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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 #75 - 05/09/15 at 13:38:31 Parking on grass might not work out well.
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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 #76 - 05/09/15 at 22:14:15 Now we need a vid of you riding it
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Reply #77 - 05/10/15 at 00:14:44

soon I hope!

working on a new mount for the headlight now...it was very close to the forks wich looked great but the light beam was aiming way to low.... that will be a bit of a compromise between looks and function unfortunately Undecided

I am thinking about not painting it yet but to first put some miles on it to see if everything works as it should. Also noticed yesterday the petcock is leaking slightly....so I need a rebuild kit for that.

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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 #78 - 05/10/15 at 01:24:13 RAPTOR petcock.
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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 #79 - 05/10/15 at 02:54:10 The original works fine so I want to keep that....but after 40 years a rebuild isn't a problem right? I personally like the vacuum operated feature.
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Reply #80 - 05/10/15 at 03:40:19

Martin71RS wrote on 05/10/15 at 02:54:10:

The original works fine so I want to keep that....but after 40 years a rebuild isn't a problem right? I personally like the vacuum operated feature.

Where do you live? If you don't have ethanol in your fuel the stock petcock may work just fine for a long time.

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Reply #81 - 05/13/15 at 13:21:53

Looks like a seal in the petcock wasn't seated properly...I'll see if it holds up.

Just made my first test ride.... about 10 -12 miles and it's fun!!

Very light and quick, handles great. Max speed I did was around 70mph for a very short time. It's nothing like an original Savage.....pretty loud but not too. Roll Eyes

Thanks to the upgraded brakes, changed geometry and different seating position there's so much ground clearance and the bike is very short. It's a 86 so 4 speed, probably not too nice on the highway but perfect on country roads/around town.

I will see if I can make a video.... get the gopro for on-bike footage and have someone film me doing some pass-by's. Will probably take some time before that's done.

The bike still needs to be painted, it needs a mirror and indicator lights on the front. Also a lot of screws and bolts need to be replaced since I used what I had so it's a bit of a mix and match.

For now testing and having some fiun with it is priority.
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Reply #82 - 05/15/15 at 06:26:08

well....my very expensive Gopro Hero decided to die on me.... I have it for a few years already but it probably has run 5 hours at most.
Angry

It doesn't start up anymore..... it is not the battery since it charged so must be the electronics.....300 euros (or $) down the drain.

I tried my son's $20 "Gopro" but the image was very shaky.... I mounted it to the mirror (which I just installed) but it is clear the motor's vibration is too much for it...otherwise it doesn't perform bad...

I modified the mount so it fits my Gopro mount now so maybe tomorrow I will give it another try and mount it on the tank (which is in rubbers) and on my helmet.

pff I hate it when these expensive things break :'(

Oh..almost forgot to mention... I did some more bending on the side stand and it sits perfect now at a bit of an angle. I did have to grind a piece off the end to make it a bit smaller since it interfered with my foot....made shifting a bit hard. Roll Eyes

The motor definately needs a tune up.... set the valve clearance, oil filter and oil and a new plug...maybe even take the carb apart and clean it. It has a bit of a stumble when I accellerate hard.

here is the (bit crappy) video

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TC YaBB Newbies Offline All you gotta do is jump. Posts: 43 Thousand Oaks, CA Gender:	Re: street tracker, street fighter? my Savage buil Reply #83 - 05/16/15 at 00:00:27 As an aside, if you have a GoPro Hero2 they are known to have firmware issues. I have one that has pretty much not worked for a year now. I think I read somewhere that you can send it to GoPro and they will fix it for free but I've been trying to find that for ages.
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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 #84 - 06/03/15 at 12:23:52 another vid....shaky since I mounted the camera on the tank but gives a nice impression
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Tocsik Serious Thumper Offline the singularity Posts: 1140 Denver, CO Gender:	Re: street tracker, street fighter? my Savage buil Reply #85 - 06/03/15 at 12:32:45 Nice exhaust note on that. And beautiful scenery to ride in. I see in the reflection on your speedometer that you wear a full face helmet. How about a helmet mount for the GoPro? Those give nice, stable video.
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Robawf YaBB Newbies Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 16	Re: street tracker, street fighter? my Savage buil Reply #86 - 03/04/16 at 15:20:42 Did the GT550 tank fit without much difficulty? What year GT550 is it from? I like the way it looks and fits the bikes lines. Great job on your build.
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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 #87 - 03/04/16 at 22:57:32 thanks The tank is from an early 70's GT550.The way I mounted it it clears all the stock components (like the decompression solenoid) only had to relocate the horn. In this thread you can see pics of how I mounted it Just waiting on better weather to take it out again Martin
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Violent_Rage Senior Member Offline Burp! Posts: 282 Trento - Italy Gender:	Re: street tracker, street fighter? my Savage buil Reply #88 - 03/05/16 at 03:00:13 This is really a masterpiece! Nice job!
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Brassneck YaBB Newbies Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 11 Humboldt Gender:	Re: street tracker, street fighter? my Savage buil Reply #89 - 08/04/16 at 11:12:31 There's a lot of great savages on this site, but I've got to say, this is just exceptionally cool.
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