Garrett wrote on 06/09/13 at 23:50:59:Okay guys, I haven't been on here much. I don't know if I am posting in the right spot. But for a little back ground, I am 18, movin off to college soon and picked up a 1986 ls650 for really cheep. I got the bike runnin. Found an oil leak from what looks to be the valve cover and looks like someone beat the crud out of the carb. The mixture screw is stripped and can't get it to move at all. I pulled apart what I could and cleaned it. Then found wiring issues which I have been dealing with for a couple weeks now. Have a starter relay on the way. And hack been cleaning out about 50 feet of wire from the harness. While I have been waiting on the solenoid, I decided to start building a bobber.. So. Lots of questions.
If I decide to strut the rear end, how thick of steel should I use?
I am building a custom rear fender. Super short and straight. The seat will be made out of steel as well. Some say an unsprung seat+ strutted rear end is a bad idea.. Any thoughts on that?
Garrett, put some damping somewhere on that rear or you'll be looking for a kidney transplant before you even graduate ! Quote:Can I buy replacement carbs for this bike? It seams as though there is no salvaging this thing..
In theory any 32-36mm carb sgould do the job, but perhaps a rehaul&reconditioning of your own carb is a safer bet.
Quote:I am going to mount a tail light onto the side of the bike to give the fender a clean look. Where can I buy just a small round taillight that I can make a mount for to hold the license plate for as well.
Any decent web-based chop shop has plenty of stuff starting from $20...
Quote:Also, whoever had this bike before me broke the headlight. I have a driving/ off road light sitting in my garage. I know it won't have a hi/low filiment. But I don't plan on driving at night anyways.. How would I hook up the offroad light? Can I just tie the white and green(I think it's green) together and connect them to the red of the offroad light?
My suggestion is to look at the light bulb and make sure the low beam is at least 37.5W and the high beam at least 50W. Never mind you don't plan riding at night, Noah never went skin diving and Moses never went skinny dipping, either. Who knows, you might beet a biker chick in college who rider badder
and faster than you, what are you going to do, "not ride at night"?
Get yerself a headlight.
Quote:I know it's a lot. But. I work full time as a boat mechanic and am a dang good welder, so, I am tryin to build everythin I can and make a budget bobber with a different look than normal!
OK, may I suggest you get yourself a sprung seat FIRST, tailor it to your liking as related to handlebars and footpegs, and only THEN think about rear struts. Those rear shocks are so short, they're stiff anyways...
Also, if you want to be cool, replace the stock speedo with a cookie jar and fit 2" tacho and speedo to the handlebars, they look and work much better!
THEN
source a 4 gal tank off a broken HD Road King and adapt it to the Savage frame; that'll give you the opportunity to cruise around town with the stock 2 gal tank, or go off on weekends with the 4 gal tank...
You don't want to be left stranded 'cause you ran outta gas... for real !