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TheSneeze Serious Thumper Offline Posts: 1313 Northern Nevada Gender:	Re: 1986 Savage Street Tracker build Reply #165 - 11/06/21 at 16:19:04 Per Versy's thread the difference between early and late cases is 13.23mm. So my measurements are fine. I went ahead and drilled the new "lower is the upper" triple clamp to use the stock bar clamps. I removed the risers and just used the clamps. First test fit of the bars bolted up.
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TheSneeze Serious Thumper Offline Posts: 1313 Northern Nevada Gender:	Re: 1986 Savage Street Tracker build Reply #166 - 11/06/21 at 16:19:45 side view
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Tocsik Serious Thumper Offline the singularity Posts: 1206 Denver, CO Gender:	Re: 1986 Savage Street Tracker build Reply #167 - 11/08/21 at 10:09:24 The angle of the bars as they sit now is in near perfect alignment with the slope on the top of the tank. Sweet.
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TheSneeze Serious Thumper Offline Posts: 1313 Northern Nevada Gender:	Re: 1986 Savage Street Tracker build Reply #168 - 11/08/21 at 10:18:01 'Twas just a guess at this point. Everything will be adjusted during final assembly for ergonomics.
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Re: 1986 Savage Street Tracker build
Reply #169 - 11/08/21 at 11:03:06

Gary_in_NJ wrote on 10/27/21 at 17:51:38:

So if you have 8-1/2" of space, that the wheel can move up 4-1/4", that leaves you with 4-1/4 of room for the light/plate assembly (with plate). You should be fine. Oh, I went and checked my notes, the longest shock you can use is 13". At 13.125" there is contact.

After finally getting in contact with Chris at CL MotoTech, I arranged for him to supply the 320mm shocks. They are arriving today according to the tracking. Cool

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Reply #170 - 11/08/21 at 12:31:27

Man, am I stoked Chris came through with these shocks! They will look great with the body in Navy Blue and the frame metallic silver. I love getting more visuals as this build keeps progressing. The kickstand should arrive on Wednesday, and some tubing for the fabrication of the mid controls sometime this week as well. My welder is about to get a good work out.

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TheSneeze Serious Thumper Offline Posts: 1313 Northern Nevada Gender:	Re: 1986 Savage Street Tracker build Reply #171 - 11/08/21 at 12:31:59 side view
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Reply #172 - 11/08/21 at 14:21:59

What happened to the tubing war??!! Maybe some more pictures will liven it back up. I started welding the seat/tail frame together, and I have to admit it is coming out better than I had pictured in my head. I haven't put the seat cross bracing in yet as I am waiting for the assembly to cool off. That way I can tweak the long legs back to where I want them. Weld contraction can be your friend, or your worst enemy if you don't plan it right. It's starting to look just like the fiberglass.

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TheSneeze Serious Thumper Offline Posts: 1313 Northern Nevada Gender:	Re: 1986 Savage Street Tracker build Reply #173 - 11/08/21 at 14:23:50 Side view. I am not finished welding all of the joints yet. This is just heavy tack welds at this point. Tack, cool, tweak. Rinse, and repeat!
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TheSneeze Serious Thumper Offline Posts: 1313 Northern Nevada Gender:	Re: 1986 Savage Street Tracker build Reply #174 - 11/08/21 at 14:32:42 I'm good with this! I doubt the fiberglass is this straight...
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TheSneeze Serious Thumper Offline Posts: 1313 Northern Nevada Gender:	Re: 1986 Savage Street Tracker build Reply #175 - 11/08/21 at 15:06:31 Tubing war report: This frame is super stiff! More than strong enough. And it fits the fiberglass like a glove. I'm really happy with how this came out, and much, much easier to fab than trying to do this out of tubing.
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TheSneeze Serious Thumper Offline Posts: 1313 Northern Nevada Gender:	Re: 1986 Savage Street Tracker build Reply #176 - 11/08/21 at 15:08:15 Two more brackets to go. The front mount at the rear of the tank, and the tail light mount.
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DragBikeMike Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 4470 Honolulu	Re: 1986 Savage Street Tracker build Reply #177 - 11/08/21 at 15:44:55 Lookin good Sneeze. Those shocks look great.
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TheSneeze Serious Thumper Offline Posts: 1313 Northern Nevada Gender:	Re: 1986 Savage Street Tracker build Reply #178 - 11/08/21 at 18:26:56 Thanks!
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Re: 1986 Savage Street Tracker build
Reply #179 - 11/09/21 at 04:59:58

The subframe looks really, really good. It's a shame you have to cover it in fiberglass.

The shocks you got from Chris are adjustable up to 330mm, so after you get the chain installed take the time to conduct a swingarm swing survey to get the shocks at the perfect length. You will find that as you run out of travel, the chain will also tighten. The chain will get so tight at the upper end that the wheel may stop turning. Obviously you'll want to have good margin on that.

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