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RidgeRunner13

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Making it HER own!
03/12/13 at 06:47:05

Since my wife is learning to ride the Savage is becoming hers. So I've gone back to work to make it more comfortable for her. With this in mind, I've moved the kickstand back to its' oem position, added a heel shifter & a luggage rack. i've changed out the seat & passenger backrest.

Next to do is a windshield & triple trumpet air horns. The goal is to get it where she will be able to use it to go to work & her other activities around the island. It is already set up for saddlbags & I may add a trunk later. Whatever Momma wants, Momma gets!!

Once all the mods are done, it will be painted any color she chooses.....

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Borracho Full Member Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 132 Albuquerque, NM Gender:	Re: Making it HER own! Reply #1 - 03/12/13 at 08:11:47 this is really cool, I like the pipes/heat shields.
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justin_o_guy2 Serious Thumper Offline What happened? Posts: 55279 East Texas, 1/2 dallas/la.	Re: Making it HER own! Reply #2 - 03/12/13 at 08:52:00 Good idea on the mud flap, too.
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RidgeRunner13 Serious Thumper Offline haulin' the groceries! Posts: 649 Mustang Island, Texas Gender:	Re: Making it HER own! Reply #3 - 03/12/13 at 20:34:22 Not a very good picture of the triple trumpet air horns, I will try to get a better one tomorrow.
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ToesNose Serious Thumper Offline Pardon me, do you have Hot Sauce? Posts: 1993 Mooresville, NC Gender:	Re: Making it HER own! Reply #4 - 03/13/13 at 04:48:27 Ridge you have a school bus? Road trip!
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Digger Serious Thumper 2005 No Login Offline Ya gotta be tough to ride singles! Posts: 1604 Colorado Springs, CO Gender:	Re: Making it HER own! Reply #5 - 03/16/13 at 20:17:37 Details on the luggage rack, please? TIA!
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Re: Making it HER own!
Reply #6 - 03/17/13 at 08:45:07

Digger, the only thing I know about the luggage rack is it had BMW stamped on it. My friend Ken found it cleaning out his garage & started to throw it in the scrap pile. Then he thought of me! A little cutting & reshaping, 4 holes drilled & tapped, & it looks like it was made for a Savage.

TN, I've owned several buses through the years. Here are a couple of pictures of the one I use now. One when I got it, another as it looks now.

I used it for pulling my race car.

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87 savage Full Member Offline Gone riding! Posts: 249 Maine Gender:	Re: Making it HER own! Reply #7 - 03/17/13 at 14:31:56 The bike is coming along nicely! Where did you get the seat?
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ToesNose Serious Thumper Offline Pardon me, do you have Hot Sauce? Posts: 1993 Mooresville, NC Gender:	Re: Making it HER own! Reply #8 - 03/17/13 at 16:09:36 Scool buses and a Mercury Capri stock car! Dude I'm all in!!!
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Re: Making it HER own!
Reply #9 - 03/18/13 at 09:00:53

ToesNose wrote on 03/17/13 at 16:09:36:

Scool buses and a Mercury Capri stock car! Dude I'm all in!!! Grin

Dude.. you and like 2 other peeps in the world would have said Capri... everyone else... Mustang.

My Mom had a '79 Capri with the V6. White with Red strips and a red interior. I busted (shattered) the nylon teeth on the timing gear one very cold morning in my eagerness to warm up the engine. Who knew that plastic gears dont like 3000 rpm on very cold mornings first thing?

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Re: Making it HER own!
Reply #10 - 03/18/13 at 10:03:56

The seat is from my V-Star 950. I posted earlier on how easy it was to modify to fit the oem mounts.

Hate to break it to you but that is a ..........Mustang. I cut the center posts out & 'drooped' the nose a little when I built it. There's video of my last race on U-tube under PappyGT13. I was leading the points when a poor attempt at blocking caused a wreck injuring my neck & ending my racing for now. Sad

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The final mods.
Reply #11 - 03/18/13 at 17:40:27

I'm getting down to the last mods to make the Savage more usable for my wife. I added my 950 w/s after making the brackets for the backside & mounting. Stuck the saddlebags back on & she's ready except for paint. Now she just needs to ride it some to see if everything suits her...

Brackets & mounts for w/s.

Mounted Savage helmet lock to the luggage rack.

Set up like this she should be able to use it to go to work & run a lot of her around the island errands. If it works out, I'll get a trunk to mount to the luggage rack for her.

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ToesNose Serious Thumper Offline Pardon me, do you have Hot Sauce? Posts: 1993 Mooresville, NC Gender:	Re: Making it HER own! Reply #12 - 03/19/13 at 04:30:37 Hmm did you say 79' with a v6 Pine? Here's mine back in the day, along with my mullett too!
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Cavi Mike Serious Thumper Offline Thumper n00b Posts: 1005 Rochester, NY Gender:	Re: Making it HER own! Reply #13 - 03/19/13 at 12:14:06 With how old that pic looks, I was definitely NOT expecting to see the white NYS plate on there.
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ralfyguy Serious Thumper Offline Posts: 932	Re: Making it HER own! Reply #14 - 03/20/13 at 06:55:27 Is this a tractor muffler? What does it sound like?
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