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Message started by marotajo on 11/14/09 at 07:01:40

Title: Yet another Bobber Project.
Post by marotajo on 11/14/09 at 07:01:40

Here's my finished '95 Bobber. Thanks to all for the help I received from this site. Let me know what you think!

http://p1.bikepics.com/pics/2009/11/14/bikepics-1829612-800.jpg

http://p1.bikepics.com/pics/2009/11/14/bikepics-1829613-800.jpg

http://p1.bikepics.com/pics/2009/11/14/bikepics-1829615-800.jpg

http://p1.bikepics.com/pics/2009/11/14/bikepics-1829618-800.jpg

Mark
1995 Savage
Central FL USA

Title: Re: Yet another Bobber Project.
Post by marotajo on 11/14/09 at 07:05:59

Here's a link to the video of the handmade exhaust. Look's like a straight pipe, but doesn't sound like one.

http://www.bikemovies.com/movie/011982/

Title: Re: Yet another Bobber Project.
Post by LostArtist on 11/14/09 at 07:40:16

I like that sound

looks good too

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Post by justin_o_guy2 on 11/14/09 at 09:06:47

You sure youre finished? Youre DONE now? Gonna leave it alone. Nothing else you want to do to it? I dont believe you for one second..

Title: Re: Yet another Bobber Project.
Post by doc5446 on 11/14/09 at 17:22:44

Is that a Campbell's soup can on the end of that exhaust?

Title: Re: Yet another Bobber Project.
Post by Rocco on 11/14/09 at 20:32:26

it is WICKED!!!!!!!!!!!!

Title: Re: Yet another Bobber Project.
Post by marotajo on 11/14/09 at 20:40:31

Contadina Tomato Paste - it keeps the wrap from unravelling, and gives your sauce more depth and flavor.

Mark
1995 Savage
Central FL USA

Title: Re: Yet another Bobber Project.
Post by BurnPgh on 11/14/09 at 21:50:45

you get a A+ in my book just for the can.

Title: Re: Yet another Bobber Project.
Post by mumbles on 11/14/09 at 22:17:25

You have me to wondering about the angle of the handlebars.

The pipe looks great. What jets did you use?

Title: Re: Yet another Bobber Project.
Post by PerrydaSavage on 11/15/09 at 03:31:54

Fantastic!! 8-)

Title: Re: Yet another Bobber Project.
Post by marotajo on 11/15/09 at 04:50:41

Carb is stock - the only thing I had to touch was the idle screw. Stock airbox with single layer oiled green UniFoam filter cut to fit. I got lucky, I thought I would have to rejet, but she runs real nice and no backfire.

The handlebars are also the stock buckhorns, I just angled them up a bit and adjusted the controls to give a mini ape hanger ride - rode that thing for two hours straight yesterday - pretty comfortable position - but I did raise the front of the seat an inch and a half with the mod recomended by this site!

Mark
1995 Savage
Central FL USA

Title: Re: Yet another Bobber Project.
Post by Rogue_Cheddar on 11/15/09 at 18:43:41

That's a fine looking rat bastage! :D

Title: Re: Yet another Bobber Project.
Post by mumbles on 11/15/09 at 22:04:09

Cool man, she looks good. ;)

Title: Re: Yet another Bobber Project.
Post by Rocco on 11/15/09 at 23:22:59

ahaha the can is awesome! i have a mountain dew can that tightens up the pipe to muffler joint loL!!!

Title: Re: Yet another Bobber Project.
Post by BurnPgh on 11/15/09 at 23:34:57

1C212D2D214E0 wrote:

ahaha the can is awesome! i have a mountain dew can that tightens up the pipe to muffler joint loL!!!

mines a Monster can

Title: Re: Yet another Bobber Project.
Post by mumbles on 11/16/09 at 05:14:23

1324233F013639510 wrote:

[quote author=1C212D2D214E0 link=1258210900/0#13 date=1258356179]ahaha the can is awesome! i have a mountain dew can that tightens up the pipe to muffler joint loL!!!

mines a Monster can[/quote]

So what did ya'll use to support the pipe to the existing exhaust. Is it just held up by the header bolts?

Title: Re: Yet another Bobber Project.
Post by srinath on 11/16/09 at 06:32:32

I like it, but OK 2 things -
I dont like tail lights hanging off the axle bolts - but that's just me ...

The regulator doesn't have to be fitted on the side of the air box cover. I dropped it into the air box. Like out the wire through then plug it in the air box.
It gets plenty of air, and there is room for it.

Mine is here.
http://charlotte.craigslist.org/mcy/1433566973.html

Cool.
Srinath.

Title: Re: Yet another Bobber Project.
Post by marotajo on 11/16/09 at 07:02:42

I connected the muffler to the header pipe with a standard U-shape muffler clamp from the auto parts store. I was going to weld it, but I like the idea of being able to take it apart and adjusting the baffle if I have to. The two pieces are tape wrapped seperatly so they come apart just by loosening the muffler clamp. The muffler is not that heavy and the header supports it just fine.

The brake light/license plate assembly is mounted to the swingarm where the passenger peg was, not to the rear axle bolt.

You just stuck the rectifier in the airbox, or did you screw or bolt or mount it in some way?

Looking at the pictures, I think the only thing I would do different is to make the rear fender a little longer. Other than that, I think it turned out pretty well. I can't get over what a blast this thing is to ride, I took it out early yesterday morning and rode around the countryside for an hour and a half. These really are great little bikes! :)

Mark
1995 Savage
Central FL USA :)

Title: Re: Yet another Bobber Project.
Post by srinath on 11/16/09 at 07:37:17

The whole licence fitted to the side ... foot peg or axle or any where just seems to tell me ... oops we forgot where to put this ... ok why dont we put it here. They'd build 250K bikes and fit that thing to the side ... so the back end looks clean ... yea but the place where its fitted looks like crap ... whatever. Its just opinion, how is cornering clearance though ? you think you'd scrape it ?

My rectifier is just dropped in the airbox. Not screwed in anywhere. It makes heat and if its fitted to metal, the thought is it will dissipate some of that. But I and you have done 1 better, its in the wind. Nothing better than that. I put it in the airbox and have run the bike almost 1000 miles. Its holding up just fine. Looked at it last week, its not a problem.

Cool.
Srinath.

Title: Re: Yet another Bobber Project.
Post by mumbles on 11/16/09 at 07:55:27

626E7D607B6E65600F0 wrote:

Thanks man, i'm still waiting on a header crush gasket and the gasket that goes between the header pipe and the muffler. And a sportster muffler too but I wanted to experiance with a straight pipe also.

Title: Re: Yet another Bobber Project.
Post by Rocco on 11/16/09 at 08:14:02

good call BurnPgh! nothin wrong with chuggin some sugar then puttin the can to use!!

i didn't want to take a chance with the muffler just hangin on the header. so i drilled a hole through the "frame arm" that the orig muffler bolted onto. of course the sporty didn't line up, so i cut the bracket that held a dual exhaust from an 1800 vtx. it was a thick plate of metal. i cut it, drilled a hole through it, and a couple of long bolts. i am pretty proud of it, as it hasn't given me trouble since i made it!!!

Title: Re: Yet another Bobber Project.
Post by PhilM on 11/16/09 at 13:09:18

666A79647F6A61640B0 wrote:

Here's a link to the video of the handmade exhaust. Look's like a straight pipe, but doesn't sound like one.

http://www.bikemovies.com/movie/011982/

Using this video as a reference can anyone who has measured their idle RPM estimate what RPM this bike is doing.

It sounds about the same as mine so hopefully we both have the idle speed set right!

Title: Re: Yet another Bobber Project.
Post by marotajo on 11/16/09 at 13:20:59

Try this link - the video is a little longer.

http://www.bikemovies.com/movie/011986/

Mark
1995 Savage
Central FL USA

Title: Re: Yet another Bobber Project.
Post by Charon on 11/16/09 at 13:26:15

I'm glad I'm not the only one who doesn't like the license plate fitted asymmetrically to the motorcycle. I think it looks rather silly.

Title: Re: Yet another Bobber Project.
Post by BurnPgh on 11/16/09 at 13:48:13

just geussing since I dont have a tach but Id set it a bit higher what with the low oil pressure. Im pretty sure my idle is a bit high but that doesnt hurt anything whereas low idle speed will.

Title: Re: Yet another Bobber Project.
Post by PhilM on 11/16/09 at 14:09:17

Where to put the plate... ?
http://s1.b3ta.com/host/creative/23179/1258408905/moveplate.gif

Up high you lose the clean rear look, but the overall balance looks so much better. If you mounted it right at the end of the fender, and used a square stop light, with a dark lens, with a housing and a couple of thin struts I think it would look cool.

You are lucky you can get away with such a small plate. In the UK ours are HUGE, and you will get pulled over if you go non standard. (The cameras can't follow you around, and The Man don't like that)

The positioning of the plate is the only thing keeping me back from bobbing my bike, I really want to keep it looking "balanced".

Maybe I should do an Indian, those fat fenders would match my fat plate!

Title: Re: Yet another Bobber Project.
Post by BurnPgh on 11/16/09 at 14:28:30

yea...brit cameras are scary. I read somewhere that you guys have 1 surveillance camera for every 4 citizens.

Title: Re: Yet another Bobber Project.
Post by Truckinduc on 11/16/09 at 15:40:39

I like my plate location, tucked under the seat.

http://i37.tinypic.com/1z5q2jq.jpg