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kimchris1 Serious Thumper Offline Pink Posse Rider... Posts: 2135 Belfair, Washington Gender:	Re: The project begins Reply #240 - 02/18/11 at 12:21:19 OO sooo purdy.. Like I have said before, this thread keeps my interest, it keeps getting better and better. kim
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MotoBuddha Serious Thumper Offline Let's roll! Posts: 1416 Charlotte, NC	Re: The project begins Reply #241 - 02/18/11 at 12:53:57 Wow, it's a hat trick Friday. Fed Ex brought the cylinder, USPS brought the grips and now UPS delivered my new shocks. That was fast turnaround. Now I just need to figure out how to get the stickers off without disassembling the shocks. I hate logos.
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EJID Serious Thumper Offline Work to ride and ride to work. Posts: 1536 Pocatello, ID Gender:	Re: The project begins Reply #242 - 02/18/11 at 12:56:28 Today's your day man! Go buy a lottery ticket!!!
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babyhog Serious Thumper Offline Find a Cure for Breast Cancer! NOW!! Posts: 3802 WV Gender:	Re: The project begins Reply #243 - 02/18/11 at 12:59:33 MotoBuddha wrote on 02/18/11 at 12:53:57: Now I just need to figure out how to get the stickers off without disassembling the shocks. I hate logos. WD-40 and tweezers...
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crackmonkey YaBB Newbies Offline nothing to see here. keep moving Posts: 42 Hagerstown, MD Gender:	Re: The project begins Reply #244 - 02/18/11 at 16:11:04 blowtorch and hairspray...... no i am just kidding i love when i get packages.... i would really love getting those packages.... keep up with the progress
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justin_o_guy2 Serious Thumper Offline What happened? Posts: 55279 East Texas, 1/2 dallas/la.	Re: The project begins Reply #245 - 02/18/11 at 16:26:28 silver tape
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kimchris1 Serious Thumper Offline Pink Posse Rider... Posts: 2135 Belfair, Washington Gender:	Re: The project begins Reply #246 - 02/18/11 at 21:15:46 How about goo gone and Q-tips?
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engineer Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 872 Gender:	Re: The project begins Reply #247 - 02/19/11 at 15:15:18 Those shocks look classy, nice machine work. I see now why they cost more money than the ordinary shock.
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Reply #248 - 02/20/11 at 07:06:51

Some bike buddies stopped by yesterday and gave their nods of approval on the project, though one was skeptical that raising the rear with longer shocks while dropping the front with shortened forks will give the Savage "decent handling in the twisties."

My response: it will be a big improvement over what it was, and who said anything about twisties?

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MotoBuddha Serious Thumper Offline Let's roll! Posts: 1416 Charlotte, NC	Re: The project begins Reply #249 - 02/20/11 at 12:36:47 Who is that masking man? Getting the head ready to paint.
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MotoBuddha Serious Thumper Offline Let's roll! Posts: 1416 Charlotte, NC	Re: The project begins Reply #250 - 02/20/11 at 15:33:45 Small mystery. These are the exhaust bolts. Why does one have a depression in the head and the other doesn't? And then there's the white crud on my rotor bolts. It came off with a ScotchBrite pad, but still... If it was thread lock, what was it doing on the face of the bolt? Or was it another of the PO's decorating ideas? Oh well.
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justin_o_guy2 Serious Thumper Offline What happened? Posts: 55279 East Texas, 1/2 dallas/la.	Re: The project begins Reply #251 - 02/20/11 at 17:21:30 Dent in bolt head, possible rock from front tire? Whn new, the bike had white paint on some bolt heads. I think t was how the factory knew things were torqued.
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Reply #252 - 02/21/11 at 09:36:19

I've removed the stickers from the shocks using babyhog's tweezer and WD-40 technique. Fortunately, the plastic of the stickers was strong enough not to rip, so once I got hold of a corner the rest came along peacefully.

The only trouble was that one of the stickers left its silver backing behind. It cleaned off, but it was an annoyance.

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Oh, and a closer look at the stickers revealed YSS is in Thailand (its US operation is in NJ).

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babyhog Serious Thumper Offline Find a Cure for Breast Cancer! NOW!! Posts: 3802 WV Gender:	Re: The project begins Reply #253 - 02/21/11 at 11:36:05 Glad that worked for you. I had a sticker on the top of a kitchen stove years ago. Washed it and scrubbed it, but didn't want to scratch the surface, so I just kept soaking it, but it never would come completely off until someone suggested WD-40. Tried it and it slithered right off. I've used it for many a stubborn sticker since.
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MotoBuddha Serious Thumper Offline Let's roll! Posts: 1416 Charlotte, NC	Re: The project begins Reply #254 - 02/22/11 at 12:24:24 Shipment of goodies arrived this afternoon. Various nuts and bolts, washers, seals, cam chain, Raptor petcock, and, obviously, a new pipe. The old one was rusted and pitted.
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