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/cgi-bin/YaBB.pl General Category >> Rubber Side Down! >> Years /cgi-bin/YaBB.pl?num=1198083630 Message started by CY8-KID on 12/19/07 at 09:00:30 |
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Title: Years Post by CY8-KID on 12/19/07 at 09:00:30 I'm new to the forum and.... Just bought a 2003 Savage SL650. Great to learn on since I haven't ridden a motorcycle for over 50 years. Looking for lots of fun. Question: when did they stop making the Savage SL650? |
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Title: Re: Years Post by Paladin. on 12/19/07 at 09:49:42 They didn't stop, they just changed the name to protect the innocent. The LS650 Savage is now the S40. |
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Title: Re: Years Post by Savage_Greg on 12/19/07 at 12:41:18 Or they changed the name to appease the ignorant...in 2005. But it is still a LS650, not SL650 :P |
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Title: Re: Years Post by CY8-KID on 12/19/07 at 12:44:15 56676A67626F68060 wrote:
Thanks.... I finished the MSF course this weekend and would recomend it all novices. The level of awareness increases ten fold. |
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Title: Re: Years Post by CY8-KID on 12/19/07 at 12:46:03 1C293E3C046D6E6B5B0 wrote:
Sorry, my error...... |
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Title: Re: Years Post by Savage_Greg on 12/19/07 at 12:51:31 I think that Honda actually made a series of bikes with the "SL" designation... ...and as you'll learn as you hang around here a little longer, most of us don't think about the LS650 Savage or S40 as a beginner bike or for novices. I hope you don't feel that way either. ...that's because most of are not beginners or novices 8-) |
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Title: Re: Years Post by CY8-KID on 12/19/07 at 12:58:18 My reference to novices was not meant for the LS650, but for beginning riders. The MSF course used Suzuki 250s and others in the 250 range. |
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Title: Re: Years Post by Savage_Greg on 12/19/07 at 14:04:02 574D2C395F5D50140 wrote:
I know, I rode a Yamaha 225 when I took the course. I highly recommend it too. I'm just thinking about your "Great to learn on" statement. I learned to ride bigger bikes long before I bought a Savage. Welcome to SuzukiSavage.com. |
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Title: Re: Years Post by Trippah on 12/19/07 at 15:18:02 Welcome, you'll enjoy your ride..try to resist much modifications until you've had a good 3-5 months of riding, then you will know better what you want. That SL thing, that's the Deutchebike 3 star brand. Only, as always, the germans' overengeneered the beast and gave it a third and then a forth wheel if you can believe it. ;) |
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Title: Re: Years Post by J Mac on 12/19/07 at 20:31:13 Welcome. I have a 2003 Savage also. ;) I've had several other bikes in my life, but this one is right for me at this time. It's not a stepping stone, it's just the right thing for me at this point in my life. You'll enjoy it, and this forum will make you appreciate it even more. |
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Title: Re: Years Post by Dave48 on 12/20/07 at 01:36:44 "I haven't ridden a motorcycle for over 50 years." Wow! And I thought that 22 might be too long a gap! Respect: a braver man than I. |
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Title: Re: Years Post by CY8-KID on 12/20/07 at 03:37:47 26031407565A620 wrote:
Thanks all for the wlcome.... The last time I rode was in 1954 in Tripoli, Libya with the donkeys and camels as traffic......sure there were cars, mostly taxis. No stop lights, just policemen on stands directing traffic at "major" intersections. We rented BSA 50cc (?) and circled the police stands for fun! There was a dirt running track at the British barracks where we'd race each other. I'm enjoying the Savage, with plenty of power, just in the neighborhood for now. |
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Title: Re: Years Post by Taz on 12/20/07 at 03:46:56 I prefer to ride my S40 for our weekend day trips over the wife's Vulcan 750 mostly because of the drivers backrest, windshield, and highway pegs I've installed. The S40 is so much lighter too. The S40 is just plain fun to ride and that what riding is all about to me: It's the ride not the destination. |
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Title: Re: Years Post by sluggo on 12/20/07 at 18:20:41 IT'S A BIT OF A TRICK QUESTION. THEY ARE ALL SAVAGE'S |
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Title: Re: Years Post by thumperclone on 12/20/07 at 18:44:13 1C06677214161B5F0 wrote:
suzuki did stop production for afew years and came back with the 5 speed??? |
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Title: Re: Years Post by thumperclone on 12/20/07 at 18:45:23 2C332A3838305F0 wrote:
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Title: Re: Years Post by verslagen1 on 12/20/07 at 20:54:44 6579647C617463727D7E7F74110 wrote:
suzuki did stop production for afew years and came back with the 5 speed???[/quote] I heard during those years they still sold but not in US. |
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Title: Re: Years Post by SavageWahine on 12/20/07 at 22:18:03 445E3F2A4C4E43070 wrote:
You ever got knocked of your bike by a camel??? They can be pretty skittish at times!! |
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Title: Re: Years Post by sluggo on 12/20/07 at 22:59:46 415D405845504756595A5B50350 wrote:
[/quote] sorry you missed. no matter what the factory calls them they will always be savage's |
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Title: Re: Years Post by Savage_Greg on 12/21/07 at 07:39:26 2E5652360A170F120710620 wrote:
..."The Ride is the Reason. The Destination is the Excuse" Ah, yep ::) |
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