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Message started by Sonny on 06/05/15 at 15:59:49

Title: Greetings from new guy
Post by Sonny on 06/05/15 at 15:59:49

Hi... I'm Sonny from DeSoto TX. I rode a Savage in the '90s, then sold it to a friend who put a couple hundred miles on it and then parked it in his living room for nigh on 15 years -- unfortunately, with gas in the tank and everything else un-preserved. I recently bought the bike back at a fair price and have gotten it running but needing just about everything in the way of rubber parts & so forth.

I have now revisited all the things I loved and hated about keeping a Savage running good, and was driven right to this website and forum, and was delighted to find it. You folks have gone the extra mile to address the things that stand between the stock bike and a really good, unique, serviceable ride. I always loved the character of the LS650 and lamented the annoying details that made it not quite right. Three cheers to this community for not being discouraged and bulling its way toward realizing the potential this little scoot has always held out.

Happy riding to all, and hopefully I can eventually contribute some street wisdom of my own. In the meantime, I am thumpin' again and looking for an S40 so's the wife and I can ride together.

Title: Re: Greetings from new guy
Post by justin_o_guy2 on 06/05/15 at 16:35:26

If you can find a copier machine repair place that still has fuser oil in stock
you'd be surprised at the rejuvenating effects on rubber and plastic.
A pint will last years. I always carefully rubbed it on the black parts before waxing. A few drops on a bit of t shirt pulled tight on the end of the finger...
Keep s wax off, keep s plastic alive, the rubber bits, too.
Don't do the seat or tires.
IF you do the seat, do it Very lightly and wait, give a chance to soak in,then rub vigorously with a dry cloth and Then be very careful.

Many types of fuser oil, but it really doesn't matter for this.
The few pints I have cost five dollars each.
Great job on the dashboard and door panels.

Title: Re: Greetings from new guy
Post by Serowbot on 06/05/15 at 17:53:12

Welcome, Sonny....
;)...

Title: Re: Greetings from new guy
Post by Sonny on 06/06/15 at 01:18:50

Thanks, Justin in ETex and Serowbot.

I'll find some of that fuser oil. I'm a nut for exotic lubricants, polishes, solvents. Have a giant collection. Better living through chemistry... ;-'

Title: Re: Greetings from new guy
Post by justin_o_guy2 on 06/06/15 at 11:50:50

Silicone oil is the alleged
Active Ingredient

in Armorall, but that stuff also has stuff that evaporates and, IMO, creates the need for More Armorall. Haven't run tests, but based on observation in Odessa Texas, where it gets Hot, I saw people use it for a while, stop, dash cracks... How many would have not if they had continued?
How many would sooner if they never did?
Untested, it's just one opinion.
But, I never had a dash crack and I only used the stuff occasionally.
I watched the plastic. Buy a used car, detail the interior. A few days later,if the dash looks dry, a few drops rubbed in, you can see how far a few drops goes.
The exterior window seal rubber on a car,, keeps them alive..
Every coupla years after you've got it so it looks right after a few days in the sun

Title: Re: Greetings from new guy
Post by Pine on 06/06/15 at 19:27:31

Welcome !