Really nice. Thanks for posting your pictorial. It sure seems like easy work when someone else is doing it.

Hey thanks yall!

LoL... savagedml, you ain't joking brother!! Sure looks a lot easier when you're reading it! There's no way to include everything that's gotta be done... Like hitting every single bolt head with the wire wheel to clean them up before you put them back in, or the hours of staring at something trying to figure out a good way to do it... Like those dang front signals! I don't know how much time I spent off and on trying to figure out something to do with them. Still not completely happy w/ them but I can sure live w/ it. Then there's all the measuring, & test fitting, & more measuring, & figuring, etc, etc, etc... Takes a while to do even the simplest things.

BurnPgh, I hear you man! I thought about the bar end signals. Even watched a few on ebay. They also make some integrated into the mirrors. I happened to stop at a truckstop one day while I was out working & found my minis. You'd be surprised how bright they are. I don't think the rears are gonna be any problem. You can see them for sure. The fronts now, well... I hate to beat a dead horse, although I don't think they're as bad as you imagine. I'd like to get some video of it. I have the ability to do so, just gotta get everything together & do it sometime. I try to ride like my life depends on it, mainly because it does! With or without signals, the cell phone yappin soccer mom still ain't gonna see you. Just gotta be defensive & stay alert.

LostArtist...
My garage... The shop (that's what we call it)... My man-cave... My oasis!!! I built that thing 4 years ago & tried to make it just like I wanted. I wish I had insulated it, you can feel the heat coming off the roof like a radiant heater sometimes when it's hot outside & the sun is beating down. Also can get cold out there in the winter but I can knock the worst of the chill off if I crank up the wood stove & keep it roaring. I love my shop man, you can have the house, just let me in to take a shower once a week and I'd be happy!! LoL

makes me want to put a rear fender on mine.  The one I got at tractor supply, the only one for a reasonable price, has one round side, and one flat side.  Givin my metal working skills"none" and my equipment "limited" I decided to leave it off.

I checked it out.  But its the same one I have at a 3rd of the cost.  I'm thinking about handing it to the welding class to put some craftsmanship on it.  Maybe a little pounding and an English wheel could do some good.  lol

Another crappy, rainy day here in the mid-south so no riding today. I did make it down to get my black leather battery strap made yesterday. It matches the seat nicely and cinches down good and tight. The leather lady made it from scrap & only charged me $10!  



View from the front...



My next project is to find something to use as a single swingarm bag. My last scoot got a cool black canvas military type bag I picked up at a surplus store. It was durable, weatherproof & would hold a lot. It worked great and I may go that route again although this time I'm thinking more black leather...

Well it rained all friggin day yesterday so I got the oil changed in my truck then started playing around with the savage a little.
I had some leftover roll bar tubing (1" x .083 wall) so I bent up some drag bars just to see what it would look like. I didn't look at any bars to get a feel for what looks good, just started measuring and bending. This is what I came up with, they are 33" wide. I think the controls would clear if I used them, but not sure. Just playing around anyway...

eh...not great. doesnt looks too bad, doesnt look too good, but it does allow less visibility of what's behind you and I add that as a con. No obvious pros I can see. I didnt think it looked bad with the mirrors upright.