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Message started by David Bookbinder on 08/01/12 at 08:53:55

Title: Trip meter for Boulelvard S40
Post by David Bookbinder on 08/01/12 at 08:53:55

Recently started riding a 2007 Boulevard S40. As this bike has no trip meter, I currently have to rely on my memory or the reserve tank to know when to refuel. I'd prefer to have some way to visually remind myself that 120 miles have passed and it's time to refuel. Ideally, this would be some kind of waterproof stick-on digital device I could set to the "running out of fuel" odometer reading and attach to the tank. I've looked at bicycle monitors but haven't found anything that just lets me input a numeric value.

How have people here solved this (to me, anyway) annoyance?

Title: Re: Trip meter for Boulelvard S40
Post by RanDaMan on 08/01/12 at 08:58:19

for a cheap non electrical way you could write the mileage on the tank with a grease pencil! ;)

Title: Re: Trip meter for Boulelvard S40
Post by Dave on 08/01/12 at 09:35:07

They have added a table of contents in the Technical section......you can find the following link listed there:

http://suzukisavage.com/cgi-bin/YaBB.pl?board=tech;action=display;num=1116676372

Plenty of information there about options you have.....one of which is a grease pencil used on your rear view mirror to record odo reading.

Title: Re: Trip meter for Boulelvard S40
Post by sjaskow on 08/01/12 at 09:49:02

I use a crayon and write the last few digits of the odometer on the speedometer plastic. White is easiest to read but green is ok and I can write the number down on the receipt as well.

Title: Re: Trip meter for Boulelvard S40
Post by Serowbot on 08/01/12 at 09:49:32

I use a dollar store combination type luggage lock...
Just zip tie to the bars...;)...
http://i600.photobucket.com/albums/tt82/serowbot/rerun/br.jpg

Title: Re: Trip meter for Boulelvard S40
Post by David Bookbinder on 08/01/12 at 10:14:21

Looked at the computer and, like the other bike computers I looked at on Amazon.com, it seems like overkill for what I need. I like the luggage lock idea and will look for one. Thanks!

Title: Re: Trip meter for Boulelvard S40
Post by Badass94Cad on 08/01/12 at 10:32:27

I just write the mileage on the receipt and try not to get caught sputtering. :)

Title: Re: Trip meter for Boulelvard S40
Post by arteacher on 08/01/12 at 16:36:49

192A250F2A062A254B0 wrote:

for a cheap non electrical way you could write the mileage on the tank with a grease pencil! ;)

+1, but I write it on the mirror. I get 110 miles to a tank, and write the current mileage +100 on the mirror. When the odometer gets close to the mirror number, I look for a gas station.
I think the grease pencil cost a bit more than a quarter.

Title: Re: Trip meter for Boulelvard S40
Post by ZAR on 08/01/12 at 20:16:55

575C5C555956574D4C380 wrote:

[quote author=192A250F2A062A254B0 link=1343836435/0#1 date=1343836699]for a cheap non electrical way you could write the mileage on the tank with a grease pencil! ;)

Title: Re: Trip meter for Boulelvard S40
Post by PerrydaSavage on 08/02/12 at 03:37:36

Used a cheap dollar store luggage lock as a pseudo-tripmeter on both of the LS650s I owned ... brilliant sollution to Suzuki's unfathomable lack of foresight!

Ironically my current 2007 Kawasaki ZZ-R250 has 2 tripmeters!!

Title: Re: Trip meter for Boulelvard S40
Post by Dave on 08/02/12 at 05:12:00

6E5B4C4C475A5F6D5F485F595B3E0 wrote:

My 2009 Kawasaki Super Sherpa had two trip meters and I used one for tracking fuel and the other for tracking oil changes. It also had a clock so I knew when to get home to keep out of trouble with the wife.

The Savage is not on the cutting edge of technology, and although some of the primitive features are endearing.....it would be nice to get ugrades in some areas. A speedometer with a clock and trip meter would sure be nice.....maybe even a tach! And then you could move it to a place where you could actually read it without having to bend your head down and lose sight of the road and cars in front of you.

The future of the Savage is unkown......it is a low production bike that gets very few changes, and it will be interesting to see if Suzuki continues to make the bike.....or better yet.....make some improvements.

Title: Re: Trip meter for Boulelvard S40
Post by Routy on 08/02/12 at 05:52:40

The future of every bike is unknown, and thousands have dropped off line while Savage has kept going. All these things that are lacking on the Savage is what makes the "Savage".
Suzuski didn't keep Savage in the line up for nearing 30 yrs, because it lacks many features that most all riders shy away from. There is something right about the Savage that has kept it going this long, probably the same reason why we all ride one.
I can't remember anyone ever complaining about the price.
I have heard Suzuski critisized so many times here for not making the Savage like a normal bike w/ all the normal accessories, kinda like Suzuski isn't very smart. But the Savage keeps going and going and going. Could it be that Suzuski really does know best ??