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03/28/13 at 00:35:34

I've finally gotten enough parts together I feel comfortable with going forward with this project.
I, like many before me, found Ryca to be extremely cool. Great idea! I love the concept, but never cared for the way the cafe tail seemed to end too soon, barely, if even, reaching the back axle. Then I see the scrambler version, & thinking I might want to throw the wife on the back & ride for a quick burger or ice cream....it made more sense. Next- I'm a mechanic & fabricator, so I'm more interested in doing things myself, as well as a little interpretation of how I feel things should look, stop, & go. For sure I wanted to do something unique! But how? Ryca has become pretty popular, garnering lots of motorcycle media, and rightfully so! To be honest, I wanted a Yamaha SR500, & could not find one! The "street tracker" craze is beginning to rival the "cafe" builders. I love the "dirt track" look with the big 18" & 19" spoked aluminum wheels. How better to stand out than to have some aluminum wheels?! None that I can think of?! Hours of research & eBay shopping later, my Paypal account beeping & sputtering......the UPS guy dropping boxes off, (a regular occurrence at my house!) & we have wheels! Now to make them work.....

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Jiggyfly Full Member Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 144	Re: Savage Scrambler build Reply #1 - 03/28/13 at 00:41:03 My footpeg brackets, in polished stainless steel. No end plates until I finalize a position.
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Jiggyfly Full Member Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 144	Re: Savage Scrambler build Reply #2 - 03/28/13 at 00:44:25 The right side bracket is a different shape because it will also be where the exhaust bracket goes.
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Reply #3 - 03/28/13 at 00:50:26

Next is the machine of parts, spacers, brackets, etc.... To make the wheels & brakes work. (Fingers crossed!)
Tires
7/8" bars. 1" stuff is cool for cruisers & Harley's, but I want to ditch the (to me) ugly stock switchgear & go with something modern & smaller.
I also have a Brembo radial master cylinder that's just dying to have a place to live besides a box in my garage! So 7/8" bars it is!

& then we'll make the seat loop & frame work.
I see some grinding, welding, & cutting in my future!

I like it!

Hopefully you guys dig it, too!

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Jiggyfly Full Member Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 144	Re: Savage Scrambler build Reply #4 - 03/28/13 at 00:53:06 Here's my other motorcycle.
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ToesNose Serious Thumper Offline Pardon me, do you have Hot Sauce? Posts: 1993 Mooresville, NC Gender:	Re: Savage Scrambler build Reply #5 - 03/28/13 at 03:35:05 Very cool Jiggy, Looking forward to watching your progress unfold Also wishing you good luck, minimal headaches and great icecream after being finished!
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WD Serious Thumper 2005 No Login Offline Professional "scooter trash". Posts: 5207 Rosemark TN Gender:	Re: Savage Scrambler build Reply #6 - 03/28/13 at 07:32:22 So kind of like this but with alloy wheels? Low pipe a la English TT or high pipe like thigh burner Honda Scramblers? Or more like this: Decisions decisions...
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teabowl13 Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 535	Re: Savage Scrambler build Reply #7 - 03/28/13 at 08:27:31 Those Mags will definitely stand out! Are those old GS wheels? I've read here that some of them are a direct swap, at least on the rear. Makes it easy to upgrade to chain drive! I can't wait to see where you go with this. Tell us your plans? What are you doing for a tank?
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verslagen1 YaBB Moderator ModSquad Offline Where there's a will, I want to be in it. Posts: 28769 L.A. California Gender:	Re: Savage Scrambler build Reply #8 - 03/28/13 at 08:42:20 Not GS wheels, either yamy or kow wheels. spill it man, gotta know! You'll need a GS450 disk (need to double check that) to match the thickness and take off a little on the OD to match the savage. Hole pattern looks the same. And somewhere between 1/4" and 5/16" spacers to shift the disk out.
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Jiggyfly Full Member Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 144	Re: Savage Scrambler build Reply #9 - 03/29/13 at 05:38:29 They're Kawi KZ wheels, both 18". The plan is to buy an aftermarket (probably EBC) rotor, & likely use a significantly upgraded front caliper (likely a Brembo 4 piston) with a custom made brake bracket. I like brakes. I've done all of this stuff before, just not on a Savage.
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Re: Savage Scrambler build
Reply #10 - 03/29/13 at 05:47:02

Addaway, Jiggyfly!

My two cents' worth :

1. The Savage is a big single: if you want the bike to look "proper", check out the vintage thumper scramblers made by Ducati and by Royal Enfield.

May I suggest you avoid looking at the scrambler twins (Honda, Triumph etc) because the engine will give the bike a completely different look.

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Reply #11 - 03/29/13 at 05:47:36

The tank will likely be the stock unit, with the gauge hole welded up. The stock shape is bad for the Ryca cafe bike, but after looking and looking & looking at mock ups, I think I can make the angle look right with the stock tank. If not, I may have found a different tank that will work.
I'll say this, the Ryca tank mods are expensive, but also very nice.
I could cut the bottom off and weld it up.....but get no where near the accuracy & consistency on the 2 different sides that they do. They probably
farm out the pieces they weld on, so their laser cut, & then have a pattern/go-no-go or something for the cut out. Plasma cutter, laser....I'm not sure! Anyone been there & seen how they do it?

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Re: Savage Scrambler build
Reply #13 - 03/29/13 at 15:08:27

Jiggyfly wrote on 03/29/13 at 05:47:36:

They probably
farm out the pieces they weld on, so their laser cut, & then have a pattern/go-no-go or something for the cut out. Plasma cutter, laser....I'm not sure! Anyone been there & seen how they do it?

I've seen how they do it, and it's a crazy mess

But yeah, it's done by hand and takes a looooong time. I wish we could sell them individually for cheaper, but it's just not possible. We' ll be posting some photos of a RYCA a guy put together with the stock tank next week.

I think the important thing is to not get hung up on one thing for too long. Keep the project moving. Momentum is everything.

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Re: Savage Scrambler build
Reply #14 - 03/29/13 at 19:40:57

caseyLA wrote on 03/29/13 at 15:08:27:

Jiggyfly wrote on 03/29/13 at 05:47:36:

They probably
farm out the pieces they weld on, so their laser cut, & then have a pattern/go-no-go or something for the cut out. Plasma cutter, laser....I'm not sure! Anyone been there & seen how they do it?

I've seen how they do it, and it's a crazy mess

But yeah, it's done by hand and takes a looooong time. I wish we could sell them individually for cheaper, but it's just not possible. We' ll be posting some photos of a RYCA a guy put together with the stock tank next week.

I think the important thing is to not get hung up on one thing for too long. Keep the project moving. Momentum is everything.

It would be an interesting process to watch.

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