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Very Custom Savage!!!
04/30/12 at 15:07:07

Saw this on another forum and had to show the pics/story here...was from a bike show in Brooklyn this last weekend.

In the photographer's words, not mine.

"It's a fully custom 650cc single. They guy built everything from scratch and it looks amazing. There was a swarm when this guy pulled up and I think he's going to be the feature for next monts issue of Cycle Source Mag."

Hand shifter and throttle!

Honda Rebel shock "springer"

Custom Tanks made from overflow tanks from a triumph I think.

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Serowbot YaBB Moderator ModSquad Offline OK.... so what's the speed of dark? Posts: 29300 Tucson Az Gender:	Re: Very Custom Savage!!! Reply #1 - 04/30/12 at 15:50:19 Sure looks light... ...can't believe he kept the stock footpegs... ...
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LANCER Serious Thumper Alliance Member Offline Savage Beast Performance Parts Posts: 10803 Oklahoma Gender:	Re: Very Custom Savage!!! Reply #2 - 05/01/12 at 02:59:42 Serowbot wrote on 04/30/12 at 15:50:19: Sure looks light... ...can't believe he kept the stock footpegs... ... Probably just got this much done in time for the show. Will likely do more later.
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arteacher Serious Thumper Offline Ride as if your naked and invisable! Posts: 2581 London ontario Gender:	Re: Very Custom Savage!!! Reply #3 - 05/01/12 at 04:12:57 Not sure I would be comfortable operating the front brake with one hand off the bars.
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Drifter Senior Member Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 430	Re: Very Custom Savage!!! Reply #4 - 05/01/12 at 07:20:43 That seats looks like a bad prostrate exam waiting to happen!, cool bike for shows dont think i would want to ride it!
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verslagen1 YaBB Moderator ModSquad Offline Where there's a will, I want to be in it. Posts: 28997 L.A. California Gender:	Re: Very Custom Savage!!! Reply #5 - 05/01/12 at 07:50:22 savage makes a hot board tracker musta been something in the rules... use as much stock as possible.
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Savage_Rob Serious Thumper Alliance Member Offline Mechanically Inclined Amateur Posts: 6972 Texas (Dallas area) Gender:	Re: Very Custom Savage!!! Reply #6 - 05/01/12 at 08:38:31 Stock headlight too. And stock front brake, though the wheel is flipped over. It does look interesting but not comfortable and pretty short range too.
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PerrydaSavage Serious Thumper Alliance Member Offline Riding "The Rock"! Posts: 3522 Republic of Newfoundland Gender:	Re: Very Custom Savage!!! Reply #7 - 05/01/12 at 14:38:07 Awesome fabrication work gone into that Bike! It is so cool to finally see the LS650 gaining some actual Street Cred with the Custom Motorcycle community! Of course, we knew the LS was cool all along!
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Stimpy - FSO Serious Thumper Offline SuzukisSavage Int'l Division Posts: 1203 Germany - formerly SD, SoCal Gender:	Re: Very Custom Savage!!! Reply #8 - 05/01/12 at 14:54:33 oh my I love steam-punk and I love savages, nice ...wonder how it handles. -------------------------------------- Did anyone noticed the front brake fluid reservoir is next to the front pulley? And how the decompress is now an old manual kitchen mill handle and the clutch some old garden tool handle or something, cool.
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dasch Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 1137	Re: Very Custom Savage!!! Reply #9 - 05/03/12 at 06:30:04 Cool!!! Lots of work!!
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Re: Very Custom Savage!!!
Reply #10 - 05/03/12 at 07:50:08

I dont think I have enough hands to clutch & shift , Im real sure Id be in a bind in traffic, wanting to feather the front brake, catch a gear & swap lanes,, it looks good, no doubt, & yea, steampunk is cool, but that thing is dangerous, I really dont see how to clutch & shift, I see the clutch, I see the shifter, I just dont see makin em both happen at the same time,

You have any idea how much control over the brake & clutch levers come from having the arm & hand braced on the bar, & lever position controlled by finger position relative to the palm? Hit a bump while the front brake is being used,, no biggy,, because youve got control of the lever, put your arm off the bar, & suddenly, that bump takes the control of the lever away from your fingers,, your arm is flopping around, clutch, same story.. cool looking, bad idea,

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Stimpy - FSO Serious Thumper Offline SuzukisSavage Int'l Division Posts: 1203 Germany - formerly SD, SoCal Gender:	Re: Very Custom Savage!!! Reply #11 - 05/03/12 at 14:54:04 where is the front brake now? on the left foot where the gears used to be?
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Serowbot YaBB Moderator ModSquad Offline OK.... so what's the speed of dark? Posts: 29300 Tucson Az Gender:	Re: Very Custom Savage!!! Reply #12 - 05/03/12 at 16:52:49 That's gotta' be one busy left hand... ...
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Starlifter Serious Thumper Offline It only snows seven months of the year here. Posts: 3746 Eastern Michigan Gender:	Re: Very Custom Savage!!! Reply #13 - 05/03/12 at 18:40:44 Meh, I like a motorcycle to at lest kind of look like a motorcycle...yeah maybe it would be cool in a show or a bike-night kind of thing. But for general trips and just plain riding, not so much.
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WD Serious Thumper 2005 No Login Offline Professional "scooter trash". Posts: 5207 Rosemark TN Gender:	Re: Very Custom Savage!!! Reply #14 - 05/06/12 at 04:37:45 Interesting... not my kind of bike (at all) but interesting none the less.
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