SuzukiSavage.com - "Bobber" DIY?

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"Bobber" DIY?
12/13/07 at 12:41:06

Can anyone point me to an idiot's guide to customising/chopping/bobbing? Nothing extreme, just want to tidy up the back end: single seat, smooth short rear fender, neater rear light....that sort of thing. Would a rear fender like this

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=300181501850&ssPage...

be a starting point?

Any and all advice gratefully received! If there was a chop shop near me I'd probably just describe and pay, but thin on the ground round here as far as I can tell.

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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: "Bobber" DIY? Reply #1 - 12/13/07 at 14:23:47 Bobber kit available at harbour freight http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/displayitem.taf?Itemnumber=4095
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eanon Full Member Offline Thump-Thump-Thu mp Posts: 219 Austin, Texas Gender:	Re: "Bobber" DIY? Reply #2 - 12/13/07 at 14:47:06
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cFLOW Full Member Offline life is great Posts: 191 Bootheel MO Gender:	Re: "Bobber" DIY? Reply #3 - 12/13/07 at 14:51:48 verslagen's idea is great, but true thats all you need. that fender will work but it will take a lot of work, I dont know if you have seen my bike recently but that is the best way IMO the easiest way to mount it. B/c it can be really tricky to line the fender up an make mounting holes/brackets. Good Luck anyway.
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Re: "Bobber" DIY?
Reply #4 - 12/13/07 at 15:32:44

Jirehcycles.com has a 2" thick catalog you can get for free -- I will likely be getting a springer seat from them for Christmas. They have a catseye taillight that'll replace the license plate light and looks rather neat. Even the wife agreed on that! Lose the pillion pad, relocate the electronics into the airbox, do a bondo job on the holes.....

You can spend a few weeks digging through all of the older messages but I think it would be worth it.

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sluggo Serious Thumper ModSquad Offline big singles lead, twins follow the pack Posts: 4744 moses lake washington Gender:	Re: "Bobber" DIY? Reply #5 - 12/13/07 at 15:35:04 bobber kit... sacralige if you ask me. bobbin a bike is a personal thing not something you can go out and buy. i bobbed mine with second hand parts from here and there. came out pretty nice
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Reply #6 - 12/13/07 at 16:21:16

That fender would look good on the bike.What do you have to lose,if you don't like it you can always put the stock one back on.I am thinking about changing mine,I'm going to try and use the stock mounting holes in the frame and space the fender to the tire,but I will put struts or a sissy bar on.Jammer cycle products makes a cool metalflake solo seat and matching p-pad. Cool

GO FOR IT.

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sluggo Serious Thumper ModSquad Offline big singles lead, twins follow the pack Posts: 4744 moses lake washington Gender:	Re: "Bobber" DIY? Reply #7 - 12/13/07 at 16:36:41 using the existing holes is what i did, i can post a pic of how i mounted a strutless fender.
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thumperclone Serious Thumper Alliance Member Offline PGR rider riding with respect Posts: 6059 Grand Junction Colorado Gender:	Re: "Bobber" DIY? Reply #8 - 12/13/07 at 19:17:50 got to be easier and less painfull than self circumcision specially when using the Verslaggen saw!!!
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Reply #9 - 12/14/07 at 01:44:24

"Bobber kit available at harbour freight

http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/displayitem.taf?Itemnumber=4095 "

Nice!! Actually my first thought - the children always look nervous when in response to "...can you fix this, Dad?" I say "fetch me the hacksaw and the BIG hammer".

Very few off the shelf parts for the Savage in UK - and the chop scene in general not as extensive as in USofA.

I suppose I could do it in stages - just lose the chrome side bars, sissy bar and rear seat? Relocate the electrical gubbins and fit a rack? Sort of look like this (don't know if link will work!):

Thanks for sign-posts.

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sluggo Serious Thumper ModSquad Offline big singles lead, twins follow the pack Posts: 4744 moses lake washington Gender:	Re: "Bobber" DIY? Reply #10 - 12/14/07 at 03:22:51 thing is,,, once you start your in for a ride.
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Reply #11 - 12/14/07 at 04:29:28

Dave48 wrote on 12/14/07 at 01:44:24:

"Bobber kit available at harbour freight

http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/displayitem.taf?Itemnumber=4095 "

Nice!! Actually my first thought - the children always look nervous when in response to "...can you fix this, Dad?" I say "fetch me the hacksaw and the BIG hammer".

Very few off the shelf parts for the Savage in UK - and the chop scene in general not as extensive as in USofA.

I suppose I could do it in stages - just lose the chrome side bars, sissy bar and rear seat? Relocate the electrical gubbins and fit a rack? Sort of look like this (don't know if link will work!):

Thanks for sign-posts.

My. That sort of looks familiar Tongue

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Reply #12 - 12/14/07 at 06:55:15

"My. That sort of looks familiar"

I assume that I'm copying! Sorry, but then imitation is the sincerest form of flattery!

Rear chrome bits all off. I continue to be amazed at how easily even exposed nuts/bolts come undone on a 18 YO bike - either whenever anything has been dismantled in past threads have been given a coat of copper grease or it really has never been out in the wet!

Now to figure out a way to mount the flashers direct to the fender.....

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vroom1776 Serious Thumper Offline Posts: 2110 Gender:	Re: "Bobber" DIY? Reply #13 - 12/14/07 at 10:04:14 verslagen1 wrote on 12/13/07 at 14:23:47: Bobber kit available at harbour freight http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/displayitem.taf?Itemnumber=4095 I thought this was the kit... hammered my "fender" on a tree stump
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Reelthing Serious Thumper Alliance Member Offline Fish or ride that is the question Posts: 5397 Houston,Tx Gender:	Re: "Bobber" DIY? Reply #14 - 12/14/07 at 11:05:18 still makes me spine twitch just looking at it - h3ll to get old
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