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TheSneeze Serious Thumper Offline Posts: 1226 Northern Nevada Gender:	Re: 1987 Savage Street Tracker build Reply #600 - 05/07/22 at 15:53:52 In trying to gain as much tire clearance in the rear, I raised the tail light 3/8". It looks better being tucked in tighter to the tail section. Kind of reminds me of Darth Vader from the rear! Hahahaha!
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TheSneeze Serious Thumper Offline Posts: 1226 Northern Nevada Gender:	Re: 1987 Savage Street Tracker build Reply #601 - 05/07/22 at 15:56:31 I took the stock belt guard and followed the existing angle to shorten it up. I also started cutting up more cardboard to come up with ideas for the side covers.
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TheSneeze Serious Thumper Offline Posts: 1226 Northern Nevada Gender:	Re: 1987 Savage Street Tracker build Reply #602 - 05/07/22 at 15:58:04 This is about as much as I want to bend the license plate frame up. The rear view is still very readable, but it still only give me 3" of upward tire travel.
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TheSneeze Serious Thumper Offline Posts: 1226 Northern Nevada Gender:	Re: 1987 Savage Street Tracker build Reply #603 - 05/07/22 at 15:58:33 Rear view of license plate
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Re: 1987 Savage Street Tracker build
Reply #604 - 05/07/22 at 16:02:21

The seat pan will ship out early next week. Yesterday morning I finally took the head and valves in to an engine shop with valve grinding capability. Unfortunately his back log is steep right now as racing season is getting ready to start. I am probably looking at 6-8 weeks to get the head back. I still have a long way to go on frame mods, the battery box, side panels, gauges, etc. Chipping away, one step at a time.

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Reply #605 - 05/24/22 at 21:39:40

Been a while for an update. Things have been moving slowly due to multiple reasons. The head is in for the valve seats (4-6 weeks out), The seat pan is at the upholstery shop (3-4 weeks out), and continuing to tinker. Almost done with the side cover templates. I had a quick thought of using carbon fiber. For 1/8" thick, 12" x 24", it was close to $500. Yeah, not going that route! I finally painted the cylinder. I really like this paint - PJ1 Semi-gloss engine and case paint in rattle can. I used it on my '81 KZ750 resto-mod. It works good.

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Reply #606 - 05/24/22 at 21:47:19

I changed the sprockets out from a 17/43 to a 18/52. No more clearance issues with the chain at the swing arm pivot. My bad. I guess I didn't read enough on some of the posts. I have decided on a paint scheme for this build, but that will have to wait for the reveal. As soon as I get the side cover mounts done I can strip it back to the frame and start to prep it for powder coat.

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Edub Full Member Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 163 Arizona Gender:	Re: 1987 Savage Street Tracker build Reply #607 - 05/25/22 at 09:39:45 Thank you for keeping us updated, theSneeze! I really appreciate the time you have taken to document the entire process, this is my favorite thread on here. Thanks again, and I look forward to seeing the next steps!
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TheSneeze Serious Thumper Offline Posts: 1226 Northern Nevada Gender:	Re: 1987 Savage Street Tracker build Reply #608 - 05/25/22 at 09:49:14 Thanks, Edub!
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TheSneeze Serious Thumper Offline Posts: 1226 Northern Nevada Gender:	Re: 1987 Savage Street Tracker build Reply #609 - 05/25/22 at 11:59:10 I cut out my side covers out of metal this morning. The rear edges follow the frame angle. Once I am happy with them I will start to design the mounts to the frame. Once these covers are done, I can sent the bodywork out for paint.
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TheSneeze Serious Thumper Offline Posts: 1226 Northern Nevada Gender:	Re: 1987 Savage Street Tracker build Reply #610 - 05/25/22 at 11:59:52 Other side
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TheSneeze Serious Thumper Offline Posts: 1226 Northern Nevada Gender:	Re: 1987 Savage Street Tracker build Reply #611 - 05/25/22 at 12:12:11 Here is the chain clearance at the swing arm pivot with the new sprockets. Thanks for the tip, Gary_In_NJ!
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TheSneeze Serious Thumper Offline Posts: 1226 Northern Nevada Gender:	Re: 1987 Savage Street Tracker build Reply #612 - 05/25/22 at 12:18:52 Ok, I couldn't resist! I had to throw some quick color (temporary) on the side covers to get a better image in my mind.
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DragBikeMike Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 4401 Honolulu	Re: 1987 Savage Street Tracker build Reply #613 - 05/25/22 at 15:16:42 Lookin better all the time Sneezy. Hey, since your cylinder is off, could you take some pics of your input shaft and gears. Also, can you give your 4th gear a hard look to see if there’s any pitting. It’s the largest diameter gear on the shaft, left-hand side.
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TheSneeze Serious Thumper Offline Posts: 1226 Northern Nevada Gender:	Re: 1987 Savage Street Tracker build Reply #614 - 05/25/22 at 15:43:45 Will do, DBM.
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