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TheSneeze Serious Thumper Offline Posts: 1210 Northern Nevada Gender:	Re: 1987 Savage Street Tracker build Reply #690 - 06/20/22 at 15:49:17 rear view
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Reply #691 - 06/20/22 at 15:53:09

I had a squirrel moment (happens a lot!), and switched gears. I had to adapt from a 30mm bolt spacing to a 40mm spacing going from the upper triple clamp holes (used to be a stock lower) to the DC Motive gage mount. The mount didn't have as much angle to it that I prefer, so that needed to be dealt with as well. I cut a section out of some 1" x 2" rectangular tubing and started grinding and drilling. This is what it ended up looking like. Just a prototype at this point, but I may use it in the final assembly.

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'87 LS650h Savage Street Tracker
'86 LS650g Savage (parts bike)
'81 Kawasaki KZ750e ELR tribute

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TheSneeze Serious Thumper Offline Posts: 1210 Northern Nevada Gender:	Re: 1987 Savage Street Tracker build Reply #692 - 06/20/22 at 15:53:44 side view with increased angle
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TheSneeze Serious Thumper Offline Posts: 1210 Northern Nevada Gender:	Re: 1987 Savage Street Tracker build Reply #693 - 06/20/22 at 15:54:19 cockpit view
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TheSneeze Serious Thumper Offline Posts: 1210 Northern Nevada Gender:	Re: 1987 Savage Street Tracker build Reply #694 - 06/20/22 at 15:54:56 side view in position
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TheSneeze Serious Thumper Offline Posts: 1210 Northern Nevada Gender:	Re: 1987 Savage Street Tracker build Reply #695 - 06/20/22 at 15:56:23 None of the hardware will be used - these bolts/screws are mock up only. I will use new hardware for final assembly.
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TheSneeze Serious Thumper Offline Posts: 1210 Northern Nevada Gender:	Re: 1987 Savage Street Tracker build Reply #696 - 06/20/22 at 21:33:01 I am thinking about welding in a gusset to fight vibration on the rear opening of this bracket...
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TheSneeze Serious Thumper Offline Posts: 1210 Northern Nevada Gender:	Re: 1987 Savage Street Tracker build Reply #697 - 06/21/22 at 12:04:40 My wife is starting to think I need an intervention. And here I haven't really gotten started yet!
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Ruttly Serious Thumper Online Thumpers Rule Posts: 5042 Manteca , CA Gender:	Re: 1987 Savage Street Tracker build Reply #699 - 06/21/22 at 19:02:19 Lmmfao Someone want to tell him ? You got the the sickness for there is no cure You’ll be sick till it’s finished , then it starts again( next build )
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TheSneeze Serious Thumper Offline Posts: 1210 Northern Nevada Gender:	Re: 1987 Savage Street Tracker build Reply #700 - 06/21/22 at 21:31:48 I knew there was something I liked about you, Ruttly... now I just need you to explain it to my wife... When I told her I want to buy at C5 Z06 Corvette, she said "come back and talk to me when both motorcycles are sold". SAY WHAT???...
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Re: 1987 Savage Street Tracker build
Reply #701 - 06/22/22 at 11:18:36

So sorry already have a wife I answer to. Give you some game , every so often I have to remind her that when I’m in the garage you know where I’m at and what I’m doing , if I’m not in the garage who knows what kind of trouble I can find , bar , booze , drugs , women or drag home some of my friends from low places !

Hence , the garage is a good place to be !

Your Welcome. Grin

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Ruttly Serious Thumper Online Thumpers Rule Posts: 5042 Manteca , CA Gender:	Re: 1987 Savage Street Tracker build Reply #702 - 06/22/22 at 11:21:30 The Corvette , your on your own Remember only pick the battles you can win !
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TheSneeze Serious Thumper Offline Posts: 1210 Northern Nevada Gender:	Re: 1987 Savage Street Tracker build Reply #703 - 06/22/22 at 11:38:48 I have a suspicion this tracker is going to end up being too much fun to sell. Just sayin'...
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Re: 1987 Savage Street Tracker build
Reply #704 - 06/22/22 at 14:55:37

Today I decided to start playing around with a cover for that God awful location for the stock speedometer. I really don't know what Suzuki was thinking when they designed the gage location on these bikes. I guess trying to emulate Harleys. After measuring the height of the weld seam around the hole, I picked up a piece of 1/4" thick aluminum. I made a cardboard template of the stock cover first. After transferring it to the aluminum, I placed the template over the weld seams on the tank. Using a deadblow hammer, I tapped all the way around leaving an impression. After trimming the template to the impression, I used it to mark where the groove will be. The lines across the part represented where the direction change needed to be to fit the tank curve.

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Every twenty minute job is a stripped thread away from being a three day ordeal.

'87 LS650h Savage Street Tracker
'86 LS650g Savage (parts bike)
'81 Kawasaki KZ750e ELR tribute

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