Dude - you have a nice build going there.....pay no mind to the "All the Gear, All the Time" attitude you will find here....People have been running without a chain guard since their BMX days.  Huge open primaries?  Questionable to me at best.  All I can see is my jeans getting caught in there...BUT, simply running no chain guard?  Not even a question.

It's obvious that you have put some time, thought, and effort into your ride...people are always gonna find something to complain about.  Hell, I got blasted for not having any shocks and removing my stock handle bars.  

Sheesh man - if you like the guys bike, tell him.  No need to talk $hit because you personally don't like it.

I've never seen so many "bike cops".  Wowzers man.  

Belt guard/chain guard whatever.  Point is it's not needed, unless you run into the ATGATT County Sheriffs Office.......

My point is this:  It seems like there is a lot of "holier than thou" on this site.  If we're not running a stock bike we're stupid, or we don't know what we are doing, or we're giving motorcyclists a bad name, or we're gonna kill someone.

This site is pretty informative, and a good source of some good mods.  Just appears to me that there's a lot of "booing" at people that don't necessarily fit into a "mold". IE: Micha Spencers chop - this cat's work....

People need to keep the negative vibe to themselves.  There's a lot of bikes out there that I'm not too hip on.....but it's not..."It's ok, but IIIIIIIII would never (fill in the blank)".  Seems kinda like sneering down the nose to me...

haha thanks fellas! didn't mean to start a flame war. the entire left crankcase was marred up pretty bad, and the front sprocket cover seemed to take the most of the scratches. its beyond making it shiny again, but i might put it on and paint it. still got my left leg/foot though.

speaking of the belt....... thats the next to go! going to get the chain mod on there as soon as i can.

the tail light just worked out perfectly and i'm real happy with it. added the rear turn signals to the bottom brackets that i added to hold the fender struts. as far as the front turn signals go - i might just shorten them. i haven't found a good looking replacement yet!

i love the savage's power for being a single cylinder... that gets a lot of comments, since everyone just assumes its a 250. but, like every bike, including the brand new harley's, i don't like the way they look. i don't like the stock savage. i love the way that you sit *into* the frame, versus on top of it (like a cafe racer). this is the sole reason i bought this instead of a kz650.

but, i am pretty happy with how it is coming along. this was a CHEAP buy, and i had to trailer it home. i just dropped it off at the local suzuki mechanic to get the head cap leak fixed and i got quoted at $50. darn, i surely hope that my final bill is around that.. i usually avoid dealership mechanics like the plague.

hope the bike didn't offend you.. just trying to make my style bobber on a tight budget! and at this point, i am pretty close to what i pictured the bike finished. i call that a win in my book  

thanks guys

BCB wanted a ridiculous amount for their fender, so i opted out. i picked mine up at JP Cycles and fabricated the support struts for a total cost of around $140! you have to work it a little bit to wrap around the radius of the tire better.

link for fender: http://www.jpcycles.com/product/711-485

my commute to work is 45 minutes, so i needed to build a bobber that still maintains comfort. when i bought the seat (Rich Phillips Leather), the awesome harley shop i got it from threw in springs and all the hardware to rock a solo springer seat. when it was all together, it sat me up way too high on the bike like a cafe racer. so i ditched the springs and left the rear shocks.

unless im riding on the weekend with jeans, my pants are tucked into my combat boots... so, its staying off unless it kicks garbage all over my uniform before work!  

i just recently saw a pic of your bike somewhere... love it! big fan of that dummy oil can and the shorty battery.

and +1 to the chop cult sticker  

I like it, and really like the rear fender.  A Sparto taillight would look awesome on it.  I also like your license plate mount.  Don't think I've seen one mounted like that around here before.  Well done!

So tell me... how LOUD is she?