ruckus PS250 is kind of interesting in an odd (old Edsel) way but why give up the storage & weather protection offered by a traditional ,high quality Honda scooter ? Owners ? Why did you buy it ? Off road Scootering ? I may be missing the point of the exercise here .
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| The Big Ruckus is not about practicality. It is about emotion, fun, and style. The added bonus is the gas mileage and freeway legal speed. I never even considered weather protection? I ride in the rain on a regular basis (Portland OR 35 days straight of rain and counting) and in reality, you are on a bike you're going to get wet. As long as your wearing a rainsiut, does it really matter if wour open air vehicle offers more "weather protection"? This is my first bike though, so maybe I am uninformed and missing the point. If I need to pack something that is unable to strap to the luggage racks, I'll take my poor SUV that has only seen 350 road miles since I bought the Big Ruckus. In fact, I think it has depreciated more in value in the 10 months I've owned the BR than the entire purchase price of the bike, so sad. 8200 miles and counting on Mr. Big and loving every minute.
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| I have to agree with the previous response to this question, it's about fun and style. The Big Ruck looks like nothing else out there. It truly is the Multi-tool of scooters. I ride gravel, off-road (not like 4-wheelin', but definitely off the beaten path), highway and interstate. It can take the abuse and you don't have to wrry about foulin' up several hundred dollars worth of cladding to get to that seldom finished honey hole way in the back of some state park. The bike is extremely light, maneuverable, and has enough get up and go to get you just about anywhere safely. Think of your best bicycle as a kid. Mine was a BMX knock-off that I beat the unholy crap out of. The BR is much like that. You ride it, you use it (camping, fishing, cruising), you love it.
I've owned several other bikes over the years (an old '70 Honda 90, an '82 VT500FT, a '94 Kawa Vulcan, some other odds and ends) and it is, without a doubt, the most fun I've ever had on two wheels. Period.
BUT, if you don't like silly questions at the gas pump and numerous, "what is that thing" remarks, I would suggest you buy one of those traditional scooters.
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| From one who's owned the "high quality Honda scooters" (Reflex, Silverwing)-
The 'attitude' in the Big Ruckus is in the handling, not it's looks. The BR is not an off-road vehicle, as it's specs clearly indicate. It is a superior on road scooter- able to handle twisties, rough roads, varied surfaces (gravel, grass, potholes)and adverse weather conditions better than any other scooter I've owned. The weather protection and storage on most scooters is supplemented to be adequate- GIVI windshields, trunks, leg guards, hand guards, heated grips, etc.- so I don't see the BR as 'missing' anything that I can't add if I want to. I think the answer is really in where and how you ride- if you're doing mostly highway or smooth, paved roads, a different scooter may be more what you need. I want to be able to ride any type of road surface comfortably- and the BR is definitely the ticket if that's the route you're going to take.
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