Honda Ruckus Not Starting - FIX (Idle Jet) 

Nice vid. I had similar issues. The tiny pilot jet was constantly clogging. New jets installed, fuel filter cleaned, drained and rinsed crud out of the tank. **also stopped running regular gas** switched to premium 91 octane, not because of the higher octane, but rather because the 91 octane has much less percentage of “corn syrup” (aka ethanol) in it. The ethanol imo is what is breaking down and gumming up the tiny pilot jet in the Ruckus. My 04 Ruckus is now back to its reliable old self.

Your video was out right excellent! Thank you for being so thorough clear concise and exact.

A guy has one a 2012 it won't run i.e. start. He said make a offer . Besides time my estimate is 40 to 50.00 bucks and it's running . I am thinking of giving him an offer . I want one and I'm asking what does a non running 2012 go for ?

Young man, you are a gem! That was a hell of a lot of effort in troubleshooting to resolve that issue, and I have a brand new 2024 and the thing won't turn over and it has been sitting in a heated office on a battery tender, and the thing simply won't turn over? I'm selling it, I'll never buy another. By contrast, my Ducati XDiavel S is eight years old in the exact same conditions without a battery tender, and it fires right up every single time, even in 28° weather.

What size jet do I get? On Amazon, it has like different sizes. I have a 2004 Honda ruckus

Just got a 2012 ruckus for free! one owner only 13k miles and a clean title lol, gonna try to go through all these steps sometime soon to see if I can get mine running , the guy said the motor was making a ticking noise so I took the motor apart, don’t see anything wrong with it, so ima put it back together and start trying to get it to run for myself so maybe I can hear what he’s talking about

Thanks for the video, do you think it ended up being a combo of all of these fixes that did it or do you think just the ECM reset would’ve done it

i have problem. my ruckus can't ride it's Have gas missed problem. give me a solution...

Thank you very much man

where did you get the cable used at 5:54 in the video my be a stupid question but I cleaned my carb and unplugged those electrical ports so I believe that all there is left to do is for me to reset the computer. Thank you!

Shit mine runs but as soon as I give it throttle, it stalls. Brand new carb, fuel pump and filter. Lines are fine. Battery is newish. It sat for a long time and only has 346 miles on it. I got it new at my vacation home which is now my perm home in 2013

Outstanding show! Watching your vid earlier would have saved me a week of frustration. Jumper for the PCM is a tip I had no idea existed.

I wish you would come over and fix mine....it has been sitting in the pole barn for 2yrs.......t only has 2800 miles......I am not mechanical.

Great video

Wow.. You just went through a lot with that bike.. She better treat you good.

3 minutes in to the video and I’m calling my mechanic 😂

I have a 2017 Ruckus, new battery, new air filter. Haven’t changed the fuel pump. I was just driving it. Started up Jo problem. Then was sitting idle and died. Won’t start. No sound. Nothing. Full gas tank. Ugh

my scooter happend the same as your ,but now is not run . can you help ??

have to give it to you thank you so much for all of your help right to the point.

Wow, thanks a bunch Jackson. The video was super clear, informative, and easy to follow along. I learned quite a bit on my journey to being able to strip my Honda metropolitan apart and put it back together. I downloaded the manual from the link you provided but am still struggling to find one for my scooter which is a 2008 chf50 metropolitan or Jazz as they named it in Canada. Any link for a download to that manual? That would be super fantastic if you did or new where I could possibly track one down. Thanks again and keep up rhe good work. Two thumbs up 👍🏼👍🏼

Good trouble shooting video, thanks.

is it possible to jump start the battery from a car? Mine just stopped starting. It was running earlier today and now nothing. The lights go on but I hear a click. Any suggestions?

What did you clean your worm ridden tank with? Vinegar/baking soda or something completely different?

thanks for going over the salutation on the honda ruckus take care and have a great day

hi how did you remove the speed limiter from my rokus

I have a ruckus with about 540 miles, i did let it seat for maybe a month or two, and I have the same issue, it only stays on if, I open up the throttle with starting it, but also dies as I let go of it, it won't stay idling. I hope this is my issue/solution in this videos. Thanks.

Very good clean vid! Great info

Expert but too much for a beginner

Im still trying figure my out

Hello Jackson Can you help me pls?? My motorcycle zoomerx not crank ??

Hey bro I need help

you are the man

Got a reply about the headphones? Great vid and though process btw, exactly right :)

WORMS in the gas tank?????????? WHAT???

not starting? fix idle jet and 10 things before that

Just jumped my ruckus with my jeep, now I can’t start it without jumping. Bought a trickle charger, hope I didn’t burn out the electric components with the jeep jump