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McMillan Junior Member Offline Thumpers rule Harleys drool. Posts: 52 Belleville, Ontario, Canada Gender:	Re: 1930's Vintage Savage? Reply #15 - 12/07/11 at 04:45:50 This one is done very nicely. This one is nice also.
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teabowl13 Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 535	Re: 1930's Vintage Savage? Reply #16 - 12/07/11 at 12:06:22 This would definitely take some fabricating to work, but it's pretty sexy... And your front drum is included! http://www.ebay.com/itm/bsa-girder-front-end-/220907145151?pt=Motorcycles_Par...
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mpescatori Serious Thumper Offline Romanum Thumperium Cavalco, yeaaah !!! Posts: 3547 Rome, Italy Gender:	Re: 1930's Vintage Savage? Reply #17 - 12/12/11 at 07:14:25 Thanks, nice tip On the other hand, can anybody provide the technical specs of the triple tree etc. ... ? In other words, which are the magic measurements I should watch out for, and what are the measumements exactly ?
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Re: 1930's Vintage Savage?
Reply #18 - 03/28/12 at 00:53:31

McMillan wrote on 12/07/11 at 04:45:50:

This one is done very nicely.

http://i530.photobucket.com/albums/dd348/FreeSpirit2/savage-extremde.jpg

This one is nice also.

http://www.knucklebusterinc.com/features/wp-content/2010/05/201005260745.jpg

for gods sake why does everyone keep the stock tank!? its the worst part of the bike off the floor!

if you're going "vintage" get a two-part Fat Bob style tank that bolts to the sides of the frame.

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Re: 1930's Vintage Savage?
Reply #19 - 03/29/12 at 15:24:15

Old HD dirt track race bike tanks will fit a lot more readily than fatbobs or a Sportster tank. So will Honda ATC (offroad trike) tanks from the early 1980s.

Easiest way to swap the rear fender is a Jammer catalog sourced 7" sidemount headlight bracket. Bolt it to the frame "seat ears" on the underside of the frame. You can JUST shoehorn in a real fender. And keep your 15" rear tire, although relacing the rim to 16" or 18" would give you a thousand times better tire selection.

Handlebars? Piece of cake, you can buy 1" Super Bike bars for around $40, they look a bit like old dirt track handlebars. Want something classier, buy a set of Knucklehead bend or beach bars.

Can't get my pics site to work, have Super bike bars on my 63 Honda project, have a real fender on the back of my Savage. And a real fuel tank.

Avatar pic is pre-total by my stepson...

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Buster Full Member Offline Motul 3000 10w40 Zinc 1407ppm Posts: 128 Oklahoma Gender:	Re: 1930's Vintage Savage? Reply #20 - 03/31/12 at 14:39:05 McMillan wrote on 12/07/11 at 04:45:50: This one is nice also. http://www.knucklebusterinc.com/features/wp-content/2010/05/201005260745.jpg My favorite, love the old classic look. This would be my personal second choice if/when I change the looks of mine, but I'll probably go with a Ryca kit.
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Re: 1930's Vintage Savage?
Reply #21 - 04/02/12 at 08:04:58

Thanks all.

I'll probably collect my bike Easter Tuesday (as in, day after Easter Monday), jobs done ? Nada Angry

General service = Changed oil & filter, air filter (I hope...) and spark plug.

I provided new tires and inner tubes.

Replaced HD side rails as fitted by previous owner with OEM as sourced by SavageDML (Thanks, Darrel !!!

) so now I can also have the bagger side rails.

Rescheduled for next October:
- 4 gal. Dyna tank conversion and custom paint job,
- 26" superbike handlebars,
- 2 1/2 " tacho and speedo conversion,
- small fairing and front licence plate,
- 6" K&N air filter (comes under right thigh)
- dismiss pillion seat, relocate voltage regulator to former airbox,
- CatEye Taillight with custom indicators and rear fog light (I'm told the US Highway code won't allow rear foglights? Shocked

)

A few things I will rethink:
- Paint scheme: Matt black (as in, SOA)? Shiny black (as in, Prada fashion)? Matt beige (as in, Desert Storm or designer Alviero Martini?)

Here are a few logos:

To go with Matt Black:

To go with Shiny Black:

To go with Beige:

Nice side bags, too ! Cheesy

Incidentally, their keycharm

looks sooo much like the Alitalia logo from the 1950's...

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