I've been lurking around the forum for a while now and I figured I would make a post about my savage build so, here it is.
I never took any before pictures of the bike but I'm pretty sure you all know what they look like. It's a 95 model, I bought it from a local guy for $250. It had 6200 miles on It and all it needed was a battery, I installed one and rode it for a few weeks with no issues at all. I thought it would make a good candidate to build something cool out of.
removing head tube. I have to admit, I was pretty nervous cutting up a perfectly fine bike.
I contacted voodoo vintage about building me an mk4 frame, mailed them my head tube and a little while later this showed up at door
I found a vs800 front end with 21" wheel on ebay and pulled the trigger. I also picked up a 2" fork lowering kit from progressive suspension and installed the setup onto the frame with some fresh ball bearings from all balls. Got front and rear sprockets from a dirtbike for a chain conversion, pretty sweet!
time to remove this engine and electrical junk!
sending this stuff to the scrap pile along with the rest of the junk I won't be using
the engine slid right into place and I picked up a billet aluminum electronics box that will hold the battery and other electronics. I will end up modifying this for a perfect fit. It is made to be used with an anti gravity 8 cell battery so I got one of those too. i also mocked up a biltwell seat with 3" springs, a lowbrow tank and some random clip ons I had laying around. Cognito moto is making me a custom billet top triple tree clamp and hopefully it will be here soon. The stock savage headlight bolts right up to the vs800 front end and picked up a ryca header
put a bigger rear tire onto the savage rear wheel, 150/90 15. modified a led sled customs rear fender and got a chain tensioner from monster craftsman. This is how it sits right now. Everything is just mocked up, i need to take a couple links out of the chain, figure out exactly where the wheel will sit so I can weld up my fender mounts. There will be no front brake (I know how you guys just love that LOL), no front fender or turn signals, also toying with the idea of an auto clutch so I can run a jockey shifter, we'll see though. I also have a set of tc bros controls that I need to weld up once all the other stuff is figured out. going to modify the fuel tank mounting tabs, weld on my tag bracket and install my 32 ford style brake light
so, what do you guys think?