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/cgi-bin/YaBB.pl General Category >> The Cafe >> Custom Suzuki Savage - Retro Standard /cgi-bin/YaBB.pl?num=1369527081 Message started by CommanderChaos on 05/25/13 at 17:11:21 |
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Title: Custom Suzuki Savage - Retro Standard Post by CommanderChaos on 05/25/13 at 17:11:21 I'm helping my dad out by posting a pic of his bike here. He's making good use of his retirement by putting together his first custom bike. It's a standard based on a suzuki savage, since at 70+ years of age he wants a big single that's easier to start than his 1954 BSA B33. Modifications include: 19"x3.5" spoked rims, Honda front drum, raised rear, footpegs moved to normal position, custom control linkage, aftermarket seat and springs, handmade side panels, custom exhaust, rejetted carb, handmade "H" tanks badges for Hanford, our last name. |
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Title: Re: Custom Suzuki Savage - Retro Standard Post by CommanderChaos on 05/25/13 at 17:12:03 http://nort_comm.tripod.com/hobbies/hanford_special.jpg |
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Title: Re: Custom Suzuki Savage - Retro Standard Post by oldNslow on 05/25/13 at 17:40:04 Wow! That's really nice. It really does look like an old British single. Kudos to your dad. |
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Title: Re: Custom Suzuki Savage - Retro Standard Post by ToesNose on 05/25/13 at 19:09:08 Very cool, I dig it :) |
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Title: Re: Custom Suzuki Savage - Retro Standard Post by engineer on 05/25/13 at 19:38:24 Very nicely done! If you get a chance it would be nice to see a picture of the other side. How does it handle compared to a stock Savage? Looks like the steering would be quicker. |
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Title: Re: Custom Suzuki Savage - Retro Standard Post by LANCER on 05/25/13 at 19:56:34 My compliments to your dad, he did an exceptional build. It is a beautiful bike. ;) |
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Title: Re: Custom Suzuki Savage - Retro Standard Post by Sheriff41 on 05/25/13 at 20:12:56 Very cool! Bet it takes him back to his youth! |
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Title: Re: Custom Suzuki Savage - Retro Standard Post by WD on 05/25/13 at 20:19:34 Nicely done, but, the front fender is on backwards... ;) |
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Title: Re: Custom Suzuki Savage - Retro Standard Post by apache snow on 05/25/13 at 20:26:37 I don't believe it is. If it were the forward half would cover way too much of the front wheel versus the back side of the wheel would be way short. If he reversed it it would be out of proportion and not look right. :-? That little lip on the front is not an indicator. Check out the Triumph Tiger T100 fender. Looks just like it. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Triumph_Tiger_100.jpg |
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Title: Re: Custom Suzuki Savage - Retro Standard Post by CommanderChaos on 05/26/13 at 04:50:19 44464D464F464A50230 wrote:
I haven't ridden it yet but raising the back end gave it the same rake as the BSA. I'll see if I can get more pix. |
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Title: Re: Custom Suzuki Savage - Retro Standard Post by Drifter on 05/26/13 at 09:14:54 SWEET! :) |
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Title: Re: Custom Suzuki Savage - Retro Standard Post by CommanderChaos on 05/26/13 at 10:39:06 Here's the other side: http://nort_comm.tripod.com/hobbies/hanford_special_left.JPG |
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Title: Re: Custom Suzuki Savage - Retro Standard Post by paulmarshall on 05/26/13 at 13:42:34 I am interested in close ups of the chain guard. Whats that attached to the swing arm? Looks like something to protect the chain hitting the swing arm. |
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Title: Re: Custom Suzuki Savage - Retro Standard Post by Borracho on 05/26/13 at 14:30:59 Awesome! |
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Title: Re: Custom Suzuki Savage - Retro Standard Post by Borracho on 05/26/13 at 14:33:03 Awesome! |
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Title: Re: Custom Suzuki Savage - Retro Standard Post by CommanderChaos on 05/26/13 at 14:59:17 3D2C3821202C3F3E252C21214D0 wrote:
He made the chain guard, I'll try to get more pix. The chain lays on the swing arm when there's no weight on the bike. I think the pad is an unresolved detail. I should give him a piece of Delrin for it. |
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Title: Re: Custom Suzuki Savage - Retro Standard Post by PerrydaSavage on 05/27/13 at 00:17:17 Very, very nice indeed! 8-) |
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Title: Re: Custom Suzuki Savage - Retro Standard Post by mpescatori on 05/27/13 at 03:08:55 CommanderChaos, please accept my congratulaitons... your customising the Savage is one of the most elegant renditions I have come across in a looong time ! I am extremely interested in how you moved the footpegs to the rear, in order to give the bike a "classic" stance, as I have been considering such a change myself. I also like the sprung seat and would like to know if the seat is a "modified Savage original" of an aftermarket item... ...in which case, how you went about fabricating the front mount and fitting the rear springs. The front fork appears to be original (but I am not sure) but I would like to know how you went about locking the front drum to the fork tubes... did you bolt it to the caliper mountings? Rear wheel: you could have kept the original drum and relaced it to a 18"-19" wheel; instead I see you went for a completely new wheel: what size tire? Last... was the "bottle silencer" sourced through Royal Enfield ? 8-) And the air pump really fits in the overall picture ! Againm congratulations for an exquisite job ! 8-) |
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Title: Re: Custom Suzuki Savage - Retro Standard Post by CommanderChaos on 05/27/13 at 05:18:47 Just to reiterate, this is my dad's bike, none of mine are this nice. Thanks to all of you for the positive feedback. He's finding it very gratifying. The seat was aftermarket, and the silencer was a reproduction item for a BSA. I have him looking for pix of the footrests while he was making them. It was pretty involved. Something that bears mentioning is that there was quite a bit of torch work putting this together. He sawed the swing arm apart and welded it back together to narrow it. Other lugs and such were welded or brazed on for the seat, fenders, etc. He's digging out more build pix. |
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Title: Re: Custom Suzuki Savage - Retro Standard Post by old_rider on 05/27/13 at 07:44:24 Very clean, nicely done! Lotsa time involved it looks like...and tons of talent! Congratulations on a beautiful build! |
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Title: Re: Custom Suzuki Savage - Retro Standard Post by arteacher on 05/27/13 at 08:04:38 Beautiful, but it's gotta have knee pads. ;) |
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Title: Re: Custom Suzuki Savage - Retro Standard Post by CommanderChaos on 05/27/13 at 15:46:26 Here's some more detail pix. One of them shows the drum bolted to the caliper boss: http://nort_comm.tripod.com/hobbies/hanfordspecialbuild/01-originalbike.jpg http://nort_comm.tripod.com/hobbies/hanfordspecialbuild/02-footpegandbrakelinkage.jpg http://nort_comm.tripod.com/hobbies/hanfordspecialbuild/03-footpegandbrakelinkage2.jpg http://nort_comm.tripod.com/hobbies/hanfordspecialbuild/04-swingarm.jpg http://nort_comm.tripod.com/hobbies/hanfordspecialbuild/05-wholebike.jpg http://nort_comm.tripod.com/hobbies/hanfordspecialbuild/06-wholebikeplstank.jpg http://nort_comm.tripod.com/hobbies/hanfordspecialbuild/07-frontbrake.jpg http://nort_comm.tripod.com/hobbies/hanfordspecialbuild/08-tankpaint.jpg http://nort_comm.tripod.com/hobbies/hanfordspecialbuild/09-panelpaint.jpg http://nort_comm.tripod.com/hobbies/hanfordspecialbuild/10-panelpaint2.jpg http://nort_comm.tripod.com/hobbies/hanfordspecialbuild/11-bikeside.jpg http://nort_comm.tripod.com/hobbies/hanfordspecialbuild/12-shiftlever.jpg http://nort_comm.tripod.com/hobbies/hanfordspecialbuild/13-chainguard.jpg http://nort_comm.tripod.com/hobbies/hanfordspecialbuild/14-brakelever.jpg http://nort_comm.tripod.com/hobbies/hanfordspecialbuild/15-seat.jpg http://nort_comm.tripod.com/hobbies/hanfordspecialbuild/16-seat2.jpg |
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Title: Re: Custom Suzuki Savage - Retro Standard Post by apache snow on 05/27/13 at 15:50:17 It wouldn't hurt to resize your pictures. They are much too large. :) |
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Title: Re: Custom Suzuki Savage - Retro Standard Post by CommanderChaos on 05/27/13 at 16:31:54 Get a bigger monitor ;D |
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Title: Re: Custom Suzuki Savage - Retro Standard Post by apache snow on 05/27/13 at 16:35:28 I have a big monitor :-? |
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Title: Re: Custom Suzuki Savage - Retro Standard Post by paulmarshall on 05/27/13 at 17:12:27 My monitor is a 27 wide screen and your pics are too big for me as well. |
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Title: Re: Custom Suzuki Savage - Retro Standard Post by paulmarshall on 05/27/13 at 17:13:23 Good quality pics tho. |
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Title: Re: Custom Suzuki Savage - Retro Standard Post by CommanderChaos on 05/27/13 at 18:04:26 I was kidding about the monitor. On my Mac if you hit "command -" the pix get smaller. Probably something similar on windows. You could also open the pic in a new window. I'll try to get around to scaling them down tomorrow. |
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Title: Re: Custom Suzuki Savage - Retro Standard Post by paulmarshall on 05/27/13 at 18:20:32 What size sprockets are they? |
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Title: Re: Custom Suzuki Savage - Retro Standard Post by Dave on 05/28/13 at 09:29:46 5F4E5A43424E5D5C474E43432F0 wrote:
From the looks of the pictures......they are really big sprockets! ;D Sorry......I could not resist! That is a great conversion.....really looks nice and will get a lot of people stumped as to what kind and year of bike it is. Thanks for posting. |
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Title: Re: Custom Suzuki Savage - Retro Standard Post by CommanderChaos on 05/28/13 at 10:28:06 I scaled the pix down so that they should fit on a large monitor (1500px wide). When you ask about sprocket size are you referring to pitch/width or tooth count? |
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Title: Re: Custom Suzuki Savage - Retro Standard Post by mpescatori on 05/29/13 at 01:46:12 0E2220202C2329283F0E252C223E4D0 wrote:
For those running Windows, press "CTRL - or +" to reduce/magnify picture size on your screen; press "CTRL 0 (zero)" to revert to tthe original setting. CommanderChaos, I have a chain conversion and fitted by mistake ::) ;) a slightly larger tire; chain conversion is 17/49 (2.88:1 final drive ratio as opposed to 2.96:1 for the belt drive) tire size is 140/90x15 as opposed to the original 140/80x15. Final drive ratio is overall longer and speedo now underreads by about 5%; I tested it yesterday on the freeway with my GPS mounted on the handlebars, indicated 100 Km/h was 105 according to GPS. Thanks for the pictures :) PS What's the tire size on the rear, pl-eeeze ? |
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Title: Re: Custom Suzuki Savage - Retro Standard Post by paulmarshall on 05/29/13 at 10:55:48 597577777B747E7F6859727B75691A0 wrote:
Tooth count thanks. |
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Title: Re: Custom Suzuki Savage - Retro Standard Post by CommanderChaos on 05/29/13 at 19:00:22 I put dad to work counting teeth. I'll post when the lab results come back. ;) The rear tire is a 3.50 x 19 |
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Title: Re: Custom Suzuki Savage - Retro Standard Post by CommanderChaos on 06/12/13 at 13:55:13 I know you guys have been sitting by the computer waiting for new pictures, so here you go. New luggage rack: http://nort_comm.tripod.com/hobbies/hanfordspecialbuild/17-luggage-rack.jpg |
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Title: Re: Custom Suzuki Savage - Retro Standard Post by ToesNose on 06/14/13 at 18:34:23 CommanderChaos again I really dig the bike and the concept that your Dad achieved :D A few Q's- -You mentioned that he narrowed the swing arm, but did he have any clearance issues having a 19" rim on the rear? -Any problems since raising the rear of the tank? Does he have a Raptor on there, I couldn't tell from any of the pics. -I know he made his own mid/standard foot pegs, did he run into any particular problems in the process? Thanks!! And tell your Dad "Happy Father's Day!" for us ;) |
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Title: Re: Custom Suzuki Savage - Retro Standard Post by wambr on 06/14/13 at 22:14:09 [ch1057]ommander[ch1057]haos, I just take off my hat, looking at the work of the hands of your father! |
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Title: Re: Custom Suzuki Savage - Retro Standard Post by justin_o_guy2 on 06/15/13 at 00:11:18 I dont see any pics,, whats the deal? |
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Title: Re: Custom Suzuki Savage - Retro Standard Post by Serowbot on 06/15/13 at 02:27:53 JOG... must be a browser setting or something... blocking Tripod.com images?... Here is the url of the first pic... http://nort_comm.tripod.com/hobbies/hanford_special.jpg See if that will show...(if it does,.. you can right-click on any image and copy the location into your browser search window)... ...if not,... how 'bout this?... ...(PS... beautiful bike)... ;)... http://i600.photobucket.com/albums/tt82/serowbot/hanford_special_zps950ceb7e.jpg |
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Title: Re: Custom Suzuki Savage - Retro Standard Post by justin_o_guy2 on 06/15/13 at 09:59:50 Okay,, I can see them now,, IDK what it was,, Its a cool lookin ride,, I really dig the pegs bein set back. |
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Title: Re: Custom Suzuki Savage - Retro Standard Post by MMRanch on 06/15/13 at 20:34:19 Nothing but praise for your Dad's project , :o and for you (showing it off for him). I''m sure he is proud and looking good riding around on it ,,, Has he let you ride it yet ? :D |
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Title: Re: Custom Suzuki Savage - Retro Standard Post by CommanderChaos on 06/16/13 at 04:38:50 The fenders were blank aftermarket pieces and he spent some time fooling with the back to keep the tire from rubbing it, nothing crazy, though. If you look at the pix you'll see the footpeg brackets are made from steel plate which involved some fabrication. The worst of it was hooking up the brake linkage. I would have wussed out and used a cable, but he used a secondary lever, also in one of the photos. Preferable for looks, reliability and low maintenance. 655E54427F5E4254310 wrote:
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Title: Re: Custom Suzuki Savage - Retro Standard Post by Dfinn on 12/17/13 at 10:28:30 Holy Moly! This is one of the coolest Savage's out there. Nice work I like it....alot! ;D |
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Title: Re: Custom Suzuki Savage - Retro Standard Post by Ragnar444 on 12/17/13 at 11:54:26 That is truly a work of art. Hope your Dad has years of enjoyment ahead of him. Can not wait to see what he attempts next. :o |
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Title: Re: Custom Suzuki Savage - Retro Standard Post by victorbsa on 02/02/14 at 19:35:09 Commannde, that is just how I dream of my bike looking. I think I noticed a british front end on there. I love everything about it. The alum rims, seat , standard pegs had to be a pregnant dog to make . And is that a larger diameter custom bent header pipe? |
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Title: Re: Custom Suzuki Savage - Retro Standard Post by Dave on 02/03/14 at 09:12:57 5C50435A5E5055505C5E47310 wrote:
VictorBSA: If you click on CommanderChaos's name, you will open up a page that will show his information. It shows that he has not posted anything or been on the site in 7 months. I suspect you may not get an aswer to your header question anytime soon. |
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Title: Re: Custom Suzuki Savage - Retro Standard Post by lee12871 on 05/27/14 at 09:59:46 Really nice build. Diggin the retro look! |
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Title: Re: Custom Suzuki Savage - Retro Standard Post by BalingWire on 06/20/14 at 04:10:29 Outstanding work. |
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Title: Re: Custom Suzuki Savage - Retro Standard Post by mpescatori on 06/21/14 at 02:23:36 78434E5948445F59424A47582B0 wrote:
VictorBSA: If you click on CommanderChaos's name, you will open up a page that will show his information. It shows that he has not posted anything or been on the site in 7 months. I suspect you may not get an aswer to your header question anytime soon.[/quote] Yup ! One full year today that he's offline. I guess he simply logged on to show it off, get some praise and got on with his life. Pity we didn't hear anymore form him :( |
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