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Toroso Full Member Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 120 Kingston, TN Gender:	Re: Savage Scrambler build Reply #60 - 07/19/13 at 05:33:24 Not really a fan of the cafe racer thing but this is looking sweet. Love the wheels and tires. What kind of handlebars are those?
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SavageCat Junior Member Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 96 Central VA	Re: Savage Scrambler build Reply #61 - 07/19/13 at 05:42:19 Fender adds to the flow of the look i think, seems to balance out the tank. I say keep it!
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Gyrobob Serious Thumper Offline Posers ain't motorcyclists Posts: 2571 Newnan, GA Gender:	Re: Savage Scrambler build Reply #62 - 07/19/13 at 06:15:06 Toroso wrote on 07/19/13 at 05:33:24: Not really a fan of the cafe racer thing but this is looking sweet. Love the wheels and tires. What kind of handlebars are those? What does THIS bike have to do with a café racer?
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Toroso Full Member Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 120 Kingston, TN Gender:	Re: Savage Scrambler build Reply #63 - 07/19/13 at 06:26:30 S'cuse me! Don't know jack about cafe racers. But this looks just like all the builds being CALLED cafe racers.
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Re: Savage Scrambler build
Reply #64 - 07/19/13 at 06:59:42

Toroso wrote on 07/19/13 at 05:33:24:

Not really a fan of the cafe racer thing but this is looking sweet. Love the wheels and tires. What kind of handlebars are those?

Euro bars. Superbike bars. Tracker bars.

Have also seen them called Eurosport, Eurotour, Commando...

http://www.lowbrowcustoms.com/c1/buy/m-c-parts/ everything and more that you could ever want for a custom build, including 1" to 7/8" riser reducers...

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Reply #65 - 07/19/13 at 07:07:15

Cafe racers almost invariably have clubman or clip on bars, bumpstop seat/tail, and good tires. Trackers tend to have tracker bars and a flat or slightly upswept seat, and street knobbies (TT) or other vintage tire tread patterns. With a lot of style blending these days...

Look through the pics in this sub-section, http://www.dotheton.com/forum/index.php?board=49.0

Higher end finish work than most Savages could ever dream of having done to them.

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Reply #66 - 07/19/13 at 16:00:45

Toroso wrote on 07/19/13 at 06:26:30:

S'cuse me! Don't know jack about cafe racers. But this looks just like all the builds being CALLED cafe racers.

I like what you said about not knowing jack about café racers. That explains it.

Saying a "scrambler" type of bike is like a café racer is like saying a hopped up dune buggy is like a Corvette.

Below are pics of two bikes which use the same frame and motor. One is set up as a scrambler and one as a café racer.

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gizzo Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiCabbage. It's Savage. Posts: 1318 Australia	Re: Savage Scrambler build Reply #67 - 07/19/13 at 17:25:58 Wow, that Triumph looks sweet ! Drum front, awesome! I love it. Jiggy's scrambler, also sweet. I like the back fender on, and a bit longer than it is now. My 2c, YMMV etc.
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87 savage Full Member Offline Gone riding! Posts: 249 Maine Gender:	Re: Savage Scrambler build Reply #68 - 07/19/13 at 18:07:52 Fender, definitely fender!!!
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Reply #69 - 07/19/13 at 18:45:15

gizzo wrote on 07/19/13 at 17:25:58:

Wow, that Triumph looks sweet Cool

! Drum front, awesome! I love it.
Jiggy's scrambler, also sweet. I like the back fender on, and a bit longer than it is now. My 2c, YMMV etc.

I like that drum brake too. I'm toying with putting a Suzuki 4LS drum brake from the early GT750 water buffalo on my RYCA CS-1.

Functionally it would be a silly thing to do because it is heavier than the Savage set up, and it would be a lot of work.

I doubt it would have any more stopping power, either. The Savage front brake, with a braided hose and proper pads works pretty stinkin' well for a street bike.

The big honkin' aluminum lump of a 4LS drum brake just has more "period cool" for a bike that is supposed to reflect the mechanical persona of the 1960's.

Jiggyfly, I'm not suggesting anything at all, but I was wondering if you have considered using a drum brake, maybe from a Suzuki or other jap bike from the 1960's. Most scramblers in those days had drums.

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gizzo Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiCabbage. It's Savage. Posts: 1318 Australia	Re: Savage Scrambler build Reply #70 - 07/19/13 at 20:12:05 Yes, that would be a super cool look on the Ryca, for sure. And a lot less $$ than a Fontana or a Menani.
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Jiggyfly Full Member Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 144	Re: Savage Scrambler build Reply #71 - 07/19/13 at 21:03:04 If I did wire spoked wheels, it's definitely the direction I would've taken. With the cast wheels, it's a no-go. Plus you can polish & machine/vent drum brakes & the look super cool, & still period correct.
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Re: Savage Scrambler build
Reply #72 - 07/20/13 at 05:22:11

Jiggyfly wrote on 07/19/13 at 21:03:04:

If I did wire spoked wheels, it's definitely the direction I would've taken.
With the cast wheels, it's a no-go.
Plus you can polish & machine/vent drum brakes & the look super cool, & still period correct.

Those cast wheels ARE cool. Plus, after having spent maybe a hundred hours truing five spoked wheels in the Double RYCA Build, doing anymore spoked wheel work is not on my list of fun projects anymore,... so I envy your wheel-maintenance advantages.

This is just MY opinion, of course, but when you do set up a disc brake for the front, to stay with the persona of the scrambler, I'd go with the disc brake setup that had the least amount of "visual mass." IOW, I'd use something relatively small and simple.

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njrmahoney Junior Member Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 51	Re: Savage Scrambler build Reply #73 - 08/20/13 at 12:01:19 More photos please, I need to see some progress. Where can I get that seat hoop?
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WD Serious Thumper 2005 No Login Offline Professional "scooter trash". Posts: 5207 Rosemark TN Gender:	Re: Savage Scrambler build Reply #74 - 08/20/13 at 13:04:02 Same place you first stumbled on the build, DTT. Look in the selling section. Or Dime City Cycles and several other vendors. Even Omar's if you catch the staff in a remotely civil mood...
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