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My collection of rusty gold
09/24/13 at 06:39:57

Well I've been starting to stock pile up parts for the winter, but since it was a rainy day this past Saturday I couldn't wait and installed the 13.5" progressive shocks and cut down the belt guard mounts to fit it. What a difference in cornering! Definitely doesn't track as well straight, but makes the twisties much more pleasurable

I love that chrome rear fender with the big round tail light, can't wait to get that puppy mounted Wink

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Serowbot YaBB Moderator ModSquad Offline OK.... so what's the speed of dark? Posts: 28653 Tucson Az Gender:	Re: My collection of rusty gold Reply #1 - 09/24/13 at 08:48:51 All your gold,.. is silver... Nice... Really like that horn......vintage Harley?... ...
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Dave YaBB Moderator ModSquad Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 18098 Camp Springs, Kentucky Gender:	Re: My collection of rusty gold Reply #2 - 09/24/13 at 09:13:14 Hey.....You stole my gas tank!
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Serowbot YaBB Moderator ModSquad Offline OK.... so what's the speed of dark? Posts: 28653 Tucson Az Gender:	Re: My collection of rusty gold Reply #3 - 09/24/13 at 09:19:57 No Dave,... I can still see your gas tank... He stole your fenders!... ...
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Reply #4 - 09/24/13 at 09:22:40

Yea.....I intend to do something about that front fender. When I get caught in the rain it throws a thin line of spray up in the air....and it comes back right in the center of my face shield. On the Dragon Run rain event we went through construction zone while the roads were wet, and I had a brown stripe of North Carolina clay down the center of my face shield!

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Serowbot YaBB Moderator ModSquad Offline OK.... so what's the speed of dark? Posts: 28653 Tucson Az Gender:	Re: My collection of rusty gold Reply #5 - 09/24/13 at 09:55:05 Dave!... He stole yer' shocks, too!... ...
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ToesNose Serious Thumper Offline Pardon me, do you have Hot Sauce? Posts: 1993 Mooresville, NC Gender:	Re: My collection of rusty gold Reply #6 - 09/24/13 at 14:30:12 Yea the horn is a vintage HD reproduction, I got it used for $20 including shipping not a bad deal. The rear fender with the taillight was a great score at $19!!! And I found a guy off another forum that sells the rear sets with linkage for $119, they aren't anything fancy but they are nicely made.
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Re: My collection of rusty gold
Reply #8 - 09/25/13 at 15:02:38

Dave wrote on 09/24/13 at 09:22:40:

Yea.....I intend to do something about that front fender. When I get caught in the rain it throws a thin line of spray up in the air....and it comes back right in the center of my face shield. On the Dragon Run rain event we went through construction zone while the roads were wet, and I had a brown stripe of North Carolina clay down the center of my face shield!

Hey Dave,

I found that if you tie a bandana across the forks above your front tire that it will defuse the water spray. I tried it when I had the FireLizard and it worked rather well.

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LANCER Serious Thumper Alliance Member Offline Savage Beast Performance Parts Posts: 10661 Oklahoma Gender:	Re: My collection of rusty gold Reply #9 - 09/26/13 at 04:17:24 New fangled "Selective Watershed Fender"
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ToesNose Serious Thumper Offline Pardon me, do you have Hot Sauce? Posts: 1993 Mooresville, NC Gender:	Re: My collection of rusty gold Reply #10 - 09/26/13 at 04:31:42 Very street fighter looking Lancer, does "Selective" actually mean that you get wet? LOL
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OldSport Junior Member Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 71	Re: My collection of rusty gold Reply #11 - 09/26/13 at 10:30:30 Looks like you are on your way. Dropping the front 2 inches seemed to make the biggest handling change for me. RYCA says trail is 4.75 in. after the modifications. I used laser levels and mine measures closer to 4 inches now. I am measuring using the steer tube angle. I really do like those tanks!
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Re: My collection of rusty gold
Reply #12 - 09/26/13 at 19:16:27

ToesNose wrote on 09/26/13 at 04:31:42:

Very street fighter looking Lancer, does "Selective" actually mean that you get wet? Grin

LOL

Have not ridden in the rain with it yet, so not sure.

I have the RYCA Progressive springs but don't like the shorter travel and much harder ride. I'm going back to the stock springs, drill out the fluid holes a bit and go up to 20 wt oil. I've read about this mod a number of times and want to try it.

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WD Serious Thumper 2005 No Login Offline Professional "scooter trash". Posts: 5207 Rosemark TN Gender:	Re: My collection of rusty gold Reply #13 - 09/26/13 at 21:31:46 20 weight oil? Pfff... needs at least 40 weight, I'm likely to try GL1 85W once mine is going again, since a springer is way outside of my current budget.
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justin_o_guy2 Serious Thumper Offline What happened? Posts: 55279 East Texas, 1/2 dallas/la.	Re: My collection of rusty gold Reply #14 - 09/26/13 at 23:38:43 LANCER wrote on 09/26/13 at 04:17:24: New fangled "Selective Watershed Fender" http://images1.snapfish.com/232323232%7Ffp%3B54%3Enu%3D323%3A%3E639%3E697%3EW... Lookslike something to mount fender sections to.,.
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