SuzukiSavage.com - From Pegged to Spiked

Horatio Hawkshaw

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From Pegged to Spiked
05/09/10 at 07:37:36

I was home alone the other night, drinking beer, watching some thing on TV about trains. So I started thinking...

I had been carting around a few rail road spikes for nearly a decade and decided I needed a better way to carrying them around than in a box with other miscellaneous items I've collected over the years...

Sand them up, primered, & then painted them with some engine epoxy...

I cut the actual spike off flat and aligned the bolt hole so the flat end butts up against the bracket, holding them in the proper position.
Very simple and actually quite comfortable under the Doc Martin's. And d@mn cool looking, in my opinion. Wink

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wolfmrp Senior Member Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 259 Portland Or	Re: From Pegged to Spiked Reply #1 - 05/09/10 at 07:52:16 Love it. Good overall look on the bike too.
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Horatio Hawkshaw Ex Member	Re: From Pegged to Spiked Reply #2 - 05/09/10 at 09:49:59 Thankee sai.
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Serowbot YaBB Moderator ModSquad Offline OK.... so what's the speed of dark? Posts: 28848 Tucson Az Gender:	Re: From Pegged to Spiked Reply #3 - 05/09/10 at 09:56:35 Gives the bike,.. attitude... I like... ...
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LostArtist Ex Member	Re: From Pegged to Spiked Reply #4 - 05/09/10 at 11:02:37 dude, that looks like a sweet ride!!! more pics!!!!!!!!
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dasch Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 1137	Re: From Pegged to Spiked Reply #5 - 05/09/10 at 11:08:38 Nice aggressive bike. Kudos!
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Edgar Senior Member Offline Are you a lucky little lady in the city of light? Posts: 353 San Diego	Re: From Pegged to Spiked Reply #6 - 05/09/10 at 11:19:46 Thats mean looking alright! Are those tires stock size???
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Horatio Hawkshaw Ex Member	Re: From Pegged to Spiked Reply #7 - 05/09/10 at 11:44:56 Edgar wrote on 05/09/10 at 11:19:46: Thats mean looking alright! Are those tires stock size??? Yep, they're both stock sizes, front and rear. I think the fender mods help sell the illusion that they're bigger.
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Horatio Hawkshaw

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Re: From Pegged to Spiked
Reply #8 - 05/09/10 at 12:04:58

LostArtist wrote on 05/09/10 at 11:02:37:

dude, that looks like a sweet ride!!! more pics!!!!!!!!

Okey dokey Grin

Took this yesterday after my first real ride of the year:

Here's a good shot of the seat...

I made a plate to go under the front of the seat pan- spans the frame and uses the four springs left over from the clutch rebuild I did last year. The seat itself is hinged from the rear. It's a lot more comfortable than it looks.

And the speedo just because...

There's a small neon/LED bulb between the leather and the sheet metal with a small hole to let the illumination through. Lights it up right nice at night.

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Scott_H Full Member Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 130 Escondido, CA Gender:	Re: From Pegged to Spiked Reply #9 - 05/09/10 at 12:13:59 Could you grab a close-up shot of the seat flipped up? I'm really interested in how you mounted it. Very cool looking bike!
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Edgar Senior Member Offline Are you a lucky little lady in the city of light? Posts: 353 San Diego	Re: From Pegged to Spiked Reply #10 - 05/09/10 at 12:21:23 Scott_H wrote on 05/09/10 at 12:13:59: Could you grab a close-up shot of the seat flipped up? I'm really interested in how you mounted it. Very cool looking bike! Id like to see that too!
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Re: From Pegged to Spiked
Reply #11 - 05/09/10 at 14:24:11

Nice. I actually saw a pair of pegs on Ebay that were made from railroad spikes. He somehow twisted the spike, just once in the center. They sold for like $23.

Heres a set for almost $50, so look what you saved! http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/CHROME-RAILROAD-SPIKE-FOOT-PEG-HARLEY-_W0QQcmd...

These are highway pegs, but the ones that I first saw. I like 'em. http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/highway-pegs-american-railroad-spikes-_W0QQcmd...

Yours look great!

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Horatio Hawkshaw

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Re: From Pegged to Spiked
Reply #12 - 05/09/10 at 14:34:04

Ask and ye shall receive Wink

Main view of the seat:

The whole thing hinges towrds the rear...

I cannibalized another solo seat for the bracket...

The plate and four clutch springs...

From the back side. A threaded rod goes through the frame and the bracket.
As you can probably tell, I chopped about 4 or 5 inches off the frame.
I flattened out the stock seat mounting tabs and used those to mount the rear turn signals...

The bolts holding the cushion and leather on the top fit right into the springs...

Three years of trial and error...

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Horatio Hawkshaw

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Re: From Pegged to Spiked
Reply #13 - 05/09/10 at 14:38:20

babyhog wrote on 05/09/10 at 14:24:11:

Nice. I actually saw a pair of pegs on Ebay that were made from railroad spikes. He somehow twisted the spike, just once in the center. They sold for like $23.

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Yours look great!

Thanks! I've been carting them around for over a decade- I think I got them when I used to be a news photog- did some story on the railroads and the guy just handed 'em to me. My girl bought me a drill press last Christmas and I finally found a use for them!

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Scott_H Full Member Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 130 Escondido, CA Gender:	Re: From Pegged to Spiked Reply #14 - 05/09/10 at 14:40:30 SWEET!!! Thanks SO much!
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