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Message started by Rich Brunelle on 12/12/13 at 21:05:22

Title: Thought I'd Introduce Myself . . .
Post by Rich Brunelle on 12/12/13 at 21:05:22

Howdy Folks . . .

My name is Rich Brunelle and I am a LS650 Savage owner, as of this evening. Nope, she is not new. She isn't really very pretty either. She is an older gal from 1996 and she is showing signs of wear, but for me it was love at first sight.

I just brought her home this evening and I swear that when I opened her up on the 580 East coming home my age went from mid fifties to about 30 in less time than it took to take her to 75 from 50. Dang it felt good. Anyway, she sounds good backfire included. Handlebars too far forward, mirror missing, other mirror needs to be set to adjust correctly, and a little elbow grease won't hurt her a bit.

I reside in the San Francisco Bay Area in San Leandro, hope to see some of you folks out there on the road

Title: Re: Thought I'd Introduce Myself . . .
Post by Serowbot on 12/12/13 at 21:29:18

Welcome, Rich...
Was she whisperin' naughty thoughts in yer' ear, as you rode?...
Mine's a 97'... she's a cheeky little thing... ;D... ;D

Title: Re: Thought I'd Introduce Myself . . .
Post by justin_o_guy2 on 12/12/13 at 22:33:44

DANGITT! I Totally Misread the first sentence..

I was SOO Ready to welcome a rich brunette to the forum..
Ohh well,, Howdy Rich!

Title: Re: Thought I'd Introduce Myself . . .
Post by Rich Brunelle on 12/13/13 at 00:30:13

Serowbot, You know she did . . . You know she did!

Justin_o_guy2, For the record, let me know if you find one of those . . . I also would like to express my interest, lol.

Title: Re: Thought I'd Introduce Myself . . .
Post by Pine on 12/13/13 at 07:47:55

Welcome!

You will find lots of good info here. Savage is a fun little bike to fix up. You would be amazed at what a little tinkering can do to make the scoot even more enjoyable.

Title: Re: Thought I'd Introduce Myself . . .
Post by S-P on 12/13/13 at 09:06:19

Welcome Rich, I'm a new Savage owner too and signed up on the forum a couple weeks ago. My last bike was in 1970 and I'm with ya... I went from 61 to 18 around the block at my house. This is a great forum and a LOT of good information. I'd encourage you to get into the "cam chain adjuster" thing right off the bat. I've been riding mine for a couple months, lost my key and decided to use the down time to pull the side covers. Sho' nuff, my tensioner was just about to fall apart. I haven't wrenched on anything seriously in years, but with a basic set of tools and some Harbor Freight fill ins and some posts and searching the forum here I've been able to get into the motor OK so far.

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Post by justin_o_guy2 on 12/13/13 at 09:25:10

Heck,, anybody can get IN,, its gettin OUT & stayin out that can be a challenge.

Title: Re: Thought I'd Introduce Myself . . .
Post by Steve H on 12/13/13 at 10:29:32

Welcome Rich,

You'll find everything you ever wanted to know about the Savage here. And, probably some things you didn't want to know. Check out the tech section. There's an index. You'll probably want to read the cam chain and petc0ck threads pretty soon.

There's lots of great people here that'll be glad to help if they can too.

This bike is great for giving you that youthful exuberance about riding. It goes when you want and it's a nice, sedate little cruiser when you just want to putt around. It likes roads other than the slab much better but will get on the slab if you want. If you want a rocket, you got the wrong bike, you want a bike that's great fun to ride, reliable, easily wrenched, you got it.

Have fun and be safe

Title: Re: Thought I'd Introduce Myself . . .
Post by justin_o_guy2 on 12/13/13 at 11:00:25

Have fun and be safe

Thats actually possible with one of these.

Title: Re: Thought I'd Introduce Myself . . .
Post by MMRanch on 12/13/13 at 16:36:42

Welcome Rich :)

You know the saying

"Its more fun to ride a slow bike fast , than to ride a fast bike slow",

Well in this case the slow bike keeps up very well with the fast bike ! ;) Hard not to "LOVE IT" . :D

The weak-link is the cam chain , (the Chug-Chug) of slow idle is the main problem , so keep it idled up to about 1200 or so (as in Smoth). Versey has found a cure and its supper easy to do. My first cam chain started raddling about 14K miles, but nobody told me not to idle it down to about 600 rpm till after the damage was done.

:)

Title: Re: Thought I'd Introduce Myself . . .
Post by Boofer on 12/13/13 at 17:10:39

Welcome to the Forum. The bathroom's down the hall, payday is Friday, and remember these words,"First, remove the seat." :) Boofer

Title: Re: Thought I'd Introduce Myself . . .
Post by Rich Brunelle on 12/13/13 at 21:16:20

Well Dang!

My first forum post and I posted it in the wrong section . . . I am sorry but my mind was distracted by my new toy.

Thank you to everyone responding to this post, I appreciate the welcome. And, I will gladly heed the advice given. As for my Savage, it may not be a race bike but when turning that throttle she takes off quick enough to make me want to hold on and that is good enough for me. I have owned a few bikes over the years, but I cannot think of any that got me as jazzed as this bike does. I do not know why, I have no specific reason, but man does it feel good to ride her.

Any of you folks living in my neighborhood that like doing short runs on weekends that want a tag-a-long, give me a few weeks to get her road ready and I can be available . . .

Title: Re: Thought I'd Introduce Myself . . .
Post by justin_o_guy2 on 12/13/13 at 21:17:45

No you didnt,, the Cafe is a great place to start off,,

Title: Re: Thought I'd Introduce Myself . . .
Post by Serowbot on 12/13/13 at 22:37:27

A savage quickens the pulse because it has one...
So many modern bikes don't...

Deep down... us Savager's are wanting a low maintenance horse...
One that talks back,.. but is still a trusted friend...

Title: Re: Thought I'd Introduce Myself . . .
Post by old_rider on 12/14/13 at 01:23:53

Well, RB, you just put a location in your profile and folks will know where to go to find you on them weekends.... and I will probably be one of them if we are close enough. And if we aren't, well look at the dragon ride in the café section and see what we are planning this coming spring, and look for the west Tennessee post to see whats goin' to happen in the fall!
If you feel like callin' a meet and greet close to your neck of the woods then post it up! you would be amazed to find out how many of us try to get away and ride! :)

Title: Re: Thought I'd Introduce Myself . . .
Post by pgambr on 12/14/13 at 03:39:58

MMRanch, tell me about your set-up. That looks great! I like the way the saddle bags fit, the seat looks very comfortable, and how did you get those floor boards on there? Thanks, best regards.

Title: Re: Thought I'd Introduce Myself . . .
Post by ToesNose on 12/14/13 at 17:06:33

Welcome Rich!! May your new ride bring you miles of smiles :)

Title: Re: Thought I'd Introduce Myself . . .
Post by cjknudson123 on 01/10/14 at 09:10:43

16041604091A1518135B0 wrote:

Hello MMRanch! im new here so if this is not the right way to do this please let me know! I was curious about your floor boards... did you make them your self? if not what brand did you use and also compared to the stock pegs what is the comfort level?