penguinsscareme
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Hello, I have a semi-basket case '86 Savage. I watched it go from a relatively decent bike to a rolling rat in the span of a few years while it belonged to a neighbor. I recently picked it up for cheap. I'd like to make a bobjob/ratbike/chopper/war pig out of it.
After an afternoon of playing with it, I can tell it needs a head gasket, fork seals, rear shocks, a battery, and a lot of cleaning. Also the rear fender is cocked so that it doesn't sit directly over the rear tire. I was relieved to find that it was the fender and not the swingarm!
I looked through the Chilton's (Clymer? I forget which.); I wasn't that impressed. It does tell you how to perform service procedures, but it doesn't answer more "real world" questions, like, What's the blue wire with the yellow stripe?
Basically I know nothing about this bike except that I like the way it looks and sounds, and it looks like it would be easy for my wife to learn on but still frisky enough to be fun for me.
There seems to be tons of good information on this site, but it's all buried. Anyone point me in the direction of a few threads on care and feeding of the LS650, and basic performance mods?
Thanksabunch!
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