Well, after 4 months of working on it, I finally got my Savage back on the road this weekend. Fired her up on Thursday, did a little riding around on Friday to test her, then rode 150 miles on Saturday with a friend and his wife. We only meant to go up to Oakhurst (about an hour's ride away), but when we got there, being such a beautiful day and everything working so well, we just had to ride to Glacier point in Yosemite!
Anyway, she's not all done, but mostly back together. There's still some work to be done and I don't have pics of everything yet. I'll post as I can. My brother did the hard work and there are some real inovations I want to share with you, giving him the credit. I'll get more pics up as soon as I can.
Some of the mods finished are:
- New fiberglass full fenders
- Full size, adjustable floorboards
- Frame modifed to fit the new rear fender and fit the sportster seat
- New tail light and turn signals
- Polished front forks
- Header painted black
Things still left to do:
- HD Dyna muffler mounted (couldn't get the fit right in time - needs an extension with a slight bend in it to fit)
- Get a REAL seat (maybe corbin sportster), this one HURTS
- PAINT IT! My dad is an ex bodyshop painter and promised to put a nice paint job on it...provided he gets to ride it.
Funny thing is no one could figure out what kind of bike it was. I had three different guys ask me what it was (all three riders). I asked two of them what they thought it was, both said it must be an old Harley. I asked them if they ever heard of HD making a big single and they said no. They were interested in it till I said it was a modified Suzuki Savage. So when the third guy asked, I said it was a "custom". That was good enough for him.