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TheSneeze Serious Thumper Offline Posts: 1201 Northern Nevada Gender:	Re: 1986 Savage Street Tracker build Reply #60 - 10/19/21 at 16:11:45 At 30 psi I am losing 60% of the pressure. It is coming mostly from the exhaust valve. There may be a slight loss on the intake side as well. So at the very least the head will come off for a rebuild.
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Gary_in_NJ Serious Thumper Offline LS650 Cafe Racer Posts: 2625 Amongst the Twisty Roads	Re: 1986 Savage Street Tracker build Reply #61 - 10/19/21 at 17:13:33 Leaking like a sieve. I usually use a reference pressure of 80psi…but if it’s leaking that bad at 30…more isn’t gonna help. Rebuilding a the head is a good opportunity to port the exhaust side and get a more aggressive cam profile and a HC piston.
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Reply #62 - 10/19/21 at 22:22:49

Being that this motor is a total unknown, I will wait until it starts to come apart before I start considering what will get altered. If the insides are as bad as I am finding, replacement parts other than stock will be considered.

The seat/tail section is shipping any day now. The foot controls and seating fabrication may slow the motor progress a bit. Still hoping to complete this project by spring of '22, but a lot will depend on how quickly I can get parts and materials. Already have a color scheme in mind, but that is way down the line. I should have the wheels back in the next day or two. Rear shocks - I have no idea when. No communication with the seller since I ordered them. He accepted my payment, so hopefully he is a stand up guy. I am going to focus on the front forks and get the swingarm back on so I can plan out the ride height before the motor comes out.

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Reply #63 - 10/20/21 at 15:21:15

I finished putting the front forks back together, minus the oil. The stock caps are on only to keep dust out of them until the new fork caps arrive. Once I have those, I will put new oil in and seal them up. I have been looking at handlebars and clamps trying to decide what I will use. I bought fork caps with adjusters, so I really need to wait until they are on to take some accurate measurements and determine how tall of a rise I will need.

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DragBikeMike Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 4162 Honolulu	Re: 1986 Savage Street Tracker build Reply #64 - 10/20/21 at 23:05:23 I'm lovin the restoration you did on that KZ. Simply beautiful. That thing was in sad shape. You did a great job. My compliments.
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Reply #65 - 10/21/21 at 07:31:06

DragBikeMike wrote on 10/20/21 at 23:05:23:

I'm lovin the restoration you did on that KZ. Simply beautiful. That thing was in sad shape. You did a great job. My compliments.

Thank you! It only has a couple thermal cycles on it, not even broken in yet. I was trying to get 500 miles on it before the weather turned too cold, but we had our first snow a month early this year. :'( I went with 10.5:1 compression pistons on it since it had to bored .030" over. Can't wait to see how it handles in the twisties!

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Reply #66 - 10/21/21 at 09:04:26

So I have decided the frame and swingarm are going to be powder coated. I am going to change it from the stock black to metallic silver. This brings up an issue with the VIN sticker - it will be destroyed blasting the frame clean. I had a friend in So Ca that had a high quality decal business, so when I did this to my KZ, he duplicated the VIN sticker for me (it was all white with black text). The Savage VIN sticker is a bit more complicated, though. Also, I lost my friend to COVID last December, and the decal resource along with it. Does anyone know of a quality company/person who could replicate the VIN decal? This one is a foil sticker, with a black background, white lettering, and some silver areas with a stamped character. I don't need it to be foil, but all the colors should be present to mimic the stock appearance. Any recommendations would be appreciated!

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Ruttly Serious Thumper Offline Thumpers Rule Posts: 4997 Manteca , CA Gender:	Re: 1986 Savage Street Tracker build Reply #67 - 10/21/21 at 11:31:16 The frame is also stamped , well mine is !
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TheSneeze Serious Thumper Offline Posts: 1201 Northern Nevada Gender:	Re: 1986 Savage Street Tracker build Reply #68 - 10/21/21 at 12:10:58 Ruttly wrote on 10/21/21 at 11:31:16: The frame is also stamped , well mine is ! I am aware of that. I still want to replicate the sticker.
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Gary_in_NJ Serious Thumper Offline LS650 Cafe Racer Posts: 2625 Amongst the Twisty Roads	Re: 1986 Savage Street Tracker build Reply #69 - 10/21/21 at 12:45:28 Can the existing identification plate be removed with heat?
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TheSneeze Serious Thumper Offline Posts: 1201 Northern Nevada Gender:	Re: 1986 Savage Street Tracker build Reply #70 - 10/21/21 at 14:33:02 It's old and busted. It looks there may be a character rubbed off immediately following the NP41, just before the silver background starts. I grayed out the serial number because, well, the internet!! With a nice coated frame I want the VIN plate looking just as clean. May seem silly to some, but I have my quirks!
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TheSneeze Serious Thumper Offline Posts: 1201 Northern Nevada Gender:	Re: 1986 Savage Street Tracker build Reply #71 - 10/21/21 at 14:42:54 By deciphering the VIN code on this site (wonderful resource, this place!), I have discovered my bike is actually a '87 made in Nov. '86. It is an H, not a G. Well, what do you know... I have the last two bill of sales and they both list '86. Also, there is a numeral 1 rubbed off between the NP41 and the 3.
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TheSneeze Serious Thumper Offline Posts: 1201 Northern Nevada Gender:	Re: 1986 Savage Street Tracker build Reply #72 - 10/22/21 at 13:16:22 There is something about parts showing up at your door during a bike build that really puts a smile to my face! I finally got the wheels back with the tires mounted and balanced.
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TheSneeze Serious Thumper Offline Posts: 1201 Northern Nevada Gender:	Re: 1986 Savage Street Tracker build Reply #73 - 10/22/21 at 13:19:01 Then my seat/tail section arrived from AirTech! Now that these major pieces are present, who could resist just mocking them up in place? Not this guy!! This is just setting the seat in place (sort of).
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TheSneeze Serious Thumper Offline Posts: 1201 Northern Nevada Gender:	Re: 1986 Savage Street Tracker build Reply #74 - 10/22/21 at 13:21:20 Okay, that's just not going to wet my whistle... I need the wheels in place and the tank on to see where the seat REALLY sits! So this is with everything (very loosely) in place. Now I can get a real good visual on where this is going. And I have to say I AM LIKING IT!!!!!
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