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TheSneeze Serious Thumper Offline Posts: 1313 Northern Nevada Gender:	Re: 1986 Savage Street Tracker build Reply #375 - 01/07/22 at 14:04:00 ohiomoto wrote on 01/05/22 at 16:33:06: EDIT: LOL, both of those pictures were contained in this thread. Thanks, Ohiomoto. Not the easiest forum to search in. I have logged more failed searches than successful ones on here!
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ohiomoto Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 2825	Re: 1986 Savage Street Tracker build Reply #376 - 01/08/22 at 06:34:53 This one has more detailed pictures. http://suzukisavage.com/cgi-bin/YaBB.pl?num=1487785879/0 There have been a few people who have used under frame mount peg mounts like these: Whatever you come up with please add it to the DYI mid-control thread for other to see.
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Edub Full Member Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 167 Arizona Gender:	Re: 1986 Savage Street Tracker build Reply #377 - 01/08/22 at 11:36:49 Just read all 26 pages of your extraordinary work, TheSneeze! Subscribed and looking forward to following your build with interest. Love the fabrication and your thorough documentation, hopefully this one will get added to the build thread sticky.
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TheSneeze Serious Thumper Offline Posts: 1313 Northern Nevada Gender:	Re: 1986 Savage Street Tracker build Reply #378 - 01/08/22 at 18:01:55 Thanks, Edub! By your log on name you wouldn't happen to be into VW's, would you?
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Re: 1986 Savage Street Tracker build
Reply #379 - 01/08/22 at 22:36:13

I love VW’s , but haven’t owned one in many years. I grew up around them, bus, squareback, and my last one, a Super Beetle. Keep thinking I’d like to get another, but my focus is primarily on bikes these days.

The signature is actually a reference to my initials, EW. Strangely, I’d never thought about the VW connection, thanks for pointing it out!

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TheSneeze Serious Thumper Offline Posts: 1313 Northern Nevada Gender:	Re: 1986 Savage Street Tracker build Reply #380 - 01/09/22 at 06:23:37 I have been into bugs all my life. I built this one 15 years ago, and still going strong!
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Edub Full Member Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 167 Arizona Gender:	Re: 1986 Savage Street Tracker build Reply #381 - 01/09/22 at 09:11:39 Sweet!!!
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Re: 1986 Savage Street Tracker build
Reply #382 - 01/09/22 at 13:16:31

So far my mind has led me to use a 2" x 1/8" angle to span from left to right, using these "inner" brackets to bolt to the lower rear engine mount, and a tab for the top hole. The tab already exists on the right side for the exhaust support bracket. The end of the angle will be capped off with another plate that the foot pegs will mount to, as well as the control pivots. The length of the angle will control foot peg distance left to right. Outer plates not designed yet. One step at a time.

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TheSneeze Serious Thumper Offline Posts: 1313 Northern Nevada Gender:	Re: 1986 Savage Street Tracker build Reply #383 - 01/09/22 at 13:35:32 Preliminary outer bracket. This foot peg position would put the end to end width of the pegs at around 24".
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TheSneeze Serious Thumper Offline Posts: 1313 Northern Nevada Gender:	Re: 1986 Savage Street Tracker build Reply #384 - 01/10/22 at 10:31:55 By utilizing this light weight cardboard I should save several pounds. I just have to remember not to ride in the rain.
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TheSneeze Serious Thumper Offline Posts: 1313 Northern Nevada Gender:	Re: 1986 Savage Street Tracker build Reply #385 - 01/10/22 at 14:19:22 I got my tab in the mail today. These were the closest size I could find to match the factory tab on the right side of the frame. A little trimming, weld a nut to it, and it should duplicate the position on the opposite side.
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TheSneeze Serious Thumper Offline Posts: 1313 Northern Nevada Gender:	Re: 1986 Savage Street Tracker build Reply #386 - 01/10/22 at 14:19:50 nut side
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TheSneeze Serious Thumper Offline Posts: 1313 Northern Nevada Gender:	Re: 1986 Savage Street Tracker build Reply #387 - 01/10/22 at 14:20:51 Frame view of right side tab with exhaust support bracket removed.
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TheSneeze Serious Thumper Offline Posts: 1313 Northern Nevada Gender:	Re: 1986 Savage Street Tracker build Reply #388 - 01/10/22 at 14:21:29 new tab position mimicking the other side.
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Reply #389 - 01/10/22 at 14:31:54

Here's a tip for all you hobby welders out there. One of the best ways to improve your weld quality - clean all the surfaces in the HAZ (heat affected zone) prior to welding! I see so many welds where the metal wasn't cleaned properly prior to welding. So many think "the weld will melt through anyway". Particularly rust - which is iron oxide. Oxide = oxygen. The reason all welding is done under a bath of inert gasses - to remove all oxygen from the weld flame area. Oxygen is bad for molten metal. Don't get lazy and not properly prep the area. You can see in this pic that the new tab has been scoured on a wire wheel, even though it was received unpainted or unplated. You really can't get your parts clean enough. And whatever you do, don't weld over ANY type of plating. Especially zinc plating - clear or gold colored. When it melts it releases fumes that are VERY unhealthy. Always clean your parts down to bare steel. Even the edges. All surfaces in the HAZ. And whatever you do, DO NOT USE BRAKE CLEANER on parts to be welded. Brake cleaners have some nasty stuff in it, and it leaves a clear chemical film. When this is atomized in the flame, the fumes CAN KILL. (putting soap box away...)

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