Honda Scooter Valve Adjustment (Metro / Ruckus) 1 of 2 

My 20-year-old Ruckus was running poorly and was so challenging to start, if I could even get it started. Watched your 2 related videos twice and went out and adjusted the intake valve (which had zero lash) by doing the math, then checking the clearance as you perfectly laid out, the exhaust valve clearance was good. The moment of truth came and it started instantly! I've been starting it all day with a 1/2 second touch of the starter button. It now runs great too. Many thanks for your help!

FANTASTIC VIDEO! I'm looking at a Metro and this is very helpful. TYVM!

I wanna thank you for your video. Because of what I learned im able to drive my metro again after years of issues and replacing parts with no fix in sight.

Thank you for the video. What I did was take the shim out and taped a piece of 800 grit sandpaper to a piece of glass and sanded it down instead of buying a entire shim kit. worked perfectly and I measured it to .004 It took about 20 minutes of sanding and re-measuring.

Wow, thank you sir. I was going crazy trying to figure out why my metro was so hard to start. Cleaned the carb multiple times, changed the bystarter and same issue. Had a feeling it was the valves, watched your videos and was certain. Went to my metro checked the lash and bam an hour later after doing the shims, it starts first kick now.

Excellent video! You are the man!

Thanks very informative, my ruckus wont start I have checked fuel and spark, carb was cleaned last month and valves were adjusted it ran for a month and is doing the same as before...

Thanks! Only useful video about this.

great video !

Will I need to replace a gasket when re-assembling the head?

i cant get my rocker arm back into place any ideas?

Thanks for making this vid • Honest™

So how can you tell if the cam is aligned. It that bike it was just wondering if you had a link or anything. Having a hard time finding anything and I am def not a mechanic.

Easy to disconnect the fuel tank and then those valve cover bolts are easier to get to

Can you do a video on cn250 honda helix type motor for valve adjustment? There is 0 videos on how to do this

Do you do the same process for exhaust Val

where did you get the shim kit?

What causes the gap to tighten/ close? I just replaced my shims on a Honda Ruckus a 6 weeks ago and they are tight again. What happens when the gap gets so small that there aren't small enough shims left? Thanks for your time.

Hey man. You still around? I got a question. I’ve had to lower the shim size on the exhaust side like yours, 4 times this year. Why is this happening?

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Now I wish I had my Metro back instead of this Yamaha C3.... valve adjust is a major under taking on this scooter.... 😢

It's the annoying never-ending work on Honda Ruckus! I Snowbird from Northern New Mexico to California sea level every year so every time I leave high elevation & come down to sea level I have to adjust everything, constantly adjusting,what a pain in the ass, that's why I went to a fuel-injected 125cc Yamaha Zuma! The Ruckus looks cool but it's a pain in the frickin ass! I mean this is a Honda & it's a time consuming piece of shyt!!!