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SavagePielk

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Re: Michiel Pielkenrood's Plan
Reply #15 - 12/11/05 at 15:07:28

Okay, it took a while, but I finally went on working on my Savage. I equipped her with a 5-speed gearbox, put on the new rear-fender with a cat-eye taillight, put on a loud horn, heated handgrips (works great!) and re-polished the forklegs and so on. I also started on building an enginespoiler

this is what I want the enginespoiler to look like

I hope you like it!
The things to do:
- mount the 15L gastank
- make me some forward controls
- polish the handlebarconsoles
- give it a new paintjob (I'll put on some "mock" paint during christmas and repaint it correctly this summer)

after christmas I'm going to pick up an open exhaust, for the better sound Tongue

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jimbrough Ex Member	Re: Michiel Pielkenrood's Plan Reply #16 - 12/11/05 at 15:18:04 Looks awesome, SavageP!! You've got a great look going and I'm jealous! What/how are you making the engine spoiler out of? I've thought of doing that as well...just waiting for a bullet fairing to come in the mail - then i want to re-do my seat...looking to make it into a cafe racer type eventually. good luck!
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SavagePielk

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Re: Michiel Pielkenrood's Plan
Reply #17 - 12/11/05 at 15:45:35

hey J, thanks! A friend of mine gave me a plate of sheetmetal, 2mm thick, sized 2 x 1m. First thing is just 'scooping out' the sides, using an electrical jigsaw, after that I want to just measure the size of the part coming on the inside and cut that out. The hardest part will be getting it in the correct shape (or do you say form?). When that's finished I want to just weld it together. I think I'll weld it from the inside and put in a pretty thick weld, so I have some juice for cutting a round edge.
Have fun with the fairing!

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SavagePielk Ex Member	Re: Michiel Pielkenrood's Plan Reply #18 - 12/12/05 at 16:00:46 change of plan: first wanna try making a glasfiber spoiler, less weight, more shape-freedom
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torque Serious Thumper 2005 No Login Offline 2008 nightster,flat od green and black Posts: 748 rock hill,S.C. Gender:	Re: Michiel Pielkenrood's Plan Reply #19 - 12/12/05 at 16:26:29 becareful u dont add to much in front of the engine or it will overheat 8)
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SavagePielk Ex Member	Re: Michiel Pielkenrood's Plan Reply #20 - 12/13/05 at 00:56:19 it will only be a small spoiler in front of the gearbox, I think it shouldn't be a problem
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mmosel Senior Member 2005 No Login Offline My bike is officially THUMPING now. Posts: 415 NW Oregon Gender:	Re: Michiel Pielkenrood's Plan Reply #21 - 12/13/05 at 14:14:53 Maybe something like this could be fitted? ENGINE AIR SCOOP FOR JAPANESE MOTORCYCLES Edit: Fixed link to display better.
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SavagePielk Ex Member	Re: Michiel Pielkenrood's Plan Reply #22 - 12/13/05 at 15:58:12 it looks great, but it's too expensive, that's my 50cents. (or what's the expression?) And it's more fun making it yourself. I can always grab an old ZX6R/ZX7R/YZF/TZR/FZR/etc streamline and cut it to pieces.
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Savage_Rob Serious Thumper Alliance Member Offline Mechanically Inclined Amateur Posts: 6972 Texas (Dallas area) Gender:	Re: Michiel Pielkenrood's Plan Reply #23 - 12/14/05 at 05:26:14 The expression is "my two cents worth" but with inflation (and VATs in the EU), you're probably right.
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SavagePielk

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Re: Michiel Pielkenrood's Plan
Reply #24 - 12/18/05 at 06:21:45

torque wrote on 12/31/69 at 16:00:12:

becareful u dont add to much in front of the engine or it will overheat 8)

thanks for you tip, I actually held that in mind making my spoiler. I just finished it today, now I have to grind, fill, polish and spraypaint it, but I'll have to wait with that till next weekend...

here are some pictures:

I just don't like that the line didn't work out as planned, I wanted it to be round, but somehow the mould wasn't good enough... maybe I'll make another one during christmas-holiday...

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torque Serious Thumper 2005 No Login Offline 2008 nightster,flat od green and black Posts: 748 rock hill,S.C. Gender:	Re: Michiel Pielkenrood's Plan Reply #25 - 12/18/05 at 06:36:57 i think it looks really good
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SavagePielk Ex Member	Re: Michiel Pielkenrood's Plan Reply #26 - 12/18/05 at 06:53:17 thanks I'll redo the little edge while preparing it for paint
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jimbrough Ex Member	Re: Michiel Pielkenrood's Plan Reply #27 - 12/18/05 at 08:03:27 Cool job, SavageP. I've just been noticing those engine spoilers more and more lately and wondering about them. Gonna look awesome on the bike! Do those things really do anything for the average joe rider or are they just basically to look cool? Good luck with her!
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SavagePielk Ex Member	Re: Michiel Pielkenrood's Plan Reply #28 - 12/18/05 at 09:33:43 I don't think they do anything, it's just to look cool and so on. Maybe it will help just a little, but that's not what I made it for. Maybe I'll put some electrostuff in it one day, maybe not. If only that stupid resin would dry... then I could start finishing it
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SavagePielk Ex Member	Re: Michiel Pielkenrood's Plan Reply #29 - 12/20/05 at 15:48:19 I just found out somebody already painted his Savage the color I wanted to paint mine. But well, maybe I'll do it anyway. It would look like this: except for the bigger rear fender. And I would paint the cylinderheadcovers in the same color.
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