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woodworker

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86 Rebuild
02/25/05 at 15:29:17

Hello All;
This is my first post on this forum and I thought there might be some out there who would be interested in this rebuild.
I purchased the bike new in July 1986, since then, the wife and I have put 30,000 miles on it travelling the country sides in the U.S. and Canada (slowed down the last 4 years, as the wife has had knee problems- must be getting old!)
I knew near the end of last summer that the top end had to be rebuilt so I decided to do a number on it.
The following link (if it works) is a condensed description of the rebuild.

[url] http://members.shaw.ca/kenerechook/savage.htm[/url]

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Paladin. Serious Thumper Offline Hamster Posts: 4929 Sunny Southern California Gender:	Re: 86 Rebuild Reply #1 - 02/25/05 at 20:08:17 The address should be between the url /url tags. A Savage 695! That tall sissy bar is interesting. Does the steel go all the way up?
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bentwheel Serious Thumper 2005 No Login Offline Ride free, citizen Posts: 658 Sarnia, Ontario, Canada Gender:	Re: 86 Rebuild Reply #2 - 02/25/05 at 20:16:50 Interesting post woodworker. It's nice to hear of an original owner of the first year Savage.
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Max_Morley Serious Thumper Offline LT650 Luxury Touring & sidecar rig Posts: 1490 Moses Lake. WA Gender:	Re: 86 Rebuild Reply #3 - 02/25/05 at 20:25:37 Also notice the bar across the downtubes for cruising foot rests. Nice Ride, make that Very Very nice ride. Max
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PerrydaSavage Serious Thumper Alliance Member Offline Riding "The Rock"! Posts: 3522 Republic of Newfoundland Gender:	Re: 86 Rebuild Reply #4 - 02/26/05 at 02:41:30 8)Very nice job on the re-build man ... roughly how much did it cost you (if you don't mind me askin')? Love the seat! Wouldn't mind re-doing mine in brown leather ... I think it would look great with the teal green paint!
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woodworker

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Re: 86 Rebuild
Reply #5 - 02/26/05 at 03:32:44

Paladin. wrote on 12/31/69 at 16:00:02:

The address should be between the url /url tags.

A Savage 695! http://savage.andruschak.net/woodworker_AV.gif That tall sissy bar is interesting. Does the steel go all the way up?

The steel is the original height, I just extended the plastic in the seat with aluminum and re-upholstered.
Thanks for the info on the tags, I'll know better nest time.

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woodworker

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Re: 86 Rebuild
Reply #6 - 02/26/05 at 03:41:21

PerrydaSavage wrote on 12/31/69 at 16:00:02:

8)Very nice job on the re-build man ... roughly how much did it cost you (if you don't mind me askin')?
Love the seat! Wouldn't mind re-doing mine in brown leather ... I think it would look great with the teal green paint!

I would estimate total cost for parts and machining to be approximately $2,400 Canadian.
As for the seat, when I recovered it I just used dark blue naugahyde and painted it with "Duplicolor's" vinyl and fabric paint which adheres and wears quite well.

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woodworker Ex Member	Re: 86 Rebuild Reply #7 - 02/26/05 at 05:20:53 Max_Morley wrote on 12/31/69 at 16:00:02: Also notice the bar across the downtubes for cruising foot rests. Nice Ride, make that Very Very nice ride. Max As we speak, Kuryakyn #4507 long right angle mounts with iso pegs are making their way here via UPS.
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Michael Guest	Re: 86 Rebuild Reply #8 - 02/26/05 at 06:07:42 Nice job woodworker: That thing looks better than my 2000...The seat looks great, although i am not crazy about the higher sissy bar, but I am sure it is far more practical than the shorter one.....Well Done cheers ........... Michael
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Gitarzan Serious Thumper 2004 No Login Offline ! Posts: 827 Columbus, Oh, Earth, Solar Sys Gender:	Re: 86 Rebuild Reply #9 - 02/26/05 at 10:29:35 That's sweet lookin'. That tan seat is something cool.
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woodworker Ex Member	Re: 86 Rebuild Reply #10 - 03/12/05 at 14:55:21 Paladin. wrote on 12/31/69 at 16:00:02: The address should be between the url /url tags. A Savage 695! http://savage.andruschak.net/woodworker_AV.gif That tall sissy bar is interesting. Does the steel go all the way up? Actually the displacement is 696.3 cc's : there is a piston to cylinder wall clearance of .0019"
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Oklahoma_Mike Senior Member 2005 No Login Offline With two on the ground love can be found Posts: 426 Tulsa Oklahoma Area Gender:	Re: 86 Rebuild Reply #11 - 03/12/05 at 17:08:07 kewl man good job 8) 8) 8)
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klx650sm2002 Serious Thumper Offline The more I learn the less I know. Posts: 2041 Cumbria,England Gender:	Re: 86 Rebuild Reply #12 - 03/13/05 at 00:17:12 Hey woodworker, nice 700 You have there. Clive W
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Savage_Greg Serious Thumper Alliance Member Offline Don't go around your ass to reach your elbow... Posts: 7844 SW Washington State Gender:	Re: 86 Rebuild Reply #13 - 03/16/05 at 05:24:18 I love the seats. The tan color goes nicely with the blue. I hope that you have better luck with the Barnett clutch springs, than I did. They were "out of stock" when I ordered them, and I waited and waited and finally gave up.
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