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Re: New Fenders from Oldy's
Reply #15 - 03/05/08 at 08:48:32

skrapiron,

I rolled my paint last fall using rustoleum from instructions I found searching the internet. Turned out real good and is easier and cheaper to do than a rattlecan job. It doesn't have that "plastic" look you get from a clear coat but looks like the old single stage paint jobs. Polishes to a nice shine (the key is in the buffing).

My dad is an old body shop mechanic/painter. When I told him about it he just said, "oh yeah, we used to do that".

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Re: New Fenders from Oldy's -- UPDATED 3/29
Reply #17 - 03/29/08 at 17:15:16

Update: Got the fenders in last Friday. Really like the looks. The front fender was a special size order and the finish was still rough. I sanded it down pretty good, but it still needs some more work before painting. The rear fender has been sanded and primed, ready for paint.

I was able to mock them up today. The front will be pretty straight forward to mount. The back's going to need some special handling to get it to fit good. Here's some pics.

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'95 Savage with the lowered, full fender look
'96 Honda Shadow 1100 ACE
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Gary On A Savage Serious Thumper Alliance Member Offline Only 15 mins riding could save you $$$ in Dr bills Posts: 941 Fresno, California Gender:	Re: New Fenders from Oldy's -- UPDATED 3/29 Reply #18 - 03/29/08 at 17:16:37 Sorry. Pics are too big. Right click and view them to see the whole picture.
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joebothehobo Full Member Offline Ride like a ghost. Posts: 233 Los Angeles, CA Gender:	Re: New Fenders from Oldy's -- UPDATED 3/29 Reply #19 - 03/29/08 at 17:31:15 looks great! are you gonna keep the front fender how it is or rotate it forward a bit so that the flat line is parallel to the ground like in vivs?
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Re: New Fenders from Oldy's -- UPDATED 3/29
Reply #20 - 03/29/08 at 17:55:55

joebothehobo wrote on 03/29/08 at 17:31:15:

looks great! are you gonna keep the front fender how it is or rotate it forward a bit so that the flat line is parallel to the ground like in vivs?

The front's leaning back too much in the picture, but I want it to lean back and not be level. Also, I'm going to lean the back a little more than it is. Just can't tell until I get a tire back there to sight it right.

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stinger Serious Thumper Offline I love YaBB 1G - SP1! Posts: 848	Re: New Fenders from Oldy's -- UPDATED 3/29 Reply #21 - 03/30/08 at 01:42:23 Sweet bike! After all that work, I notice it still has the big ugly stock muffler! That would have to go!
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TheFid Senior Member Offline WE Come Unclean. Posts: 282 U.K. Morecambe Gender:	Re: New Fenders from Oldy's -- UPDATED 3/29 Reply #22 - 03/30/08 at 05:45:39 Supurb, I love it. What a Bike!!!!!!
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Re: New Fenders from Oldy's
Reply #23 - 03/30/08 at 06:07:34

FreeSpirit wrote on 03/04/08 at 17:55:23:

I just had no idea you could do that with a Savage !!!

oh yeah you can make the savage into anything you like, it's a very versitile platform, i believe suzuki knows this and actually makes money on it.

bagger, bobber, classic it's all been done with a savage.

i see the savage as being the VW of the motorcycle world. you could/can do some pretty wild stuff them.

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Gort Ex Member	Re: New Fenders from Oldy's -- UPDATED 3/29 Reply #24 - 03/30/08 at 23:26:36 Did your wife say if the German script says where to get those pull back handlebars? I've never found ones just like those.
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Re: New Fenders from Oldy's
Reply #25 - 03/31/08 at 01:50:17

vroom1776 wrote on 03/04/08 at 18:15:18:

Gary On A Savage wrote on 03/04/08 at 08:47:32:

Painting them forest green (toying with some black accent).

cool lookin, fer sure... but green is an "unlucky," to say the least color for motorcycles or race cars...

used to be a bit more than bad taste, to show up on a green motorcycle

Maybe that's why Kawasaki have never won one race... Cheesy

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Re: New Fenders from Oldy's -- UPDATED 3/29
Reply #26 - 03/31/08 at 08:55:02

its been years but james stewart and ricky carmichael both were kawasaki riders i think james still is.

sweet fenders i love em!
to size them down before you upload them right click on them.. open with. open with ms paint then you can go to stretch/skew and get them smaller say %40. will also take less space on your computer and load/upload faster online.

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