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/cgi-bin/YaBB.pl General Category >> Rubber Side Down! >> hi, new member. /cgi-bin/YaBB.pl?num=1176908594 Message started by SCOOTERDUDE on 04/18/07 at 08:03:14 |
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Title: hi, new member. Post by SCOOTERDUDE on 04/18/07 at 08:03:14 Been enjoying this site for a while, thought I should finally register. I had an 87 savage a few years ago, loved it but lost my storage space and had to let it go. I just bought a brand new S40 and I'm loving it all over again. Although I can't wait to get through the break in period so I can get a new pipe and airfilter. I have a couple of questions: I would like to go hardtail and I've seen some nice looking and very afordable struts. I'm a little concerned about tearing up the shock mounts if I hit a pothole or whatever. I'm not a big guy, about a 160 pounds and I definately wouldn't consider riding two up, has anyone had any experience with this? Has anyone ever had the tank seams rolled? I like the shape of the tank but I really would like to do something about the seams. Thanks for any insight. |
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Title: Re: hi, new member. Post by Savage_Rob on 04/18/07 at 08:39:44 Welcome to the site! At least one member uses re-bar instead of shocks, so hopefully he'll reply but I'm not sure how many others might be able to help. You might try a few searches but remember to set the number of days to something like 800 or 900. |
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Title: Re: hi, new member. Post by vroom1776 on 04/18/07 at 08:56:33 hey, I made shocks out of rebar. I'll try and find my original post on that... no problems with the shock mounts yet, had them on for over a year. I'm about 200, 210 lbs... I've benn playing with the idea of picking up a spoare tank to roll the seams, but haven't had time or $$$ yet. Hey Rob, Should the make your own struts be a tech sect article? |
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Title: Re: hi, new member. Post by Savage_Rob on 04/18/07 at 09:04:16 vroom1776 wrote:
Sounds good. Either you can make a new thread (taking the info from the old) or we can move the old and clean it up as much as possible. A new one is always cleaner you get fewer n00bs thinking it'd be fun to post questions into it. |
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Title: Re: hi, new member. Post by vroom1776 on 04/18/07 at 09:04:19 here's the link... (http://suzukisavage.com/cgi-bin/YaBB.pl?board=RubberSideDown;action=display;num=1140218040;start=2#0) okay, not much info in there. uh, let's see, I believe the eyelets were 18mm in diameter, and 14 mm in thickness. I think I could have made them as short as 10.25" - 1.75" = 9.5" The 1.75" is roughly the clearance on my bike between the tire and the frame. If the tire fits between the frame, I guess you could go a little lower. The 10.25" was decided on because when I sat on it with the stock suspension, that was how long the shocks were. This preserves the stock trail (steering characteristic). Rob, okay, I'll work one up sometime soon... |
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Title: Re: hi, new member. Post by vroom1776 on 04/18/07 at 09:06:23 oh, on the V* site(s), instead of rolling the tank seams, they've been bondoing them... here's one link to over there on this topic (http://forums.delphiforums.com/yamaha1100/messages?msg=10096.1), but not necessarily on the bondo... |
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Title: Re: hi, new member. Post by Reelthing on 04/18/07 at 12:25:39 my poor ach'n back |
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Title: Re: hi, new member. Post by vroom1776 on 04/18/07 at 13:00:04 Reelthing, I think you should come for a visit and give my scoot a try! ;) |
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Title: Re: hi, new member. Post by Reelthing on 04/18/07 at 13:16:49 vroom1776 wrote:
can I bring some feather soft progressive shocks with me? |
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Title: Re: hi, new member. Post by Reelthing on 04/18/07 at 13:17:54 oh yeah - and a pillow for that 'seat' - |
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Title: Re: hi, new member. Post by vroom1776 on 04/18/07 at 13:59:45 whatever you want to bring! :) Actually, I got a kidney belt for longer rides... frankly, that seat O' mine is better than the stock seat... but that doesn't say much. :P |
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Title: Re: hi, new member. Post by thumperclone on 04/18/07 at 19:54:58 Reelthing wrote:
my ach'n lil arse :-X give me shocks!!!! |
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Title: Re: hi, new member. Post by thumperclone on 04/18/07 at 19:59:12 vroom1776 wrote:
im always one to stomp a thread V meet you in steamboat springs this summer..we can both get there w/o interstate(ill carry a gas can)and roughly the same distance for both ...ill even try to talk george into it if he sells his BMr by then |
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Title: Re: hi, new member. Post by vroom1776 on 04/19/07 at 07:25:22 sounds good! I already got a busy summer lined up and it's what, april? |
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Title: Re: hi, new member. Post by georgekathe on 04/19/07 at 17:19:41 agree with lon (thumperclone) - give me shocks (though better than the standard Savage ones - the only disappointment I had after putting on a Superbrace was my bike still was lousy on a couple of corners near my place - put it down to rear shocks. |
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