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Reply #1050 - 01/09/25 at 12:34:01

When it's cloudless, we have very blue skies. When the shop is done, my sky will be even bluer, and the birds will be chirping, the planets will all line up (actually happening this month!), and nothing will be able to wipe the smile off my face!! Cool

The tape and mud is going on the drywall, finally. We have heaters running in the shop. Hopefully texture and paint will be on sometime next week.

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Reply #1051 - 01/11/25 at 21:29:33

Taping the drywall is done. Mudding the rest of the drywall screws will continue on Monday. We are heating the shop to cure the mud without it freezing. The overnight temps have been in the upper teens to the lower twenties. The heaters keep it around the mid sixties overnight. Texture should go on late next week, followed by prime and paint. Once painted, the finish electrical will go in, then the floor coating. Wood burning stove install, and we are done!

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'87 LS650h Savage Street Tracker (destroyed by fire)
'86 LS650g Savage (parts bike)
'81 Kawasaki KZ750e ELR tribut

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TheSneeze Serious Thumper Offline Posts: 1313 Northern Nevada Gender:	Re: 1987 Savage Street Tracker build Reply #1052 - 01/23/25 at 22:10:18 We are down to the floor coating, and putting the wood stove and interior chimney in. Final inspection by the county should be by the end of next week! Electrical is done, rain gutters are on.
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TheSneeze Serious Thumper Offline Posts: 1313 Northern Nevada Gender:	Re: 1987 Savage Street Tracker build Reply #1053 - 01/23/25 at 22:11:10 Let there be light!
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Ruttly Serious Thumper Offline Thumpers Rule Posts: 5399 Manteca , CA Gender:	Re: 1987 Savage Street Tracker build Reply #1054 - 01/23/25 at 22:37:35 Get the lease ready I’m on my way !!! Very Cool , what a relief , I can’t even imagine how you feel.
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ohiomoto Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 2825	Re: 1987 Savage Street Tracker build Reply #1055 - 01/24/25 at 10:26:03 I'm mostly just mesmerized by the ultra-blue skies you're blessed with! Oh yeah, the shop is looking good too.
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TheSneeze Serious Thumper Offline Posts: 1313 Northern Nevada Gender:	Re: 1987 Savage Street Tracker build Reply #1056 - 01/24/25 at 11:02:24 Spot the changes! This shot is pre-fire.
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Reply #1057 - 01/24/25 at 11:05:20

ohiomoto wrote on 01/24/25 at 10:26:03:

I'm mostly just mesmerized by the ultra-blue skies you're blessed with!

Oh yeah, the shop is looking good too.

We have ultra clear skies up here at 4850 ft. elev., but it comes at a price. The sunshine and UV rays are very intense! It gets at everything. You always have to take steps to protect things from it.

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'87 LS650h Savage Street Tracker (destroyed by fire)
'86 LS650g Savage (parts bike)
'81 Kawasaki KZ750e ELR tribut

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TheSneeze Serious Thumper Offline Posts: 1313 Northern Nevada Gender:	Re: 1987 Savage Street Tracker build Reply #1058 - 01/25/25 at 13:55:05 The floor coating starts Monday morning, and is a two day process. The floor will be one color, and the stem wall will be a different color. I will post a reveal after it is completed.
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Re: 1987 Savage Street Tracker build
Reply #1059 - 01/26/25 at 17:14:16

You really practically replicated it with the rebuild. Love it. So sad this happened in the first place but glad you're nearly back.

UV rays are so destructive. Wood doesn't last long here in Denver either. And forget about vinyl fencing. That stuff only looks good for a year or so here. I took out my back deck some years ago and put in a pavestone patio.

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Ruttly Serious Thumper Offline Thumpers Rule Posts: 5399 Manteca , CA Gender:	Re: 1987 Savage Street Tracker build Reply #1060 - 01/27/25 at 05:25:47 We expect great things to come from within !
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JOG Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 2048 Longview, Texas Gender:	Re: 1987 Savage Street Tracker build Reply #1061 - 01/27/25 at 13:07:30 Ruttly wrote on 01/27/25 at 05:25:47: We expect great things to come from within ! From Within,, the Source of nearly all of the most impressive Great Things I've produced. The vast majority coming not long after that Second cuppa coffee..
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TheSneeze Serious Thumper Offline Posts: 1313 Northern Nevada Gender:	Re: 1987 Savage Street Tracker build Reply #1062 - 01/27/25 at 21:38:45 The grinding and sealing got done today. The colors start to go down tomorrow.
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TheSneeze Serious Thumper Offline Posts: 1313 Northern Nevada Gender:	Re: 1987 Savage Street Tracker build Reply #1063 - 01/30/25 at 13:15:06 Teaser pic! The stem wall is blue! The crew will go back and touch up the white walls where they bumped their brushes against it. The base coat is almost dry, and the finish coat will be finished this afternoon.
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Ruttly Serious Thumper Offline Thumpers Rule Posts: 5399 Manteca , CA Gender:	Re: 1987 Savage Street Tracker build Reply #1064 - 01/30/25 at 13:40:07 Finish line checkerboard ?
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