yep, side stand relay.  I don't know why it needs a relay, my foot kicks it up and down.

the decomp controller is over the carb.  You can pull that off, just jump the center wire nearest the hook to the bottom right connector so it'll start when you push the button.  and make yourself a decomp lever in case it ever gets stuck.  beast always gets stuck.

piedmontbuckeye wrote on 01/20/17 at 10:23:14:


Sounds like something I might attempt in the future. Chop the backbone, raise it to clear a new 5-6 gal tank. Get ahold of frank at frank's forks, and put one big daddy sissy bar for a single old_rider Chopper this thing out !

Kinda like this fella off of facebook...

Since my Savage is done, I started fiddling with the Barcalounger some.    Barcalounger = Suzuki VS 800 and the tricks shown here also apply to most of the Intruder line, including the 1400s.

First things first, it HAS to look good and be functional.  The Savage is an old Granny bike and can look like what it is.   I wanted the Barcalounger to be prettier, to be actually worth washing and polishing on occasion.    

So the mount points are polished aluminum,  made from  aluminum 1" round stock and plated hex stock.

Here is a close up of the inside, viewing the seating of the flat washers as they mate the beveled machine screws on a "rim mount" type set up.    Practically flush, but very strong and able to clamp up a large area surface.    Remember, the wood is glued to the hard bag's inner surface, so it makes up a more rigorous stress carrying assembly.

Yeah, Wood Preservative -- that's the first coat of black enamel that kinda sorta soaks completely down into the dry wood and looks all streaky before you even get to the other side.   The next coat stays a lot thicker ... but you have to let the first two coats dry good first and then lightly sand it with fine sandpaper to take off the raised whiskers from the first coat.  

Or as the old shop teacher used to say -- you gotta fill and block the pores in the wood so the final coat can make a even surface as it sets up.

Hay !

That looks perty good  !  

Will be glad to see it in person some day !  

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I put the first coat of black on my new tank today too.   Mostly to see where the "imperfections" are ... so most of it will be sanded off before I get done.   There are so many little, tiny imperfections , I think I put a few layers of sanding primer on next .  

I found a picture of the Speedometer while I was looking for tank picture .  

I mounted it under the handlebar mount .   pulled the handlebar off , drilled and taped a hole all the way through , mounted the speedometer from the bottom on the tank side.  
I like having the "Cubby-Hole" behind the windshield to carry stuff , two 2Lt bottles , plus a loave of bread will fit in there at the same time !