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Message started by cowboy on 06/21/12 at 11:39:28

Title: model question
Post by cowboy on 06/21/12 at 11:39:28

so is my 96 savage a s40 or a ls650? 8-)

Title: Re: model question
Post by babyhog on 06/21/12 at 11:43:13

"Savage" was used prior to 2005... renamed "S40" since. But they are all LS650.

But to answer your question, your 1996 would be an LS650 Savage. My 2006 is an LS650 S40.

Title: Re: model question
Post by cowboy on 06/21/12 at 11:51:20

thanks babyhog for clearing that up. 8-)

Title: Re: model question
Post by Savage_Rob on 06/21/12 at 13:08:44

Yup. Savage is a marketing name like Intruder or Marauder. The all got "rebadged" as Boulevards and use either an S, C or M along with the displacement in cubic inches.

I read someplace where they defined the prefix initial as such:

S=Sporty
C=Cruiser
M=Muscle

I don't recall the source and can't couch for its accuracy but they sort of made some sense.

Title: Re: model question
Post by clearush on 06/21/12 at 15:51:40

also 650cc = 40ci (approx) ;)

Title: Re: model question
Post by Savage_Rob on 06/21/12 at 15:58:54

626D646073747269010 wrote:

also 650cc = 40ci (approx) ;)

784A5D4A4C4E747944492B0 wrote:

either an S, C or M along with the displacement in cubic inches

Title: Re: model question
Post by John_D FSO on 06/22/12 at 00:16:20

5E6C7B6C6A68525F626F0D0 wrote:

I'd heard somewhere the "S" stands for "skinny", as in skinny front tire, skinny fenders, etc. Not sure about the accuracy of that either though. :-?

Title: Re: model question
Post by Cavi Mike on 06/22/12 at 00:44:43

7760616B60666E3237343537050 wrote:

I'd heard somewhere the "S" stands for "skinny", as in skinny front tire :-?

I think you mean skinny rear tire... at least in the case of the S40 ;D

Title: Re: model question
Post by John_D FSO on 06/22/12 at 06:14:25

4F6D7A65416567690C0 wrote:

[quote author=7760616B60666E3237343537050 link=1340303968/0#6 date=1340349380]
I'd heard somewhere the "S" stands for "skinny", as in skinny front tire :-?

I think you mean skinny rear tire... at least in the case of the S40 ;D[/quote]
The whole thing is pretty skinny. The first time I got on my brothers' Vulcan 900 after learning to ride on the Savage, I felt like I was straddling a 55 gallon drum or something! :o

Title: Re: model question
Post by SuperSavage on 06/22/12 at 22:55:57

I thought the "S" stood for SEXY :-*

Title: Re: model question
Post by WD on 06/23/12 at 13:45:26

Slow
Clunky
Miserable

;)

Although truth be told, I wouldn't turn down a C50T or C90T. Couldn't give me any variant of VS, I've demo'd 800s and 1400s, old and new. I'm too tall for them. So The S50 and whatever the big guy is the S stands for squished... ;D