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What you do if you had money, time & skills?
09/09/17 at 00:09:54

I came to motorcycling late ... like a year ago, at age 47. I've come to love riding, learning about bikes (especially cruisers, 'standards' and their variations) ... more especially singles - and making simple mods to my bike. If I had money, time and skills I'd make a bike like the one in the attached photo.

What would you do?

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jcstokes Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiSavage.com is very useful Posts: 2119 Mauku New Zealand Gender:	Re: What you do if you had money, time & skills? Reply #1 - 09/09/17 at 01:03:43 If our beloved little bikes butt rivet you after a few hours, that one will probably do it in an hour or less.
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Reply #2 - 09/09/17 at 01:28:59

jcstokes wrote on 09/09/17 at 01:03:43:

If our beloved little bikes butt rivet you after a few hours, that one will probably do it in an hour or less.

Hahaha ... that's been my main issue since I got the S40. I have put a lot of thought and time into resolving it ... still working on it

If I had enough money for multiple bikes, the one pictured would just be one of them. Probably for having a coffee in town, and back again!

I just love the look of it, as an object Wink

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DieselBob Full Member Offline Thumper - One Who Thumps Posts: 189 Goshen, IN Gender:	Re: What you do if you had money, time & skills? Reply #3 - 09/09/17 at 06:04:49 That's a great look. And the Savage lends itself well to the design. Indeed, you're not going to be spending hours in that seat. But then, I spent hours at a time in the saddle of a hardtail '56 FLH, cuz that's all Harley made at the time. It did however have a very well sprung seat.
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ohiomoto Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 2772	Re: What you do if you had money, time & skills? Reply #4 - 09/09/17 at 06:42:39 I'd build a 652cc 70's style standard and on the cheap! Ha, ha... Actually, I'd build some sort of board tracker style bike.
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Reply #5 - 09/09/17 at 07:47:38

DieselBob wrote on 09/09/17 at 06:04:49:

That's a great look. And the Savage lends itself well to the design. Indeed, you're not going to be spending hours in that seat. But then, I spent hours at a time in the saddle of a hardtail '56 FLH, cuz that's all Harley made at the time. It did however have a very well sprung seat.

Hours at a time on a hardtail! - That's impressive!

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IslandRoad Serious Thumper Offline It doesn't vibrate, it purrs! Posts: 1147 The Kiewa Valley, Australia Gender:	Re: What you do if you had money, time & skills? Reply #6 - 09/09/17 at 07:55:33 ohiomoto wrote on 09/09/17 at 06:42:39: I'd build a 652cc 70's style standard and on the cheap! Ha, ha... haha .. The board trackers look amazing too. They really speak of their era.
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Ruttly Serious Thumper Offline Thumpers Rule Posts: 5106 Manteca , CA Gender:	Re: What you do if you had money, time & skills? Reply #7 - 09/09/17 at 10:20:47 I would build a shop and buy the equipment for building bikes. And finish all my bikes and then build some more. Using ideas & skills I learned over the years so I could put myself on my own list of what I call "Next Level Builders" someday.
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IslandRoad Serious Thumper Offline It doesn't vibrate, it purrs! Posts: 1147 The Kiewa Valley, Australia Gender:	Re: What you do if you had money, time & skills? Reply #8 - 09/09/17 at 10:33:43 Ruttly wrote on 09/09/17 at 10:20:47: I would build a shop and buy the equipment for building bikes. And finish all my bikes and then build some more. Using ideas & skills I learned over the years so I could put myself on my own list of what I call "Next Level Builders" someday. Sounds perfect
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Ruttly Serious Thumper Offline Thumpers Rule Posts: 5106 Manteca , CA Gender:	Re: What you do if you had money, time & skills? Reply #9 - 09/09/17 at 11:26:32 Yeah my list of next level builders grows & grows but my name is nowhere to be found , it's still on the hobbiest list , but it's truely a time & money issue , skills can be learned or faked (having someone else do it) ! In my heart I am a builder , part of a worldwide network of builders.
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Reply #10 - 09/09/17 at 11:37:19

If I had enough money for multiple bikes, the one pictured would just be one of them. Probably for having a coffee in town, and back again!

I just love the look of it, as an object Wink

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Super smooth lines over the front tire up the forks over the bars sweeping down the tank & seat up & over the rear tire/fender. Looks fast just sitting there. Shapes & Lines very nice !

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Reply #11 - 09/09/17 at 12:09:19

Ruttly wrote on 09/09/17 at 11:37:19:

If I had enough money for multiple bikes, the one pictured would just be one of them. Probably for having a coffee in town, and back again!

I just love the look of it, as an object Wink

Super smooth lines over the front tire up the forks over the bars sweeping down the tank & seat up & over the rear tire/fender. Looks fast just sitting there. Shapes & Lines very nice ! [/quote]

I've been looking at it and trying to think how I would 'improve' it. But, I really can't find anything. I was gonna pick on the chrome head covers, but then you would have to attack the tool box, then the headlight ... and that would just leave the forks all shiny on their own!

It reminds me of when I do a rough hand sketch of an idea for a logo or design. Something about the sketch might really work but I decide it needs 'cleaned up' - that never works. Sometimes a thing just works as it is.

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Ruttly Serious Thumper Offline Thumpers Rule Posts: 5106 Manteca , CA Gender:	Re: What you do if you had money, time & skills? Reply #12 - 09/09/17 at 12:28:07 I/R , Sometimes it's just about keeping it simple , function before form and it just happens.
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zipidachimp Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 1416 surrey, b.c. Gender:	Re: What you do if you had money, time & skills? Reply #13 - 09/09/17 at 21:30:34 One of my regrets is never learning to 'weld'. I bought a cheap welder a while back, but the garage I rent would need rewiring, and the landlord might regret the rise in power consumption. Sticking a midsize sportbike engine in a 'feetforward' frame is another object to accomplish!
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Reply #14 - 09/09/17 at 22:53:19

zipidachimp wrote on 09/09/17 at 21:30:34:

One of my regrets is never learning to 'weld'. I bought a cheap welder a while back, but the garage I rent would need rewiring, and the landlord might regret the rise in power consumption.
Sticking a midsize sportbike engine in a 'feetforward' frame is another object to accomplish! Cool

Funny you mention that. I bought a small welder a few weeks ago for the first time, have done a couple small jobs recently ... nothing that depends on the integrity of the welds though. It's very satisfying Cool

"Sticking a midsize sportbike engine in a 'feetforward' frame ..."

That sounds like the Vulcan 500 Wink

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