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Savage too small for me?
07/01/09 at 14:47:58
I'm 6'2 215lbs and I'm wondering if a savage would be too small for me. I was thinking of buying a used one and turning it into a bobber. Also can you run 70mph on these things without it vibrating like crazy or screaming at high rpms?
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07/01/09 at 14:54:42
There's a lot of guys here your size,... but it cruises better at 60mph...
And there's a lot of guys here who will say it's great at 70 too....
The real question is,... do you really want to cruise at 70 on a bobber?... It'll do it all day, but I wouldn't want too.
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07/01/09 at 14:58:27
6' 240# myself
You'll need to make the seat and the handlebars fit you, just about everyone does and forward footpegs sometimes.
I like the stock footpeg, HD seat with a set of low rise handlebars on high risers best.
If you want to stay with the stock seat, then forward footpegs will be nice.
I do a 1/2 hour daily commute and I'm over 70 most of the time.
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07/01/09 at 16:05:05
6' and 250+ myself and have no problems, but then I made some homemade forward controls. And yes, it will do 70+ rather well.
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07/01/09 at 16:13:26
Raising the front of the seat by a good inch is the best bang for the buck for comfort. I changed out the buckhorns on my '02 and put on a clubman, sportster type, didn't like the hand posistion of the stock bars. A carb rejet and a different muffler will get the bike running over 70 mph with ease. A savage is a light bike but can cruise on the superslab all day if needed. Luck with the bob
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Silver '02, clubman handle bars, Cobra headlight, Sportster muffler, K+N stock air filter, 152.5 main, Superbrace, oil cooler, 1/2 inch aluminium plate forward controls, spark advance, goes like stink
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07/01/09 at 17:59:37
6' 235...........Forward controls via Ed_L, convert to a chain drive(pick and choose your ratio), white spacer mod, dump the 50lb stock muffler and rejet. Oh yes, fix the seat.
I did the above. Can cruise 70-75 all day. I did more than all that but the rest was cosmetic. You know, dumping the sidecovers, repaint, clubman bars, etc.
Have fun!
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'96 Black "bed liner" paint.. Ed_L forward controls, HD bars with 1"socket risers, 155 main, pod filter, HD exhaust, punched baffle, modded seat, chain drive conversion, slavy mod
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07/01/09 at 18:00:54
Glad to know I'm not alone in being "plus" sized.
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'96 Black "bed liner" paint.. Ed_L forward controls, HD bars with 1"socket risers, 155 main, pod filter, HD exhaust, punched baffle, modded seat, chain drive conversion, slavy mod
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07/01/09 at 18:08:28
5 6 160 perfect size,didn't have to raise front of seat. Seat OK with aftermarket shocks
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07/01/09 at 21:48:02
You'll hate the seat and the shocks. Forward controls are very nice but not entirely necessary. I found on my bike that between 60-65 the vibration was rather bad but past that it seemed to smooth out. It will do 70 all day but you wont unless you mod or change out the seat.
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07/02/09 at 00:56:38
i second the 5'6" 165 !! i think she fits me perfect!! my dad is 6'1" and he looked slightly cramped, but new pegs would help him out
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'95 bobber rat...i guess it's a "bat bike" haha flat black mostly, bare metal tank, header wrap, always a work in progress !
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07/02/09 at 06:28:11
6'5" and 210-220lb. Fits me a little small but I like being able to manhandle it. I could use larger pegs since I have large feet/shoes and it'd be nice to have a seat adjustment but otherwise I couldn't ask for a better small cruiser.
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07/02/09 at 08:09:57
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6'5" and 210-220lb. Fits me a little small but I like being able to manhandle it. I could use larger pegs since I have large feet/shoes and it'd be nice to have a seat adjustment but otherwise I couldn't ask for a better small cruiser.
Wow!... 6'-5"!.... I think you hold the record....
Any pics of you on the bike?...
Who's our tiniest rider?...
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07/02/09 at 11:14:02
im 155 on a good day other then that 145-150. 5'5 or 5'6 idk..
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07/02/09 at 15:57:40
Hopefully I won't look like a monkey *&#$ing a football riding it
Here's some photo's of my last project. I chaned the apes out for 4" risers and drag bars. I just finished it and some guy screwed up on Methadone ran me off the road and totalled it. Luckily I was ok. The bike is a 650 Vstar, did everything myself, didn't have the springs under the seat on this picture and finished up a few other things after the pics were taken. Looks like I have some reading to do around here so I know what all mods I'll need to do!
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07/02/09 at 16:11:36
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Who's our tiniest rider?...
5'3" and 115
do i make the cut?
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