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diamond jim Serious Thumper Offline Posts: 1425 North Alabama Gender:	A little too customized... 02/04/09 at 21:47:05 Dude won Spain's 2008 Custom Bike Building Championship with an 87 Savage. Interesting air filter, though.
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Re: A little too customized...
Reply #1 - 02/04/09 at 22:09:30

Seeing this just made me have to ask Oldfeller something. If we stretched the back of our bikes out and widened the frame for bigger tires, could we do a two stage thing for the belt drive? You know, use the belt drive on the engine connected to a second with a higher (or lower) gearing right behind it that would then be run to the rear wheel? This could give us an offset so the belt could run back in a straight line and not have to angle outwards around the tire. Then those of us who didn't want to go the chain route could spend a L-O-T of money, have a very strange looking bike to get different ratios to the back wheel AND be the talk of the group at our next therapy session.

Come on oldie, help me out here.

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Educatedredneck Senior Member Alliance Member Offline Sometimes it's better to be lucky than good. Posts: 458 Hampstead, Maryland Gender:	Re: A little too customized... Reply #2 - 02/04/09 at 22:12:16 This guy spent a lot of time on this, I wonder if he has rode it yet.
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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: A little too customized... Reply #3 - 02/04/09 at 23:13:29 That's an '00 or better engine. Must've used one of the industrial belts available.
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SV og LS Full Member Offline Kawasaki ZZR 1200 Posts: 236	Re: A little too customized... Reply #4 - 02/05/09 at 01:37:29 verslagen1 wrote on 02/04/09 at 23:13:29: Must've used one of the industrial belts available. Could be stock belt, pulleys appear to be stock and I can't see any swing arm mods apart from both shocks being on left side.
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Re: A little too customized...
Reply #5 - 02/05/09 at 02:57:46

You are talking about a jackshaft. They generally shift the drive belt/chain to the other side of the wheel.

Offset chain drive sprockets can be machined up. They would require something trick about the nut to hold them on (recessed into the offset sprocket).

Wider than what I have now really isn't worth all the extra work to me. What I have now is a "practical maximum" for the Savage -- what you folks are talking about is cosmetic surgery for appearance sake. Go to it, it is all yours.

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diamond jim Serious Thumper Offline Posts: 1425 North Alabama Gender:	Re: A little too customized... Reply #6 - 02/05/09 at 04:13:15 Looks like he used bike pedals for foot pegs.
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Savage_Amusement Serious Thumper Offline On this steel horse I ride. Posts: 1004 Omaha, NE Gender:	Re: A little too customized... Reply #7 - 02/05/09 at 13:24:26 The rear brake looks pretty effective. I really like a lot of the elements of the bike.
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Serowbot YaBB Moderator ModSquad Offline OK.... so what's the speed of dark? Posts: 28637 Tucson Az Gender:	Re: A little too customized... Reply #8 - 02/05/09 at 14:08:15 I want pedals....
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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: A little too customized... Reply #9 - 02/05/09 at 14:14:46 The "rat trap" pedals are reminisent of the board track era.
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PipJones Full Member Offline Posts: 146 Fort Worth, Tx Gender:	Re: A little too customized... Reply #10 - 02/05/09 at 14:24:00 his wooden seat doesn't seem very comfy......
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Gary On A Savage Serious Thumper Alliance Member Offline Only 15 mins riding could save you $$$ in Dr bills Posts: 941 Fresno, California Gender:	Re: A little too customized... Reply #11 - 02/05/09 at 16:01:08 More pics here: http://www.amdchampionship.com/content.php?page=registry&section=viewbike&eve...
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Gary On A Savage Serious Thumper Alliance Member Offline Only 15 mins riding could save you $$$ in Dr bills Posts: 941 Fresno, California Gender:	Re: A little too customized... Reply #12 - 02/05/09 at 16:02:17 Is that a gas tank or a still?
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smokin_blue Serious Thumper Offline From Cafes to Streetfighters! I build them all! Posts: 830 St. Paul, MN Gender:	Re: A little too customized... Reply #13 - 02/05/09 at 18:34:39 verslagen1 wrote on 02/04/09 at 23:13:29: That's an '00 or better engine. Must've used one of the industrial belts available. why?? just looks painted to me.
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smokin_blue Serious Thumper Offline From Cafes to Streetfighters! I build them all! Posts: 830 St. Paul, MN Gender:	Re: A little too customized... Reply #14 - 02/05/09 at 18:35:24 Savage_Amusement wrote on 02/05/09 at 13:24:26: The rear brake looks pretty effective. I really like a lot of the elements of the bike. Braking the drive line looks cool but is on the dangerous side of things.
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