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arteacher Serious Thumper Offline Ride as if your naked and invisable! Posts: 2581 London ontario Gender:	Re: Chopper kit. Reply #30 - 02/19/12 at 12:23:43 I drew it out and the trail is almost exactly the same.
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Re: Chopper kit.
Reply #31 - 02/19/12 at 15:33:09

You are not paying attention. The trees are NOT raked. They use an adapter to change the steering axis. It is like changing the rake by cutting and welding the neck, but without cutting and welding. The adapter extends the bottom of the neck the required amount, changing the steering axis angle. you get the same trail whether you use their 9 deg kit or their 18 deg kit.
I already told you why I want it- in a nutshell I want a longer bike for the ride without the weight.
I don't need anyone's justification to buy it- if you had read the whole topic you would know I already did.
And as far as looks go, I dislike the looks of all the 14 degree LS650's they have pics of on the site. Unfortunately they don't have a pic of one with a 9 degree kit-but they will soon. Wink

What I am going to wind up with is a bike that is 6" longer, slightly heavier (the trees are steel, not aluminum) with a better ride, according to a guy who put an 14 degree kit on an intruder, with "different, but not worse" low speed steering, and much more stable at high speeds.

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palehorseman YaBB Newbies Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 41 highpoint nc Gender:	Re: Chopper kit. Reply #32 - 02/19/12 at 16:31:11 Best luck with that.
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arteacher Serious Thumper Offline Ride as if your naked and invisable! Posts: 2581 London ontario Gender:	Re: Chopper kit. Reply #33 - 02/19/12 at 16:55:29 Thanks. And why did you delete your previous post?
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bluesrockdoc YaBB Newbies Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 42	Re: Chopper kit. Reply #34 - 02/20/12 at 06:57:56 Git' ta wrenchin'.... I wanna see this!
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arteacher Serious Thumper Offline Ride as if your naked and invisable! Posts: 2581 London ontario Gender:	Re: Chopper kit. Reply #35 - 02/20/12 at 08:22:26 I should get the kit early in March, and will have to wait for decent weather (no garage) to install it, but I will post pics as soon as it's done.
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Re: Chopper kit.
Reply #36 - 02/21/12 at 13:15:56

If this is the same kit I put on, you are going to love it. I got mine back in 2003 from Seeger Cycles (I think JRM8486 From Florida also got his from Seeger Cycles (Seeger doesn't sell them for the Savage/S40 anymore). The kits were from a company in Germany - and for all the folks that will tell you it's messed up,
1. German engineering
2. the German government's TUV has a great record when approving products for the road - they don't let junk onto the market (versus our government that looks at stuff after people have died) - the kit was approved by TUV, which means it had to go through a 50,000 mile road test before it could be certified for the Autobahn.

http://www.bikepics.com/members/thehoghunter/
I guess the 'discussion' I had on here was deleted/lost since it was back in 2003.

The wider turn radius isn't that bad...I could still make a U-turn (once I got use to it) with no extra room needed...and it handles just fine in town, it actually feels like I thought a motorcycle should feel versus stock. Riding my wife's Savage (stock) feels weird after being on mine.

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SuperSavage Senior Member Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 341	Re: Chopper kit. Reply #37 - 02/21/12 at 15:05:17 HogHunter, that kit looks great on the savage - It looks much better than stock. artteacher is gonna love it. I bet you get a lot of attention riding that hog.
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SuperSavage Senior Member Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 341	Re: Chopper kit. Reply #38 - 02/21/12 at 15:08:46 That dual headlight and seat looks great as well. Bravo, nice job
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arteacher Serious Thumper Offline Ride as if your naked and invisable! Posts: 2581 London ontario Gender:	Re: Chopper kit. Reply #39 - 02/21/12 at 17:07:37 It looks like a 14 Deg kit? Thanks for the support- i kinda felt that I was all alone out on a limb, dropping that kind of scratch with all the nay-sayers telling me I was crazy. Like those colours too.
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Re: Chopper kit.
Reply #40 - 02/22/12 at 09:31:36

Info sent to me back when Seeger was selling it for the Savage:

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To give you a little more info on the kits, they were designed, developed and patented by FS Chopper in Germany over 20 years ago. To be able to sell the product it had to have approval by the TUV. In fact each time they make a kit for a new motorcycle it has to go back through the testing process, so that means each kit has been tested on the particular bike. One part of the test is actual road test, the motorcycle must ride and perform like the stock motorcycle (there is some consideration for a bit more steering effort at low speed). The bike is riding up to the bikes top speed and must be as stable as the stock bike. The testing also involves taking a stock motorcycle equipped with the kit and putting it into a test stand (a type of road simulator). This test stand will shake, bounce and vibrate the motorcycle to simulate 50,000 km (about 31,000 miles) of actual riding. Then all parts are disassembled and inspected. If the parts show any stress cracks or any type of failure the kit can not pass the test. Going one step further the also inspect the original motorcycle frame to verify no stress shows on the neck.

Another company in Germany has manufacturing rights from FS Chopper they are called AME you can see there website at http://www.ame-chopper.de/
They offer a chopper kit based on the same design.

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x1karr0usx Junior Member Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 61	Re: Chopper kit. Reply #41 - 02/22/12 at 12:54:50 i would imagine it is a cheaper job just to take it to a good shop and get them to add some rake to the neck.. seems like a lot of money for a bolt-on kit. but, i guess if it is worth the cash for your bike, do it up!
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Re: Chopper kit.
Reply #42 - 02/22/12 at 14:49:49

i just went with ED L forward controlls and drivers back rest and sheep skin seat cover and back rest cover..
like in a easy chair..

a true chopper is when you chop a section outa the frame

this ol mans back luvs my mods.. nice and comfy,
when the wifey is on the rear i remove the drivers br she is endowed enuf that its acutally more comfey if you get my drift..

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arteacher Serious Thumper Offline Ride as if your naked and invisable! Posts: 2581 London ontario Gender:	Re: Chopper kit. Reply #43 - 03/23/12 at 13:10:37 Fedx delivered 2 of the three boxes today. The quality of the kit is stellar. They use Yammy virago fork tubes , which happen to be 4" longer than our stock tubes, with thicker walls. So I get better quality tubes, new springs and dampers as well. I didn't expect these upgrades.
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greenmonster Senior Member Offline Hellooooo Nurse! Posts: 420 Vancouver BC Gender:	Re: Chopper kit. Reply #44 - 03/23/12 at 13:13:50 Art, Looking forward to seeing some pic's when you have them! Thumper, do you have any pic's of your driver's sissybar? I've been thinking of doing that to mine but wasn't sure if it would look right.
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