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bill67 Serious Thumper Offline old tired Posts: 8517 genoa city wisconsin Gender:	Re: Anyone tried a lightweight battery? Reply #30 - 11/10/09 at 16:32:42 Bouletard was talking about hooking up a dishwasher,So were talking plumbing
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justin_o_guy2 Serious Thumper Offline What happened? Posts: 55279 East Texas, 1/2 dallas/la.	Re: Anyone tried a lightweight battery? Reply #31 - 11/10/09 at 17:18:41 But why cant plastic do the hot, too? It does here in Tx. CPVC for hot, PVC for cold.
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Truckinduc Senior Member Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 255	Re: Anyone tried a lightweight battery? Reply #32 - 11/10/09 at 18:16:05 Mine used to be mounted there, but I gave up after 3 batteries fried.
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Truckinduc Senior Member Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 255	Re: Anyone tried a lightweight battery? Reply #33 - 11/10/09 at 18:16:18
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Routy Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 2280 Winston Oregon Gender:	Re: Anyone tried a lightweight battery? Reply #34 - 11/10/09 at 18:27:24 justin_o_guy2 wrote on 11/10/09 at 17:18:41: But why cant plastic do the hot, too? It does here in Tx. CPVC for hot, PVC for cold. Where you guys been ? Everything is done in pex tubing now,...hot cold all the same, except for the color. Copper is history.
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bill67 Serious Thumper Offline old tired Posts: 8517 genoa city wisconsin Gender:	Re: Anyone tried a lightweight battery? Reply #35 - 11/10/09 at 18:44:52 Different states have difference codes.In Wisconsin you can't use and unvented heater in your garage,but in Illinois you can use it in every room but a bedroom.Just showing how codes are different . I live on the state line of wi and il.
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Reply #36 - 11/10/09 at 20:24:12

Truckinduc wrote on 11/10/09 at 18:16:05:

Mine used to be mounted there, but I gave up after 3 batteries fried.

Holy F*CK! The same Truckinduc that posted this build on supermotojunkies and the VTR streetfighter and you're building another one out of a Savage?!! I will be watching that thread, to say the least.

Pay attention folks. This dude is an artist and real builder of bikes straight out of scrap metal. Way more talented than any of those OCC clowns.

So my battery will fry, dammit. Did your batteries have 130 cranking amps, and how long did they last? This yuasa is supposed to be really good for its size. Maybe I should mount it half-ass where the battery box was before welding on the shelf brackets? I've also heard of Yuasa "snap failure" but thought they fixed it.

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Reply #37 - 11/10/09 at 20:36:05

Well Thank you for the warm welcome.

Dont take it as me saying your battery will fry. As long as the Yusa is a gel battery, it should be fine mounted to the swinger.

Mine were frying not because of the mounting, but because of the quality of the battery itself.

It was an Xtreme brand AGM battery. The brand they sell at the Batterys plus stores.

I got 20 miles out of the first batt, 300 out of the second one, and 4 out of the third. I was fed up with them at that point. Went back to a wet lead acid and never had another problem. 3000 miles later still no problem.

My savage is getting Sportbike wheels and suspension, as well as a turbo. Its gonna be a sport bike in disguise

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dasch Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 1137	Re: Anyone tried a lightweight battery? Reply #38 - 11/11/09 at 03:40:02 Truckinduc, this is a piece of idea!! Kudos! I was measuring for similar thing, than I ran out of free time... Please post more of this project.
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Truckinduc Senior Member Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 255	Re: Anyone tried a lightweight battery? Reply #39 - 11/11/09 at 13:28:56 Like this?
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Reply #40 - 11/11/09 at 21:10:43

Monoshock swingarm, 40+mm forks, rear disc, cast wheels.. exhaust literally over the top.. drool drool, etc. This can't NOT turn out badass. Needs a lighter weight battery though Cheesy

Did you tuck in the footpegs to deal with the stock bike's lack of ground clearance? Will the suspension raise the bike much?

Hope your knee's doing allright. It is pretty inspiring to see this kind of work being done by someone as they hop around on crutches.

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Reply #41 - 11/11/09 at 21:29:24

Does the Savage engine have enough oil pressure for the bearings in a turbo to survive? I love the idea, but have concerns about feeding that turbo bearing, especially at idle.It's possible you will have to figure out an auxillary oil pump & reservoir seperate for the turbo. With a timer you could continue to circulate oil to the bearings after shutdown. Hmmmmm. Cool

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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: Anyone tried a lightweight battery? Reply #42 - 11/11/09 at 21:38:42 The pressure out of the oil pump is pretty low. I'd tap the case and run an aux. pump.
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RidgeRunner13 Serious Thumper Offline haulin' the groceries! Posts: 649 Mustang Island, Texas Gender:	Re: Anyone tried a lightweight battery? Reply #43 - 11/11/09 at 21:50:05 With what I know about turbo bearings, I think you would be better off with a seperate oil supply just for the turbo. Too many possibilities of damage from contaminants in the oil in the motorcycle crankcase.
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Truckinduc Senior Member Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 255	Re: Anyone tried a lightweight battery? Reply #44 - 11/14/09 at 20:18:01 Why do you say that? Just because of the clutch fibers in the oil? Lots of bikes run turbos these days circulating the engine oil. Given it might be necessary to change the oil more frequently.
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