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TheSneeze Serious Thumper Offline Posts: 1228 Northern Nevada Gender:	1987 Savage Street Tracker build 09/27/21 at 12:45:35 I have finally pulled this bike out of a corner in my shop and got it up on the stand. I bought this bike in early 2019 for some suspension parts I wanted for another project. With that project finally nearing completion, the time came for this one to get some love. This is how it is right before it went on the lift.
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TheSneeze Serious Thumper Offline Posts: 1228 Northern Nevada Gender:	Re: 1986 Savage Street Tracker build Reply #1 - 09/27/21 at 12:50:47 On the lift
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TheSneeze Serious Thumper Offline Posts: 1228 Northern Nevada Gender:	Re: 1986 Savage Street Tracker build Reply #2 - 09/27/21 at 12:51:59 Going down to the frame. Ready to start pulling the motor out.
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verslagen1 YaBB Moderator ModSquad Offline Where there's a will, I want to be in it. Posts: 28905 L.A. California Gender:	Re: 1986 Savage Street Tracker build Reply #3 - 09/27/21 at 13:47:26 You should be thinking about this... http://suzukisavage.com/cgi-bin/YaBB.pl?num=1288911670
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TheSneeze Serious Thumper Offline Posts: 1228 Northern Nevada Gender:	Re: 1986 Savage Street Tracker build Reply #4 - 09/27/21 at 13:59:34 Thanks! Just added this mod to the list.
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verslagen1 YaBB Moderator ModSquad Offline Where there's a will, I want to be in it. Posts: 28905 L.A. California Gender:	Re: 1986 Savage Street Tracker build Reply #5 - 09/27/21 at 17:45:16 Now you know you have to check the teeth on your starter gears.
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Re: 1986 Savage Street Tracker build
Reply #6 - 09/27/21 at 17:57:49

This motor is an unknown. It turns over (not with the starter), and has some compression. I haven't measured the compression yet. Still on the fence between trying to see if the motor will start and tearing it down for a rebuild. I am leaning 70/30 toward the engine tear down. I just finished a frame off resto-mod on a 1981 Kawasaki KZ750e2 that included a motor rebuild. You would think by now I would know better with old bikes! Hahaha!

Not all of the wiring is present on this Savage. I will be rebuilding the electrical on this as well.

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justin_o_guy2 Serious Thumper Offline What happened? Posts: 55279 East Texas, 1/2 dallas/la.	Re: 1986 Savage Street Tracker build Reply #7 - 09/28/21 at 08:32:36 Keep the cylinder happy. A bit of oil is a good thing. If that pressure washer craps out ,if it's like mine was, it has a very serious, tubular magnet in it. I can pick up a ten pound sledge hammer with it.
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Reply #8 - 09/29/21 at 17:52:31

I finally started to order parts for this build. Usual stuff like gaskets, seals, filters, etc. I called up Airtech and ordered the new seat fiberglass. It's going to be fun figuring out how I want to mount it. I decided to go with 18" rims front and back, stock widths of 2.15 front, 2.75 back. Buchanon's will be doing the wheels for me. Thought about lacing them myself, but decided for a professional assy and true. I'm considering some Avon dual sport tires to finish off the wheels. The rear will be close on the swing arm, but I can cut and weld for any additional room needed. The belt drive will be replaced with a 530 chain and sprocket setup. A ton of good information on this site!

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Reply #9 - 10/01/21 at 18:03:10

I ordered the tires today. I chose the Avon AV53 / AV54 Trailrider Tires. 110/80-18 for the front, and 120/80-18 for the rear. I want to get the hubs shipped off soon as every part of this build needs to start with the correct ride height and wheels. The bike will be down to frame this weekend. While the wheels are being built I will get the forks apart for new seals and dust boots.

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TheSneeze Serious Thumper Offline Posts: 1228 Northern Nevada Gender:	Re: 1986 Savage Street Tracker build Reply #10 - 10/02/21 at 15:14:20 Just the motor left to pull.
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TheSneeze Serious Thumper Offline Posts: 1228 Northern Nevada Gender:	Re: 1986 Savage Street Tracker build Reply #11 - 10/03/21 at 16:29:49 Off to Buchanon's this week for new rims, spokes, and nipples.
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Armen Serious Thumper Offline Half-Witted Wrench-Jockey from Jersey Posts: 1452	Re: 1986 Savage Street Tracker build Reply #12 - 10/04/21 at 08:52:03 Nice! Two hints: Maybe go with a 520 chain? Plenty strong. Lighter. Make sure the rims Buchanans use are 'safety' rims so you can do the Outex tubeless conversion.
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TheSneeze Serious Thumper Offline Posts: 1228 Northern Nevada Gender:	Re: 1986 Savage Street Tracker build Reply #13 - 10/04/21 at 14:46:02 The new tires showed up today. The rear is getting taller, and the front is getting a little shorter.
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TheSneeze Serious Thumper Offline Posts: 1228 Northern Nevada Gender:	Re: 1986 Savage Street Tracker build Reply #14 - 10/04/21 at 14:46:44 this is the rear
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