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teabowl13 Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 535	Re: Cafe Conversion "the late night special Reply #15 - 12/14/11 at 05:27:41 I'm doing a chain conversion myself, so I posted up a few questions in this thread, and got a lot of info. If you haven't read this stuff, go here: http://suzukisavage.com/cgi-bin/YaBB.pl?num=1321556481
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scubachef Full Member Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 140	Re: Cafe Conversion "the late night special Reply #16 - 12/29/11 at 11:11:37 the new tail section begins................ threw this together a few days ago to see how i liked the shape. Thoughts?
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Reply #17 - 12/30/11 at 20:39:37

are you in los angeles?
the 49/18 combo would suffice
im tearing up hollywood right now with the 45/17
my bike is overkill for all this la traffic
but i just couldnt bring myself to ride around one of those hipster scooters

scubachef wrote on 12/13/11 at 21:00:30:

Hell yeah, just trying to figure out the perfect combo. Lots of freeway crusing as well as running around town and in the hills, so I think there might be some trial and error to figure out the best compromise. I want my cake and to eat it too.

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scubachef Full Member Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 140	Re: Cafe Conversion "the late night special Reply #18 - 12/31/11 at 08:40:53 I'm in South Orange County. Thanks for the insight. I ride the 5 and the 405 to and from work so I need to be able to cruise at freeway speeds but I also take the bike up Ortega Highway (familiar?) which is a great 2 lane twisty. With your combo what do your rpms look like at freeway speeds?
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Reply #19 - 12/31/11 at 12:16:49

I like the tail section so far; hard to tell at this stage from the photos what it's going to look like on the bike itself. Take a shot of it in place so we can see... and tell us what your plan with it is...
It does seem rather square compared to the stock tank... I don't know if that's a good thing or not... Have to see it to decide...

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Reply #20 - 01/03/12 at 19:38:33

scubachef wrote on 12/31/11 at 08:40:53:

I'm in South Orange County. Thanks for the insight. I ride the 5 and the 405 to and from work so I need to be able to cruise at freeway speeds but I also take the bike up Ortega Highway (familiar?) which is a great 2 lane twisty. With your combo what do your rpms look like at freeway speeds?

5k at 90mph

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scubachef Full Member Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 140	Re: Cafe Conversion "the late night special Reply #21 - 01/08/12 at 20:45:43 Right now I run 4500 at 70 Running the stock rear tire though. got work done tonight.... cam chain tensioner modified valves adjusted everything buttoned back up and no leaks..... success!
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jay313 YaBB Newbies Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 15	Re: Cafe Conversion "the late night special Reply #22 - 06/01/12 at 05:28:55 Been lurking around here a long time for my own semi-Ryca build. Had to get myself up to 10 posts so I could PM you for that drawing/measurements on your fabbed rearset mount! Lol. PM sent. Thanks for being so helpful with the thread and pics.
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skeebo Senior Member Offline Ride It Like U Stole It........ Posts: 328 Fresno, Cali Gender:	Re: Cafe Conversion "the late night special Reply #23 - 06/01/12 at 05:40:29 Damm Scuba you don't mess around do ya.......very nice man.
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Reply #24 - 06/01/12 at 08:17:14

Thanks everyone. Jay I will send you the measurements when I get home. The bike is still a work in progress. In the works are a tank from a xs750 and a subframe style seat. Paint will be a dark grey metallic with white and dark red accents. Once those get checked off mag wheels will become priority. I will be sure to document the next changes.

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Reply #26 - 08/01/12 at 16:48:16

This build isn't dead I promise, just slow. made a new tail that I like so far. It angles up a little, and I think will work well with the new tank a XS750E that I should pick up next week. It is just all tacked together in the pics, finishing should be in the next day or two. I have given up on my dream of yamaha xs wheels for now. I could find wheels to work but it would not allow me to run a tire as wide as I want so I got a set of 82 gs550 wheels (19x1.85/16x2.75) that I will begin fitting soon. If I read everything correctly the 550 rotor will not work???

I also found what I think it the ideal use for the stock speedo hole as seen at the bottom.

12 miles doing 75mph and not a drop spilled

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Reply #28 - 08/02/12 at 07:31:53

This build SHOULD be dead... at least for now; it's time to go out and ride that thing! (HA! look who's talking....)

Just kidding; I like your new seat loop, and I can't wait to see it with the tank on. Lots of folks talking about tank swaps these days, you'rs is a new one. I'll be very interested to see how it comes out!

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Reply #29 - 08/02/12 at 16:06:49

It gets ridden...part of the reason it is moving a a snail's pace. It is my daily transport so I have been trying to make everything bolt on for the most part so I can do some work, bolt the old tail, etc. back on and get to work. Tough to not take it, bike mpg=50's truck mpg=high teens
My pocketbook says I better ride.

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