SuzukiSavage.com - take a look + added close ups of springer seat

forrest Serious Thumper Offline No matter where you go, there you are. Posts: 986 Kennesaw, Ga Gender:	Re: take a look Reply #15 - 07/29/07 at 09:15:27 Very nice and the color is a cool gray.
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skatnbnc Serious Thumper Offline Spinning Pink Posts: 1286 New Bern NC Gender:	Re: take a look Reply #16 - 07/29/07 at 17:09:40 I love it! What a fantastic job! That chrome fender and sprung seat rock! Overall it just smoothly rolls together. The rear turn signals are sharp too. Congrats on the excellent results!
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Reply #17 - 07/29/07 at 21:41:07

Somehow I dont ever think I'll warm up to the idea of putting a seat on that exposes the electricals under the seat. No offence, but the airbox, and wiring mess under the seat is just about the ugliest I have ever seen on a bike. I'd give anything to cover it up. Gazillion wires going every direction in every color, the ugly ass frame tags holding them here or there ... sheite ... with the stock seat and side covers enough of it comes into view. Pathetic. Lovely seat, but like a flowing skirt would prolly cover up all the crap underneath, but will also cover the exposed seat springs ... oh well ...
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strangeling Senior Member Offline Ex Savage Rider but always a SAVAGE Posts: 427 Salt Lake City UTAH Gender:	Re: take a look Reply #18 - 07/29/07 at 22:15:14 Hey Dean, Can you post a few close-up pics of how you mounted the seat ? Thanx
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Re: take a look + added close ups of springer seat
Reply #19 - 08/04/07 at 11:03:40

As requested, some close ups of the seat mounting. hope they help

If i realised i was going to have to raise the front mounting bracket with so many spacers, i would have built it differntly...

I bent the origional back seat brackets flat with a heavy pair of pliers, then inserted some screws through the holes.

And by the way, these are the 2" springs. They can absorb shock, but are rigid enough to keep the seat from bottoming out on the frame.

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strangeling Senior Member Offline Ex Savage Rider but always a SAVAGE Posts: 427 Salt Lake City UTAH Gender:	Re: take a look + added close ups of springer seat Reply #20 - 08/04/07 at 17:59:31 Thanks Dean those close-ups help alot
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wvhunter62 YaBB Newbies Offline Posts: 35 Gender:	Re: take a look + added close ups of springer seat Reply #21 - 08/04/07 at 20:10:21 Man that is one sweet lookin' bobber! I have one suggestion. The rear mounting of your seat on those tabs are taking on a weight they were not designed to hold, the stock seat rests on the frame rails. I would either re-enforce them or fab a bracket out of steel that bolts to the frame rails. Tim
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forrest Serious Thumper Offline No matter where you go, there you are. Posts: 986 Kennesaw, Ga Gender:	Re: take a look + added close ups of springer seat Reply #22 - 08/04/07 at 20:21:17 I'm not an engineer, but I've stayed at a Holiday Inn Express, and I agree, the tabs don't look load bearing; at least not as much as you have them............not saying you are too heavy!
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verslagen1 YaBB Moderator ModSquad Offline Where there's a will, I want to be in it. Posts: 28884 L.A. California Gender:	Re: take a look + added close ups of springer seat Reply #23 - 08/04/07 at 20:42:08 I r n ingineer (with a cold and on drugs) and I agree with forrest. Beef it up. In this case a failure is not catastroffic though, just a bit hard to take.
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Dean YaBB Newbies Offline Posts: 12 North California Gender:	Re: take a look + added close ups of springer seat Reply #24 - 08/05/07 at 08:50:53 yeah, i know (concerning the tabs)... they need beefing up. i'd hate to have one break off while i was riding. next time i'm at my dads shop ...he's got the weilder. shouldn't be difficult.
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wvhunter62 YaBB Newbies Offline Posts: 35 Gender:	Re: take a look + added close ups of springer seat Reply #25 - 08/05/07 at 11:28:59 Overall I would give you an A, the tabs are a minor concern. If you had not already figured them out they would have let you known sooner or later. the Savage makes a really sweet lookin' bobber with little investment. Tim
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Reply #26 - 08/05/07 at 12:11:56

srinath wrote on 12/31/69 at 16:00:07:

Lovely seat, but like a flowing skirt would prolly cover up all the crap underneath, but will also cover the exposed seat springs ... oh well ... Cool.Srinath.

Ya know, if you were wearing the Savage Kilt, that wiring would not show. So maybe thats why it isn't bothering Dean - he's wearing his kilt. Wink

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BigWes Ex Member	Re: take a look + added close ups of springer seat Reply #27 - 08/05/07 at 21:21:31 i want one of thoughs savages. looks meen as H#*%
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