ok here's some pics of what i've finished so far...exhaust, lights, seat, fender removed, bike painted. carbs got rejetted again too. i was way lean on a 52.5 pilot and 150 main so i went up to a 55 pilot with bleed holes and a 152.5 main. i used to have to hold WOT while i started my bike and now i simply hold the clutch and push the button. i only have my mix screw about 1/8 turn out so it may be a little rich in there but for now it's running great.

the exhaust is great. i feel that it has improved my performance and sounds waaaay better. it's actually pretty quiet on the highway. it's definitely not too loud. the seat is super comfy as well.

i was going kind of for a similar look of an old BSA M20 google it and let me know how i'm doing

i still need to put on some handlebars and a trailer fender cut really short. the liscence plate is illegal for now(not lit) cause i haven't put the bracket on yet. more pics to come as i make improvments..thanks for all your help guys!

It looks great.  Nice color.

What a great look for a bobber, I like the old style bikes and I think you have really captured some of that feeling. The colors are perfect, Can't wait till I can start learning a bit more about mechanics and find time to Bob mine....

Sorry to be late to the bobbin' party.  I'm building a CB500T cafe racer, hanging out at caferacer.net and dotheton.com - and not giving SuzukiSavage.com the attention deserved.

I'll second (or third) the props for Lance at BCB.  He's created ingenious engineering solutions to bobbing our Savage, and produces high quality products and terrific customer service.  Five stars!

His rear fender kit includes a replacement, machined rear axle, long enough to snug in the rear wheel (of course) but also to hold rear fender struts.  Very clever.

A few weekends ago I won first place Best Metric at a ride-in bike show here in southwest Michigan.  Several Harley dudes actually asked: "what did you do with the other cylinder..."

Two pics of the bob-job.  Color is British Racing Green, a fifties/sixties favorite for Jags, Healeys, MGs, Lotus:





Here's a 'vision' of the cafe racer I'm working toward.  Tank, seat, headlight bucket coming from Benjie's Cafe Racer (see here http://www.benjiescaferacer.com/home.html ); shocks, pipes, rear sets coming from Omar's DTR (see here http://www.omarsdtr.com/index.html ):



The bobber and (still under construction) cafe are happily coexisting in the shop - at least, so far.

Best-

stevene

Hashbrown wrote on 08/03/10 at 08:19:12:


H-Brown:

I had my tank, fenders & side covers painted by a local shop in Florida, mixing the PPG formula for British Racing Green I was after.  His pin stripe 'guy' did the old school, hot rod striping on the tank top - freehand, no tape.  The key was to clear coat the tank several times after paint; then lightly sand the clear; do the striping; then several clears to finish.

The striper was an old guy (like me!) that had fond memories of the old hot rod days.  I gave him several pics of examples, but also gave him a free hand to make his own design, just creatively using the 'triangular' space between the bottom of the speedo and the front of the seat.

His fee: $60 (!)  I had three times that in my pocket, unsure of what the final bill would be...

Find a sentimental older dude to do your job.  I doubt you'll get the bargain I did, but you'll likely be very happy with his work.

Best-

stevene

On the cheap (tho admittedly not as cool as knowing a pinstriper) lowbrowcustoms.com has pinstriping decals starting at $5...

RTC, do you find the seat is positioned pretty much the same as stock? I've been thinking the springer seat may give the couple of inches of leg room I like. I was trying to avoid the forward controls. Right now, if I slide back on the stock seat a couple inches it feels right.
thx