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Yonuh Adisi FSO Serious Thumper Offline Savage Jedi (Knight) Posts: 3622 Pilot Valley NV, aka Tatooine Gender:	Re: Forward Controls Reply #15 - 08/04/08 at 18:56:06 Demin wrote on 08/04/08 at 18:52:24: I've been thinking about doing that to mine,just for a little extra strength.Just haven't got around to it. Ditto on that, I too have been thinking along those lines.
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Reply #16 - 08/06/08 at 07:28:51

Toymaker wrote on 08/04/08 at 18:46:29:

After our ride this weekend, we all noticed a slight bend in my plates. I Talked with Oldfeller and we came up with a mod of a mod. I removed the frontmost bolt that goes through the footpegs and took a piece of 3/8" allthread 13 1/2 inches long and made a "bolt" out of the threaded rod. Ran it through a 3/8 id metal pipe and tied the two footpegs together. Tightened them down and WOW what a difference. The two plated together act like they are much thicker...no flexing at all. Also, I now have a place to hang a toolbag that I didn't before...or maybe an aux fuel tank...?????

Great minds think alike.... Wink

I just did that to my ED L. extensions this weekend..

I'm a worry wart type and was concerned that the kickstand made the plate flex. Then I noticed the flex when I pushed with my legs a bit to stretch. The "All-thread" made a wolrd of difference. I painted it black then put rubber hose over it.

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Toymaker Serious Thumper Offline Dragon Rider Posts: 1534 Granite Falls, NC Gender:	Re: Forward Controls Reply #17 - 08/06/08 at 08:09:38 I put the allthread inside a plumbing pipe, that way I could tighten the plates up on it. Also painted it all black. The pipe is almost the same size as the frame tubes...looks like it is meant to be there.
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Toymaker Serious Thumper Offline Dragon Rider Posts: 1534 Granite Falls, NC Gender:	Re: Forward Controls Reply #18 - 08/06/08 at 08:57:47 Here are a couple of pics of what I did.
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mastrofury YaBB Newbies Offline Posts: 26 Beaufort SC Gender:	Re: Forward Controls Reply #19 - 08/06/08 at 09:04:06 I want some!!!
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Re: Forward Controls
Reply #20 - 08/06/08 at 10:40:11

Toymaker wrote on 08/06/08 at 08:57:47:

Here are a couple of pics of what I did.
http://i307.photobucket.com/albums/nn298/ToymakerNC/DSC01357.jpg

http://i307.photobucket.com/albums/nn298/ToymakerNC/DSC01358.jpg

Yea ok...... just a little too busy to run down to the parking lot to snap a picture. And the cellphone camera is a little lame.

Toymaker, you should think about moving the heat shield up a little. It almost looks like you might be burning some pants there..... NOTE: this is a pre all-thread pict.

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Re: Forward Controls
Reply #21 - 08/07/08 at 13:35:50

I'm going to make the two ... two ... two plates as one (too much teevee and the doublemint gum thing springs out occasionally) as well. That's where I'll figure out a horizontal oil cooler placement. Scoop air through it from above and dump it out the bottom. My thinking on this is it;ll redirect hot air flow away from me while riding. Vertical position would have hot air from oil cooler blowing back towards legs (?).

Ed - What's your experience with a vertical oil cooler?

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Re: Forward Controls
Reply #22 - 08/07/08 at 19:03:13

If you mean a oil cooler that fills from the bottom from to the top (vertical) I've been using one off what I think was a GXS'er with no problem. At first I thought that a horizontal (side fill) cooler would have problems with air pockets and not filling but I have changed my opinion on it. There is plenty of flow at a higher RPM which will purge any trapped air in a cooler. When I first installed my set of forward controls I was using a cross bar also, had my gremlin bell hanging off it. I've been thinkng about putting it back on, it does make a difference and fills in the space between the plates. Glad everybody likes the kits, I'll be making more in the near future.

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Re: Forward Controls
Reply #23 - 08/08/08 at 11:31:27

Ed L. wrote on 08/07/08 at 19:03:13:

If you mean a oil cooler that fills from the bottom from to the top (vertical) I've been using one off what I think was a GXS'er with no problem. At first I thought that a horizontal (side fill) cooler would have problems with air pockets and not filling but I have changed my opinion on it. There is plenty of flow at a higher RPM which will purge any trapped air in a cooler. When I first installed my set of forward controls I was using a cross bar also, had my gremlin bell hanging off it. I've been thinkng about putting it back on, it does make a difference and fills in the space between the plates. Glad everybody likes the kits, I'll be making more in the near future.

Ed,
Maybe you might want to add a bump / tab on the right plate so that the heat shield can be raised. With the extensions, your leg is farther front thus higher on the angled exhuast pipe.

For mine, I used some alum. flatt bar put on behind the plate, and washers for spacers whereever needed (bottonm hole & top H.S. hole). It would be easier if a tab was added......

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troglobil Junior Member Offline '08 S40 Posts: 86 Winder, GA	Re: Forward Controls Reply #24 - 08/08/08 at 18:26:17 Ok Ed, you got me interested. How much do you sell the forward controls for? Bil
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Coleman YaBB Newbies Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 48	Re: Forward Controls Reply #25 - 08/09/08 at 22:28:51 I am somewhat interested to.
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Ed L. Serious Thumper Alliance Member Offline "We All go a Little Crazy Sometimes" Norman Bates Posts: 2808 Sunny Florida Gender:	Re: Forward Controls Reply #26 - 08/10/08 at 13:05:00 Shoot me a PM and I'll put you on the list. They are going for $95.00 which includes shipping.
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madden111 YaBB Newbies Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 7	Re: Forward Controls Reply #27 - 08/10/08 at 15:10:42 how much were your foword controls? and do they make them for a 2000 savage? or do i have to by them for a sporster?
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Ed L. Serious Thumper Alliance Member Offline "We All go a Little Crazy Sometimes" Norman Bates Posts: 2808 Sunny Florida Gender:	Re: Forward Controls Reply #28 - 08/10/08 at 17:10:07 No, you don't need to buy a set for a sporty, don't think that they would fit. I've been making them just for the savage, PM me if interested.
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ero4444 Full Member Offline weekender Posts: 176	Re: Forward Controls Reply #29 - 08/31/08 at 10:27:46 Does 4" forward work with the OEM engine guard?
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