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Hi Guys, I’m sure you are aware of the Ryca café racer kit for the Suzuki Savage 650 single. Did you know they also make parts for a street tracker? I have built one using their up pipe and fiberglass seat. The rest I fabbed on my own. The Ryca kits use rear sets for the foot controls. I...

Hi, I really don't know what kind it is. It seems to have no pronounced grain either way so that probably means "4-way." Didn't know there were different kinds. The secret from my perspective is to use the heat gun and have strong fingers. I do know that it will tear unless you use washers...

Starting to look like a seat now! I found some vinyl covering left over from another project. What you use is up to you. I did not want to have to beg the use of a sewing machine or farm out the covering job so I intended to just stretch the vinyl around and tack it down. This is where you can...

Now we have a seat pan with two layers of foam. Time to do some shaping!. First cut the foam to fit the aluminum base. I used a metal cutting blade on a jig saw. Others say to use an electric carving knife. Whatever works. Use the studs mounted on the bottom of the pan and bolt the...

OK, now we got the seat pan cut out and curved. Put it on the fiberglass base and mark where you may need cutouts to clear mounting bolts, etc. To fasten the cover to the base we will use Pop rivets. I drilled 1/8 inch diameter holes around the periphery of the pan about 3/4 inch in from the...

OK, now we have the metal base and the forms needed to curve it into shape. Note: you can't cut it to the final outline until you curve it to match the seat. Leave it oversized, it won't hurt anything. I don't have a metal shop, an English Wheel, metal roller, etc. No Snap-On tools, either...

OK, here we go. First you must make a pattern for the seat pan; I used cardboard. Then you need to cut out the pan itself. I used 3003 aluminum .063 thou, or 1/16th thick. What tool you use to cut it out isn't critical. I have an old Ryobi wood cutting band saw that does not have a slow speed...

Hi All, I am almost finished with my Street Tracker project. I promised to do it all myself, with no professional help. As you can see it is a unique project. So far all I have farmed out is the welding, which my brother did. The seat is from Ryca. I also bought their foam, which in...

What Suzuki models use the 21 spline count coarse shift shaft? I know that most of the other japanese bikes use a 30 or so teeth finer spline shaft. I am trying to go from a remote Forward control setup on a Suzuki Savage Ryca build to not rear sets, but mid sets, with the shift lever mounted...