Has anyone ever heard of an Italian manufacturer called Itom?  I had a 50cc Itom in high school in 1963.  I'm sure that they imported very few bikes to the U.S., and went out of business a long time ago.  I think that I paid about $50 for it, but I rode it for 2 years, and it got me where I needed to go.  It was 2 cycle, as I recall.

Dave -
I saw the same sites that you did.  I recall that bike very fondly.  Back in the 1960s, here in Ohio, if you failed the driver's license road test twice, you had to wait a year to re-test.  When I was in high school, my Dad had a Cadillac that was about 50 feet long, and I failed the parallel parking test twice.  So I got the Itom to get around for that year.  I had a cousin who had been a battalion commander in Patton's army who taught me the technique that they taught tank drivers to park tanks.  It works in everything from a dump truck to a Fiat 500.  I passed on the next attempt.

1972 and a buddy had a pan head chopper. Rigid with an extended springer front end.   I rode it ...Once......

One of the things that attracted me to the Savage is it's geometry.

Not going into rake/trail issues or anything, but I think the angle of the forks and that of the front down-tube/s of the frame are perfect, aesthetically, on the Savage

Added to that is the way that the (nicely proportioned) head-light sits just right in between the yokes.

For the bobber-look though, my preference, I can't help but imagine a 21" front wheel with a minimalist Al-alloy mudguard/fender, RycaShaun brake, fork-boots............