SuzukiSavage.com - Your favorite mod.

Digger Serious Thumper 2005 No Login Offline Ya gotta be tough to ride singles! Posts: 1604 Colorado Springs, CO Gender:	Re: Your favorite mod. Reply #30 - 07/31/08 at 21:33:24 If I had to pick just one, it would be the JC Whitney trunk. I don't own a cage, so my Savage is my daily driver. It's amazing what you can carry with a trunk and some mailing tape to strap stuff to the back seat.
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Paladin. Serious Thumper Offline Hamster Posts: 4929 Sunny Southern California Gender:	Re: Your favorite mod. Reply #31 - 07/31/08 at 21:44:59 My saddlebags are an accessory, not a mod. My big mods are the 7: headlight and the springer saddle. While the headlight looks good and improved lighting, the saddle had improved comfort considerably and has to rate as the best mod I have done.
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Re: Your favorite mod.
Reply #32 - 08/08/08 at 21:47:09

Digger wrote on 07/31/08 at 21:33:24:

If I had to pick just one, it would be the JC Whitney trunk.

I don't own a cage, so my Savage is my daily driver.

It's amazing what you can carry with a trunk and some mailing tape to strap stuff to the back seat.

Like this:

My beast of burden. This was a box holding a seat for my ST1100 that I sold on eBay and was taking to the post office.

My Savage earns its keep!

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2001, Metallic Glacial Blue, Raptor Petcock, Verslavy (first hole) (otherwise, mechanically, the bike is stock), 13,xxx miles
I don't own a cage.
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justin_o_guy2 Serious Thumper Offline What happened? Posts: 55279 East Texas, 1/2 dallas/la.	Re: Your favorite mod. Reply #33 - 08/08/08 at 23:11:13 Those seats look easier on the butt than the newer design.
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grandpa Senior Member Offline Old but not cold!!! Posts: 259 Bartlett TN Gender:	Re: Your favorite mod. Reply #34 - 08/09/08 at 03:59:15 Tough question. I would go with the larger tires. Major difference whether on the freeway rain grooves or the urban jungle. Still working to make extension tabs to get the front fender back on. Time has been the obstacle. Second would be the Dyna muff and carb rejet-what a difference!3 Third would be the Progressive shocks.
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Oldfeller--FSO Serious Thumper ModSquad Offline Hobby is now "concentrated neuropany" Posts: 12671 Fayetteville, NC Gender:	Re: Your favorite mod. Reply #35 - 08/09/08 at 04:07:07 Larger tires help with rain grooves. IRC tires are miserable on rain grooves and seams in concrete roads -- any wider better tire will improve on these points.
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Oldfeller--FSO Serious Thumper ModSquad Offline Hobby is now "concentrated neuropany" Posts: 12671 Fayetteville, NC Gender:	Re: Your favorite mod. Reply #36 - 08/09/08 at 04:24:34 Mounting a set of saddle bags. Brighter headlight. Bigger rear tire. Better front tire (BMW touring style). Better front brake pads (no squeal).
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Re: Your favorite mod.
Reply #37 - 08/09/08 at 05:47:24

Justin brings up a point about our rear brakes -- they can exceed the grip capacity of the rear tires if suddenly actuated.

But this is common to every bike I have ever ridden. Our rear brake can be gently applied or moderately applied or stomped violently and you get the response you expected to get from the input you gave it.

If you have to intentionally neuter your rear brake to keep from killing yourself, I would expect that you lived up in the mountains somewhere.

Our rear brakes ARE dangerous up in the mountains, as are our flat lander rear braking habits.

Oldfeller

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LANCER Serious Thumper Alliance Member Offline Savage Beast Performance Parts Posts: 10661 Oklahoma Gender:	Re: Your favorite mod. Reply #38 - 08/09/08 at 06:58:50 Did you snap this picture on the way back from the dumpster ?
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Re: Your favorite mod.
Reply #39 - 08/09/08 at 08:17:09

1 tuning the carb
2 custom exhaust with red heat wrap
3 chopping down seat to solo and having it recovered
4 wet sanding down all tins and painting flat black
5 trailor fender for back fender
6 ed l forward controls
7 taking off trun signals and mirrors
8 currently reversing risers and installing fatboy bars i scored from demin (thanks again demin)

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Bike info 2006 S40
Mods front fender delete, mini ape style bars, solo seat, boat trailer read fender, turn signal delete, free flow exhaust, ed.l forward controls, and pegs

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