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Message started by justin_o_guy2 on 09/02/13 at 19:32:04

Title: Buh Bye! Buh Bye!
Post by justin_o_guy2 on 09/02/13 at 19:32:04

I rode bull to the neighbors house *& parked him,., Put fresh gas in the tank, dumped the carb bowl once & refilled it, Turned twice & firewd right up after notstarting for over a month,
I gave the new owner a note

suzukisavage.com

Loaded him up with extra goodies & suzuki shopmanual.
Of course Ill be around.. you dont get off THAT easy,,

Title: Re: Buh Bye! Buh Bye!
Post by RatdogWillie on 09/02/13 at 20:21:24

Hope you do stick around!

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Post by justin_o_guy2 on 09/02/13 at 20:31:49

Ill be here,,

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Post by bobert_FSO on 09/02/13 at 20:48:47

Sounds like me. When I dropped off my Savage after selling it, I had a sheet of paper that listed this site, all the mods I had made and any other little tidbits and hints I could think of.

I stick around here because I like the site and the people on it. I haven't found a similar Kawasaki site.

If I had the room and could justify a second motorcycle to the wife, I would get another Savage. It was so easy and fun to hop around town on it. I would probably customize it to somewhere between a bobber and a standard.

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Post by Serowbot on 09/02/13 at 23:09:42

697670776A6D5C6C5C64767A31030 wrote:

Ill be here,,

Darn right you will... 8-)...

3A373A3D2A2C580 wrote:

I stick around here because I like the site and the people on it. I haven't found a similar Kawasaki site.

You too!... :)...

Savage,... is a state of mind... :-?...

Title: Re: Buh Bye! Buh Bye!
Post by LANCER on 09/03/13 at 03:29:04

Why did you sell ?

Title: Re: Buh Bye! Buh Bye!
Post by justin_o_guy2 on 09/03/13 at 07:47:08

Ive got the Kawasaki W-650. May never ri8de it,, what with the shulders & knee problems. Cant ride 2, need the $$,,

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Post by LostArtist on 09/03/13 at 17:18:42

6D7274736E6958685860727E35070 wrote:

Ive got the Kawasaki W-650. May never ri8de it,, what with the shulders & knee problems. Cant ride 2, need the $$,,

W-650? NICE! :)

Title: Re: Buh Bye! Buh Bye!
Post by Oldfeller on 09/04/13 at 06:36:51

Justin has gotten to that age, where you gotta know what you can do and what you can't do. He kept his preferred bike and sold his Savage, at least he kept the one he liked the best.

Lancer, we aren't there yet, but we can both smell it coming ....

Just like Diamond Jim and Big Zuk before him, there comes a time where your body just can't pay the toll any more.

Right now, if I hadn't invested in the trailer and the hitch, I'd be done already -- I can't stand the long long rides to and from the mountains.

Having the trailer means I can go another 3-5 years, which I firmly plan to do.

;)

Title: Re: Buh Bye! Buh Bye!
Post by justin_o_guy2 on 09/04/13 at 07:13:03

Theres a pretty fairchance Ill never ride the W. If my right knee continues to skip out at odd times, like when im sitting in a car & have to have the drive p[ull over so I can put it back in place, or just walking along.,.& if my shoulders/rotator cuffs wont handle the load of bringing one back up when Ive allowed it to lean over some, then I am a Miata shopper.

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Post by RatdogWillie on 09/04/13 at 07:39:21

405F595E43447545754D5F53182A0 wrote:

Trike?

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Post by justin_o_guy2 on 09/04/13 at 08:03:13

Naaaah,, if it wont lean in a corner Ill just have a little car. As long as I can Smell stuff like on a bike. I know nothing FEELS as free as riding, I just dont know if Id feel the freedom on a trike. Problee be closer than somthying with doors,, IDK, but they cost so MUCH! I can have a little sports car, standard transmission, convertible & Hopefully be able to do something to the windshield so the air isnt completely diverted.

I have a 1954 wooden milk crate, one of the long ones. I wanna put a solo seat on the W & mount that crate behind, maybe pad the end for a back rest? IDK,, I guess it would need to shift up & down with the seataction,,Put a top on it & be able to lock it, hang back packs on the sides, I could hit the road or a grocery store..I Think its gets about 65 MPG,,but IDK that..

But, Ill take something with a roof if I cant ride.

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Post by Charon - FSO on 09/04/13 at 08:49:15

I had a little convertible for several years, until a lady rear-ended it in Colorado and the insurance totalled it. You get the sunshine, and of course you don't need a helmet, but it isn't the same as a bike by a long shot. My wife found it a lot more comfortable than a bike. I had a chance about three years ago to demo a Can-Am Spyder, and except for the absence of lean it was much more like riding a motorcycle. I have not tried one of the conventional (one wheel in front, two in rear) trikes.

I was visiting a large Honda dealership a while back, who also sells trikes. He said he sold over 50 of them last year. He said a side effect of selling trikes to couples was that the women suddenly decided they wanted to be drivers instead of passengers, since they no longer had to hold up a heavy bike at a traffic stop.

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Post by PerrydaSavage on 09/04/13 at 09:28:29

Gawd! I'd saw off a leg for a W650!!

Glad you'er sticking around Justin ... plenty of us FSOs stay here for the same reasons you gave!

This place on the WWW is HOME!

Title: Re: Buh Bye! Buh Bye!
Post by WD on 09/04/13 at 09:38:29

Good luck keeping it gone, I've gotten rid of mine several times, and it always comes back.

So I keep dumping time/money into it, instead of buying another VN800A. Maybe the next time I find/buy the right Kawi, the Savage will stay in the barn where it belongs.

Until that day comes, I'll keep working on it, to the detriment of my classic vehicles.

The Savage is like a bad tobacco habit, you know the time has come to give it up, but just can't for some reason...

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Post by OldSport on 09/04/13 at 10:38:05

There is another group I am a member of and a guy there started having inner ear problems as he got older. Balance became an issue so he bought a Miata and drives it to a couple of rallies a year with his wife. It's a good thing when it becomes about good people and not just bikes!

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Post by old_rider on 09/04/13 at 11:12:56

627D7B7C61665767576F7D713A080 wrote:

JOG....i'm seriously looking at the piaggio MP3 scooters, dang things can do 89mph and get similar gas mileage as the savage, plus they have 3 wheels and can "lean" into corners. Got to find a dealer near here so I can go test ride one.

This is for the future mind you, at the moment I'll stick with my lil' ninja till I can pick up a savage for me and lighten' it a bit (going to semi-bob it). My bone structure sux now and I actually gave myself a compression fracture to my spine by just picking up the wifes savage after I dropped it.

I might settle for the two wheel piaggio's some of them go pretty fast and look to be fun to ride. Maybe haul them on a hitch rack on the back of the truck like a bicycle up to the dragon. We shall see...I am to the point of just wanting to ride and not caring what it is so long as it lets me lean in the corners and ya can't do that with a trike.

Trying to copy a youtube link...http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=QjPEu0n2Kbc

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Post by justin_o_guy2 on 09/04/13 at 18:49:08

I couldnt say No w/o riding one, but, I gotta say, a 250 doesnt sound like what Idwant. The pegs on the 650 are ground off nearly to the point the end caps are in danger of coming off.. I like coming out of corners at 40.