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Message started by rpgpgmr on 06/22/08 at 20:56:20

Title: Finally managed to post pictures of my bike
Post by rpgpgmr on 06/22/08 at 20:56:20

Well here's my first shot at posting pictures using photobucket as a middle-man.

http://i282.photobucket.com/albums/kk255/rpgpgmr/IMG_0235.jpg

http://i282.photobucket.com/albums/kk255/rpgpgmr/IMG_0236.jpg

http://i282.photobucket.com/albums/kk255/rpgpgmr/IMG_0238.jpg

Aha it worked. ;) Well that's my Thumper. She just turned over 8,000 miles yesterday.

Title: Re: Finally managed to post pictures of my bike
Post by justin_o_guy2 on 06/22/08 at 23:44:51

Strip it back to stock, knock the right rear signal off & glue it back together a few times, dent & scrape the tank a little, ( all that stuff was the kid) Put a small knee dent in the left side of the tank, where I caught it as it rolled off the stand in a way to tilted drive & scrape the bottom half off the pegs, & thats MINE!

Title: Re: Finally managed to post pictures of my bike
Post by Bleemus on 06/23/08 at 04:02:39

Great looking bike. Is that the Kurayaken bag others have talked about. That built in backrest looks cozy for cruising around.

Nice work.

Title: Re: Finally managed to post pictures of my bike
Post by rpgpgmr on 06/23/08 at 04:25:07

Oh it has it's battle scars. I've replaced 2 of the turn signals, one of the foot pegs, and there's a nice little beauty mark on the right side of the tank ... took us a while to get to know each other. ;)

Yes, that's the Kuryakyn Tombstone bag. It is sooo comfortable while riding. To get it to fit I had to take off the passenger back pad. It actually packs pretty well too. One of my better investments for the bike.

Title: Re: Finally managed to post pictures of my bike
Post by SimonTuffGuy on 06/23/08 at 04:34:14

Very cool! That engine guard IS really tiny, haha... I thought there was more to it when I saw one in person.

What muffler is that? :)

Title: Re: Finally managed to post pictures of my bike
Post by rpgpgmr on 06/23/08 at 05:40:01

Yep, I told ya. ha ha I laughed when I took it out of the box. Don't know what they were thinking with that accessory? Well, I guess it does guard the engine, ya just expect a little more than just that. Oh well.

The muffler is the screamin' eagle type that I found on ebay for $39.99. Search on "S40, Screamin' Eagle". It's a nice pipe with a deep sound and pretty easy to install. I'm sure there are much better pipes out there, but I'm cheap and it works just fine. 8-)

Title: Re: Finally managed to post pictures of my bike
Post by Reelthing on 06/23/08 at 05:53:44

nice ride - she's looks road ready

Title: Re: Finally managed to post pictures of my bike
Post by MAYES on 06/23/08 at 17:44:10

Nice bike man,I also have the engine guards ;D. You are not far from me, I live in Gallipolis,Oh right across river from Point Pleasent. Maybe we could get together and ride sometime. C-Ya 8-)

Title: Re: Finally managed to post pictures of my bike
Post by SimonTuffGuy on 06/23/08 at 19:19:27

I'd still like to get the guard, just to mount some pegs to... But I thought it was bigger than that, hah.

And I just picked up a Dyna muffler from a member here for $15 shipped! Hard to beat that price. :) Hopefully it'll sound ok. I need to get the jetset and performance filter while I'm doing that.

Title: Re: Finally managed to post pictures of my bike
Post by rpgpgmr on 06/23/08 at 19:34:08

Mayes, I rode right past Gallipolis on Saturday ... twice. I was riding with our local chapter of the Southern Cruisers and we went on a ride up to Mt. Alto & Mason and then back to Huntington. I'll PM ya a few days before we are headed up that way again and maybe you can hook up with us for a while.

Title: Re: Finally managed to post pictures of my bike
Post by FreeSpirit on 06/24/08 at 01:53:45

Yes,looks almost like mine too!

Very Nice Bike ;)

Title: Re: Finally managed to post pictures of my bike
Post by cornfuzed on 06/24/08 at 03:06:45

woah! what type of heat shield is that you have on there? Looking into one for the exhaust im about to put on soon...

Title: Re: Finally managed to post pictures of my bike
Post by ALfromN.H. on 06/24/08 at 03:18:01

I got my heat sheild (looks like the one pictured above) from jc whitney. Wasn't too expensive and it cleans up the muffler/header connection nicely.
AL

Title: Re: Finally managed to post pictures of my bike
Post by cornfuzed on 06/24/08 at 03:35:19

29242A2A7E480 wrote:

I got my heat sheild (looks like the one pictured above) from jc whitney. Wasn't too expensive and it cleans up the muffler/header connection nicely.
AL

Aha! Thanks for that info AL. Any part number in particular i should look up there i did find this but unsure if its what i need?
http://www.jcwhitney.com/autoparts/ItemBrowse?storeId=10101&Pr=p_CATENTRY_ID%3A100000140500&productId=100000140500&catalogId=10111&langId=-1&rlid=group_listing

Title: Re: Finally managed to post pictures of my bike
Post by rpgpgmr on 06/24/08 at 04:14:01

Got the heat shield from ebay for $29.99. Here's a link:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/NEW-AWESOME-7-INCH-HEAT-SHIELD-SUZUKI-SAVAGE-LS650-S40_W0QQitemZ150259270318QQcmdZViewItem?_trksid=p3286.m20.l1116

Title: Re: Finally managed to post pictures of my bike
Post by cornfuzed on 06/24/08 at 09:30:33

55574057404A55270 wrote:

8-) Perfect! Cause when im at jcwhitney they have a "Savage" section but when looking around say in the manuals...they have Clymer Vintage manual... :o Didnt give me the warm fuzzies :o