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Message started by Frost on 04/12/05 at 23:43:35

Title: savage 400's
Post by Frost on 04/12/05 at 23:43:35
check out these savages, it's in japanese but the mods look very nice ;D
http://www2.tky.3web.ne.jp/~savage10/usedbike/newpage1.htm
you can use babelfish to translate
http://babelfish.altavista.com/

Title: Re: savage 400's
Post by Savage_Rob on 04/13/05 at 06:17:23
I'm pretty sure that's what Red Wine rides.

Title: Re: savage 400's
Post by Red_Wine on 04/13/05 at 07:38:48

Savage_Rob wrote:
I'm pretty sure that's what Red Wine rides.


Yep, Savage Rob,
that's what I ride, more like the black one at the bottom of the page, buckhorns, no sissy bar, under-the-fender tail light, windscreen, no bags (yet to come)...  ;D

The 400 cc, Savage was only marketed in the Japanese market, but we could import used bikes until the late 1990s, so people used to fill a container with used bikes from Japan and sell them here for about 1/3 of a new ride   ;D

Pictures are coming, I still have a few shots to take to finish the film  ;D

RW

Title: Re: savage 400's
Post by gazab44 on 04/13/05 at 09:42:11
Kool, I can read japanese  :) LOL

Title: Re: savage 400's
Post by Greg_650 on 04/15/05 at 05:55:16
Cool.  This is a bobbed stock fender....and the springer seat is kinda interesting....

http://www2.tky.3web.ne.jp/~savage10/usedbike/RIMG0038z_1.jpg

Title: Re: savage 400's
Post by Kropatchek on 04/15/05 at 08:52:16

Greg_650 wrote:
Cool.  This is a bobbed stock fender....and the springer seat is kinda interesting....

http://www2.tky.3web.ne.jp/~savage10/usedbike/RIMG0038z_1.jpg

The fender looks as if it has been rotated forward.
Nice option though.
Greetz
Kropatchek ;D

Title: Re: savage 400's
Post by Savage_Rob on 04/15/05 at 10:32:32
That's looking really nice.

Title: Re: savage 400's
Post by Greg_650 on 04/15/05 at 11:29:02

Kropatchek wrote:

The fender looks as if it has been rotated forward.
Nice option though.
Greetz
Kropatchek ;D


Nope, if you notice the black painted front of the fender by the swing arm, it is stock.  Notice the recesses where the frame bolts under the seat?  Trust me, that fender was shortened.

Title: Re: savage 400's
Post by sluggo on 04/15/05 at 12:27:02

Greg_650 wrote:


Nope, if you notice the black painted front of the fender by the swing arm, it is stock.  Notice the recesses where the frame bolts under the seat?  Trust me, that fender was shortened.


nope, was gonna be my first word also.
so did ya get the seat?

i really like the way that guy did his. it's very close to mine, but i must say better.


i like the way he attched spring mounting bracket to shock mount.  my springs attach  higher up on a bracket attached to the upper fender mount holes.  
the more i look the more i like that bracket. i'll have to figgure on out.  

Title: Re: savage 400's
Post by Greg_650 on 04/15/05 at 13:50:54

sluggo wrote:


nope, was gonna be my first word also.
so did ya get the seat?

i really like the way that guy did his. it's very close to mine, but i must say better.


i like the way he attched spring mounting bracket to shock mount.  my springs attach  higher up on a bracket attached to the upper fender mount holes.  
the more i look the more i like that bracket. i'll have to figgure on out.  


Yep, I got my seat, the springs and the front seat mount, but I haven't quite figured out how I'm going to attach those to the bike yet....and make it look good enough, if you know what I mean....my company is kinda uncool with the concept of "government work" too, and I need to make a couple pieces...hmmmm.

Title: Re: savage 400's
Post by Greg_650 on 04/16/05 at 11:34:09
In followup on the seat....

I have to fabricate 3 brackets....an elevated  pivoting one for the front of the seat and 2 offset lowering ones for the rear springs.  The springs are good and stout, but way too high, as I think you found with yours.  So I need to offset them outboard of the frame with brackets.  The seat pan also has the springs mounted further back than in the 400 above.  They are right over the fender mounting bolts...Ugh.

On a good note, I like the rubberized undercoat that I just sprayed on the bottom of the fender.  Should be dry now, and the sun is trying to come out.  Now for the paint  ::)

Title: Re: savage 400's
Post by WD on 04/16/05 at 20:01:38
I thought that orange fender was off a VS 800 or 1400.  ::) I definitely like/want/need that seat!!! Looks like a 9 inch seat versus the 11 inch on Sluggo's bike. As soon as I can afford some quality shocks for the 98, I'm going to black them out similar to that... I'm going to get in one more ride if it kills me.  ;)
-WD

Title: Re: savage 400's
Post by Greg_650 on 04/17/05 at 06:56:49

WD wrote:
I thought that orange fender was off a VS 800 or 1400.  ::) I definitely like/want/need that seat!!! Looks like a 9 inch seat versus the 11 inch on Sluggo's bike. As soon as I can afford some quality shocks for the 98, I'm going to black them out similar to that... I'm going to get in one more ride if it kills me.  ;)
-WD


If you find some good quality shocks, I think that you can also get them in black too....no painting.

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