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Kropatchek

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cylinder?

Posts: 1457
Alphen a/d Rijn Netherlands
Gender: male

Newbe
02/02/04 at 08:50:53

Hi Savage freaks. Like my Savage all the way. Tongue

Let me introduce myself. I'm a 60 ( almost) year male from Holland or The Netherlands if you prefer. I' ve been in the aviation maintenance for 40 years, so the technical aspect of the beast ( Savage ) i find very interesting. My bike is yellow and from '93 is almost standard apart from forward controls from Falcon. Whel that's it, hope to be able to answer questions as I have all the manuals on hand. Roll Eyes

Greetings
Kropatchek Grin

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Never ask your bike to scream before her throat is warm.
'93 Sav in '96 ( yellow) looks

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Chench53

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"Special
Ed" rocks!

Posts: 127
Suffolk VA, formerly NYC NY
Gender: female

Re: Newbe
Reply #1 - 02/04/04 at 03:37:04

Hi Kropatchek. I'm new here too, riding since '02. I'm here in NYC. Your post caught my eye because my friends have relatives in Holland; when they were there last year, he took his sons for a motorcycle ride, went along the dikes. It sounded like a lot of fun.

It's good to know there are so many folks who seem to know this bike so well can all come here and help the uninformed (like me. Roll Eyes

)

Gerry

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KathyN Ex Member	Re: Newbe Reply #2 - 03/24/04 at 11:51:40 Hi Kropatchek, I'm new, too. I'll be taking the MSF class in April, fulfilling a life-long dream of riding. I had my first ride, as a passenger, at 17, and although it's a good 30+ years later, I'm really excited. My first bike will be a Savage, although initially I was set on a Hyosung/Alpha Twin (sp ?).
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AlisaB

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Re: Newbe
Reply #3 - 03/26/04 at 18:30:55

Hi, I am new too.

My husband bought me a 2003 Savage a week ago. It has been about 15 years since I have ridden. I always light up when I see bikes and talk about them. So he surprised me.

I went riding for the first time in 15 years last Saturday. It all came back, why I love to ride so much and I really enjoyed it. I will be taking the motorcycle training course in April and can't wait. I am trying not to ride too much until I do that.

The only problem right now is it sat from Sunday to Thursday and we can not get it started!! We are trying a sparkplug tonight, it wasn't the battery. Hopefully this is just a fluke since it only has 1,000 miles on it!!

Looking forward to getting to know everyone.

My last bike was a 1982 Honda 250 Custom back in 1988 so it has been a while for me.

Alisa

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savagethumper Ex Member	Re: Newbe Reply #4 - 04/17/04 at 09:52:07 Hello form the USA. I have a question, you mentioned that your Savage had forward controls form a Falcon....what's a Falcon? Over here, that's an old Ford car. ???
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Kropatchek Serious Thumper Offline Why more than 1 cylinder? Posts: 1457 Alphen a/d Rijn Netherlands Gender:	Re: Newbe Reply #5 - 04/17/04 at 09:55:38 Falcon is the name of the manufacturer of the device. Made in the USA and the chrome is about 0,0000000001 mm thick
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savagethumper Ex Member	Re: Newbe Reply #6 - 04/17/04 at 09:57:03 thank you for such a quick reply. I assumed you took the controls from a bike called the Falcon. Safe riding!
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GABBAR Ex Member	Re: Newbe Reply #7 - 05/03/04 at 18:23:46 Hi, I am a newbie too. Just bought Savage 2004 last week. I plan on taking the the Safety course in 2 weeks. I have a question and it may sound silly but what are forward controls? ???
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savagethumper Ex Member	Re: Newbe Reply #8 - 05/03/04 at 20:23:08 It's not a silly question....Forward controls are when your brake and shifter pegs are forward of the rider. Buying custom forward controls puts them even further forward. Speaking of forward controls, I found a place that sells them for the Savage, and those darn things are almost 500 bucks. I guess I'll suck it up, and be a little cramped.
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thehoghunter Full Member 2004 No Login Offline Chop Suey Posts: 181 Tampa Gender:	Re: Newbe Reply #9 - 05/06/04 at 10:34:10 Savagethumper - try this...http://www.backyardperformance.com/Forward_Controls.html - Savage forward controls - item 20 and no, I have no connection with them - and have never used them so I can't give a thumbs up or down - I just knew I had seen a lower price than $500 before.
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savagethumper Ex Member	Re: Newbe Reply #10 - 05/06/04 at 20:06:09 thanx Hoghunter! Their a little more reasonable with their pricing.
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