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suzi-q Junior Member Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 87	Re: My new project bike! Reply #15 - 08/01/13 at 11:46:12 hi. this was my first bike. i bought it with my own money after my mother said no. rode for six years.also to my graduation. gas war .33 cents a cal. .50 cents would let you go for days.good luck.
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paulmarshall Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 1268 Carterton,New Zealand Gender:	Re: My new project bike! Reply #16 - 08/01/13 at 13:46:07 Great find Dave. Love the colour.
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WD Serious Thumper 2005 No Login Offline Professional "scooter trash". Posts: 5207 Rosemark TN Gender:	Re: My new project bike! Reply #17 - 08/01/13 at 16:01:00 Tow it to the get together with your Savage... you can take that either way... But a baby bike towing a micro-bike would get some serious double takes...
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Reply #18 - 08/02/13 at 06:03:02

WD wrote on 08/01/13 at 16:01:00:

Tow it to the get together with your Savage... you can take that either way... Grin

But a baby bike towing a micro-bike would get some serious double takes... Roll Eyes

I will be bringing my Savage in a trailer.....I might tbe able to squeeze the S65 in as well. However I do believe that getting the S65 running will be a winter project, along with painting my Savage/Cafe' conversion.

Someday I will be old......But not today!

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Reply #19 - 08/02/13 at 06:57:37

You should be pleasantly surprised at how easy it is to work on. Think of it as a 4 stroke chainsaw engine... Seriously, the engine in them is a cake walk.

Keep going with the light rubbing compound and some mild chrome cleaner, and if you scrub the cleaned chrome with aluminum foil, it should end up at about 80% or better. That machine is in too decent of shape to repaint or to replace all the trim items.

My 60s Honda is another couple years (at least) from being done. Custom job, nowhere near enough left to do a stock restoration. So I'm bringing it back to its track and fire road glory days of the late 60s and early 70s.

I'll be lucky to get my Savage ready to toss in the tensioner and ride by the get together. Going to try and get the Intruder going, but the CL100 is likely closest to ready... Angry

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ToesNose Serious Thumper Offline Pardon me, do you have Hot Sauce? Posts: 1993 Mooresville, NC Gender:	Re: My new project bike! Reply #20 - 08/02/13 at 19:39:18 Great find Dave and in such clean condition!!! I just looked at a 69' Honda Dream last week but it needed too much work
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SteveIsGr8 Junior Member Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 91 Jamestown, NC	Re: My new project bike! Reply #21 - 08/02/13 at 21:04:49 Love it! Very cool find.
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Reply #22 - 08/02/13 at 23:17:34

Ive heard Aluminum Foil on chrome/rust many times, recently I was talking w/ a buddy down on the coast,,he KNows chrome & rust,, He decided to give it a try, but, he used a spray bottle with water. He said a light mist of water on foil & object & the foil made a kind of silvery slurry & just Murdered the rust.

Once the rust is ripped out, a rag w Ospho, ( names recently changed to Jasco I think), available @ Kelly Moore paint store, a quart is Always in my shop. I tried the gel, sux,, get the liquid. A rag, dampened, wiped over pits in chrome, will STOP the rust, It transforms Iron Oxide into Iron Phosphate.. its black, not red.

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paulmarshall Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 1268 Carterton,New Zealand Gender:	Re: My new project bike! Reply #23 - 08/02/13 at 23:20:23 I've used the foil trick and it removed about 85% I reckon.
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