dog2
Ex Member
|
Good Morning(0525 C), To everyone that replied, let me say thanks again for the warm welcome and conversation. I have to plead ignorance, and admit that I don't know how to post individual replies yet on this forum. If someone would be so good as to point that out to me, I certainly would appreciate it. My Savage, hereafter known as "Chief" is a 2004 Purple one. I am happy with this bike. I am 5'8" and 156 lbs. It fits me like a good pair of shoes. I know shoes, because long distance walking with my two rather large dogs, is my sport and pass time too. But getting back to this bike. Man! Y'all ain't gonna' believe this, but I ran that bad boy between 80 and 90 that last hundred miles or so coming up out of Mississippi in to Memphis. That bike was in it's world doing that. It sure ain't no sissy bike, and calling it a ladies' bike ain't no insult. You call my 27 year old daughter a sissy, and she is liable to knock you down. And she is so lady like that it is a joy to look at her. So what if it is such a decent ride that it doesn't scare off the fair sex with obnoxious noise and intimidating size? Heck! That's a plus for the bike if you ask me. And for the ladies too, so they can show just how daring they really are, given the chance! Yeah man, 652ccs of thumper, 4 valves, OHC. My goodness. And all this in a nimble package that weighs 352 pounds? While I was breaking the bike in up in S.C. I had a dear run out and hit me on my left leg at 45 mph. I kept the bike up with no pproblem. My padded tongued boot knocked old Bambi out though. I put her off the road, and she snorted and revived, and hauled ass about as fast as I did. But that bike stayed stable and upright. I never had that feeling you get when a bike starts doing it's own thing, and you suddenly become a passenger on a wild ride. Hey! Does anyone remember the old Cushman Eagles and the fabled at the drag strip Mustangs? The Eagles of old had a flat head single putting out 8.5 horsepower. Sixty mph top speed. The Mustang had a 12.5 horsepower flat head single, no front brake, and a low down looking external flywheel. They would do about 85, and do it quick too. Thus the reputation at the drag strip. Now this here Chief seems to me like a Super improved Mustang, except a whole lot nicer, and a heck of a lot safer. Let those motorcycle magazines say what they want. For a practical bike to put around on, ride long distances on, or just to sit here and write about, the Savage more than suits me. It is the bike I never knew I was going to have, and it is the bike I am gong to keep, and work on myself, maintenance wise, somewhat. I have got to go now, and wish my wife off to work. Then I can turn the sounds on, and get my walking beat down. Blues? Someone said in one of the gracious replies to my post. Yeah man, I ike blues a lot. I was raised in Bossier City, La. So I came by the liking honestly. Look, I absolutely love to sit here and write, but I have to go now. I'll be around. John B.
|