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Ben Jones YaBB Newbies Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 26	LS650 kick start conversion 10/24/10 at 07:40:51 Hey guys! I a lil 86 s40 bobber im workin on right now and im tryin to keep it old school as possible. I heard its possible to use some sort of BMW shaft to convert to kickstart? Anyone have any info on this>?
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verslagen1 YaBB Moderator ModSquad Offline Where there's a will, I want to be in it. Posts: 28905 L.A. California Gender:	Re: LS650 kick start conversion Reply #1 - 10/24/10 at 07:57:28 do a search and you find all the info.
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Ben Jones YaBB Newbies Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 26	Re: LS650 kick start conversion Reply #2 - 10/24/10 at 08:08:34 verslagen1 wrote on 10/24/10 at 07:57:28: do a search and you find all the info. ive done searches and cant find the info.....help
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verslagen1 YaBB Moderator ModSquad Offline Where there's a will, I want to be in it. Posts: 28905 L.A. California Gender:	Re: LS650 kick start conversion Reply #3 - 10/24/10 at 08:46:26 http://suzukisavage.com/cgi-bin/YaBB.pl?num=1274281307/0
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Oldfeller--FSO Serious Thumper ModSquad Offline Hobby is now "concentrated neuropany" Posts: 12677 Fayetteville, NC Gender:	Re: LS650 kick start conversion Reply #4 - 10/24/10 at 09:14:15 Each new generation of newbies tries to put a turbo on the Savage and then tries to put a kickstarter on it .... And it ain't even spring time yet !!!
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Charon Serious Thumper Offline Posts: 1811 Harvard, NE Gender:	Re: LS650 kick start conversion Reply #5 - 10/24/10 at 09:15:33 You need the battery anyway for the electronic ignition. The starter motor is visually less obtrusive than a kick starter. If you really want old school, remember that the first motorcycles were either push-started, or pedalled like bicycles.
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Ben Jones YaBB Newbies Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 26	Re: LS650 kick start conversion Reply #6 - 10/24/10 at 09:46:40 thanks for calling me a newb. kickstarters are cool. something about em. the feeling of kickin over the bike and hearing the motor start up gives me the goosebumps. pushing a button makes me feel like im drivin a prius or something. and no im not gonna turbo it.
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Edgar Senior Member Offline Are you a lucky little lady in the city of light? Posts: 353 San Diego	Re: LS650 kick start conversion Reply #7 - 10/24/10 at 10:05:55 Don't take it personal dude. I've been here a handful of months and I'm still a newb! But you'll see what they mean, about once a month someone asks your question and to my knowledge (which isn't great) no one has followed through with it. So it'd be cool to see if you do it! How bout some pics of your bobber in progress
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Re: LS650 kick start conversion
Reply #8 - 10/24/10 at 10:28:22

i guess ill post some pics, nothing special yet

i just started working on it.

ive got a small fortune in parts and some repairs i need to do: fork seals and head are leakin oil.

as far as parts im about to toss on it:

chopper shox 2 shock seat pan system
avon white wall tires
harley sportster peanut tank
BlueCollar bobbers '59 caddy lights front and rear
chain conversion 17/45 ratio
Blue collars drag pipe kit and exaust wrap
custom intake/stack
4" risers
hardtail lowering struts( till i get the time to do a real hardtail on it)
155 jet kit
raptor petcock
drag bars
lil black spider web mirror
and a whole lot of paint.

im gonna powercoat the rims red and the spokes black
power coat the frame a burnt orange/rust color
pinstripe the tank up and maybe some on the fenders
rebuild a spare motor and get a custom ground cam/crank and open the cylinder wall a lil bit more.

i know its just a savage and im probably puttin more time and effort into it then i should, but i miss my BSA lightening that got jacked and this is a cheap alternative.

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Phelonius Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 1897	Re: LS650 kick start conversion Reply #9 - 10/24/10 at 10:49:06 Ben Jones wrote on 10/24/10 at 08:08:34: verslagen1 wrote on 10/24/10 at 07:57:28: do a search and you find all the info. ive done searches and cant find the info.....help That's cause one does not exist for the S-40 or Savage 650. Anywhere. Phelonius
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justin_o_guy2 Serious Thumper Offline What happened? Posts: 55279 East Texas, 1/2 dallas/la.	Re: LS650 kick start conversion Reply #10 - 10/24/10 at 11:14:26 Its been kicked around several times.. Simply aint gonna happen. Poke the start button & ride,
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photojoe FSO Serious Thumper Alliance Member Offline I did warn you to brace yourself Posts: 1379 New Jersey Gender:	Re: LS650 kick start conversion Reply #11 - 10/24/10 at 11:17:34 Back in the daze, I had a '72 Sportster that featured both kick and electric start. Yeah, I'll admit that there was something really cool about kicking her over to fire her up
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hooter YaBB Newbies Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 1	Re: LS650 kick start conversion Reply #12 - 10/24/10 at 11:21:10 Have you ever kick a 650 and had it cough ???? you limp away,,,
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Re: LS650 kick start conversion
Reply #13 - 10/24/10 at 11:21:29

Here now, we are gonna synopsize all the super hop up data for the Savage LS650 and all S40 versions done to date.

The more you hop it up, the less reliable it becomes.

You can hop it up to the point it won't run but for a week or so in a row.

We call bikes like these the "Frankenstein" family of Savages.

We make jokes about them, even as we admire their chutzpa and severe mods.

Trick is to stop short of that Frankie point, to preserve reliability, road-ability and functionality.

Grin

Now we look forward to seeing this new generation of Frankie bikes to see just how far you get and how much money you spend to get there ...

Be aware that your creation has to make it to the Dragon Run for the expert part of Dragon week and run all week long to be considered "real".

That is your yardstick for reliability. And be aware that we crap out about 1/5 of the bikes that show up each year anyway -- they fail for a variety of reasons, mostly having to do with a lack of good prep and reliability/road-ability.

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T Mack 1 - FSO Serious Thumper Alliance Member Offline sold 2001 LS650 for a 1986 XLH1100 Posts: 2919 Emmaus,Pa Gender:	Re: LS650 kick start conversion Reply #14 - 10/25/10 at 13:37:45 I think it all comes down to cost. Ton's of engineering work to shafts, covers and figuring out how to make a kicker clutch and have it fit in the case. Of course, if you like the look, glue one on and tell people you lost weigh and can't kick the apprx 4 inch piston it any longer.
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