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Title: Starting my search for me a savage/s40 Post by old_rider on 09/29/13 at 20:05:34 Yup, momma ok'd it even before I've sold the Harley or the Little 250 Honda. Hit craigslist here today and will call this person tomorrow, but, should I buy one or both? (parts for our rides?). http://pensacola.craigslist.org/mcy/4087700799.html |
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Title: Re: Starting my search for me a savage/s40 Post by justin_o_guy2 on 09/29/13 at 20:41:59 Id want some answers first 1997 & 1998 Suzuki Savage LS650 - $1500 (Pensacola) 1989 Suzuki Savages LS 650 1500 each o 97/98or 89? |
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Title: Re: Starting my search for me a savage/s40 Post by old_rider on 09/29/13 at 20:46:31 Yeah, I think he just got dyslexic while typing...but the call will clear it up, and its only about 45 min from me. |
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Title: Re: Starting my search for me a savage/s40 Post by HondaLavis on 09/29/13 at 20:52:48 Of course look for your answers, but I think the title has it right. According to this the savage wasn't even available in the US between 89-94: http://suzukisavage.com/cgi-bin/YaBB.pl?num=1098969480 Also, "Aztec Orange" was one of two colors available for '98, and "Candy Koran Orange" was also one of two colors for '97. (Not so sure that last color was politically correct... :-?) If you look up these colors on www.colorrite.com, the '97 color looks rather reddish. Let us know if that matches your answers! :) |
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Title: Re: Starting my search for me a savage/s40 Post by Pine on 09/30/13 at 06:52:03 I don't think I am willing to match those kind of prices... but read my post... I may be needing to sell 2003... due to the wife wanting a tourer for us both. I got 6500 miles, of which I put 6000 mile on it. So I know everything about the bike. ( NO PRESSURE) I aint exactly sure I want to sell. Heck I JUST put the new shocks on last week! |
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Title: Re: Starting my search for me a savage/s40 Post by old_rider on 09/30/13 at 09:39:53 Well Pine, we might need to talk.... I have a touring bike I am selling, my Harley Davidson Road Glide 2007 pewter pearl in color (silver) 52k on the odo, garage kept. At present I have a quick release system on the back to add passenger backrest and luggage rack (which I have). and also I have an Ultimate Tour Pack that is a different color and it needs a new quick release adapter to fit the system I have ( I used the adapter on the wifes Suzuki). We could discuss trade and cash?? LOL I don't know if PM works but we can try |
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Title: Re: Starting my search for me a savage/s40 Post by WD on 09/30/13 at 09:52:18 Heck, just put Road King bars on my Savage, but, it does have a front drum now... I could use the Road Glide, but you'd probably hate what I do to it (all I need is the engine, transmission and main loop)... I've met Pine, he and a Road Glide won't get along, at all. One of my riding friends is trying to con me into a pair of 1988 ElectraGlide Classics... But is mad as a wet cat that I would chop them out. |
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Title: Re: Starting my search for me a savage/s40 Post by Pine on 09/30/13 at 10:46:09 1300440 wrote:
Why is that WD? What touring bike would I get along with? PS: I tired to talk my wife into getting a "pair" of bikes... she did not like that idea at all. Not trying to be ugly... but my wife out weighs me by double. So truth be told... little me + big bike + wife = scared to death. Killing myself on a bike is one thing... two up really adds a level of nerves. |
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Title: Re: Starting my search for me a savage/s40 Post by WD on 09/30/13 at 11:07:31 Road Glide is very heavy, as in, top heavy. You really need to clear 6 feet by a decent margin to be comfortable throwing one around on roads like the Trace or the road I live on. Honestly, a C50T is more than sufficient unless you want to do a bunch of super slab runs. The Yammie 1100 should be a decent compromise for Trace and freeway use. Keep the Savage as a commuter or back up. I've kept mine through several other bikes that have since been sold or junked. |
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Title: Re: Starting my search for me a savage/s40 Post by old_rider on 09/30/13 at 12:58:58 WD, i'm like 5' 10" and weighed a whoppin' 150lbs when I was healthy. Layed the Glide down slowly a couple times (while stopped, loose gravel underfoot once and oil on hot blacktop second) and managed to get it back up myself. After the cancer and chemo, i'm like a 12 year old in the strength factor and my bones have the density of a 70yr old woman. I have a trike system on it (tow-pac add a trike) and its easy peasy to ride now, just don't take 90 degree corners faster than 10miles an hour :). The trike system can be removed by three bolts and a pin, takes about 10 min with a jack, you can order some front stabilizer feet from tow-pac for like 35 bucks, then you can do it without a jack. I really just need to get rid of it before I decide to remove the trike kit and ride it like ol' times and end up hurting myself and the bike, its very tempting seeing as i'm getting slightly healthier. I'm facing facts tho, getting older I won't get my total strength back so out the with the big and in with the small. I've already proven that i'm good with the savage on long trips (from florida to north Carolina), and that was one I did not have set up for me. I figure with forward controls and a good seat, i'll be happy. So i'm going to butcher a savage to make it lighter and with forward controls, seat and a bigger gas tank it'll be just right. 8-) |
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Title: Re: Starting my search for me a savage/s40 Post by old_rider on 09/30/13 at 15:27:30 7467230 wrote:
If ya can come up with the askin' price I wouldn't care if ya mounted the motor on a moped....i'm not a Harley freak, just got it cause it served a purpose, now it don't. Just gotta get the cash to pay off a couple small loans and set up the wife for her a newer car. |
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Title: Re: Starting my search for me a savage/s40 Post by WD on 09/30/13 at 20:52:19 And I'm going the other way. Bringing the points ignition trucks and car back to life so I can send the late model junk to the metal shredder. Same fuel economy, fewer headaches. I'm trying to get a friend in WA to start sending me back the Panhead a section or two at a time so the Savage and Intruder can get scrapped out. I want NO non-points gasoline vehicles on the place anymore. And no more fuel infested either other than the diesel tractors. I am so sick of moisture sensitive electronic parts failing... |
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Title: Re: Starting my search for me a savage/s40 Post by The Creator on 09/30/13 at 22:01:24 A S40 is all about the weight, my 2009 zS40 with 40 Hp is just a tad over 350 lb. Really, a c50 or a harley, for a 150 lb guy, really? both are 600+ pounds. I can sit flat footed (5' 9") and still put an 18 pack of beer under my a** and ride home on it, and still sit flat footed, looking forward to some sadle bags. |
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Title: Re: Starting my search for me a savage/s40 Post by old_rider on 09/30/13 at 22:47:19 Yeah, that's why i'm getting rid of the big ol' monster, loved it when I could handle it, now I just want a fun touring machine, and believe it or not the s40/savage can be just that. You should see the travel rack I manipulated on the wife's savage...you could hold you eighteen pack and then some on it. http://i1047.photobucket.com/albums/b471/Orphistle/Suzuki%20Savage/bag3.jpg I even once put a Harley Ultimate Tour Pack on it to see what it would look like, was a bit bouncy, so I took it back off. http://i1047.photobucket.com/albums/b471/Orphistle/Suzuki%20Savage/finished1.jpg |
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Title: Re: Starting my search for me a savage/s40 Post by justin_o_guy2 on 10/01/13 at 05:12:42 I had a gym bag I sewed a piece of 1/8th ply into. but glue woulda worked.,.glued another under it. Sewed d-rings on it & a flap w/ velcro to grab the seatstrap.A piece of parachute cord under the seat to tie it down.. I could haul plenty,,cost me beans.. |
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Title: Re: Starting my search for me a savage/s40 Post by The Creator on 10/01/13 at 18:14:42 OMG< Old Rider, what did you haul around in that thing, the state of TEXAS? So, when you opened it up, did a mini cooper drive out with a full set of clowns, followed by a set of Shriners on mini motorcycles, and circle around your wife's bike. I was tthink a little smaller and strapped to the belt side of the bike. I got 3 sewing machines and new roll of black naugihade (vinyl basically), to make a custom seat, so I I will make at least one side saddle bag for now. FUNNY ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D |
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Title: Re: Starting my search for me a savage/s40 Post by old_rider on 10/01/13 at 21:13:21 644A417D4E4343562F0 wrote:
LOL wife says I want something on the back that will hold my helmet, my purse, my jacket and my boots.... so I put the Harley one on. She actually liked it and was a little upset that it bounced too much... but she is happy with the kuryacn one, even tho it doesn't hold all her stuff (she needs to be in uniform at work and wears different shoes and doesn't have a locker at work). Oh and the rack is big enough to hold a medium sized cooler that fits about a case and a half of cans with ice! http://i1047.photobucket.com/albums/b471/Orphistle/Suzuki%20Savage/IMAG0533.jpg |
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Title: Re: Starting my search for me a savage/s40 Post by old_rider on 10/03/13 at 14:37:25 Found a couple newer ones than the 2 in Pensacola...but they are 3.5 hours away, not a bad thing mind you, the guy that wants to buy my roadglide is in tampa which is about halfway, so I might ride the Harley to mid point talk to him and have the wife drive me (if the guy buys the Harley) to look at the other two savages and i'd pick up and drive one home (they both are drivable according to their owners). Hope this plan works out, the ones I've got my eye on are south of I10 and are a 2002 (with 982 miles on odo) and a 2005 (with 19,000 on the odo) both are $1,500. |
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Title: Re: Starting my search for me a savage/s40 Post by Midnightrider on 10/04/13 at 20:07:29 I'm only 5'7" and I can ride anything. I grew up riding when they poured burnt motor oil on the dirt roads here in NC. I had two of the new Triumph 1200's, a Daytona and the touring bike in the 90's. I'm so old I cant think of the name of it right now. Both of them had a 33" seat height. The only street bike I ever dropped was an 86 Goldwing. I came in one night and forgot I had dug up a rotten clothesline post and put my foot down and nothing was there. Raced Motocross in my teens. They had a big track and a certified AMA race every year at Siler City, NC. My racing buddy and I loaded our bikes and headed down there. We walked through the pits, checked out what we were up against and headed back towards the truck. My buddy looked over at me and said I'm not getting my sh!t off the truck. I said why not. He said follow me. We walked through the European pit section again and some of them were laid back stretched out on their bikes, I said so what and my buddy pointed towards the ground. They didn't have their kickstands down, they were laid back on the bike almost taking a nap with the bike balanced. Of course one of them won the race. Its all balance, nothing to do with both feet on the ground. As long as you can get your toes down on preferably the left side you can ride it. They build tall bikes in Europe and they're not giants. Somewhere along the line Harley convinced us we had to have both feet flat on the ground. I've ridden over 200,000 on the street and learned a little bit. If you firmly believe you have to have both feet flat on the ground thats's OK, but don't be afraid of a taller bike. If setting flatfooted on a bike was the only way to ride no European bikes would ever be sold. |
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Title: Re: Starting my search for me a savage/s40 Post by Midnightrider on 10/04/13 at 20:32:19 http://i356.photobucket.com/albums/oo2/mwshelton/Cnv00131_zps13b83dab.jpg Here's me on my Triumph 1200 with a 33" seat height and I never dropped it in 14,000 miles. Notice my foot. I'm not trying to be a smarta$$ but you can ride a bike safely without both feet setting flatfooted on the ground. If any of you know what the Iron Butt Association is I qualified on this bike. My initiation was to ride 1000 miles in 24 hrs. I live in Winston Salem NC and I rode to Daytona, eat a hot dog and drank a milkshake and back home in 18 and1/2 hrs. 1126 miles. There was no way to cheat. I had to have a public officer take a picture and certify the mileage on my bike when I left and returned. I had to save all my gas receipts and if you've ever noticed they have location,time, date and how much gas written on them. I'm not trying to brag, the point is if you ever want a bigger bike don't let the seat height or size intimidate you. There's a lot of Goldwings and European bikes on the road with munchkins like me on the seat. |
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Title: Re: Starting my search for me a savage/s40 Post by Midnightrider on 10/04/13 at 20:47:12 You can buy the biggest duffelbag they sell at Wallmart. Cut you a wooden dowel the same length as the duffelbag. Fill the Duffelbag up, bungee it to the wooden dowel and then bungee the wooden dowel to your backseat. I can clean out half my closet doing that. |
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Title: Re: Starting my search for me a savage/s40 Post by old_rider on 10/04/13 at 21:18:27 No worries, I chose to go to the savage because of weight... not height. I've driven enduro's that I had to tippy toe to ride, I even liked the WR250X Yamaha supermoto I had, because it weighed 285lbs and was really torquey. I have just gotten used to riding in a supine relaxed style. I went this spring up to North Carolina to meet the fella's and accidently dropped the wife's savage on some loose gravel. When I picked it up I felt a pop in my back, the pop was my L4 vertebrae fracturing. I have a bad case of Osteoporosis and my bone density sux really bad (70 yr old woman density), so I have to get a light weight small bike to use as my touring machine and the savage fits the bill, if I trim it up a bit and loose a little bit of weight off of it. I might even go half bobber, half adventure rider, but for sure it will be a single seat that I will be able to add a rack to hold stuff for a long trip. I'm planning on going to one seat, higher bars, 6" forward controls, comfy tall back rest and remove anything I don't really need or replace it with plastic or aluminum. It will be a real fun challenge to see what Back Yard Bill Productions can come up with! 8-) My point for getting the savage is..... I ride alone mostly when I travel, if something like dropping the bike happens to me in the desert of say Arizona, and the bike is fully loaded, what do I do? I unload the bike and pick it up right? What if it weighs 500+ pounds? I've already broken my back by picking up a 400lb bike, so what do I do? Wait 3 days until someone comes by? I'm a realist, i'm not real old, but due to health reasons I have to adapt to survive, thus, a lighter motorcycle and different platform. I will not stop riding until I can't throw a leg over a bike, and then I might rig up a lift on the back that will hoist my azz over top! ROFL, if it can be built, I will build it! ;D |
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Title: Re: Starting my search for me a savage/s40 Post by Midnightrider on 10/04/13 at 23:20:49 Imagine me dropping that 800lb Goldwing on me that night and no close neighbors. You do what you have to do. The motor was frying my leg. There use to be a guy that worked at the Honda shop and he had all the gaurds on his Goldwing. He would lay it over on its side and pick the smallest woman in the crowd and show her how to pick it up. I learned his tricks. I wasnt directing my post at you or anybody, if I offended you I apologise. I should have started my own thread. I just wanted people to know you don't have to set flatfooted on a bike to ride it safely. Good luck on finding what you're after and ride safe. If you ever decide to ride to NC again you have a place to stay. Midnight |
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Title: Re: Starting my search for me a savage/s40 Post by old_rider on 10/05/13 at 08:48:40 Nah, not offended, I've also owned several different models and types of motorcycles. But like you, I've got health issues now and I refuse to let them keep me from riding, that's why I put an add-a-trike system on my HD road glide. But a trike doesn't lean into the corners, well the big ones don't, there are some larger scooters that will, the ones with two wheels in front and one in back, they are kinda neat looking, not ready to go down to a scooter just yet tho. Besides, if I can get a savage cheap, I can turn loose my creative side and have fun with a rebuild, which in turn will keep my lazy butt off the computer chair! LOL. What kind of ninja do you have? I bought a 2013 Ninja 300 in march, its a blast to ride! But it is fuel injected so I would have to have a motorcycle mech work on it, that is until I learn the system. My ninja...painted it while I was on chemo....took me 3 weeks.... http://i1047.photobucket.com/albums/b471/Orphistle/Ninja%20300/IMAG0472.jpg |
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Title: Re: Starting my search for me a savage/s40 Post by Midnightrider on 10/05/13 at 10:18:17 I have an 09 250. They are a blast to ride. The trouble with Lupus is its taken away over half my body strength. That is one sharp bike and you are a very knowledgeable man. I have to take chemo once a week on sundays so i never plan anything on monday. Most mondays I'm in the bed. It messes with my eyesight to. There's days I wont drive a car much less a bike. |
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Title: Re: Starting my search for me a savage/s40 Post by old_rider on 11/06/13 at 18:40:25 Well, got a caller coming to look at the wife's 250 rebel and got a message and a number from a guy for the road glide.....maybe, just maybe, my savage is going to come to me soon. Although I like the pic's of the new Harleys that are coming out, but I could still get a savage and strip it to see how much weight I could peel off of it and make it function for me and then maybe sell the little 300 ninja or trade it in on the new Harley if I like it. We shall see....I've got some cooler weather coming...no paint, but I could rip and strip and mod a bike ..... I'm getting soo antsy, LOL took the wifes savage out for a long ride today.... |
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Title: Re: Starting my search for me a savage/s40 Post by MMRanch on 11/08/13 at 21:13:53 Old Rider lookie here on ebay ! http://www.ebay.com/itm/Suzuki-Boulevard-2007-suzuki-boulevard-s-40-motorcycle-white-w-windshield-saddle-bags-/291011424493?forcerrptr=true&hash=item43c1a1f0ed&item=291011424493&pt=US_motorcycles I gave $1600 for my 07 a year and a half ago . ;) |
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Title: Re: Starting my search for me a savage/s40 Post by old_rider on 11/09/13 at 08:52:03 That's about a $400 gas trip for me, plus what ever the final cost of the bike would be, plus its been layed down a time or two. I'd rather be able to see it in person first, then bid on it. There are a couple locals with them for sale, guy last month had two for 2,200 or 1,500 each. Was thinking if I get rid of the Harley and the Honda rebel, it opens up the garage for two more bikes...and one could be a total teardown and rebuild. I would really like to get involved with a local bike shop and try to make an aluminum frame for one. My ninja has large portions of frame that are aluminum. We shall see...... :) |
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Title: Re: Starting my search for me a savage/s40 Post by Midnightrider on 11/09/13 at 17:08:44 They still make new fuel injected Savages dont they? |
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Title: Re: Starting my search for me a savage/s40 Post by old_rider on 11/12/13 at 20:20:52 Got a call today, young man in the navy needs a small economical bike, is coming by Friday to pick up the little Honda 250 rebel. One step closer to my project bike.... now if only I could get the Harley sold..... |
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Title: Re: Starting my search for me a savage/s40 Post by old_rider on 11/16/13 at 09:12:25 Wheeee! got the little Honda rebel sold.....and while on face book a buddy of mine told me a friend wants to look at my road glide... only two more steps to getting the savage.. sell the Harley...buy a savage/s40. Caught a really bad case of the crud this week, didn't even shake hands with the young guy that bought the Honda in fear i'd make him sick. Had the wife handle all the stuff to keep him from touching anything I handled. Now i'll talk to my friend mike who's buddy has been having problems unloading his mom's savage....hope he still has it. |
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Title: Re: Starting my search for me a savage/s40 Post by pgambr on 11/16/13 at 14:58:31 2012 Suzuki BOULEVARD S40 Cruiser Hall's Motorsports Mobile, AL 36693 http://www.cycletrader.com/listing/2012-Suzuki-BOULEVARD-S40-110589256 New, Cruiser Motorcycle $3,799 |
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Title: Re: Starting my search for me a savage/s40 Post by old_rider on 11/16/13 at 19:06:45 Not buying new.... heh..or almost new... gonna buy a 2007 or less more than likely. Most of those are below $1,500 and a few are around $1,200, cause i'm only going to dismantle it anyway. My wife's savage familiarized me with this frame/engine setup working on it. And with the carb being so simple to work on I will be tearing into it quite deeply. My goal is going to be to make it as light as "I" can make it, even if I replace some of the frame itself with an aluminum rear or something. I will take it to the scales and weigh it with a full tank, then tear it down, mod it, build it back up and re-weigh. If its not light enough to suit me, I will tear it down again, and make more mods, until I am satisfied. Add: I will also attempt to make it convertible enough to clamp, clip, or bolt on some travel accessories for long trips. This ain't gonna be a show bike or an around town 1/2 miler... its going to be able to "go the distance". ;) |
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Title: Re: Starting my search for me a savage/s40 Post by WD on 11/17/13 at 09:45:40 Get in touch with dsluggo, see if he has pics still of Max Morley's touring Savage. Max was a member of the old Savage forum as well as this one. He and Sluggo were basically neighbors, so I'm sure there are pics that were never uploaded to this board. Full fairing, top box made with my bike's original sissybar and fender rails, vintage HD FL hard bags... he called it the LT650. 2 years gone and counting, really wish he was still here, he was a stellar resource for the Savage community. R.I.P. Max... |
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