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Dennisgb Full Member Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 176 Maplewood MN Gender:	Re: Ready for the Sidecar Reply #15 - 09/15/20 at 11:26:12 Here’s the RE after the fire. :'(
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Edub Full Member Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 160 Arizona Gender:	Re: Ready for the Sidecar Reply #16 - 09/15/20 at 11:35:31 That was a cool setup, and the price was certainly right. Sorry the fire caused it to be much more expensive! I hope the Savage turns out to be a good tug for your sidecar.
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Edub Full Member Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 160 Arizona Gender:	Re: Ready for the Sidecar Reply #17 - 09/15/20 at 11:36:21 Dennisgb wrote on 09/15/20 at 11:26:12: Here’s the RE after the fire. :'( WOW.
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Reply #18 - 09/15/20 at 11:51:00

The sad part is that I had done a really good job on the RE engine and used only British made parts. It would have been a nice rig and a good turn after I had some fun with it.

Since I retired the shop was my hobby and I would put together bikes for myself and some to sell to generate money for the next project.

I’ve had to scale things way back now, but hope to rebuild the shop next spring.

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ohiomoto Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 2691 WTF is JOG?	Re: Ready for the Sidecar Reply #19 - 09/15/20 at 12:17:14 Can you post a link to the thread where you posted the pictures of your shop and the bikes you had? You had a nice looking shop and some awesome bikes if I remember.
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Dennisgb Full Member Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 176 Maplewood MN Gender:	Re: Ready for the Sidecar Reply #20 - 09/15/20 at 13:25:18 I tried to search but can’t find the thread. Here’s a couple pictures
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Dennisgb Full Member Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 176 Maplewood MN Gender:	Re: Ready for the Sidecar Reply #21 - 09/15/20 at 13:26:26 More
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Edub Full Member Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 160 Arizona Gender:	Re: Ready for the Sidecar Reply #23 - 09/15/20 at 23:24:11 Wow, nice place! Cool bikes! I remember those first generation CBR600's, I looked at those, but got a Yamaha FZR instead. Good times!
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Reply #24 - 09/16/20 at 06:24:30

I got into the CBR’s totally by accident and actually got back into motorcycles because of them. I was looking for an engine to put into an ATV. I kept seeing CBRs cheap because most were abused and missing all the plastics. I bought a 1987 Hurricane non-running for $300. I got it running and decided the high reving low torque engine wasn’t suitable for an ATV.

I decided to bring it back to life but fairings were hard to find so I modified it to accept newer style fairings. I made all the decals and did the custom paint. Here’s a picture of the finished bike.

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Dennisgb Full Member Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 176 Maplewood MN Gender:	Re: Ready for the Sidecar Reply #25 - 09/16/20 at 06:30:45 When I first got the bike
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ohiomoto Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 2691 WTF is JOG?	Re: Ready for the Sidecar Reply #26 - 09/17/20 at 05:37:07 Nice. What was the story on the Commando?
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ohiomoto Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 2691 WTF is JOG?	Re: Ready for the Sidecar Reply #27 - 09/17/20 at 05:39:05 Dennisgb wrote on 09/15/20 at 11:26:12: Here’s the RE after the fire. :'( -------- Bad RE, bad, bad....
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Edub Full Member Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 160 Arizona Gender:	Re: Ready for the Sidecar Reply #28 - 09/17/20 at 10:19:49 Wow, nice work on that CBR!
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Reply #29 - 09/17/20 at 10:28:14

ohiomoto wrote on 09/17/20 at 05:37:07:

Nice. What was the story on the Commando?

The Commando is my dream bike as I owned one new in 75. It was in process of restoration when the fire occurred. It was the farthest away from the main fire as the flames followed the oxygen and most of the windows had plywood over them. It has smoke and water damage. Engine is still free and I fogged it right after the fire. Being built out of real metal helped it to survive. I should be able to bring it back with a lot of extra work from where it was before the fire.

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