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/cgi-bin/YaBB.pl General Category >> The Cafe >> New rider new member /cgi-bin/YaBB.pl?num=1376892835 Message started by sparky89 on 08/18/13 at 23:13:55 |
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Title: New rider new member Post by sparky89 on 08/18/13 at 23:13:55 Hi I'm Sandy I am like really new at riding my hubby bought me a Savage 98 dark blue and I got the bug man I love riding. I have been doing parking lot stuff the first week and this week I am flying down the highway going to a camp ground today was a blast as I did my first curves turns(counter steering) up and down hill!!! I no longer have to look at the back of his helmet if I choose not too lol! 8-) |
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Title: Re: New rider new member Post by ToesNose on 08/19/13 at 04:31:06 Hi Sandy and WELCOME!!! :) Great to be on your own horse isn't it?! ;D |
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Title: Re: New rider new member Post by Pine on 08/19/13 at 06:33:44 Welcome! Sounds like my wife. I cant get rid of the Savage, even if I wanted too, already got 2 claims on it. |
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Title: Re: New rider new member Post by justin_o_guy2 on 08/19/13 at 01:12:23 Theres nothing like riding,,nothing.. glad ya found us, |
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Title: Re: New rider new member Post by jcstokes on 08/19/13 at 02:11:09 Hope you consider taking professional tuition like an MSF course. Relations can teach you bad habits as well as good. Any way you will find all you need to know about the workings of your Savage on this site. Welcome. |
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Title: Re: New rider new member Post by ToesNose on 08/19/13 at 04:24:55 WELCOME!!! And +1 on taking the MSF course ;) |
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Title: Re: New rider new member Post by sparky89 on 08/19/13 at 21:33:52 Hey thank you for welcoming me I will be around lots I got lots to learn. I more than likely will take the coarse next spring my hubby was an instructor I'm definitely enjoying getting on my own horse and love my Savage I hug her every day! |
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Title: Re: New rider new member Post by Serowbot on 08/19/13 at 22:10:51 Hubby is an instructor?... that may be cheating... ;D... |
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Title: Re: New rider new member Post by sparky89 on 08/20/13 at 15:14:12 That is a matter of perspective I call it lucky!! :P |
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Title: Re: New rider new member Post by sparky89 on 08/20/13 at 15:17:15 Went for a ride today and rode down a gravel road it was weird a little freaky but I got through it we made it home just in time we had a big storm go over us. Oh yeah correction I said 98 I meant 89 Savage lol, Doh!!! |
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Title: Re: New rider new member Post by WD on 08/20/13 at 16:03:14 I have a 98, only difference is mine is a 5 speed and a different stator/ignitor (makes it spark). |
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Title: Re: New rider new member Post by sparky89 on 08/20/13 at 16:35:59 Cool 5 speed would be nice I seem to be trying for 5 on my 4 speed,lol! I'm sorry I don't know can you explain Spark? :) |
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Title: Re: New rider new member Post by WD on 08/20/13 at 19:41:36 Fires the spark plug. The ignition system changed a little bit when the model went from 4-5 speeds. Something about some magic magnet that tells the plug to fire. ;) You'd never miss the 5th gear, it's useless. Almost exactly the same ratio as the older 4th gear. If not exactly. Have fun learning your bike, each Savage is a unique machine. And I do mean that in a good way. |
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Title: Re: New rider new member Post by RatdogWillie on 08/20/13 at 20:42:21 Now you know why dogs like to stick their heads out of the car window! |
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Title: Re: New rider new member Post by Dave on 08/23/13 at 11:18:06 666574677E6C2D2C150 wrote:
It's OK.....we all do it. Us 5 speed owners keep trying to find 6th! |
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Title: Re: New rider new member Post by Smokestack on 08/24/13 at 06:06:42 764D4057464A51574C444956250 wrote:
It's OK.....we all do it. Us 5 speed owners keep trying to find 6th! [/quote] Yeah, this is my only real beef with Savage. The rest of the issues can be fixed or at least reduced in effect by the application of a little time, elbow grease and cash, (like the cam chain tensioner, head plug and suspension) but man I wish the spread between 4th and 5th gear was the same as the spread between 3rd and 4th. |
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Title: Re: New rider new member Post by LANCER on 08/24/13 at 06:56:15 764D4057464A51574C444956250 wrote:
It's OK.....we all do it. Us 5 speed owners keep trying to find 6th! [/quote] I keep wanting to stop at 4th |
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Title: Re: New rider new member Post by SALB on 08/24/13 at 10:07:44 I find myself skipping fourth gear when accelerating to highway speeds. On the other hand, having fourth and fifth geared so close comes in handy when I need to accelerate briskly to pass. |
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Title: Re: New rider new member Post by Toroso on 08/24/13 at 10:59:25 46787A7E70666174767E150 wrote:
It's OK.....we all do it. Us 5 speed owners keep trying to find 6th! [/quote] Yeah, this is my only real beef with Savage. The rest of the issues can be fixed or at least reduced in effect by the application of a little time, elbow grease and cash, (like the cam chain tensioner, head plug and suspension) but man I wish the spread between 4th and 5th gear was the same as the spread between 3rd and 4th. [/quote] Yeah! I'm always shifting into 5th and thinking 'nothing happened!'. |
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Title: Re: New rider new member Post by sparky89 on 08/24/13 at 20:12:57 Cool good to know about the spark plug firing. And yes now I know why dogs like sticking their head out the window lol it's awesome. I went for my longest ride yet today we rode 133km or about 80 miles! It was a beautiful day I forgot to take a pic. My Savage and I had a blast! Rode with ear plugs today wow man better!!!! She pulls up the hill like a trooper unlike our jeep that you have to shift down to make it! lol Mind you I weigh like 100 lbs soaking wet probably with my gear on hahaha! Peace man and stay safe out there! |
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Title: Re: New rider new member Post by ToesNose on 08/25/13 at 04:16:17 LOL yea your not missing out on too much not having the stock 5 speed tranny, 4th to 5th really doesn't do much at all :-/ |
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