I have started a build and have been keeping a blog about it.  Here are a couple of photos and a link to the blog.  suggestions are welcome.

Starting point




Where I am now.




One of the places I am headed.



http://thelycanproject.blogspot.com

Im Lycan it so far..


Was that a church?

Kinda' RYCA without the wheel change or tank mod... That's probably how I'd go too...  
...(the cost/reward for those two mods just don't add up for me)... (I'd prefer to get a completely different tank, if anything,... more like Dave did)...

Some of what I have done so far is pretty much the same as RYCA but I had it made locally.  The rear set brackets cost me $65 and I pretty much copied their battery box for $10.  I have a set of GS450T cast wheels that I may try and use, 17" rear 19" front.  The front rotor will have to be machined,  the rear drum brake matches but I will have to convert to chain drive.  The rear sets came from Fast From the Past, and I made the connecting rods.  Long way to go.  Tanks are hard to find for a reasonable price.

looking good!!  

srinath wrote on 06/04/13 at 13:38:35:



Based on frame geometry, the offset is needed to reduce the trail. The Savage runs a 2.45 inch offset, which is pretty standard for a cruiser. Most likely the triple design came first, then they built a tank that would fit.


Oldsport, are those Ohlins on the back end?

Are you cerrtain those shocks are 13-3/8" eye/eye?  The angle of the swing arm looks pretty steep, and will likely cause a problem with any chain conversion or belt.  The change in belt or chan tension as the swing arm moves up and down will be siignificant - and you are bound to have the chain rubbing on the pivot point of the swing arm.

I have 13.5 inches shocks....and my swingarm angle looks to be less steep than yours.....maybe it is just an optical illusion.

I got to tell you....as much fun as the project is.....I am having a lot more fun now that it is rideable!

 

OldSport wrote on 06/04/13 at 11:28:02:



I could worship there
Neat lookin place,,

OldSport wrote on 06/05/13 at 06:29:19:


For the 6 months my bike was up on the work bench....I was jealous of people with running bikes as well.  We would have a nice sunny day.....and I could hear the bikes running up and down the road while I was in the garage working.  It is sooooo nice to have it running again.

Ask me about the seat in a week and a half.......I will be riding with the boys at the Dragon for 3 days straight next week.  So far the seat is fine as long as I am riding and my feet are on the pegs.  I can feel some engine vibration in my butt......and so far an hour in the seat is all I have spent at any one time.  One evening I was calibrating my speedo and I would pull over and stay straddled on the bike while adjusting the wheel size settings on the computer.  When I got back from the ride the inside of my legs was red from the hard fiberglass edges on the seat.....it is only a problem when you are stopped for a long period of time.

Next wnter the bike will come apart to be painted - and it may also get a bit of supplemental padding in the seat.....or maybe some stylish padded pants!