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Message started by oldNslow on 10/31/20 at 07:31:08

Title: Pretty good review of our savages
Post by oldNslow on 10/31/20 at 07:31:08

Pretty fair assessment I think. Suzuki Savage.com even gets a mention.

https://advrider.com/2008-suzuki-boulevard-s40-ls650-the-rodney-dangerfield-of-motorcycles/

Title: Re: Pretty good review of our savages
Post by Serowbot on 10/31/20 at 10:54:01

Lots of nice comments in the reply section too...

Nice find, OldNSlow... 8-)

Title: Re: Pretty good review of our savages
Post by MMRanch on 10/31/20 at 21:11:34

WoW Versey !

Your handy work is famous , as it should be . :)

Title: Re: Pretty good review of our savages
Post by springman on 11/01/20 at 12:55:08

Nice!

Title: Re: Pretty good review of our savages
Post by Edub on 11/03/20 at 16:55:34

That was a good read, there are some fans on ADVRider. I'm a regular reader over there, lots of varied interests among their members.

Title: Re: Pretty good review of our savages
Post by Zepp on 11/04/20 at 13:13:45

A very good talk about our bike.
Its the bike that Harley should have done as a first bike for beginners!
And I have some complains too, they should put the spedometer above the headlamp!
And later get rid of the carburator and put in a injection system.. for exhauste control.. but mostly for better performance and handling.

Title: Re: Pretty good review of our savages
Post by Edub on 11/04/20 at 19:36:57

4A756060100 wrote:

Title: Re: Pretty good review of our savages
Post by Fast 650 on 11/05/20 at 10:31:56

625D4848380 wrote:

And I have some complains too, they should put the spedometer above the headlamp!

The speedometer is easy. It can even be done with all Suzuki parts. An Intruder speedometer is simple to mount on the fork crown, but you will need to use the tall risers for drag bars to clear the dash light cluster. The stock cable is too short to reach but the tach cable for a 70's GT750 is the right length for the speedometer cable. And you get a trip odometer a a bonus with that swap.

Title: Re: Pretty good review of our savages
Post by Edub on 11/05/20 at 10:51:20

Those are great tips! Thanks Fast650!

Title: Re: Pretty good review of our savages
Post by Fast 650 on 11/05/20 at 11:25:56

I came up with that idea because I didn't like looking down at the tank to see the speedometer, and to mess with dealerships. Intruders have a neutral light, high beam, oil pressure, and one turn indicator in the dash cluster. I made new lenses so it has two turn indicators and rewired it to have the standard Savage indicators so it looks like it came that way from the factory.

Title: Re: Pretty good review of our savages
Post by Edub on 11/05/20 at 11:59:12

77504245070401310 wrote:

Do you have any straight on photos of the gauge? I’d love to see more.

Title: Re: Pretty good review of our savages
Post by Fast 650 on 11/06/20 at 00:00:05

This is a face view off the bike.

Title: Re: Pretty good review of our savages
Post by Fast 650 on 11/06/20 at 00:01:08

And a back view.

Title: Re: Pretty good review of our savages
Post by Fast 650 on 11/06/20 at 00:06:42

And an early shot on the bike when I was working out the wiring. The bars block the dash lights in this picture because I just slid it into place to test the wiring and it moved.

Title: Re: Pretty good review of our savages
Post by Edub on 11/06/20 at 17:14:03

Very cool, thanks for sharing these! That seems like an excellent solution. That gauge actually looks really good.

Title: Re: Pretty good review of our savages
Post by Fast 650 on 11/06/20 at 18:46:31

There are quite a few items from the Suzuki Intruder parts bin that are either direct bolt on or easily adapted. Other than the fork tubes and muffler, this is all from the Suzuki parts bins. Suzuki could have easily produced them like this.

Title: Re: Pretty good review of our savages
Post by Zepp on 11/09/20 at 12:29:08

17362730520 wrote:

[quote author=4A756060100 link=1604154668/0#5 date=1604524425]A very good talk about our bike.
Its the bike that Harley should have done as a first bike for beginners!
And I have some complains too, they should put the spedometer above the headlamp!
And later get rid of the carburator and put in a injection system.. for exhauste control.. but mostly for better performance and handling.

I agree, Harley really missed out on recruiting new riders to their brand by not offering their own version of the Savage. The Buell Blast was a toad! If they'd built a savage style chassis for this engine, I bet they would've sold quite a few, provided they didn't overprice them too badly.[/quote]
Exactly.. in my opinion!
Harley could have put a singel cylinder in a type of Savage frame, pushrods and two valves.. for beginners.
It dósent matter, my biker friends call my bike a girl bike, I dont care!
There girlfriends that is as old as they altso drive Harelys or Triumph or Ducati!
In my youth several girls was riding Yamaha SR 500!