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Message started by Neilap on 05/06/15 at 11:05:48

Title: Retro questions
Post by Neilap on 05/06/15 at 11:05:48

Hi everyone. I was just checking the bike builds and I am a bit of a sucker for retro fenders and I was curious if anyone knew where to get them for a savage OR the aftermarket/stock fenders of other bikes that will fit as well.

Title: Re: Retro questions
Post by Art Webb on 05/06/15 at 11:15:22

WD is your guy, he has 2 retro builds and knows wgat fits who
he even turned me on to a site that makes custom Indian style skirted fenders

Title: Re: Retro questions
Post by Neilap on 05/06/15 at 16:22:59

4E5D5B584A4D4D2F0 wrote:

WD is your guy, he has 2 retro builds and knows wgat fits who
he even turned me on to a site that makes custom Indian style skirted fenders

Ah ha. And its those indian style fenders i like lol. So what do i need to summon WD

Title: Re: Retro questions
Post by Art Webb on 05/07/15 at 07:06:30

Well I see you found him, but he didn't send you where he sent me, so I googled 'Indian style custom fenders, nad found the site he linked me
http://www.oldinc.com/oldysin.htm
Of course fabbing is necessary to mount them, but I hope that helps

Title: Re: Retro questions
Post by strang on 05/07/15 at 12:32:08

Yeh WD's builds are what you are looking for:
http://suzukisavage.com/cgi-bin/YaBB.pl?num=1380562345
or this retro build takes the cake IMHO:
http://suzukisavage.com/cgi-bin/YaBB.pl?num=1369527081

A list of Suzuki builds are listed in the "important topics" box at the top of this forum. Hell here's a link anyway:
http://suzukisavage.com/cgi-bin/YaBB.pl?num=1383565946

Pretty much any rear fender will work as once you get rid of the stock one, there isn't really anything to get in the way of the new one :o

Title: Re: Retro questions
Post by justin_o_guy2 on 05/07/15 at 13:05:37

You CAN'T Summon WD. Like Bigfoot, he appears when it suits him.
Or, go sit on his bike,, yeah, that's a great way to get him to come out.

Title: Re: Retro questions
Post by Art Webb on 05/07/15 at 14:01:33

be sure to wear bullet resistant clothing when sitting on WDs bike, he considers shooting a friendly hello ;D

Title: Re: Retro questions
Post by Kris01 on 05/07/15 at 17:52:01

That's just our friendly southern way of saying "Howdy"!

Title: Re: Retro questions
Post by Neilap on 05/07/15 at 19:39:19

Hah I know right Lol. That website did help out alot. At least I will beable to get proper dimensions to need minimal modifications to bolt on. being I lack facilities because its not the 1950's and banks are evil Lol. there is a customs shop 3 miles from here so I imagine thats where I will take it to be done. My stepfather does laser engravings so I will probably get work done by him too for etched metals

Title: Re: Retro questions
Post by Art Webb on 05/07/15 at 20:04:00

hardware store aluminum stock is easy to fabricate with :D

Title: Re: Retro questions
Post by justin_o_guy2 on 05/07/15 at 20:06:53

I've seen trailer fender used.

Title: Re: Retro questions
Post by Neilap on 05/07/15 at 20:09:04

01121417050202600 wrote:

hardware store aluminum stock is easy to fabricate with :D

..You know what I never thought of that. I could do that easily but id be limited to hammering it out. rustic but it would have a unique look to it

Title: Re: Retro questions
Post by justin_o_guy2 on 05/07/15 at 20:30:38

planishing hammer

Unless you have metal working experience you're looking at a really serious task. I prefer metal to aluminum.
Start with a piece of heavy paper. See what happens when you try to put a radius on the edges of a curved flat piece. Without an English wheel or planishing hammer and brazing torch I can't see how it can be done.

Title: Re: Retro questions
Post by Art Webb on 05/07/15 at 20:34:16

I'm talking about making brackets to mount fenders, not fabbing fenders, that'd be a REAL pain in the hump

Title: Re: Retro questions
Post by Neilap on 05/07/15 at 20:39:57

786761667B7C4D7D4D75676B20120 wrote:

It wont be too hard per say. I get seriously involved with small work. My issue would be getting the metal heated up to get it hammered out properly. I done it quite a bit in the past for the fun of it when I has access to an acetylene torch. I just cant say it will be perfect givin it would have obvious hammer markings. (if I used iron or steel) as for aluminum I could just bend that by hand and shave it down as I go.

Title: Re: Retro questions
Post by Neilap on 05/07/15 at 20:42:37

6F7C7A796B6C6C0E0 wrote:

I'm talking about making brackets to mount fenders, not fabbing fenders, that'd be a REAL pain in the hump

true but I get obsessed in stuff. il spend a month on it if need be Lol due to aspergers I cant even draw a picture unless I spend hours to make sure its mathematically correct.

Title: Re: Retro questions
Post by Art Webb on 05/07/15 at 20:46:28

Asperger's, that hard, man, but like my ADD, it can have it's advantages

Title: Re: Retro questions
Post by Neilap on 05/07/15 at 22:04:55

66757370626565070 wrote:

Asperger's, that hard, man, but like my ADD, it can have it's advantages

Yep, they thought I was ADHD for years. until a few years ago. I actually work on smart phones and other stuff for the fun of it. I would tear into my engine but I lack an indoors area and nearly all places here that you rent reserve the right to evict you for performing vehicle repairs on property

Title: Re: Retro questions
Post by Art Webb on 05/08/15 at 10:05:28

True story:
One time when my mother was in the ICU, I had a 4 cyl motorcycle that needed the carbs dipped, so each day I would disassemble 1 carb, drop the metal parts in the dip, take the parts from the previous day's carb dip with me to the ER, and assemble them there
This sort of helps me be calm.
One day a nurse asked me "what are you doing there?" and I said "My knitting" ;D
Then of course, being female, she wanted details ::)

Title: Re: Retro questions
Post by Neilap on 05/08/15 at 10:52:35

Hah thats funny. I do knit on occasions. gets great looks when you see a large built 6'4 guy doin his knitting in public. when im asked why, I literally say 'Its so I dont get angry and want to hurt people'

Title: Re: Retro questions
Post by Art Webb on 05/08/15 at 11:09:10

fortunately I usually only have nervous energy to worry about
drove mt ex crazy, but if I'm on the phone talking, i pace, if the TV is on, I read (reading uses enough of my brain's bandwidth to calm me, TV doesn't) or I'm on the 'net
otherwise I'm doing something constantly
I do have a bad temper too though, and if it get's set off, it can get over the top pretty quickly
Dunno if that's part of ADD or just my Irish blood :)
they say a red headed irishman is quick to temper
they also say a Scott is slow to temper but god help you if you set him off
as a redhead scots / irish (among other things) I seem to have the worst of both worlds, but that could also be the ADD

Title: Re: Retro questions
Post by WD on 05/08/15 at 23:45:46

Scots, Irish, German and continental (Celtic) Spanish... trust me, your temper doesn't hold a candle to mine. I beat someone half to death (literally) for his choosing entirely the wrong straight guy to make a pass at... I don't play well with others, never have.

Sitting on my bike without my permission? Yeah, odds are, I'm going to send a round in close proximity to you. I can consistently hit a paper plate at 100 yards with my favorite revolver, a souped up Ruger Old Army (modified to hold 60 grains of FFFg per cylinder hole). Putting one next to an immobile hominid? Piece of cake. And fun...

Haven't been here much lately, it's farming time. Plus the bike is annoying me to no end, with its sub-35 fuel economy right now... it ought to be getting somewhere in the high 50s with its current set up, based off my experiences with the 98 model I flat wore out.

Title: Re: Retro questions
Post by Art Webb on 05/09/15 at 22:08:59

Well I come close to smoking someone a few times, but not for making a pass at me
guess I'm just not insulted by it

I'm becoming a fan of cap n ball revolvers myself, what with the federal regs being the way they are, so I like the idea of a modded ROA

Sorry to hear the bike is being a pain, hope you figure it out soon and it's minor

Title: Re: Retro questions
Post by justin_o_guy2 on 05/09/15 at 22:27:22

but if I'm on the phone talking, i pace,

If I'm sitting down and on the phone im either very tired or horribly bored.

Title: Re: Retro questions
Post by Neilap on 05/10/15 at 12:03:24

bipolar type 1 w/psychosis here. I grew up around yelling and any sight of physical violence or screaming I go into psychosis. last time I spent almost a month is a mental hospital and lost my gun rights, il never beable to have a HAZMAT endorsment for a CDL lol bunch of other things. im a danger according to law, but its usually towards aggressors. combine psychosis with someone 6'4 and topped out at 600lbs deadlift and personally I can lift a 20 foot lowboy and put it on a truck hitch. then imagine no recognition of pain and a psychotic personality that closely reflects a sociopath. Buuut I know my triggers and stay well away from them.