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TheSneeze Serious Thumper Offline Posts: 1226 Northern Nevada Gender:	Re: 1987 Savage Street Tracker build Reply #660 - 06/11/22 at 20:41:42 Shop porn
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Re: 1987 Savage Street Tracker build
Reply #661 - 06/12/22 at 09:26:37

Love your shop! When I lived in Southern Nevada, I did a project at Sand Harbor State Park, so I got the opportunity to visit your neighborhood. Incredible roads and scenery up there! I think you’ll enjoy riding the savage tracker on those roads. The Savage is counterbalanced, so it isn’t quite as vibey as some other big thumpers, but the tracker is set up as a shorter distance rider. I expect you’ll love it on those roads!

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TheSneeze Serious Thumper Offline Posts: 1226 Northern Nevada Gender:	Re: 1987 Savage Street Tracker build Reply #662 - 06/12/22 at 14:41:17 A little more deburr work, and these thicker side panels will be ready for paint. They look much better than the thin steel sheet ones I made, and I was able to use the steel ones for the template to cut these out. Right side
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TheSneeze Serious Thumper Offline Posts: 1226 Northern Nevada Gender:	Re: 1987 Savage Street Tracker build Reply #663 - 06/12/22 at 14:41:45 Left side
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Gary_in_NJ Serious Thumper Offline LS650 Cafe Racer Posts: 2633 Amongst the Twisty Roads	Re: 1987 Savage Street Tracker build Reply #664 - 06/12/22 at 14:47:25 I’m liking it. Are you going to use the original fuel tank? Nows the time to fit a replacement.
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TheSneeze Serious Thumper Offline Posts: 1226 Northern Nevada Gender:	Re: 1987 Savage Street Tracker build Reply #665 - 06/12/22 at 14:51:52 That original tank that is on the bike is what I am going to use. I will make a 1/4" cover panel for the speedo hole in the tank. Already have the template made for it.
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Reply #666 - 06/12/22 at 14:58:07

Only two things left to do before I can go to paint. Fit the seat when it arrives (tracking says Thursday), and de-rust the tank. I use the product Evapo-Rust. Environmentally safe, human contact safe, and works really well. It calls for a water rinse, but my experience with it flash rusting while drying lead me to rinse it with denatured alcohol instead.

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LANCER Serious Thumper Alliance Member Offline Savage Beast Performance Parts Posts: 10666 Oklahoma Gender:	Re: 1987 Savage Street Tracker build Reply #667 - 06/12/22 at 16:27:45 I like the panels; very nice.
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Gary_in_NJ Serious Thumper Offline LS650 Cafe Racer Posts: 2633 Amongst the Twisty Roads	Re: 1987 Savage Street Tracker build Reply #668 - 06/12/22 at 16:43:04 Ive had great success with straight while vinegar as a rust remover. Upon draining it is followed with a baking soda/water mix to neutralize the active acid, and then 2-stoke oil to coat the tank. It’s cost effective and the vinegar can be poured into the sink.
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TheSneeze Serious Thumper Offline Posts: 1226 Northern Nevada Gender:	Re: 1987 Savage Street Tracker build Reply #669 - 06/13/22 at 18:27:54 Two gallons of sauce in the tank. Tomorrow I will get an expanding plug for the fill hole, flip it upside down, and take off the seal I made for the petcock hole. Hopefully I will have all the bodywork to paint by the end of the week.
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Re: 1987 Savage Street Tracker build
Reply #670 - 06/13/22 at 20:21:10

Gary_in_NJ wrote on 06/12/22 at 16:43:04:

Ive had great success with straight while vinegar as a rust remover. Upon draining it is followed with a baking soda/water mix to neutralize the active acid, and then 2-stoke oil to coat the tank. It’s cost effective and the vinegar can be poured into the sink.

Gary, since this tank has to go out for paint, no oil products can be used. It must be clean, rust free, and dry to go to the painters. I got a lot of experience with my kz tank using Evapo-Rust.

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TheSneeze Serious Thumper Offline Posts: 1226 Northern Nevada Gender:	Re: 1987 Savage Street Tracker build Reply #671 - 06/14/22 at 16:26:25 She is officially nekkid for the next month. I dropped off the bodywork at the paint shop this afternoon. The bodywork should arrive about the same time as the cylinder head. Maybe she will fire by the end of summer. Maybe.
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Re: 1987 Savage Street Tracker build
Reply #672 - 06/14/22 at 16:46:49

I have to say, you have made a lot of progress in a short amount of time. Pretty impressive considering the quality and quantity of work you have done.

I wasn't on here for a lot of the earlier builds, but generally speaking, most of us on here would be taking much more time. Maybe being retired and having a nice shop are helping but still, you have to have some gusto to get it done.

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Reply #673 - 06/14/22 at 16:52:07

Thanks. I do have my distractions, though. The Kawi took me 2-1/2 years to get where she is now, and not quite done. I committed to shortening that build schedule on this one, you know, three less cylinders and all. But the level of fab work is much higher on this build. And yes, being retired helps! All my working career I dealt with deadlines (like most working stiffs!) and now I find I work much more comfortably knowing that there isn't any. Cool

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'86 LS650g Savage (parts bike)
'81 Kawasaki KZ750e ELR tribut

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ohiomoto Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 2772	Re: 1987 Savage Street Tracker build Reply #674 - 06/14/22 at 16:56:06 Not to get off topic, but check out the Bear Budget Board Tracker build if you haven't already. Pretty impressive how quickly he fabricated that bike.
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