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Tincanman Serious Thumper Offline O~`o Posts: 566 Omaha, NE Gender:	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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odvelasc Ex Member	Re: Cutting off the shocks !! Reply #1 - 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 Serious Thumper Offline Posts: 1425 North Alabama Gender:	Re: Cutting off the shocks !! Reply #2 - 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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Savage_Amusement Serious Thumper Offline On this steel horse I ride. Posts: 1004 Omaha, NE Gender:	Re: Cutting off the shocks !! Reply #3 - 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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Tincanman Serious Thumper Offline O~`o Posts: 566 Omaha, NE Gender:	Re: Cutting off the shocks !! Reply #4 - 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 Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 1732	Re: Cutting off the shocks !! Reply #5 - 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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Big Nix Junior Member Offline Screw dieing of natural causes. Posts: 51 Atlanta, GA Gender:	Re: Cutting off the shocks !! Reply #6 - 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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Chopped Senior Member Offline Hurts Like hell when you shoot yourself! Posts: 499 Stafford, VA Gender:	Re: Cutting off the shocks !! Reply #7 - 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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Re: Cutting off the shocks !!
Reply #8 - 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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Chopped Senior Member Offline Hurts Like hell when you shoot yourself! Posts: 499 Stafford, VA Gender:	Re: Cutting off the shocks !! Reply #9 - 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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diamond jim Serious Thumper Offline Posts: 1425 North Alabama Gender:	Re: Cutting off the shocks !! Reply #10 - 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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