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/cgi-bin/YaBB.pl General Category >> Rubber Side Down! >> how do I rake out and lower my savage? /cgi-bin/YaBB.pl?num=1180760688 Message started by michael1027214 on 06/01/07 at 20:40:05 |
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Title: how do I rake out and lower my savage? Post by michael1027214 on 06/01/07 at 20:40:05 i want my savage to have a more chooper look. i was wondering how would you rake out, lower, and take the second seat off and hide all the wires and stuff that is under the second seat? thanks michael |
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Title: Re: how do I rake out and lower my savage? Post by tuxedo on 06/01/07 at 20:49:37 Well, that's easy enough. Read a lot and swing a wrench for a while. Or you can hit the search button up there.... Sorry to be a smart aleck, but dude....c'mon. You want a one paragraph answer to all of that? Ever ask a framer how to build a house? |
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Title: Re: how do I rake out and lower my savage? Post by borne2fly on 06/02/07 at 00:12:13 michael1027214 ....... Raking out the front will set you back big bucks just for the frame mod, and it gets even more insane if the rake is so extreme that major gussets are required. Then you'll need to find or make extended forks so it all sits level again, and of course extend the brake lines, etc. The hard part will be finding a frame shop that's willing to guarantee the frame alignment when it's all done. Now, if you're truly mad (like me) and have deep pockets (unlike me), and really want that chopper look, you might consider replacing the front forks with springer forks, ...... in fact that would probably look so rad even with the existing rake angle that you might not feel the need to hack the frame at all. The remaining 90% of the job is much easier in comparison :) |
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Title: Re: how do I rake out and lower my savage? Post by Suffrajet on 06/02/07 at 00:50:57 michael1027214 wrote:
Just add some longer Forks and chop the mudguards down (I think you might call them Fenders?), then remove the pillion seat, or add a little pad thing instead. Add some wider handlebars with longer risers to make the seat look lower, a slightly fatter tyre at the back and a new paint job to finish off. I don't know all the details, cos my blokie did mine for me, I just told him what colours and picked the design, but basically that's all he did. Same engine, no frame changes - but it looks like this now: http://www.suffrajet.com/Bike%20Pictures/after1.jpg Sounds awesome, looks pretty good (for a girls bike!) - and I love it! Suffie |
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Title: Re: how do I rake out and lower my savage? Post by sluggo on 06/02/07 at 01:49:24 http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j257/dsluggo/thumper.jpg a picture is worth a thousand words it now has a supertrapp. |
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Title: Re: how do I rake out and lower my savage? Post by Crusher0964 on 06/02/07 at 04:28:47 Now thems some good lookin chops. ;) |
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Title: Re: how do I rake out and lower my savage? Post by justin_o_guy on 06/02/07 at 05:01:51 Rob, that thing is crying out for a Dyna muffler, or maybe a turn out. Fine look you got there. Is the seat as comfy as it looks? |
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Title: Re: how do I rake out and lower my savage? Post by jrm8486 on 06/02/07 at 06:47:24 I would tell you to go to the Seegercycle web site,thats where I bought my chopper kit,but I was just there and I think it has been discontinued. I can't find it. http://w2.bikepics.com/pics/2007/03/19/bikepics-835123-full.jpg This is what it looked like the first day I had it,brand new. http://w2.bikepics.com/pics/2007/06/02/bikepics-918779-full.jpg |
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Title: Re: how do I rake out and lower my savage? Post by Odar on 06/03/07 at 13:51:24 This company in Germany still sell the kits. http://www.fs-chopper.de/ Odar |
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Title: Re: how do I rake out and lower my savage? Post by WD on 06/03/07 at 14:26:27 Don't cut the frame. Go for an older Frisco style. Keep the controls where they belong, high bars, high mounted tank. Sprung solo seat or rigid mount seat, either works fine. I have a Honda Rebel rear fender on mine. Lot's of work to finish it off. Eventually... http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2005-11/1112724/pokeycurrent.jpg Still need fender struts, frame struts, seat rear mounts... Oh, that gas tank was made in the 1950s. -WD |
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Title: Re: how do I rake out and lower my savage? Post by vroom1776 on 06/04/07 at 08:48:58 mine: http://i55.photobucket.com/albums/g152/vroom1776/PICT0021.jpg?t=1180971793 Jesse Ray's: http://i55.photobucket.com/albums/g152/vroom1776/jesse_ray2.jpg Neck plasma cut ,lengthened 2 inches top of frame and 4 inches on bottom for a 45 degree rake. Tubes changed from 24 inches to 42 inches. Straight pipe exhaust. Aftermarket turn signals. Slight mod on swing arm to accept 150 x 90 x 15 tire. Frame cut right at shocks and rebuilt for 13 inch wide seat. Suzuki Intruder 1400 gas tank still uses stock gas cap and petcock, 2 inch spacers on back of gas tank to keep tank bottom away from frame. Tag and brake light relocated on side of wheel. More to come: Tall sissy bar, 230 back wheel with new swing arm, new handle bar, round rear fender. German w/ springer: http://i12.ebayimg.com/03/i/000/9d/f6/d755_1.JPG cFlow's ride: http://i149.photobucket.com/albums/s53/Cabber_photos/Picture888.jpg |
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Title: Re: how do I rake out and lower my savage? Post by borne2fly on 06/04/07 at 12:13:39 Good stuff, guys! Keep those radical ideas rolling. Suffrajet ...... good handle, love it :) |
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Title: Re: how do I rake out and lower my savage? Post by klx650sm2002 on 06/05/07 at 05:10:09 Jesse Ray's: http://i55.photobucket.com/albums/g152/vroom1776/jesse_ray2.jpg Neck plasma cut ,lengthened 2 inches top of frame and 4 inches on bottom for a 45 degree rake. Tubes changed from 24 inches to 42 inches. Straight pipe exhaust. Aftermarket turn signals. Slight mod on swing arm to accept 150 x 90 x 15 tire. Frame cut right at shocks and rebuilt for 13 inch wide seat. Suzuki Intruder 1400 gas tank still uses stock gas cap and petcock, 2 inch spacers on back of gas tank to keep tank bottom away from frame. Tag and brake light relocated on side of wheel. Nice pipe man. Clive W :D |
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