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justin_o_guy2 Serious Thumper Offline What happened? Posts: 55279 East Texas, 1/2 dallas/la.	Re: street tracker, street fighter? my Savage buil Reply #15 - 01/19/15 at 07:59:48 I'll be happy to see the page turn. Takes eightever to get down here.. and yes,that's about twice as long as fourever... blasted Kindle..
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Reply #16 - 01/20/15 at 12:43:11

I started with a wooden template (MDF) because it's easy to work with...just saw into shape, drill it and draw on it.

I mounted the footrests on the wooden bracket and used a pencil to trace the shapes. Now it was easy to take measurements, I did my thing in Autocad and sent the file to the lasercutter to have the pieces cut out of 8mm steel.

I bought a small "cheese grater" to finish shaping the front fender. When I cut of the big pieces I did so with the jigsaw machine but it melted the pieces back together...guess I was going to fast or the blade was too fine.
Just need to sand the edges smooth now and round them off a bit.

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Reply #17 - 01/21/15 at 13:37:50

Got my parts from the laser cutter today. I mounted the fender to check fitment and to see how it looks. The fork brace now just needs to be polished.

I tapped threads in the brackets and tack welded them together. Next is fitting them on the bike and mark the exact location for the lower brackets.

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paulmarshall Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 1268 Carterton,New Zealand Gender:	Re: street tracker, street fighter? my Savage buil Reply #18 - 01/21/15 at 13:50:11 Nice very nice. Its inspiring me to pull my finger out and get on with my build.
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Reply #19 - 01/26/15 at 12:39:03

Saddle and tank mounts are done!
First I made a small bracket out of spring steel. I marked where the bolts had to go, welded a piece of metal to the subframe...drilled and tapped it for M6 bolts and it's done and holds the tank firm in place.

I glued a piece of yoga mat (dense foam) to the wooden seat base. To create round edges I taped the foam over the edge of the base. After this I glued on a thin layer of soft foam with a fabric on top which I still had leftover from doing my door panels for the Nova. I then covered it with black vinyl, also had enough left of that. I stretched it over the seat and stapled it to the base.. So again a lot of progress this weekend!

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Martin71RS YaBB Newbies Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 48 Voorhout, The Netherlands Gender:	Re: street tracker, street fighter? my Savage buil Reply #20 - 01/30/15 at 07:53:39 small update, some pics of the saddle mounted on the tracker seat/subframe and after a long time I took the bike out of the garage to get some better pics Martin
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Art Webb Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 3007 columbus, Texas Gender:	Re: street tracker, street fighter? my Savage buil Reply #21 - 01/30/15 at 09:25:03 looking real good there
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Reply #22 - 02/06/15 at 08:42:05

Thanks!

I made a steering limiter/stop, drilled a hole in the existing tab and bolted the new one to it.

Still need to trim it a bit, but I'll do that later.

I swapped the mock-up forks for the real one which has everything on it....also the stainless braided brake lines I found for a steal locally....they were new in the original packing but just 1/3 of the normal price....SCORE!! Cool

To mount them I had to make room for the distribution block so had to modify the headlight bracket....pics later when I clean it up/paint it.

I tack welded the brackets for the footrests together for fitment...I'll have my frien finish weld them...I'm not good enough of a welder to do this.

that's it for now....hopefully more soon....
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djfreex YaBB Newbies Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 5	Re: street tracker, street fighter? my Savage buil Reply #23 - 02/07/15 at 15:15:08 Nice GT550 Tank
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zipidachimp Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 1380 surrey, b.c. Gender:	Re: street tracker, street fighter? my Savage buil Reply #24 - 02/07/15 at 23:44:01 Man, that's a good looking bike. Put on a set of flattrack bars and you've got the streettracker I'm trying to build. Beauty! Question: did that tank go on easily, or did you have to hammer the underside as did Dave? I'd like to use a similar one.
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Reply #25 - 02/08/15 at 00:54:38

thanks!

the tank went on easy... the petcock seems to clear the head, the decompression solenoid fits, only need to move the horn. It clears the frame too. I've seen a build here where ?Dave? hammered the underside....he probably placed the tank lower over the frame, but for the look I am going for it's perfect.

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zipidachimp Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 1380 surrey, b.c. Gender:	Re: street tracker, street fighter? my Savage buil Reply #26 - 02/08/15 at 01:54:35 Martin: if you were to take a 4' straightedge and line it up horizontally against the bottom of the tank and bottom of the seat, I think the looks would improve. Or maybe I'm just being anal ! Anyway, trackers are my favorite style, and yours is gorgeous, especially wih the cast wheels. Enjoy!!!!
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Reply #27 - 02/13/15 at 11:01:57

Took the bike apart today so I could bring it to my friend for welding.
My tack welds didn't hold up... I did get some penetration but my welder isn't powerfull enough for the thicker material.... Sad

The frame just fits in my car, I left the motor in so I can build it up again easy to make the exhaust. Also we will weld a mounting point for the rear brake caliper reaction bar.

The pics show the brackets bolted in place prior to welding.

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nof1 YaBB Newbies Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 34	Re: street tracker, street fighter? my Savage buil Reply #28 - 02/13/15 at 14:55:22 hell-of-a first post! This ones fun to watch, and I expect will provide a lot of inspiraton. I'll be interested in what the end product looks like. Though to my eyes, the stripped bike with savage tank looked pretty good too!
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Martin71RS YaBB Newbies Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 48 Voorhout, The Netherlands Gender:	Re: street tracker, street fighter? my Savage buil Reply #29 - 02/14/15 at 13:36:39 Thanks! Best masking tip ever, only spent 1 euro and it works great. Just deflate the tire a bit and slide the playing card between the tire and wheel.....and now we have color! Martin
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