Rupp Enduro

[Leadfoot56]

Hey everyone, just picked up this Rupp Enduro. I have a spare GX200 I’m going to run in it. My question is, what size was the original driven unit? Was it 6” or 7”? Thanks

 

[minibikefever]

mine is 6"

 

[Leadfoot56]

mine is 6"

thanks! What model Rupp do you have? Are the kickstands unstable or is it because mine doesn’t have an engine in it and the balance is off? This things has toppled over a bunch just sitting there

 

[minibikefever]

it's an enduro also, just picked it up with a 212 predatot motor on it. I don't know what I will do with it yet? kick stand seems fine but like on my mtd the same type it feels sloppy? works.

 

[cfh]

on the kickstand the front edge of the metal gets worn on the frame, and then the kick stand gets unstable. also sometimes the frame holes for the kickstand get hogged out too. I usually have to re-weld them.

 

[manchester1]

on the kickstand the front edge of the metal gets worn on the frame, and then the kick stand gets unstable. also sometimes the frame holes for the kickstand get hogged out too. I usually have to re-weld them.

What he said is very true.

 

[Leadfoot56]

I checked the holes and they were tight. It still snaps into the up position. The bottom wasn’t worn that much.

 

[minibikefever]

I checked the holes and they were tight. It still snaps into the up position. The bottom wasn’t worn that much.

probably just the fact that theres no weight on it (no motor?).

 

[Leadfoot56]

I hope that’s it. An hour after I brought it home it flopped over and almost took out my lady’s toes

 

[joshua. c.]

rupp used a Fairbanks Morse clutch. if you want to go original you'll have to track one down. if you don't care about originality a comet torque converter can be made to work. at that point a 6 inch would fit best and be closest to the original size and would be more likely to fit under an original cover.

 

[joshua. c.]

also on another topic that seat looks badly bent. the tail should point upwards a bit more. and from personal experience on anything other than perfectly level ground those kickstands are useless. I'm surprised rupp never changed to a more normal more functional kick stand.

 

[cfh]

Rupp did *not* use a fairbank morse torque converter. It was a similar design, but it Rupp's own design and only used on their bikes. It's close, but you can't interchange parts between Fairbank Morse and Rupp torque converters. The driven units are really close. But the drive units really are not.

 

[joshua. c.]

my apologies I stand corrected.

 

[Leadfoot56]

also on another topic that seat looks badly bent. the tail should point upwards a bit more. and from personal experience on anything other than perfectly level ground those kickstands are useless. I'm surprised rupp never changed to a more normal more functional kick stand.

I went and took a look. The seat pan does swoop up. I think the foam is worn down flat

 

[cfh]

your seat pan is a little bent. not too bad but the tail is down a bit. you can probably hammer that back up just a hair...

 

[Leadfoot56]

Ah, ok. I will try to bend it back up. With the lip around the edge and the beads ridges, these seat pans are pretty stout

 

[Leadfoot56]

Sorry peoples, work has been crazy busy. I’ve got a little progress done my full. Follow up question about the torque converter, was the set up originally symmetric or asymmetric?

 

[manchester1]

Hard to tell if the seat pan is bent with that weird seat installed.