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DNLMusik YaBB Newbies Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 28	Re: Finally chopped Reply #15 - 04/04/12 at 01:20:45 I love your work. You seem to have some skills with aluminium and steel!
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mcentric Junior Member Offline Savage Viking Posts: 58 Skedsmokorset, Norway Gender:	Re: Finally chopped Reply #16 - 04/04/12 at 02:10:09 DNLMusik wrote on 04/04/12 at 01:20:45: I love your work. You seem to have some skills with aluminium and steel! Thanks having access to a well equipped workshop certainly helps. Mike
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Reply #17 - 04/04/12 at 09:49:58

mcentric wrote on 04/04/12 at 02:10:09:

DNLMusik wrote on 04/04/12 at 01:20:45:

I love your work. You seem to have some skills with aluminium and steel!

Thanks

having access to a well equipped workshop certainly helps.

Mike

Makes a huge difference. I'm renovating my house right now and building a workshop with all the tools I could ever need for a proper bike project. It should be up and running within 2 months, then I'll start with the savage!

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Reply #18 - 04/05/12 at 07:36:20

So, I got a little further today.

* I added a some steel to mount the seat springs on and to close up where I cut the frame.

* Finished mounting the seat. I added some springs from a bicycle seat. I'm not going to go as far as to say that it was comfortable, but it was actually better than I had feared.

* Side-mounted the license plate and the new tail/brake light.

* Mocked up the fake oil tank. Still needs to be welded and make a battery box in the center. I'm a little unsure if I made the tank a bit big... The left side of the tank will hold the electronics, and the right will be for tools, registration papers , etc.

I borrowed one of my students to model the savage (it should be said that I am both taller and... uhm... wider than him)

Various shots of the bike as it stands now

I won't get to do any more on the bike until monday.

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dasch Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 1137	Re: Finally chopped Reply #19 - 04/05/12 at 08:03:51 Really nice!! Yup, well equipped shop helps!
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justin_o_guy2 Serious Thumper Offline What happened? Posts: 55279 East Texas, 1/2 dallas/la.	Re: Finally chopped Reply #20 - 04/05/12 at 08:10:36 Is there enough room under that fake oil tank to let the belt move up when the suspension is compressed?
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mcentric Junior Member Offline Savage Viking Posts: 58 Skedsmokorset, Norway Gender:	Re: Finally chopped Reply #21 - 04/05/12 at 08:30:45 dasch wrote on 04/05/12 at 08:03:51: Really nice!! Yup, well equipped shop helps! ;) Thanks! It sure does, and I'm lucky enough to have this shop at my disposal every day :) http://youtu.be/-XB-7lHAT8c?hd=1 The sheet metal tools and the CNC shop are not in the video. Mike
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mcentric Junior Member Offline Savage Viking Posts: 58 Skedsmokorset, Norway Gender:	Re: Finally chopped Reply #22 - 04/05/12 at 08:33:45 justin_o_guy2 wrote on 04/05/12 at 08:10:36: Is there enough room under that fake oil tank to let the belt move up when the suspension is compressed? Well spotted Not as it stands now, no. But it'll be mounted all the way up under the backbone which should give it clearance enough. If not, the tank will be notched. Mike
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Reply #23 - 04/09/12 at 05:54:57

I decided not to go with aluminum for the fake oil tank... or actually, running out of argon made the decision for me

Things are taking a lot longer than I hoped,and now that the Easter holidays are over work on the bike will be a bit more sporadic.

I think I finally found a version of the battery box/electrical housing that will work.

All this work sort of feels a little futile when I, once again, have to admit the fact that a Suzuki Savage will always be too small for a big fat guy

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Re: Finally chopped
Reply #24 - 04/09/12 at 07:49:03

mcentric wrote on 04/09/12 at 05:54:57:

All this work sort of feels a little futile when I, once again, have to admit the fact that a Suzuki Savage will always be too small for a big fat guy

Progress on the bike looks great! But if you are concerned about being cramped, you might want to consider some forward controls... It's amazing what a different feel it gives the bike by moving your feel out there 4"-6" I'm not a big guy my any means (5'9" with a short 30" inseam) but I put on a set of 4" extensions and I feel much more comfortable now Cool

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mcentric Junior Member Offline Savage Viking Posts: 58 Skedsmokorset, Norway Gender:	Re: Finally chopped Reply #25 - 04/09/12 at 08:00:24 Thanks Forward controls are absolutely on my "to do" list. I had a sliver of a hope that when I moved the seat back it would be a bit better. But with the seat now considerably lower it actually feels even more cramped. I'll be CNC'ing som out of 6061 alu. as soon as I finish the current list
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skeebo Senior Member Offline Ride It Like U Stole It........ Posts: 328 Fresno, Cali Gender:	Re: Finally chopped Reply #26 - 04/09/12 at 09:05:58 Nice work on the battery box....Looks like you built it around the stock battery.
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Reply #27 - 04/09/12 at 09:51:09

skeebo wrote on 04/09/12 at 09:05:58:

Nice work on the battery box....Looks like you built it around the stock battery.

Thanks.

Well, not the stock battery, but judging from how it fit in the original battery box I'm assuming it's pretty close in size.

It hadn't really occurred to me to get a smaller battery... doh! Embarrassed

As I don't have indicators, and only an LED taillight in addition to the headlight I guess I could have gone for something a lot less than the 14Ah stock battery. Oh well, the bike's a work in progress

Mike

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skeebo Senior Member Offline Ride It Like U Stole It........ Posts: 328 Fresno, Cali Gender:	Re: Finally chopped Reply #28 - 04/09/12 at 10:50:15 Ya....If you go to a smaller battery then you have room tool kit...
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Reply #29 - 04/13/12 at 03:40:54

Slooooooowly getting there.

Upper and lower tank mount finished. Still need to dress the welds on the lower mount. Rubber discs between mounts and tank should hopefully dampen some vibration to the tank.

Fake oil tank bondo'ed, primered and mounted. It looks like the left side will just clear the belt when suspension is bottomed out... hopefully also put is some rubber dampeners between tank and frame.

And now the fun begins Re-wiring most of the harness. Shortening most wires to fit in the new compartment, and removing stuff I'm not using.

Mike

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