Hey there friends, newb here. My name is Mo and I've had my savage for a few months now and I love it. However I do have a dream of it being a personalized Cafe, something I can put together or fabricate myself. I know that I could take the Ryca route but again, I want something a little more personal. But I need help getting started. Soooooooo my questions are:

What tanks are a good fit with minor fabrication?

Best way to install rearsets?

What non-wired wheels are the best fit?  18\19in preferred

Can I switch rear brake to disk?

And any other advice for this newb would be awesome.  Thanks everyone and cheers!!!

Thanks for the reply Dave.

I did take a look through the builds and got a couple of ideas but they were also a bit older so I wanted to see if I could get any other/more current ideas.

I have access to everything I need for fabrication as well so that's not something I'm too worried about.

I also figured that the brake conversion might be a pain, but nothing  afraid to take on. While I might not be knowledgeable to start, it doesn't take much for me to learn and I try to be as mechanically inclined as possible.  But the main reason for me asking is because I wanted to switch the wheels out to a nice 5 spoke or something similar, and if I ended up with a wheel from a bike that was disk to begin with then I would like to keep it that way for sure.

I appreciate the help so far though and look forward to learning the ins and outs of the cafe conversion process. Any and all help and advice is super welcome.

Cheers

Ah I see. Well it is more of an optional thing that I might want to do so I'll do some more research on the brake situation.

However any other sound Cafe build advice is more than welcome. Any recommendations or things to keep an eye out for to make the build itself as streamlined as possible.  Thanks a lot, I really am finding more out as I go so I appreciate everything.

justin_o_guy2 wrote on 07/28/16 at 12:44:40:


Mospagats wrote on 07/28/16 at 11:47:29:

In the tech section index you'll find a link to cast wheel conversion.

as far as rear disc goes, I'd love to but too much trouble.

This is all great input guys!!

To answer justin_o_guy2 though, as Dave pointed out if I find a wheel with disc then that would probably be the reason to use disc but I do also 1) love disc brakes and the way they look 2) am always up for any mechanical challenge so it would give me pride to say that I converted the hard way, but again it's the hard way and 3) because of my experience with cars and brakes I've always had an easier time with changing disk pads over shoes.

It seems that unless the disk is on the wheel then it would be a hard time converting it so I may just find one that I like.

Overall in the very long run, it doesn't matter, so I guess it becomes more aesthetic than anything.

You will most likely wear out the front disc pads a time or two.....you will never wear out the rear shoes, as they seem to last forever.

Here is the seat/tank combo I am using.
Got them on Ebay.
Nothing 'Just bolts on!"