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matt_savage Full Member Offline I love YaBB 1G - SP1! Posts: 177	Re: Oldfeller's Savage was rear ended hard Reply #30 - 08/26/09 at 19:41:51 I've got a driver foot peg I'm not using you can have if yours is toast. Just shoot me an address and I'll stick in the snail mail for ya. The least I can do for all the great advice/tips I've gotten on this site in the last couple of years. -Matt
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mpescatori Serious Thumper Offline Romanum Thumperium Cavalco, yeaaah !!! Posts: 3547 Rome, Italy Gender:	Re: Oldfeller's Savage was rear ended hard Reply #31 - 08/27/09 at 05:12:41 Boule’tard wrote on 08/26/09 at 17:33:53: Skid Mark wrote on 08/26/09 at 08:58:37: I also hope you can track that SOB down and at least get paid for the bike repairs. Or at least deliver a serious, serious beating. Ditto that Now, where did I put my violin case...
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mpescatori Serious Thumper Offline Romanum Thumperium Cavalco, yeaaah !!! Posts: 3547 Rome, Italy Gender:	Re: Oldfeller's Savage was rear ended hard Reply #32 - 08/27/09 at 09:27:50 Come to think of it, OldFeller, you're a lucky man ! Just imagine if you had been sitting on the bike at the time...
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Re: Oldfeller's Savage was rear ended hard
Reply #33 - 08/28/09 at 07:09:55

He hit the rear wheel so hard he would have driven the sissy bar upright right into my spine (breaking me in two about midway up my spine) before spreading me out over his hood and windshield.

Yeah, I already thought about that. I'd rather be gimp for a while rather than paralyzed from the waist down.

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I got some parts coming from the folks above so I am likely good to go when they get here. Only supposition to that comes from the rear wheel and swingarm / frame -- I am making the assumption I can repair / straighten these items at this point in time. At least I am going to try to anyway as changing them out would be a WHOLE LOT of work.

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ralfyguy Serious Thumper Offline Posts: 932	Re: Oldfeller's Savage was rear ended hard Reply #34 - 08/28/09 at 10:23:32 Got any pictures of the mess?
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Re: Oldfeller's Savage was rear ended hard
Reply #35 - 09/03/09 at 07:35:08

Nope, I just went to work fixing things. I never take pictures when I am seriously working on something -- I'm busy.

Got the rear fender bending damage straightened up with only one little spot that shows a crinkle in the paint.

Thanks to GaryOnASavage and his USPS box of spare parts (thanks again Gary !!) I have mirrors, turn signals and footpegs again. That was a big kindness that avoided a lot of dollars sent to Bike Bandit.

I fixed the crushed saddlebag with a piece of thin aluminum followed by wetting them good then and stuffing them full and letting them dry out and get stiff in the correct shape. Bags are "formed" correctly again with the epoxied aluminum piece holding the back of the bag out from the bike correctly again.

My rear wheel is still slightly warped and I cannot spoke tune all of it out. It is "good enough to use" but not perfect by any means. More fiddling is needed here.

The remaining puzzlement is frame and tracking related. I may start a thread up on this one as the root cause isn't clear and it results in high speed wobble which is serious enough that if I can figure out how to fix it maybe the knowledge should be preserved.

Thanks again Gary !!

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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: Oldfeller's Savage was rear ended hard Reply #36 - 09/08/09 at 08:21:02 It was a pleasure helping out. Those parts were just sitting around collecting dust and was glad they could go to a good cause. Just sorry they weren't in a prettier state. I hope you could polish them up alright.
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Re: Oldfeller's Savage was rear ended hard
Reply #37 - 09/20/09 at 06:44:53

Old Fella, so sorry to hear of the accident caused by some dim witted s.o.b. I don t have any spare parts to send yet I do have hugs and kisses and many warm wishes for your knee to heal and that your back on your bike again soon.

To all of you that have helped O/F out I thank you and it brings tears to a gals eyes to see and know that many of you care so much to help him out.. Hugs and kisses to you as well..... Wink

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Toymaker Serious Thumper Offline Dragon Rider Posts: 1534 Granite Falls, NC Gender:	Re: Oldfeller's Savage was rear ended hard Reply #38 - 09/20/09 at 06:55:52 Kimchris, OF has been around here for quite a while and has done a lot of research on our Savages. Sometimes we may not agree but we still ride Zukes. T
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dhtran YaBB Newbies Offline If you see this, I should be studying.. Posts: 19 Houston, TX Gender:	Re: Oldfeller's Savage was rear ended hard Reply #39 - 09/20/09 at 06:55:57 I just replaced all of my stock lenses signals and brake light to clear. Do you want these?
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