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/cgi-bin/YaBB.pl General Category >> Rubber Side Down! >> Savage \ S40 with Clip ons /cgi-bin/YaBB.pl?num=1292916929 Message started by mrinstall on 12/20/10 at 23:35:29 |
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Title: Savage \ S40 with Clip ons Post by mrinstall on 12/20/10 at 23:35:29 Does anyone have a Savage \ S40 with Clip on handlebars. I like the ones on the RYCA bikes but I was wondering if anyone else has them. Thanks |
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Title: Re: Savage \ S40 with Clip ons Post by verslagen1 on 12/21/10 at 21:10:07 http://www.oldbikebarn.com/Vortex-Racing-Clip-Ons-Gold-38mm Or you can use clubman bars |
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Title: Re: Savage \ S40 with Clip ons Post by mrinstall on 12/22/10 at 14:43:04 574453524D4046444F10210 wrote:
Thanks for the tip. Would you happen to have a pic of an S40 with these on the bike? |
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Title: Re: Savage \ S40 with Clip ons Post by verslagen1 on 12/22/10 at 15:05:56 I think these are clubmans, but a lot of juicy bits to pick thru... http://suzukisavage.com/cgi-bin/YaBB.pl?num=1264727267/0 |
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Title: Re: Savage \ S40 with Clip ons Post by mrinstall on 12/28/10 at 20:32:09 2B382F2E313C3A38336C5D0 wrote:
Are the forks 38mm or 36mm? |
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Title: Re: Savage \ S40 with Clip ons Post by MotoBuddha on 12/28/10 at 20:34:02 38mm |
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Title: Re: Savage \ S40 with Clip ons Post by caseyLA on 12/30/10 at 00:05:49 Hard to find 1" clip-ons for 38mm forks. We're having some custom made for us at Ryca. Let me know if you want a pair. |
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Title: Re: Savage \ S40 with Clip ons Post by bluesavage218 on 01/20/11 at 18:34:01 Found chrome or black clip ons for 82.99 at Airtech. It's a 7/8 bar but you can buy more stuff for 7/8 anyway and it doesn't have to be Harley! http://www.airtech-streamlining.com/miscpages/handlebars.html |
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Title: Re: Savage \ S40 with Clip ons Post by MotoBuddha on 01/20/11 at 18:39:37 But the Savage controls and switch pods are 1". Going to 7/8" bars or clipons means changing all that out, or sleeving the bars. |
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Title: Re: Savage \ S40 with Clip ons Post by bluesavage218 on 01/20/11 at 20:08:48 :) |
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Title: Re: Savage \ S40 with Clip ons Post by MotoBuddha on 01/20/11 at 20:37:29 414458595C43425F2B0 wrote:
Only "probably" if someone didn't read what Casey wrote above. ;D |
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Title: Re: Savage \ S40 with Clip ons Post by bluesavage218 on 01/20/11 at 20:40:58 :) |
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Title: Re: Savage \ S40 with Clip ons Post by caseyLA on 01/20/11 at 22:36:17 We'll be getting the custom clip-ons in about 2 weeks, but looks like all the first batch will be going to the Ryca kit customers. |
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Title: Re: Savage \ S40 with Clip ons Post by crackmonkey on 01/21/11 at 06:31:20 casey, do you have an estimate of how much they will be when they are available? also have your kits shipped yet? i cant wait to see some hit the road |
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Title: Re: Savage \ S40 with Clip ons Post by MotoBuddha on 01/21/11 at 07:15:20 23263A3B3E21203D490 wrote:
But is it less expensive if you also have to get new controls and switches? |
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Title: Re: Savage \ S40 with Clip ons Post by MotoBuddha on 01/23/11 at 06:06:28 Sure, if someone already wants to change out the controls and switches, 7/8" bars make perfect sense. I'm just trying to help those who might not have considered the implications of going to 7/8" bars. |
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Title: Re: Savage \ S40 with Clip ons Post by DesertRat on 10/02/15 at 21:17:33 old bike barn link is DEAD :-/ clip-ons for 1" handle bars and 38mm forks are impossible to find, except thru RYCA. Would like to find an alternative source for these. ANYONE? :) |
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Title: Re: Savage \ S40 with Clip ons Post by Dave on 10/03/15 at 03:16:03 It is not hard to find 38mm clip ons and 1" bars - but you do have to buy quality stuff and won't find it in the cheap section in eBay. You buy the clip ons in 38mm, and pay $ 20 extra to get them with 1" bars......easy-peasy. https://www.woodcraft-cfm.com/cgi-bin/commerce.cgi?preadd=action&key=12-01 |
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Title: Re: Savage \ S40 with Clip ons Post by DesertRat on 10/03/15 at 09:06:32 Hi Dave, Thanks for the link. 1/8" more metal = $20 extra ??? Most clip-ons aren't that expensive. I can't justify the "extra" cost for 1" bars. Vendors and manufacturers are basically forcing us to convert to 7/8" so we have to change out all the other stuff as well, generates more revenue for them. How convenient that they "also" offer all the stuff for a "complete" conversion to 7/8". Although I wasn't referencing ebay, I did check there after trying other sources first. The ONLY place I could find was RYCA. I'm probably going the clubman route to save the $$$ for GASOLINE. ;) |
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Title: Re: Savage \ S40 with Clip ons Post by Dave on 10/03/15 at 18:08:48 (They don't hate you just because you have a bike that uses 1" handlebars). It is a supply and demand thing.....most bikes that use clip-ons use 7/8" bars and have been for 50 years. They make a lot of them in the 7/8" size and can spread the cost of setting up their tooling over a large quantity. The 1" bars are Harley and Cruiser style....they really don't sell a bunch of them, and the folks that want 1" clip-ons is pretty limited. The sellers have to spread their tooling costs over a low production run, and it adds cost of each piece. |
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Title: Re: Savage \ S40 with Clip ons Post by DesertRat on 10/03/15 at 20:47:33 the problem I have Dave, is 38mm CNC 7/8" bars run $30-50. Even 39mm CNC 1" bars for HD run the same price. But RYCA, the ONLY supplier I have found besides the Woodcraft you linked, want $150-175 a set for 38mm, 1" bars. *just an observation - possibly a simple swap if we look at these bars and their components parts, how they couple/mate to each other. Just take the 1" bar clamps and mount them to the 38mm tube clamps. The pieces mate up using the same bolt patterns. I may go that route, 38mm 7/8" set and a 39mm 1" set from the same vendor and save $75-100 bucks. |
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Title: Re: Savage \ S40 with Clip ons Post by Rylee on 10/05/15 at 07:46:54 I ran clubmans for about 3 weeks. Didn't like the hand placement and went ahead and got clip ons. For what you pay for clubman ($20 off ebay) it's worth the purchase to see if you like the riding position which was what it did for me. You just get better adjustability with clip ons. I ended up about an inch lower with alot more pull back angle once I put the clip ons on the bike. Before I ordered the clip ons I was gonna fab up a drag bar style setup with the risers flipped under the triple tree and see if I liked that. Ended up getting a set of clip ons for a good price from Casey so I scrubbed that idea |
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Title: Re: Savage \ S40 with Clip ons Post by Rylee on 10/05/15 at 07:54:28 @DesertRat I thought about going the same route. Picking up a set of 7/8 clip ons for 38mm forks and just sleeving the bars up to 1" wouldn't be all that difficult. And it would save you a boatload of money! |
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Title: Re: Savage \ S40 with Clip ons Post by Dave on 10/05/15 at 07:56:04 You bring up a good point......you have very little adjustment with the Clubman bars. Even with clip ons...sometimes they just aren't comfortable. After having the clip-ons for 2 years, I just felt the angle wasn't right and I had too much pressure on my palm hand between my thumb and index finger...if I wanted that pressure to go away I had to lean way forward and shove my elbows out. I got some 7/8" steel tubing and welded in a 4 degree angle...so I could lift the outside of the bars up a bit - it helped a bunch and the bike now fits me a lot better and my hands don't get as tired. |
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Title: Re: Savage \ S40 with Clip ons Post by DesertRat on 10/05/15 at 17:39:13 Hey Dave, Do you have a picture of that setup (7/8" steel tubing and welded in a 4 degree angle). I can weld, and that may be another possibility. |
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Title: Re: Savage \ S40 with Clip ons Post by Dave on 10/05/15 at 18:13:21 Not sure what the picture would show.....a 4 degree angle doesn't look like much. It looked just like a clip-on handle with one end slightly bent. Take an 18" long piece of 7/8" tubing, cut a 2 degree angle slice....then rotate one side 180 degrees and weld the tubing back together to make a 4 degree bend, and grind smooth. The weld was just far enough from the end to allow the short end to fit in the clip-on bracket. |
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Title: Re: Savage \ S40 with Clip ons Post by DesertRat on 10/05/15 at 20:52:43 you swapped all your controls out for 7/8" right? |
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Title: Re: Savage \ S40 with Clip ons Post by Dave on 10/06/15 at 02:52:50 260711071016300316620 wrote:
Yes. The 7/8" controls are much smaller and less "cruiser" looking, and look more proper on a Cafe' bike. |
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