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What style bike to build now?
09/30/13 at 06:30:50
I already have one Savage, and I am about to start planning my next build, an '86 savage. Here is a pic of what I have already.
What should I build next?
Here is what the new project is starting out looking like.
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09/30/13 at 13:04:22
I like hardtails I LIKE IT I LIKE IT I LIKE IT A LOT AS MOE WOULD SAY.
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what guy doesnt like a good hard tail
But I can tell you right now its staying sprung.
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09/30/13 at 13:21:27
$3.29 for Ruffles, huh? I never realized the correlation between the prices of a bag of chips and a gallon of gas. Back when gas was $0.99 a gallon, so was a bag of chips.
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$3.29 for Ruffles, huh? I never realized the correlation between the prices of a bag of chips and a gallon of gas. Back when gas was $0.99 a gallon, so was a bag of chips.
I just saw the new TWINKIES in the store next door.......$ 1.79 for a pair of them.
Next Project? I need some details. Do you want a bike that looks good and rides rough.......or a rough looking bike that rides good? Are you looking for a bike that you ride down to the store.....or across the state?
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splash07 wrote
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what guy doesnt like a good hard tail
But I can tell you right now its staying sprung.
What guy doesn't like going boeing boeing boeing...
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09/30/13 at 17:27:15
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what guy doesnt like a good hard tail
But I can tell you right now its staying sprung.
I'd like to see someone come up with a rear clip(either bolt or weld-on) with a retro "plunger" style suspension, something like the old Amen"Savior" frames of the 1970's and what Vincent and others used in the '50s.
I can picture a plunger frame with a true springer fork(not the girder some call a springer), 18" rear tire and 21" front, painted fenders off a late 50s/early 60s Triumph or BSA, and a repro Norton tank.
With Lancer's "big bore" kit and cam you'd have one Hell of a ride!
I didn't vote only because I'm not sure which category my idea fits into.
And as for "what guy doesn't like a good hard tail"............nah.......give me a soft tail(firm but soft
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09/30/13 at 17:43:43
How about a little chop flavor,like this.Just keep the suspension.
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09/30/13 at 19:16:16
IMO, Rats arent built unless its a barn find in rough shape. Rats just happen over time
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IMO, Rats arent built unless its a barn find in rough shape. Rats just happen over time
Yep JOG, but the we is old school,ya dig? These young'uns cain't wait long enough fer that green"patina to grow on a scoot!
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09/30/13 at 20:46:16
Dirt bike. 23 inch front tire, 18 inch rear tire. High pipe. Crossbraced handlebar. Waffle grips. Flat seat.
Oh, wait, Suzuki already made one...
Rigid with a springer, drum brake on both ends. Would ride better than the stock pseudo-suspension.
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...Rigid with a springer, drum brake on both ends. Would ride better than the stock pseudo-suspension.
ohio thumper did one on his bike, which is one of the only springers I have seen done to the savage.
I like it and would consider something along these lines...
http://suzukisavage.com/cgi-bin/YaBB.pl?num=1364777739/14#top
But Voodoo Vintage is just now releasing a leaf spring front end that looks really awesome too...add it to a weld-on hardtail &
http://www.voodoovintage.com/
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10/01/13 at 12:19:14
OK, I appreciate all the advice and votes. After much discusion with my father, and several friends who are interested in buying it when done, I have made my decisions.
Its going to be a bobber. Dark forest green gloss paint, dark brown leather solo sprung seat, bobbed rear fender and a whole host of other smaller upgrades and modifications. A verslavy and raptor for sure, maybe a versy drilled rotor as well. I will go ahead and start a build thread in the cafe later with some pics of the tear down. Its going well so far and I should have it completely taken apart by next week. Hoping to get the first round of parts about the same time. She akready has a name too....Swamp Angel....because that is where I pulled her from, deep in the swamp.
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