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USCG Cremeans Ex Member	Re: Show Us Your Ride !! Reply #75 - 04/10/06 at 05:41:51 looking good
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Ed L. Serious Thumper Alliance Member Offline "We All go a Little Crazy Sometimes" Norman Bates Posts: 2808 Sunny Florida Gender:	Re: Show Us Your Ride !! Reply #76 - 04/10/06 at 13:55:49 Here are a couple shots of my silver '02 taken at one of the local parks during a 60 mile ride http://www.bikepics.com/pictures/560519/ http://www.bikepics.com/pictures/560520/
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911radioman Ex Member	Re: Show Us Your Ride !! Reply #77 - 04/10/06 at 14:02:28 Really good looking bike, Ed! What's that headlight off of? Looks good on the Savage!
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vroom1776 Serious Thumper Offline Posts: 2110 Gender:	Re: Show Us Your Ride !! Reply #78 - 04/10/06 at 15:31:37 Ed, Looks really sharp. The forward controls look good and beefy... kinda like they belong on a VTX 1800 ?!?...
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Reply #79 - 04/10/06 at 15:32:10

Picked up the headlight on E-bay, don't remember from who. It is one of the aftermarket replacements for a Harley with a single bolt for a mount. Had to drill a hole in the tripple tree and use a small piece of steel on the underside to make it work. Only cost about $100 and the stock one had a small crack. The forward controls are the ones I made out of 1/2 inch aluminium plate, didn't feel like trying to make them out of steel.

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Silver '02, clubman handle bars, Cobra headlight, Sportster muffler, K+N stock air filter, 152.5 main, Superbrace, oil cooler, 1/2 inch aluminium plate forward controls, spark advance, goes like stink

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USCG Cremeans Ex Member	Re: Show Us Your Ride !! Reply #80 - 04/10/06 at 17:44:22 Ed is it a 7 inch harley headlight? Thats what i splapped onto my savage when i tried to change the bulb and the oem headlight was completly rotted out. I think it makes the bike look a lot better.
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USCG Cremeans Ex Member	Re: Show Us Your Ride !! Reply #81 - 04/10/06 at 17:45:03 just looked at the pics, that headlight is different than mine, but i like it a lot, nice and sleek.
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Kropatchek Serious Thumper Offline Why more than 1 cylinder? Posts: 1457 Alphen a/d Rijn Netherlands Gender:	Re: Show Us Your Ride !! Reply #82 - 04/11/06 at 08:45:41 Realy like the headlight, is it 7"or 5 3/4" ? Do you have saddle bag brackets installed or do you jus slap the bags over the rearseat when you need them? Greetz Kropatchek
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Reply #83 - 04/11/06 at 10:32:44

I was using the stock saddle bag brackets but changed over to this set I made out of some stainless rod. Ended up brazing an extra "V" piece in for support but kept the design the same. The brackets just go around the rear turn signal posts and clip into the front mounts. They don't carry any weight, just keep the bags in place while riding. Only takes a couple of minutes to remove the bags and brackets, just untie the bags and unclip the brackets. Of course now that I can remove the bags I find that I am leaving them on the bike.
http://www.bikepics.com/pictures/489010/
http://www.bikepics.com/pictures/489012/
One picture is a closeup of the mount I welded up from a washer and a piece of thickwalled tubing. The other is the bracket on the bike.
The headlight is the same diameter as the stock one, the only difference is that it is 9" long, wanted a rectangular one but couldn't find any for cheap.

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Silver '02, clubman handle bars, Cobra headlight, Sportster muffler, K+N stock air filter, 152.5 main, Superbrace, oil cooler, 1/2 inch aluminium plate forward controls, spark advance, goes like stink

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Kropatchek Serious Thumper Offline Why more than 1 cylinder? Posts: 1457 Alphen a/d Rijn Netherlands Gender:	Re: Show Us Your Ride !! Reply #84 - 04/12/06 at 01:37:03 Thanks Ed, nice idea and nicely made. Might use that for the next project. Greetz Kropatchek
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bburson853 Ex Member	Re: Show Us Your Ride !!http://www.bikepics.com/pi Reply #85 - 04/12/06 at 16:51:13 Rides good --- sounds great http://www.bikepics.com/pictures/562000/
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Reelthing Serious Thumper Alliance Member Offline Fish or ride that is the question Posts: 5397 Houston,Tx Gender:	Re: Show Us Your Ride !!http://www.bikepics.com/pi Reply #86 - 04/12/06 at 20:04:30 bburson853 wrote on 12/31/69 at 16:00:04: Rides good --- sounds great http://www.bikepics.com/pictures/562000/ that a thermometer in front of the saddle bag?
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WD Serious Thumper 2005 No Login Offline Professional "scooter trash". Posts: 5207 Rosemark TN Gender:	Re: Show Us Your Ride !! Reply #87 - 04/12/06 at 22:59:22 Um, okay, but I don't ride a Savage anymore... You get the idea. I want to chop out this one, and get another Savage to play with as well. -WD
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bburson853 Ex Member	Re: Show Us Your Ride !! Reply #88 - 04/13/06 at 08:03:50 Yes -- found it in the parking garage (was new) -- stuffed it in bag - quick and convenient place - decided I like it there.
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Re: Show Us Your Ride !!
Reply #89 - 04/13/06 at 08:47:15

My ride:

An '05, pretty much stock. Only mods so far are:

A slight seat lift (I want to raise it a bit more)

Swing door mod (to access plug w/o tank removal)

Electrical tape patching up a half-busted right tail light :'(

Melted vinyl on tail pipe Shocked

I don't plan on making any other cosmetic mods to Thumper, but one never knows, eh?

Cheers. Tammi

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