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Chicagobob YaBB Newbies Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 27	Waiting for Spring so we can ride this new build 02/16/19 at 05:46:54 We just finished this Ryca build - 18" wheels front and rear, Shorai battery and electronic speedo, but can't ride it yet due to the ice and snow outside (Chicago).
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Serowbot YaBB Moderator ModSquad Offline OK.... so what's the speed of dark? Posts: 28361 Tucson Az Gender:	Re: Waiting for Spring so we can ride this new bui Reply #1 - 02/16/19 at 07:47:06 Looks fast sitting still... Beautiful!...
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Re: Waiting for Spring so we can ride this new bui
Reply #2 - 02/16/19 at 09:26:23

Good job relocating the battery and cleaning up the electric doo dads.

Now you have room for a proper air filter so you engine can breath better (The RYCA one is just toooooooo small).

I rode mine one summer without a front fender.......it sure does throw a lot of crap into your face and shoes without one.

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MMRanch Serious Thumper Offline Evil flourishes if Good Men do Nothing. Posts: 5716 LYNCHBURG TN Gender:	Re: Waiting for Spring so we can ride this new bui Reply #3 - 02/16/19 at 12:41:23 The LS650 lends itself to some nice mods. !
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Ruttly Serious Thumper Offline Thumpers Rule Posts: 4997 Manteca , CA Gender:	Re: Waiting for Spring so we can ride this new bui Reply #4 - 02/16/19 at 13:10:03 Nice build , bad weather sucks Stock motor ? Any Mods ? Do tell !
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Ruttly Serious Thumper Offline Thumpers Rule Posts: 4997 Manteca , CA Gender:	Re: Waiting for Spring so we can ride this new bui Reply #5 - 02/16/19 at 13:11:11 And what you hiding under the blue sheet ?
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Gary_in_NJ Serious Thumper Offline LS650 Cafe Racer Posts: 2625 Amongst the Twisty Roads	Re: Waiting for Spring so we can ride this new bui Reply #6 - 02/16/19 at 13:11:50 Nice and titty. I had to wait about a month to ride mine when it was finished....well worth the wait.
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DieselBob Full Member Offline Thumper - One Who Thumps Posts: 189 Goshen, IN Gender:	Re: Waiting for Spring so we can ride this new bui Reply #7 - 02/16/19 at 13:29:13 Quote: "And what you hiding under the blue sheet?" Also, a lot of dead cows hanging on the wall there. We're a snoopy lot, aren't we. Nice build. And I'm in Chicago tomorrow. But, probably not on a bike.
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springman Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 2188 Spring, Texas Gender:	Re: Waiting for Spring so we can ride this new bui Reply #8 - 02/17/19 at 15:10:11 Good job!
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Armen Serious Thumper Offline Half-Witted Wrench-Jockey from Jersey Posts: 1431	Re: Waiting for Spring so we can ride this new bui Reply #9 - 02/17/19 at 15:40:28 Nice!!!!
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justin_o_guy2 Serious Thumper Offline What happened? Posts: 55279 East Texas, 1/2 dallas/la.	Re: Waiting for Spring so we can ride this new bui Reply #10 - 02/17/19 at 15:45:56 Gary_in_NJ wrote on 02/16/19 at 13:11:50: Nice and titty. I had to wait about a month to ride mine when it was finished....well worth the wait. Nice and titty.. Yes, they are.
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sandmanred Senior Member Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 282	Re: Waiting for Spring so we can ride this new bui Reply #11 - 02/17/19 at 16:12:07 Nice job! Any chance of a retrospective build story?
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Brant YaBB Newbies Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 13	Re: Waiting for Spring so we can ride this new bui Reply #12 - 02/20/19 at 22:22:31 Wow, that's a nice looking bike!
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Brant YaBB Newbies Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 13	Re: Waiting for Spring so we can ride this new bui Reply #13 - 02/20/19 at 22:26:09 Also, do you got your electronics all set up? They're really well hidden if you do. I'd love to see some detail shots of the electronics if you got them. I'm doing a Ryca CS-1 build myself as well.
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Re: Waiting for Spring so we can ride this new bui
Reply #14 - 02/27/19 at 07:34:00

Brant wrote on 02/20/19 at 22:26:09:

Also, do you got your electronics all set up? They're really well hidden if you do. I'd love to see some detail shots of the electronics if you got them. I'm doing a Ryca CS-1 build myself as well.

I don't have a lot of photos yet, because I can't get outdoors or under the bike easily, but my idea with the electric system was that there's a lot of weight to be saved by using a Shorai battery and locating it and the starter solenoid as close to the starter as possible. The stock battery weights 11 lbs! To that end, I mounted the Shorai under the swing arm with a homemade aluminum battery box, and relocated the solenoid to a splash plate between the rear downtubes. This allowed me to shorten the heavy-gauge starter wires and hide the wiring between the frame tubes under the seat.

I like the Ryca because of the weight removed from the stock bike (more than 60 lbs), and using the Shorai saves another 9 or 10 lbs.

Here's the battery:

Here's what's above it. The solenoid is below the rectifier, under the black aluminum plate:

Under the tarp is a BMW R Nine T Pure with a few mods, mostly to clean up the appearance and save a little weight.

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