Heh, I was looking over my "Introduce yourself and your bike" message from before, where I had all of these things to list:
terpfan1980 wrote on 08/14/13 at 13:11:57:{snip}
While I posted some details about things that are still on my wishlist of repairs/upgrades for my relatively new-to-me but definitely old and well-used 1998 Savage over in the
Rubber Meets the Road area, I figured I could stop in here too and introduce my bike a little better.
This poor lady needed several items taken care of when I got it, including:
- New tires
- Brakes
- New petcock
- Broken speedo
- Holes in exhaust (redneck engineering resolved for now, fiberglass tape has been used to cover over those holes and get the bike past inspection, as done by the shop that I had the inspection done at)
- Oil leak repair (nasty oil leak on the left side of the bike)
- tune-up/get bike running again (the catch-all that had the shop so happy to take my money
)
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Earlier resolved items, or items in the process of being knocked off my list:
Toolkit was lost long ago, ordered replacement while ordering a new Choke plungerChoke plunger replacement is on order (choke won't stay in place as it currently sits)Helmet lock was lost along the way, replacement for that is on order (now somewhat a non-issue since the saddlebags cover the helmet lock all the time 
)A couple of the turn signal indicators were damaged previously and had been kept on by tape, replacements were ordered and will be installed later
Still on the list of things to address:
Driver's seat has a hole in it that has been taped over - looking at replacing the seat with a new Corbin seat when funds are available.New muffler (intending to keep stock muffler on it)Windscreen (I prefer to have a windscreen/shield on bikes that I ride, aftermarket screen/shield is in my wishlist at Amazon, probably obtained soon)
I've since also added the saddlebag supports (which led to discovering that the support was cutting the sidewall on the tire
)
Saddlebags
Sissy bar bag
Forward controls were ordered and received, to be installed later
New rear tire will be ordered in the off-season and installed over the winter months with plans to get the bike back on the road (once "winterized") in the early spring
I've got some miscellaneous bolts, washers, nuts and such to deal with, and will probably have to dig into things more to permanently resolve the oil leak problem (since it seems to be persistent at this point), but otherwise, I'm hopeful that I'll be able to get another year or so of riding out of this bike without investing too much more into it. Eventually I want to get something bigger, but for now I'm very happy with this thumper and greatly appreciate the help that I've gotten here.
Oh, one other thing I've gotta put back on the list is the lock for the forks. That key wasn't with the bike when I got it. I can see the key number on it though, and am hopeful that a locksmith will be able to help in that area, if not a visit to a Suzuki stealership to get a replacement for it.
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