Thanks all for the comments
Thank you Blinky for the old thread
Thankl you Stinger for the advice on the vibrations; as for the extra fuel, I must say Europe is so densely populated, it would be like fearing to be left stranded in a deserted locaiton in... Rhode Island ? Massachssetts ?
Really, anywhere you go in the Old World you can hardly drive/ride any more than 10 miles and you're bound to find any kind of a built up area... knock on anybody's door and they will NOT answer the door with a shotgun; a beer and a newspaper, maybe; a pick handle behijnd their back, but no firearms, not even in gun-riddled, formerly war-torn Bosnia.
We're Old World.
Anyway, I DO have a nice 4-5 gal. tank from a Dyna; unfortunately the boys at Suzuki would have none of this "measure up, cut&weld" so I'll have to have it done by another workshop.
Something like "West Coast Customs, Old World Style"
I'll most certainly have to cut up a bit where the Savage upper frame opens up in a "Y" fashion, but I hope I'll lose no more than 1 liter/quart.
Overall, 15/16 usable liters is quite an upgrade over the stock usable 9... increases reliable range from 100 miles/160 Km to almost twice that.
Roger for the comment on spare tires and tire irons, and I do agree.
Anyway, having new tires and tubes means the most I'll want to carry is a Fix-a-flat can made for inner tubes; it'll fix anything short of a machete slash...
... and if I should see such a gash, never mind the bike, RUN!!!
Hopefully, I'll test ride the bike this afternoon (certainly before Verslagen has his first coffee of the day
) and hopefully collect her Friday pm.
After that, it's just bolt on the new speedo and horn, throw on the saddle bags and start shopping for a decent flyscreen
I like this style from Piaggio Vespa
OR from Aprilia scooters (same Piaggio Corp.)