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TheSneeze Serious Thumper Offline Posts: 1201 Northern Nevada Gender:	Re: 1987 Savage Street Tracker build Reply #885 - 10/26/23 at 12:04:01 My big azz drill showed up - 1-15/32" diameter, 1/2" reduced shank. The cam fits really nice and the flange is flush. Now on to the transfer punches, drilling, and tapping the mounting hole for both cam lobe positions.
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Reply #886 - 03/17/24 at 07:58:30

And just like that, it's all gone... The wife and I are unhurt, the house is fine. The shop and all it's contents are a total loss. The street tracker, my baja, my truck project, my tools. My retired life. All ruined. We found the building engulfed in flames five hours after I closed the shop for the day. No clue what happened. :'( :'( :'(

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verslagen1 YaBB Moderator ModSquad Offline Where there's a will, I want to be in it. Posts: 28755 L.A. California Gender:	Re: 1987 Savage Street Tracker build Reply #887 - 03/17/24 at 09:24:59 sorry to hear about your loss sneeze all is not lost... and you have a new project.
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FinnHammer Full Member Offline Posts: 151 Denmark Gender:	Re: 1987 Savage Street Tracker build Reply #888 - 03/17/24 at 09:29:55 So sorry for your loss, Mr. Sneeze
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zevenenergie Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 1250 The Netherlands Den Haag	Re: 1987 Savage Street Tracker build Reply #889 - 03/17/24 at 10:05:38 My sincere condolences Mr.Sneeze This is a big loss indeed.
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DragBikeMike Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 4166 Honolulu	Re: 1987 Savage Street Tracker build Reply #890 - 03/17/24 at 10:26:17 The most important thing is that you and your family are OK. I'm very sorry about the fire. I can't imagine how you must feel. I would be lost without my workshop. Hopefully you can figure out what happened.
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LANCER Serious Thumper Alliance Member Offline Savage Beast Performance Parts Posts: 10593 Oklahoma Gender:	Re: 1987 Savage Street Tracker build Reply #891 - 03/17/24 at 16:31:40 It is a terrible thing to loose so much, but you, your family and your home are still safe. Praise God for that. This causes me to pause, and rethink the items that are in our “attached” garage, and that would be safer if kept elsewhere. Tomorrow.
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Tocsik Serious Thumper Offline the singularity Posts: 1140 Denver, CO Gender:	Re: 1987 Savage Street Tracker build Reply #892 - 03/17/24 at 19:02:25 So glad you didn't lose the house and that everyone is safe. "Things" are replaceable. God speed.
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Re: 1987 Savage Street Tracker build
Reply #893 - 03/17/24 at 19:34:11

MIG welding gas. It's inert. Non Flammable. Safe, right? My week or two "shorty" bottle of Argon/CO2 is laying to the bottom left of my toolbox. All 1500 psi of compressed gas. It got hot enough to rupture on pressure alone. It went THROUGH MY MOTORCYCLE LIFT (with the street tracker on it), and hit my toolbox hard enough to bend all the shelves inwards, before coming to rest. Ok, then...

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Re: 1987 Savage Street Tracker build
Reply #894 - 03/18/24 at 01:59:15

I hope you are well insured.
I once lost all my vehicles in a fire, but I got more in return than I could have sold them for.
It is advisable to hire a company that will claim the damage from the insurance company. They know exactly how it works and you are still in shock even though you don't think so and then you can't think clearly.
After I did that, I was reimbursed twice as much as initially from the insurance.

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Ruttly Serious Thumper Offline Thumpers Rule Posts: 4997 Manteca , CA Gender:	Re: 1987 Savage Street Tracker build Reply #895 - 03/18/24 at 04:37:37 Holy crap , that SUCKS ! What a huge loss , but no injuries and house is ok. It was a nice shop , the kind of stuff I only dream about. Another big bump on the road of life. You and the shop will recover. Hang in there buddy.
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Gary_in_NJ Serious Thumper Offline LS650 Cafe Racer Posts: 2625 Amongst the Twisty Roads	Re: 1987 Savage Street Tracker build Reply #896 - 03/18/24 at 07:31:28 Dude! So sorry to hear this. Luckily it was just "stuff". But it's no less heart breaking.
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Reply #897 - 03/18/24 at 07:50:08

I have spent a lot of time staring at the remains. Initial fire investigator (more will be arriving) asked a lot of questions, one being did I have any battery chargers in operation. I replied no, because I just put a new battery in my baja, and after it's initial charge I had disconnected it and put it away. After he had left I got to thinking. I had been drilling a lot of holes with my Ryobi cordless drill that day, and when I started I put another Ryobi battery on the charger in case the one I was using ran out of juice. My brain thought car battery chargers when the question was asked. Looking again at the ruins, guess which wall was scorched the worst on the inside? My wood cart for the stove? Nope! The one immediately behind where the bench was that had my Ryobi charger on it. I routinely leave my spare cordless batteries on the charger overnite. I am convinced this was the source of the fire. The next investigator to come out will get an ear full of this, for sure. Lesson learned.

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TheSneeze Serious Thumper Offline Posts: 1201 Northern Nevada Gender:	Re: 1987 Savage Street Tracker build Reply #898 - 03/18/24 at 11:39:03 Here is the last shot of my tracker on the bike lift.
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Re: 1987 Savage Street Tracker build
Reply #899 - 03/18/24 at 11:42:48

And this shot is her last resting place. This is the official close of this build thread. I so much wanted to get the chance to ride this bike! I am seriously considering getting another one to start over after all I have learned on this site, with the help of all of you. Definitely one of the friendliest forums on the interwebs! This project may be gone, but I will still be lurking around.

Peace out

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