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Re: 1986 Savage Street Tracker build
Reply #180 - 11/09/21 at 07:29:27

The sub frame will be powder coated silver to match the main frame and swingarm, and the underside of the fiberglass will be the same royal blue as the body. So it will stand out if you look under her skirt! Shocked

Shock length fine tuning will happen after the motor is back in the frame, so I can wrap the chain. There is a bracket on the bottom side of the swingarm that I may need to trim off - it's about 6 - 8" back from the pivot if I recall. Not sure what it was supporting, but it may interfere with the chain? Still lots to do before anything goes off to the powder coater.

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DragBikeMike Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 4470 Honolulu	Re: 1986 Savage Street Tracker build Reply #181 - 11/09/21 at 10:21:30 If this is the offending bracket in question, it is a mount for the lower belt guard.
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TheSneeze Serious Thumper Offline Posts: 1313 Northern Nevada Gender:	Re: 1986 Savage Street Tracker build Reply #182 - 11/09/21 at 10:35:05 I wasn't aware there is a lower belt guard. This bike is missing an awful lot of the stock trim. That bracket on my swingarm is currently on the endangered species list.
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verslagen1 YaBB Moderator ModSquad Offline Where there's a will, I want to be in it. Posts: 28996 L.A. California Gender:	Re: 1986 Savage Street Tracker build Reply #183 - 11/09/21 at 10:43:25 I have spares of both belt guards.
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Gary_in_NJ Serious Thumper Offline LS650 Cafe Racer Posts: 2642 Amongst the Twisty Roads	Re: 1986 Savage Street Tracker build Reply #184 - 11/09/21 at 11:27:48 I did a lot of de-tabbing of my swingarm. Enough that I sent it out for powder coating. My chain guard is a RYCA fabrication that can be easily copied. It is attached to the rear frame stay (see the photos)
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Gary_in_NJ Serious Thumper Offline LS650 Cafe Racer Posts: 2642 Amongst the Twisty Roads	Re: 1986 Savage Street Tracker build Reply #185 - 11/09/21 at 11:28:09 And another
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TheSneeze Serious Thumper Offline Posts: 1313 Northern Nevada Gender:	Re: 1986 Savage Street Tracker build Reply #186 - 11/09/21 at 14:48:24 The front mount got a bit complicated because the seat frame was on a different plane than the rubber isolated rear tank mounts. So I made a wedgie! A built a bracket for both planes, welded them together, and counterbored the top holes for the rear tank mount screws.
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TheSneeze Serious Thumper Offline Posts: 1313 Northern Nevada Gender:	Re: 1986 Savage Street Tracker build Reply #187 - 11/09/21 at 14:51:33 A simple piece of 2" steel angle fit the bill for the tail light mount. I used the plane of the tail frame which helped angle the license plate mount a little farther up. I still may need to do an adjustment to that angle later depending on tire clearance.
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TheSneeze Serious Thumper Offline Posts: 1313 Northern Nevada Gender:	Re: 1986 Savage Street Tracker build Reply #188 - 11/09/21 at 14:52:32 The tail light assembly is nice and tucked under the tail section.
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TheSneeze Serious Thumper Offline Posts: 1313 Northern Nevada Gender:	Re: 1986 Savage Street Tracker build Reply #189 - 11/09/21 at 14:57:48 With the tail light bracket installed, the seat/tail mount frame is pretty much done. I still need to get the rest of the holes drilled through the fiberglass to hold it to the metal frame.
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TheSneeze Serious Thumper Offline Posts: 1313 Northern Nevada Gender:	Re: 1986 Savage Street Tracker build Reply #190 - 11/09/21 at 15:21:50 Since my postal scale only goes up to 5 lbs., I am guessing the frame weighs in around 6 - 7 lbs. The scale errors out just before I let all the weight onto it, that's my best guess.
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Re: 1986 Savage Street Tracker build
Reply #191 - 11/09/21 at 16:24:52

Using the bathroom scale, the seat/tail frame is 5.8 lbs. So to those that engaged in the tubing war, the effort to bend tubing (I don't have the tooling), and get it TIG welded (I don't have a TIG welder, and don't know how), in my opinion is not worth a couple of pounds in weight savings. I can stand on this frame without any deflection, so strength is not a detraction to it's intended use or performance.

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Re: 1986 Savage Street Tracker build
Reply #192 - 11/10/21 at 08:52:37

TheSneeze wrote on 11/09/21 at 14:52:32:

The tail light assembly is nice and tucked under the tail section.

FWIW I bought a tail light assembly that looked exactly like that off amazon last summer. It filled up with water the first time I rode in the rain and shorted out. Leaving me with no tail light in a rain storm a long way from home.

I think the brand I bought was ANIKA.

I'm running the supernova pin lights from revival cycles now and love them. Brake lights are so bright they are almost painful to look at. And they are very clean mounting. Just a bulb on a 8mm stud.

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TheSneeze Serious Thumper Offline Posts: 1313 Northern Nevada Gender:	Re: 1986 Savage Street Tracker build Reply #193 - 11/10/21 at 09:21:02 This unit was advertised as waterproof. Since I have no intention of riding in inclement weather, it shouldn't be an issue (and probably won't be tested!).
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Re: 1986 Savage Street Tracker build
Reply #194 - 11/10/21 at 10:36:24

[quote author=7B594A4B574F5D4A380 link=1632771935/180#192 date=1636563157]TheSneeze wrote on 11/09/21 at 14:52:32:

I'm running the supernova pin lights from revival cycles now and love them. Brake lights are so bright they are almost painful to look at. And they are very clean mounting. Just a bulb on a 8mm stud.

This one?

https://revivalcycles.com/products/led-light

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