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Tincanman
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Cutting off the shocks !!
03/15/09 at 18:59:03
cant find the post but some1 had pics up where they cut the shock mounts off and went hard tail. I would like to see the pics again if any one knows who or where they are. thanks
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Are we gona ride? or just dic around all day?
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03/16/09 at 05:50:09
I do not believe it was so much a cut off as it was a removal of the shocks.
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diamond jim
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03/16/09 at 05:51:59
The usual method is to replace the shocks with solid metal that is shorter than the stock shocks.
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03/16/09 at 06:52:41
I know what your talking about. I'll look a bit and get it to ya.
I think I found what you were looking for man.
Here is the thread.
http://suzukisavage.com/cgi-bin/YaBB.pl?num=1234490982/0#0
This bike is what I'm thinking you were yapping about.
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03/16/09 at 17:43:58
yup thats the one!
and Im goin to remove ALL the upper mounts, with the seat I run they look like crap.
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BurnPgh
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03/16/09 at 17:58:18
i personally like that purple one with the struts in place of the shocks. I know it wont but that set up looks like the swingarms gunna snap or bend at the first big bump.
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03/26/09 at 07:17:54
i just wonder how bad the ride would be if you went to a hard tail. I've never rode one and it just seems like your ass and back and everything else would take a hell of a beating.
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03/26/09 at 08:06:52
Its not that bad... I will tell you that a Savage with a Hardtail puts off some wicked vibrations!
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03/26/09 at 08:45:31
Big Nix wrote
on 03/26/09 at 07:17:54:
i just wonder how bad the ride would be if you went to a hard tail. I've never rode one and it just seems like your ass and back and everything else would take a hell of a beating.
I very seriously thought about this. I even went to a local machine shop and had them make them. The plans were for 1" stainless steel round stock with the ends nicely rounded like the end of a broomstick. They put the job aside for later and forgot about it. I went back a week later and said nevermind. I've decided to wait til the magical stimulus plan manages to repave the country roads I drive on everyday. I could definitely foresee my rear tire catching air on a sharp-curved potholed road.
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03/26/09 at 08:50:15
It darn does... Ive got about four inches or so off the ground at 55+ mph... so much fun on a bike that weights about 350 wet!
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03/26/09 at 09:04:50
Ha ha. The highways around my house are decent. It's just the roads getting there and back. But soon I'll do it.
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