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old_rider Serious Thumper Offline Backyard Bill Productions Posts: 3147 flordia panhandle Gender:	Re: 2013 Going to see WD in September... 14th to 2 Reply #210 - 08/22/13 at 14:26:26 Oh, i'd say his crazy is just about caught up with his mechanical, I seem to remember a few crazy guys doing 70+ in the rain on mountain roads. Although you might not think that's crazy, but then again, your view might be a bit askew
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Oldfeller--FSO Serious Thumper ModSquad Offline Hobby is now "concentrated neuropany" Posts: 12686 Fayetteville, NC Gender:	Re: 2013 Going to see WD in September... 14th to 2 Reply #211 - 08/22/13 at 15:53:00 Yup, a little afternoon of hard driving chilly rain seems to wash a whole lot of carefully cultivated reserve away, don't it? And what's underneath it, all naturally occurring? Green, pure warty green stuff ....
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Re: 2013 Going to see WD in September... 14th to 2
Reply #212 - 08/25/13 at 18:02:24

Anybody who is coming have access to take off wide FL or beach bars? Want to swap for some 15" rise apes with clutch cable? My shoulder decided yesterday that it can't handle the 15s anymore, and I kind of miss 70+ mpg anyway... I'm even going to ramp back the jetting, 155/55 is excessive...

I might have to set up my bender and make a proper set of bars... Wiring got hacked away this afternoon. So now I have no choice but to quit goofing around and rewire it the right way, no safeties, no kill switch, no switch boxes... Cool

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LANCER Serious Thumper Alliance Member Offline Savage Beast Performance Parts Posts: 10801 Oklahoma Gender:	Re: 2013 Going to see WD in September... 14th to 2 Reply #213 - 08/25/13 at 18:49:35 Gonna get down right naked with it, eh ?
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Reply #214 - 08/25/13 at 21:28:57

Naked? Nah, just tired of it looking like it was built in 68, so going for 48 instead. Wide lower bars, small shield (maybe), driving lamps, more traditional tread front tire, front drum wheel, more period correct perches and levers. I even tore the speedometer apart, cleaned the glass, cable is soaking in a bucket of hydraulic fluid (great corrosion remover/inhibitor and lube), lubed the driven bits, primed the inner spacer ring, have a spot/dot equipped 2 up seat...

I might even whitewall out the tires. I think I'm getting old... Undecided

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Re: 2013 Going to see WD in September... 14th to 2
Reply #215 - 08/26/13 at 03:48:19

WD wrote on 08/25/13 at 21:28:57:

Naked? Nah, just tired of it looking like it was built in 68, so going for 48 instead. Wide lower bars, small shield (maybe), driving lamps, more traditional tread front tire, front drum wheel, more period correct perches and levers. I even tore the speedometer apart, cleaned the glass, cable is soaking in a bucket of hydraulic fluid (great corrosion remover/inhibitor and lube), lubed the driven bits, primed the inner spacer ring, have a spot/dot equipped 2 up seat...

I might even whitewall out the tires. I think I'm getting old... Undecided

Old ? Nah.
We are just aging well and getting better every year like a fine wine.

I'm moving toward a flat tracker style with my Savage. I've got an old fiberglass tank off a BSA flat track bike that I need to work on mounting to the frame this winter. Will need to coat the inside with the epoxy needed for the fuels now.

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Reply #216 - 08/26/13 at 06:08:36

I'd love to cut the frame on mine and stretch it enough to use my 4.75 gallon Paughco Mustang FXR tank. Instead of the current track type tank. So a 4-6 inch stretch of the backbone and bracer, then add a 4 inch rearward stretch weld on rigid conversion, with good solo seat conversion.

My back screams to not to do it. My eyes say it is mandatory. Maybe the next time I have another large bike I'll go ahead and go truly wild making the Savage a proper late 30s to early 50s bike.

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Oldfeller--FSO Serious Thumper ModSquad Offline Hobby is now "concentrated neuropany" Posts: 12686 Fayetteville, NC Gender:	Re: 2013 Going to see WD in September... 14th to 2 Reply #217 - 09/05/13 at 13:00:10 10
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Oldfeller--FSO Serious Thumper ModSquad Offline Hobby is now "concentrated neuropany" Posts: 12686 Fayetteville, NC Gender:	Re: 2013 Going to see WD in September... 14th to 2 Reply #219 - 09/06/13 at 06:08:32 8
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Oldfeller--FSO Serious Thumper ModSquad Offline Hobby is now "concentrated neuropany" Posts: 12686 Fayetteville, NC Gender:	Re: 2013 Going to see WD in September... 14th to 2 Reply #221 - 09/08/13 at 15:14:49 6
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WD Serious Thumper 2005 No Login Offline Professional "scooter trash". Posts: 5207 Rosemark TN Gender:	Re: 2013 Going to see WD in September... 14th to 2 Reply #222 - 09/09/13 at 03:21:40 5 Record heat yesterday. Will be mid to upper 90s until at least Thursday with heat indexes over 100 each day. Supposed to cool down to the mid 80s this weekend. Have not heard the forecast beyond then. First full day at the new job is today. Won't be back online until this evening.
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Re: 2013 Going to see WD in September... 14th to 2
Reply #223 - 09/09/13 at 10:41:31

OK....Time for me to weigh in and try to make a commitment.

I have a meeting that I need to attend on Tuesday, and it is hard for me to get away early in the week....tentatively I would be leaving Wednesday and arrive later on Wednesday evening. I don't want to miss a reunion with MM and Lancer........and a chance to meet Versy and our host WD.

Any definite plans on what is going to happen on any given day?

WD.....How is that "work" thing going?

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