Hey guys, sorry to flood the rubber side down with threads but when I'm not riding or working on it, I guess I'll just talk about it. After today it gets cold as hell so I'm putting my bike up in the shop this afternoon. Now I really have the time to get into the bike and do some of the stuff I've been putting off. I want to do some customization but before that I want to get this thing running like it should. I love how good the savage looks as a bobber, maybe that will be next winter. It's a 1986 at 14,400 miles. I really don't have much experience inside the engine, but I'm hoping to fix that over winter. Here are some things I want to do:
Front forks are pitted and need some polishing.
Replace my air box with a cone filter
Find a scrap Harley or other muffler (maybe replace the header too, it's pretty rusted, or maybe I'll just wrap it)
Maybe add an inline fuel filter (Already got Raptor petcock)
Cam chain tensioner!! It's that time. Don't know much about it though.
Sand/Polish up all the metal! Maybe some paint, but I don't know if it will fit my budget.
Rejet the carb, don't know much about this.
Find and fix my oil leak
Replace rear brake shoe
MAYBE fit a wider rear tire and switch to a chain? Idk about this. I need new tires anyway.
Double maybe get a new carb/cam from lancer? I want all the horses in the world.
Maybe replace the clutch? Don't know anything about this yet.
Definitely replace the 25 year old brake fluid
I'd really like to take the engine apart and replace all the gaskets and piston rings, sort of like in this thread :
http://suzukisavage.com/cgi-bin/YaBB.pl?num=1246924611Where can I get the parts for doing all of this?? (Especially the gasket set) I live in NC, but do all my shopping online anyway. There's a few junkyards around here but I don't know if they have motorcycles. If I had to set a budget of 2 or $300 which of these things should I prioritize?
I would be glad to take pics and document any of these things as I do them. I'm not the most experienced, but maybe my mistakes can help someone else.