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Message started by grapefruit on 01/04/06 at 10:38:06

Title: Today's pictures
Post by grapefruit on 01/04/06 at 10:38:06

Changed handlebars, added saddlebags support and homemade shorter sissybar.

http://www.bikepics.com/pics/pics/suzuki-savage-95-bikepics-495128.jpg

http://www.bikepics.com/pics/pics/suzuki-savage-95-bikepics-495127.jpg

Title: Re: Today's pictures
Post by Reelthing on 01/04/06 at 10:46:33

Looking good - now a louder pipe, little carb work, you'll be cooking!

Title: Re: Today's pictures
Post by grapefruit on 01/04/06 at 10:49:03

New screamin' eagle is comin' ;D

Title: Re: Today's pictures
Post by Reelthing on 01/04/06 at 10:52:50

that's cool - great motorcycles - you can turn them into about anything you can think of

Title: Re: Today's pictures
Post by torque on 01/04/06 at 10:57:31

what bike is that in the background? did your buddy get a new paint job,looks like rattle snake

Title: Re: Today's pictures
Post by grapefruit on 01/04/06 at 11:41:38

You are very good observer Torque :) yes my buddy recently repainted his virago and here you have today's picture of his bike.

http://www.bikepics.com/pics/pics/yamaha-virago535-93-bikepics-495180.jpg

This paint is called chameleon, the colour is different in a different angels of view.

Title: Re: Today's pictures
Post by RadarORiley on 01/04/06 at 11:50:58

How did you make the sissybar? What did you use?

Title: Re: Today's pictures
Post by Aktlingit on 01/04/06 at 12:21:16

Thank you for sharing your pictures.

I like your handlebars, who makes them or sells them, part number and measurements in inches Rise, pullback, center width and tip to tip?

A set of black rubber fork boots would look good on your bike.

Regards from Alaska

Title: Re: Today's pictures
Post by torque on 01/04/06 at 13:12:09

grapefruit wrote:

You are very good observer Torque :) yes my buddy recently repainted his virago and here you have today's picture of his bike.

http://www.bikepics.com/pics/pics/yamaha-virago535-93-bikepics-495180.jpg

This pait is called cameleon, the color is different in a different angels of view.

i thought it was ppg rattlesnake,its the same thing but theres a little more copper in it,but its $600 a quart :P

Title: Re: Today's pictures
Post by grapefruit on 01/04/06 at 14:39:09

Ok

Sissybar: very hard work, took me 2 days...i bought a piece of suitable stainless steel and was working on it with fire and hammer (very solid metal). I drilled holes and made threads. After this work this thing was black and full of scraches, so i took a sandpaper and was working on it a few hours. To finish it i needed water sandpaper and abrasive compoud. Thats all :) .

Handlebars: http://www.lucas-bikersworld.com/de/katalog/index.cfm/page/ProduktData/hgid/0/mrid/43/artid/2378/cfid/251340/cftoken/94247781

Title: Re: Today's pictures
Post by grapefruit on 01/04/06 at 14:48:58

http://www.bikepics.com/pics/pics/suzuki-savage-95-bikepics-483597.jpg

Title: Re: Today's pictures
Post by Jim_R on 01/04/06 at 16:16:00

God I love that sissybar. I want one bad but I aint a blacksmith :)

great job. looks great.

Title: Re: Today's pictures
Post by RadarORiley on 01/04/06 at 17:44:54

My hubby uses a business in Fort Worth that makes all kind of things to accomodate his remodeling jobs and all they work with is stainless steel. I have seen some of their work but never thought about making the sissybar out of stainless steel. They are called M & M Manufacturing. I'll have to do some sweet talking and see if he'll check into it for us.

Title: Re: Today's pictures
Post by PerrydaSavage on 01/06/06 at 08:53:50

Radar ... I'll bet that if your hubby's company could turn out those rear grab-bars to replace the OEM sissy bar, then you'd have no trouble selling a bunch of 'em here at suzukisavage.com!
Put me down for one please ... I really love that look!

Title: Re: Today's pictures
Post by RadarORiley on 01/06/06 at 08:56:20

They just do work for him, it's not his company, but I'm negotiating with him to see about gettin some made. Guess I'll have to be nice to him for a while. ;D

Title: Re: Today's pictures
Post by Chench53 on 01/08/06 at 04:53:56

grapefruit, that is really nice looking! What year is your bike? I like the color, red is my favorite and yours is a great color. I can see the metallic flecks in the paint. Is that original color, or have you repainted previously also?

The low sissybar looks really nice. I think it finishes off the pillion seat very well, rather than no sissybar.

And your saddlebag supports come off differently than the standard ones I got from Suzuki. One is off the chrome, the other off the fender it looks like. Did you make those too, or buy? What type of bags will you be adding?

And last, the bars are nice too. I have the stock 2002 bars on mine. Yours are straight, but don't look quite as straight as the new drag bars on Suzuki changed to, and I like them very much too. Also like the round mirrors.

Gerry

Title: Re: Today's pictures
Post by grapefruit on 01/08/06 at 13:37:22

Thank You Chench53, thank You all for Your opinion.

This is '95 Savage (only 6500 km on it in this moment), the color is original and it is metallic.

I bought this saddlebag supports in Berlin Germany http://www.louis.de/ , I didn't know it will be looks like this (one tip is on the chrome, the other tip is on the fender). I'm not very happy with it, I'd like both ends on the fender beneath the chrome, but...at least I can mount a fatter rear tire without any problems unlike the original suzuki saddlebag support.

I don't have any bags yet, I've been thinking about something simple, made of natural leather, without this all metall stuff, fringe, etc., but big enough to accomodate jacket, rain clothing and of course a few poppers ;)

Yes, the bars I like most, the bike looks seriously with them, and they are very very comfortable. I am 180cm (about 5'11 i think) and previous bars weren't much comfortable to me.

I am thinking about forward controls also, unfortunately original, falcon for example are very expencive, and these homemade what I found in technical corner here are ugly ;D I found one guy, and he can cut any kind of metall (aluminium, stainless steel etc) by laser. All I have to do is to design my own forward controls, send project to him and wait.

Unfortunately I don't have screaming eagle muffler :( I was bidding one on auction and I've lost...so I am still looking for something louder. I know people on this forum have mufflers for sale (jardine I found for example) but there is thousands of miles between us, so i have to look near me.

regards from Poland :)