earlytimz wrote on 05/11/10 at 19:42:06:


I wouldn't worry about Charon, I don't think I have seen a single post of his where he ain't b!tching about some mod or other that one of us has done.

Charon is OK. He does it out of best intentions. Whether we listen or not... hey... to each it's own, right?

Vers, you're saying you in US can't eat the tank?? Europeans can!!!  

Yonuh Adisi FSO wrote on 05/12/10 at 09:41:01:

  It doesn't bother me.

Hey Bill,
Yeah, Beech Bend is still here. I live way out in the north part of the county about 10 miles from there as the crow flies. I can hear the drag cars running on quiet saturday nights. Thru the summer, they usually have some big event going on down there every weekend . Whether it's at the drag strip or the circle track, or both. Pretty cool place to be if you're a gear head. Being right on the river, They got flooded out a couple weeks ago... Yall might have heard about the flooding around here...

SouthPaw,
Thank you, Sir...
Those little signals are surprisingly bright. I'm sure they aren't actually legal, but it sure as hell beats what my original plan was!! Besides, they are pretty friggin sick!! I absolutely love the rears mounted on the factory seat mounts. It's a perfect spot & looks killer. I agree the fronts are a little close to the headlight, maybe too close. I milled over that for days and finally made a bracket to mount them to. Didn't have a lot of options so it is what it is... I'm not using a horn either, which isn't legal, but honestly in all my years of riding I have never used it anyway. In a pinch, I never have time to look down & find the horn. I always just yell at 'em! Trust me, it's gets their attention and 90% of the time it's a woman in a mini-van, on a cell phone!! LoL
Here's a shot of one. I had to buy 2 sets (packs of 4) since I broke one of the leads during dis-assembly and needed an extra. Now I have 3 spares which is nice since you cant change the bulbs. Diameter is about 3/4", the stamps give you a reference. Also included some eye candy because... well... who really wants to look at a dang mini light bulb anyways??? I bought my seat from Demon's. Awesome guys to work with and had it here from FL in 2 days.     Enjoy!

Very nice bobber! As far as why, why not? People personalize bikes any which way and I love them all! Whether is totally ratted with rust and a Longhorn skull or a $15,000 Pereweitz paint job! It's yours, eff it up anyway you want as long as you can still ride it. Resale value? Come on! Everybody knows the Savage is supposed to be a throw away bike! We here, have figured out better stuff to do with it. So keep posting pics  of your latest atrocity to the motorcycle kingdom, and I'll keep looking! Just throw in an occasional girl with some nice wobbly bits to cleanse the palate, as it were.  

Hey baby, the savageness is in our blood!! LoL

Whew.. I'm having a heck of a time tonight. I think it's time to put her to bed and hit it again tmrw evening. (after I cut the grass of course.. ughh)
These forward controls are giving me fits. Ed says he's never had any probs like I'm having, so I dunno what's up. Never got any feedback on whether the 86's kickstand & pegs are different...???
I had to modify the left plate in 3 different ways to make it work. It's good to go now & even put the kickstand back in the stock location. The right plate seemed good during mock-up, but I ended up making another brake & brake light cable holder because the cable wouldn't work & there's no adjustment there. It needed less slack & I didn't wanna drill a new hole in the plate to move it.
Mine is on the left:



Dang, it's supposed to be 87 and sunny w/ no chance of rain tmrw. I was hoping to be done tonight... The journey continues

Earlytimz did you have to get longer cables for the ape hangers? if so where did you get them?  I'm working on a project putting on 3" risers and split the bars and stretched 6" have not got back together hoping not to have to much problem.

nice looking bike!