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john1652 Ex Member	Re: to dimple or not to dimple Reply #15 - 01/27/07 at 07:02:56 Savage_Greg wrote on 12/31/69 at 16:00:01: There is a nipple that goes in the dimple. A NIPPLE ????? what nipple??? is it easy to see if I go look??? and what does it do???
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Savage_Greg Serious Thumper Alliance Member Offline Don't go around your ass to reach your elbow... Posts: 7844 SW Washington State Gender:	Re: to dimple or not to dimple Reply #16 - 01/27/07 at 07:14:59 The nipple goes in the dimple to keep the controls positioned on the bar. Loosen up the bolts on the left hand grip (easier one) to see. You'll have to get it really loose to turn the controls. They keep the assembly positioned.
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john1652 Ex Member	Re: to dimple or not to dimple Reply #17 - 01/27/07 at 07:21:12 OH I SEE, said the blind man as he picked up the hammer and saw. john
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Savage_Greg Serious Thumper Alliance Member Offline Don't go around your ass to reach your elbow... Posts: 7844 SW Washington State Gender:	Re: to dimple or not to dimple Reply #18 - 01/27/07 at 07:43:39 It is real easy to file off your nipples if you want.
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Reply #19 - 01/27/07 at 08:55:41

I broke my dimple off with a hemmer when one of he screws holding the control box on was seized.

BUT,

I sitll don't think those are the same dimples. the dimples I am thinking of are more like gullys for wires to enter the hd control boxes.

the pic I want to post is broken up into 4 pics, so here's the link:

flanders dimpled bars

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Reply #20 - 01/27/07 at 09:39:53

vroom1776 wrote on 12/31/69 at 16:00:01:

I broke my dimple off with a hemmer when one of he screws holding the control box on was seized.

BUT,

I sitll don't think those are the same dimples. the dimples I am thinking of are more like gullys for wires to enter the hd control boxes.

the pic I want to post is broken up into 4 pics, so here's the link:

flanders dimpled bars

so for the savage do we need dimples or not???????

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Savage_Rob Serious Thumper Alliance Member Offline Mechanically Inclined Amateur Posts: 6972 Texas (Dallas area) Gender:	Re: to dimple or not to dimple Reply #21 - 01/27/07 at 10:00:47 Hmmm... I thought he was talking about dimpled bends in the bars - not the alignment holes for the switches' nipples. I just filed those nipples off with a rat-tail file.
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Savage_Rob Serious Thumper Alliance Member Offline Mechanically Inclined Amateur Posts: 6972 Texas (Dallas area) Gender:	Re: to dimple or not to dimple Reply #22 - 01/27/07 at 10:03:03 john1652 wrote on 12/31/69 at 16:00:01: never feel bad for a multi-multi-millionaire. john Don't I wish....
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Savage_Rob Serious Thumper Alliance Member Offline Mechanically Inclined Amateur Posts: 6972 Texas (Dallas area) Gender:	Re: to dimple or not to dimple Reply #23 - 01/27/07 at 10:04:21 TVR_FSO wrote on 12/31/69 at 16:00:01: I like those a lot! Like the bib too. Where did you get that? The bib is the Suzuki brand. From a dealership.
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Reply #24 - 01/27/07 at 10:07:04

justin_o_guy wrote on 12/31/69 at 16:00:01:

Nice lookin Rob.. Yep, garage is a bit too neat. & the wires are absol;utely symmetrical leaving the bars. Okay Rob is a neat freak! Unless I miss my guess, Rob uses his turn signals at every turn & cancels within 50 feet of exit. Watches Monk & points out the stuff Monk misses.

Here's a bit more info to add to your I'm Okay, You're Okay analysis... The tank doesn't look the same anymore since I removed the decals and sprayed it with truck bed liner. I have also done the front fender and both side panels, I still have to do the rear fender. I like low maintenance.

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Reply #25 - 01/27/07 at 11:48:24

john1652 wrote on 12/31/69 at 16:00:01:

so for the savage do we need dimples or not???????

it "needs" alignment dimples, but as pointed out, you just take those off with a file. it does not need the flanders style dimples, or as I called them, gullys.

the bars do need to be knurled, though, so the rises can effectively grab them

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Reply #26 - 01/28/07 at 07:19:37

Savage_Rob wrote on 12/31/69 at 16:00:01:

Here's a bit more info to add to your I'm Okay, You're Okay analysis... The tank doesn't look the same anymore since I removed the decals and sprayed it with truck bed liner. I have also done the front fender and both side panels, I still have to do the rear fender. I like low maintenance.

Where's a pic of your truck bed tank and side covers? I wanna see

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Reply #27 - 01/28/07 at 07:22:20

vroom1776 wrote on 12/31/69 at 16:00:01:

it "needs" alignment dimples, but as pointed out, you just take those off with a file. it does not need the flanders style dimples, or as I called them, gullys.

the bars do need to be knurled, though, so the rises can effectively grab them

To be perfectly clear, you don't take off the "dimples" with a file. It is the "nipples" that you remove with a file

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vroom1776 Serious Thumper Offline Posts: 2110 Gender:	Re: to dimple or not to dimple Reply #28 - 01/29/07 at 09:50:15 no comment!
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Savage_Greg Serious Thumper Alliance Member Offline Don't go around your ass to reach your elbow... Posts: 7844 SW Washington State Gender:	Re: to dimple or not to dimple Reply #29 - 01/29/07 at 09:55:12 8)
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