NGC - Ryca Motors

[SIR REAL ED]

https://www.rycamotors.com/cs-1-cafe-racer/

Neat kit bikes.  Having owned a Suzuki Savage/Boulevard S40, I was always amazed they did not sell like popcorn. 

Easiest street bike in the world for a beginner to learn to ride. 

About the same price and weight as the 250cc entry level bikes, but the 650cc torquey motor makes it a surprisingly quick and responsive ride.

Have not been on the Suzukisavage.com website in years, but the amount of information that used to be on there was incredible.

[cookiemech]

I'm not in the market, but went to the Ryca Motors website and "configured" something like a reasonable build. Cost was up to about $4500 (and this is just for the kit, not including the donor bike!) in no time at all. That tells me that when it's all said and done, you'd have maybe $7K in a single-cylinder "cafe" bike. If you have $7K to spend on a bike, I think you can do a lot better.

Think I can see why this kit isn't selling like hotcakes.

[bigbikerrick]

I also configured a bike and it was up there around 4 grand + for the kit. The prices for individual components are a bit expensive.
Rick.

[MMRanch]

  SIR REAL ED

Neat kit bikes.  Having owned a Suzuki Savage/Boulevard S40, I was always amazed they did not sell like popcorn.

Easiest street bike in the world for a beginner to learn to ride. 

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Hay , I've still got mine ... keeping it for my "Old Man" bike.   There's a guy on the SuzukiSavage.com site that has a Savage that is coming up on 150,000 miles and is still an everyday rider .   Mine is about 50,000 miles and runs like a new one   Keep the idle up to 1200 or better or the oil preasure drops , then the cam starves for oil , its the only way to kill them !       

[Deno]

I have a Savage that I bought many years ago.  The only Savage part is the motor.  I love the torque.

[kirb]

A friend purchased one already completed by the P.O... Very cool looking bike. It was fairly narrow focused, but the parts seemed well made. Fit and finish were good.

You see this bike on a few of the promo photos...Savage in red with an 'ace cafe' style sticker on the battery box. He had it for a few years and moved on.

[SIR REAL ED]

  SIR REAL ED

Neat kit bikes.  Having owned a Suzuki Savage/Boulevard S40, I was always amazed they did not sell like popcorn.

Easiest street bike in the world for a beginner to learn to ride. 

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Hay , I've still got mine ... keeping it for my "Old Man" bike.   There's a guy on the SuzukiSavage.com site that has a Savage that is coming up on 150,000 miles and is still an everyday rider .   Mine is about 50,000 miles and runs like a new one   Keep the idle up to 1200 or better or the oil preasure drops , then the cam starves for oil , its the only way to kill them !       

I understand completely.  As I told my wife "I must be getting old, the bikes less than 60 hp and 450 lbs appeal to me the most."

Savages are an extremely fun bike... within their limitations.  With my 2006, I followed the common advice of the Dyno Jet jet kit and Harley Dyna muffler, and I think it picked up another 1500 rpm on the top of the "power band."  I'd estimate it reved all the way to 6000 rpm before the "power" fell off.

One of these days I'm going to do something like a RycaMotors bike using a Suzuki DR 650 as the platform.

[SIR REAL ED]

I have a Savage that I bought many years ago.  The only Savage part is the motor.  I love the torque.

wow.  You are not kidding about "The only Savage part is the motor."  Please post some details.

After the jet kit and Dyna muffler, on a slight uphill, with no throttle, the bike would pull down to what I estimate as 500 rpm and stay there as long as you could stand the shuddering.  Heavy flywheel.

[Deno]

The bike was started many years ago by Thunder Road in Conyers GA. Skeeter (Ron) was making a few of them based on customer orders. Unfortunately he passed at too early of an age. This bike was then passed on to his aunt and her daughter. Many years later I bought this and a Triumph race bike from them.
I finished the work on the bike with a lot of help from a Brit bike specialist in CT. He had to realign the motor with the frame rebuilt the brakes and cleaned everything up. Several other items were dealt with subsequently.
From what I can gather, the frame is a slimline. The tank is from a Norton Manx, the front 4LS front brake is from a Suzuki water buffalo. The rear brake is a generic Suzuki unit. The motor is from a 650 Savage.
The bike is a blast to ride and the brakes do their job. If you expect disk brake performance you will be unhappy. If you compare it to my SuperAlce then they are amazing.

On a side note if any of you are familiar with the vintage racing scene in GA in the early 90's, i am trying to get some info on the Triumph racer. It is a 750 triple that wore the number 74. It has a few nice add on's. I have decided to move on as my dreams of actually vintage racing it are long gone. If I find a picture I will post it.

[jcctx]

Many yrs ago on my way to Sturgis I ran in to a couple on a Savage with a huge duffle strapped on. They were on their way from Florida to Washington state after having finished college (somewhere in Nebraska IMS). He said as long as they did not exceed 60mph he was still getting over 150 miles per gas stop. He bought the bike used for less the cost of 2 bus tickets! He had not owned a motorcycle before.

[SIR REAL ED]

The bike was started many years ago by Thunder Road in Conyers GA. Skeeter (Ron) was making a few of them based on customer orders. Unfortunately he passed at too early of an age. This bike was then passed on to his aunt and her daughter. Many years later I bought this and a Triumph race bike from them.
I finished the work on the bike with a lot of help from a Brit bike specialist in CT. He had to realign the motor with the frame rebuilt the brakes and cleaned everything up. Several other items were dealt with subsequently.
From what I can gather, the frame is a slimline. The tank is from a Norton Manx, the front 4LS front brake is from a Suzuki water buffalo. The rear brake is a generic Suzuki unit. The motor is from a 650 Savage.
The bike is a blast to ride and the brakes do their job. If you expect disk brake performance you will be unhappy. If you compare it to my SuperAlce then they are amazing.

On a side note if any of you are familiar with the vintage racing scene in GA in the early 90's, i am trying to get some info on the Triumph racer. It is a 750 triple that wore the number 74. It has a few nice add on's. I have decided to move on as my dreams of actually vintage racing it are long gone. If I find a picture I will post it.

Thanks for the info.  Do you still have the bike?

[JJ]

I'm not in the market, but went to the Ryca Motors website and "configured" something like a reasonable build. Cost was up to about $4500 (and this is just for the kit, not including the donor bike!) in no time at all. That tells me that when it's all said and done, you'd have maybe $7K in a single-cylinder "cafe" bike. If you have $7K to spend on a bike, I think you can do a lot better.

Think I can see why this kit isn't selling like hotcakes.

That being said, I think these little cafe 650 Suzuki's are way cool...but agree with cookiemech...for $7K+, one could do a lot better...