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greenmonster Senior Member Offline Hellooooo Nurse! Posts: 420 Vancouver BC Gender:	Re: Savage Accessories Reply #15 - 02/17/11 at 14:06:52 All that weight behind your back tire doesn't lighten the front end?
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ThumperS40 YaBB Newbies Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 8 Western NY State Gender:	Re: Savage Accessories Reply #16 - 02/17/11 at 20:50:55 How does a Savage handle that rack when loaded? In the shop we named that style rack a "Wobble Inducer"
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kel30734 Senior Member Offline Dragon Rider Posts: 486 Calhoun, GA Gender:	Re: Savage Accessories Reply #17 - 02/18/11 at 05:43:51 Do not even notice it....The faster ya go the better it rides
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Boofer Serious Thumper Offline Nearly too old. Posts: 1760 N Ms Gender:	Re: Savage Accessories Reply #18 - 02/18/11 at 20:44:51 Thinking of the little slim, trim, Japanese guys who designed this bike. If they didn't allow for our "Beans and Taters Bellies" out front I would guess a little weight out back evens out everything just right.
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arteacher Serious Thumper Offline Ride as if your naked and invisable! Posts: 2581 London ontario Gender:	Re: Savage Accessories Reply #19 - 02/19/11 at 05:14:04 If it were me I would cut holes in the sides so that the tail light is seen from the side. As you have it the only light visible from the side is the reflector on the frame at the front.
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Re: Savage Accessories
Reply #20 - 02/19/11 at 08:01:04

arteacher wrote on 02/19/11 at 05:14:04:

As you have it the only light visible from the side is the reflector on the frame at the front.

and about Sq ft of shiny aluminum tread-plate in the rear.
if they can't see that then they are blind.

Besides I do not want to weaken the rack by cutting mass out of the structure...... it is made to haul a load not look pretty.

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Reply #21 - 02/20/11 at 10:03:16

Kel has PROOF hes ridden that road. It says Proof, right on the picture..

Nothin wrong with that rack, IMO, The difference in mass would be minimal to skeletonize it. Id bet a mechanical engineer could cut out some places & not affect the strength measurably, bt, its a shop built rack, built to accomplish what it does & does well. The rule of 80/20 applies everywhere &, its done & done well enough for th man who did it to look at it & feel good about it. Fine job there Kel.

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Reply #22 - 02/20/11 at 10:29:53

Heck, Kel has a table load of witnesses that he road them thar dragonish roads at a sedate 70+ mph -- Kel made us prove it to him before he would believe he was actually going that fast.

Recording GPS units don't lie, however.

Then we turned them all off for the return trip as the evidence they provided was darning ..... our top speeds reached in the mountains are an eternal mystery to all of us.

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justin_o_guy2 Serious Thumper Offline What happened? Posts: 55279 East Texas, 1/2 dallas/la.	Re: Savage Accessories Reply #23 - 02/20/11 at 20:49:37 Boofer wrote on 02/18/11 at 20:44:51: Thinking of the little slim, trim, Japanese guys who designed this bike. If they didn't allow for our "Beans and Taters Bellies" out front I would guess a little weight out back evens out everything just right. I thot Japan was where the Sumo rasslers were from..
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kel30734 Senior Member Offline Dragon Rider Posts: 486 Calhoun, GA Gender:	Re: Savage Accessories Reply #24 - 02/21/11 at 05:41:06 JOG Drew it in AutoCad at work and then cut it out with a Jig saw and Cutting oil and about 10 Fine metal blades at home in the Garage It is bolted to the frame with SS nuts and bolts No welding required Still have the drawings if any one wants them
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Reply #25 - 02/22/11 at 00:20:36

justin_o_guy2 wrote on 02/20/11 at 20:49:37:

Boofer wrote on 02/18/11 at 20:44:51:

Thinking of the little slim, trim, Japanese guys who designed this bike. If they didn't allow for our "Beans and Taters Bellies" out front I would guess a little weight out back evens out everything just right.

I thot Japan was where the Sumo rasslers were from..

A Sumo Wrestler and ANY accessory would probably exceed the specified load rating of the Savage.

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arteacher Serious Thumper Offline Ride as if your naked and invisable! Posts: 2581 London ontario Gender:	Re: Savage Accessories Reply #26 - 02/22/11 at 07:40:19 To defend my position that holes should be cut in the sides: yes you have a lot of reflective aluminum there but it is only reflective at a perfect right angle to the light source. A little off angle and it wouldn't reflect anything. Also you are assuming that the cagers will have their lights on at dusk .
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babyhog Serious Thumper Offline Find a Cure for Breast Cancer! NOW!! Posts: 3802 WV Gender:	Re: Savage Accessories Reply #27 - 02/22/11 at 10:41:43 but they never miss the 12-pack or keg he carries...
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Re: Savage Accessories
Reply #28 - 02/22/11 at 11:03:11

arteacher wrote on 02/22/11 at 07:40:19:

To defend my position that holes should be cut in the sides: yes you have a lot of reflective aluminum there but it is only reflective at a perfect right angle to the light source. A little off angle and it wouldn't reflect anything. Also you are assuming that the cagers will have their lights on at dusk Grin

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So when you build yours put holes in it........Point is, it's a good design!

That being said, I would do it differently, but isn't that the point!!! Grin

I would cut out certain areas, round off the corners (points always seem to get me), & add some small SS eye-bolts for tie down points. Roll Eyes

I look at anything as a starting point for me to modify it to better suit MY needs..... Cool

Hope I made my point! Cheesy

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Reply #29 - 02/22/11 at 11:50:08

I have made all kinds of accessories for my cars and audio equipment over the years, and a few for the S40 so far. My criteria are:
Make it look like OEM equipment, or at least like it belongs.
Make it so it does not compromise safety or the functioning of anything else.
Make it reversible.
I also have a tendency to over engineer stuff.

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