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Probably easier to see your pics first to see what might work. Ruckus seat frames are pretty easy to come by if you can mod one to work.

Great link!! Would love to do something like that.

Both our Ruckus type clones came from Scooter Depot. I had no issues with them other than they failed to email the second tracking #,which was easily handled with a phone call. Both came with in a week.

Thanks for the welcome guys! Been really enjoying the scoot thing. Been in the motorbike scene for the last several years and of course ride M/Cs too. Had never really been into a GY6 before so just jumped in. Really like em!

alansd--all I read about the Dr Pulley vari was good stuff. A very nicely made piece, just seemed like a great place to start with variator tuning. Its larger offering a higher possible ratio with better ramp profiles. They also include shims to space the initial position of the faces giving Im guessing lower initial ratios. I haven't used them as I have plenty of low end. I have seen a similar vari from OKO for considerably less $$. I like OKO products so am sure its a good unit too. Clutch and contra springs also add quite a bit to the performance, but if the scoot is ridden in a lot of stop and go traffic be conservative there as higher engagement/disengagement speeds can be irritating. The 1K springs seem about as rad as I want to go for practical riding.

Its a little cheaper @ Scooter Depot. I thought about getting one for my wife but just bought her a Ruckus clone scooter instead. A lot of how well one of these would handle would be in how well the front end is designed, and you wouldn't know that until you rode it. At the velocities a 150 is capable of could be a hand full! especially if the geometries were borrowed from an ATV which could be likely! If anyone has one or similar chime in.

Actually it all depends on t a lot of variables. The faster you can get into high ranges the faster it will accelerate assuming you have the power to pull the higher ratios. My 49/80cc sounds as if the clutch is slipping because it takes so long for the lighter rollers to begin to enter the higher ranges. Eventually it gets there and we are finally going. I could see with a stock 49cc the lighter rollers being fitted for real world situations such as loading and hill climbing. As I have said I live in the coastal flats, I don't need the lower ratios supplied stock. Both my scoots have the needed power to enter the higher ranges as soon as the clutch is engaged. I run a 1K clutch and contra springs. This allows the engine to band up a bit. As soon as it bites the heavier rollers head into the higher ratios accelerating very respectably, because I have the power to pull them. If it didn't it would be a slug indeed. That's the beauty of a CVT it wont ratio up if the power is not there, at least immediately. I am running 16gm sliders in my 150/163cc and it has surprised a few M/Cs away from traffic lights because its so immediate.