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What would you ride if the Savage650 didn't exist? (Read 1616 times)
Demin
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Re: What would you ride if the Savage650 didn't ex
Reply #150 -
05/03/10 at 12:31:34
No,the owner already has it back.Lol.
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Next project:finish '87 Savage custom/bobber/CHOP STYLE***DONE
finish '77 Yamaha XS650 bobber Bought another one
finish'79 Harley custom bobber(NEXT)
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Re: What would you ride if the Savage650 didn't ex
Reply #151 -
05/04/10 at 06:03:31
BurnPgh wrote
on 04/28/10 at 22:53:56:
Actually, Ural has the solo coming to NA, so Im going to go with that. That or the Royal Enfield. Or both.
Just took a look at the Urals, nice looking bike.
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'07 ElectraGlide.
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Re: What would you ride if the Savage650 didn't ex
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05/04/10 at 16:35:00
RidgeRunner13 wrote
on 04/21/10 at 15:21:34:
After owning three Savages going back to 1988, I made the choice back last Nov. to move up to a bigger bike so the wife & I could travel more comfortably.
I chose a Yamaha V-Star 950T because just like my Savages, I will do all service myself. No radiator/cooling system to service, no shaft drive to service & no spoke wheels to clean & adjust. I just went over 3800 miles today & would make the same choice again.
I've loved my Savages, but this bike is Sooooo SSSwwweeeeeeettt.
This picture was taken at the Texas Mile. We put over 200 miles riding 2-up that day and were ready for more.
http://i110.photobucket.com/albums/n94/Pappygt13/PamsGoiad029-1.jpg
All it needs now is a trailer hitch that I'm in the process of fabricating.
I have to admit I am interested in this one.
What is the long term reliability of this?
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Re: What would you ride if the Savage650 didn't ex
Reply #153 -
05/04/10 at 16:53:10
What memories, when stationed at Ft. Holabird (Md..now gone), I rode down from Boston on my 305 Honda supehawk. It was Feb, snow on the ground but roads clear...Somewhere around 12 hours in the saddle but she. in Feb after being put in my parent's basement in Sept) started up with one hit of the button and never skipped a beat. The dream's valenced fenders are/were too olde school for my tastes.
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Re: What would you ride if the Savage650 didn't ex
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05/05/10 at 14:41:49
always loved that bsa 441 victor
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Re: What would you ride if the Savage650 didn't ex
Reply #155 -
05/05/10 at 14:47:18
If I had 8k to buy a bike tomorrow it'd be a Triumph Street Triple.
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Re: What would you ride if the Savage650 didn't ex
Reply #156 -
05/05/10 at 17:31:03
Suzuki Intrepid- guy I got my '87 savage from had one- '91 - more money so I didn't. Sweet looking bike.
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Re: What would you ride if the Savage650 didn't ex
Reply #157 -
05/08/10 at 09:00:12
Kawasaki Versys.
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Re: What would you ride if the Savage650 didn't ex
Reply #158 -
05/08/10 at 09:40:26
If I could ever ride again, it would be one of the bikes below,and my beloved ninja.
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05/11/10 at 22:53:02
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cuIJRsAuCHQ
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Re: What would you ride if the Savage650 didn't ex
Reply #160 -
06/13/10 at 21:57:32
Hmmmm.....
Well, I use my Savage (see my signature) as a "daily rider" - almost exclusively for urban work.
I want an air-cooled single with a fairly conventional layout.
Looking around out there, I guess I would opt for the Suzuki TU250. I'd have to put up with a danged chain, though (I love the
almost
no-maintenance belt on my Savage).
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2001, Metallic Glacial Blue, Raptor Petcock, Verslavy (first hole) (otherwise, mechanically, the bike is stock), 13,xxx miles
I don't own a cage.
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Re: What would you ride if the Savage650 didn't ex
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06/13/10 at 22:42:13
2010 sportster 48
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Re: What would you ride if the Savage650 didn't ex
Reply #162 -
06/14/10 at 01:48:10
bikes I had:
2003 LS650
1974 CB550F
1999 250 Katana
would have if not the Savage:
I find a Buel Blast even though they stopped making them. I like the thumper singles I guess.
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Re: What would you ride if the Savage650 didn't ex
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06/29/10 at 23:39:38
My first and current street bike is an 04 Yamaha FZ6 that I bought new and have clocked up over 11k fun filled miles. But I desire something a bit more sporty. So I've gone back and forth between a new Triumph Street Triple R or new Triumph Daytona 675. I've decided to go for the Daytona.
But recently I discovered the Savage/S40 and see it as an economical mod friendly platform that could satisfy my desire to build a very light weight urban bike with cafe racer styling, experiment with mods, or any custom look I might want in the future.
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Re: What would you ride if the Savage650 didn't ex
Reply #164 -
07/01/10 at 11:39:55
Kaishaku wrote
on 06/21/05 at 10:46:33:
What's wrong with shaft drive and liquid cooled motors?
(No, I really want to know! I'm basing a large part of my research on which bikes are the most durable and lowest maintenance)
If you want low maintenance go air cooled (no water pump or plumbing)
If you want durability go water cooled and shaft drive.
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