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sluggo Serious Thumper ModSquad Offline big singles lead, twins follow the pack Posts: 4744 moses lake washington Gender:	Re: What would you ride if the Savage650 didn't ex Reply #15 - 06/21/05 at 14:32:01 Kaishaku wrote on 12/31/69 at 16:00:06: Ability to easily pass 100 mph has been a criterion for every bike I've considered. if you read my top speed post of yesterday i did make 96 totally stock laying prone, so it's close and will be there after the performance mods
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Kaishaku Guest	Re: What would you ride if the Savage650 didn't ex Reply #16 - 06/21/05 at 15:18:29 I like KISS, but I also like RIMCS -- Redundancy In Mission-Critical Systems. I figure if one cylinder stops firing on my current bike, I can still limp home on the other one. Thanks for all the comments! (Still digging that Volusia 800. Except for its weight!)
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Re: What would you ride if the Savage650 didn't ex
Reply #18 - 06/21/05 at 17:21:12

Kaishaku wrote on 12/31/69 at 16:00:06:

I like KISS, but I also like RIMCS -- Redundancy In Mission-Critical Systems.

I figure if one cylinder stops firing on my current bike, I can still limp home on the other one. Grin

on paper that sound like a winner, in the real world my experience has shown if one goes down, they all go down.

has anybody ever heard of a twin or quad "limping home" on one... i loved to hear from ya

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babbalou Serious Thumper Offline Posts: 814 Lewisville, Texas Gender:	Re: What would you ride if the Savage650 didn't ex Reply #19 - 06/21/05 at 18:42:42 Triumph Bonneville T100. 1st choice Ducati Monster 2nd choice
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Re: What would you ride if the Savage650 didn't ex
Reply #20 - 06/21/05 at 21:56:17

There isn't anything wrong per se with shaft drive or liquid cooling. Unless you like/have to ride on dirt roads. The only shaft drive I ever killed (well, obliterated, totalled, completely f'n destroyed to be honest) was a BMW R50. When the shaft let go, the frame basically exploded. Along with the transmission. And the cush drive.

Ever "hole" a bike radiator or aluminum cylinder coolant passage? Just as an FYI, a USED VS800 radiator is close to 2 bills... Hondas are much more expensive...

Buy what you like. ALL bikes have their strong AND weak points, regardless of drive system. Me? I'll NEVER buy another belt or shaft driven bike. I like the low maintenance factor, however, the repair bills are WAY too pricey when something does eventually go "T.U.".
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sniperjim Ex Member	Re: What would you ride if the Savage650 didn't ex Reply #21 - 06/21/05 at 22:06:00 BOSS HOSS!!!! 502 c.i. Size does Matter
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Re: What would you ride if the Savage650 didn't ex
Reply #22 - 06/22/05 at 00:40:26

Varied bunch of choices everyone!
Since the price of gasoline is outrageous here these days ($1.03CDN per liter) ... fuel for "toys" such as m/c's along with fuel for the cages + 5% hike in electricity rates and climbing costs of groceries (see related fuel cost ...) ... well it's all startin' to hurt ... am seriously considering selling my beloved Savage and buying a 150cc scooter ... a more pratical commuter, very stingy on fuel and I still get my 2-wheeled fun (sort of ...) Sad

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Re: What would you ride if the Savage650 didn't ex
Reply #23 - 06/22/05 at 03:41:59

Please understand that I would never part with my Savage...too emotionally attached to it. (On my morning ride day before yesterday, on a very nice long straight stretch of country road I had the needle buried past the 100 mark...the cheap tach bounces a bit above 6500 so don't know the exact rpm...but was sitting bolt upright doing it(

But if I had the $$ today, I would order one of the new Nortons.

Norton 952
961cc
80 hp
70 lb/ft torque
Brembo brakes...front and rear
Ohlins forks up front and shocks in the rear
4.5 gal tank (wouldn't that be nice)
And....all of that is just 415 lbs.

Price is somewhere around $17k

Man o man, what a ride that would be....fast....quick...stops...turns...take any bump in the road.....it is a bike to be riden.......AND it LOOKS like a motorcycle should look, not all covered over with plastic wallpaper.

www.nortonmotorcycles.com

Is this not a beautiful machine?

I have a picture posted on the wall.......SOMEDAY.

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Re: What would you ride if the Savage650 didn't ex
Reply #24 - 06/22/05 at 06:46:22

sluggo wrote on 12/31/69 at 16:00:06:

on paper that sound like a winner, in the real world my experience has shown if one goes down, they all go down.

has anybody ever heard of a twin or quad "limping home" on one... i loved to hear from ya

Nope. But I do know of an 8-cylinder cage that became a 7-cylinder with a cypress stump that worked just fine.

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Gitarzan Serious Thumper 2004 No Login Offline ! Posts: 827 Columbus, Oh, Earth, Solar Sys Gender:	Re: What would you ride if the Savage650 didn't ex Reply #25 - 06/22/05 at 13:04:52 This: Oh wait... I already do.
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Savage_Rob Serious Thumper Alliance Member Offline Mechanically Inclined Amateur Posts: 6972 Texas (Dallas area) Gender:	Re: What would you ride if the Savage650 didn't ex Reply #26 - 06/22/05 at 13:22:17 LOL, nice Git.
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Kaishaku Guest	Re: What would you ride if the Savage650 didn't ex Reply #27 - 06/22/05 at 17:31:12 Makes sense! I may reconsider my position on cleaning chains. Gitarzan: That thing is beautiful!
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sluggo Serious Thumper ModSquad Offline big singles lead, twins follow the pack Posts: 4744 moses lake washington Gender:	Re: What would you ride if the Savage650 didn't ex Reply #28 - 06/22/05 at 17:41:46 Savage_Rob wrote on 12/31/69 at 16:00:06: Nope. But I do know of an 8-cylinder cage that became a 7-cylinder with a cypress stump that worked just fine. wasn't there a 4 cyl dodge valiant, that was just half a v8.. so for cages it can work.
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Max_Morley Serious Thumper Offline LT650 Luxury Touring & sidecar rig Posts: 1490 Moses Lake. WA Gender:	Re: What would you ride if the Savage650 didn't ex Reply #29 - 06/22/05 at 19:32:04 Probably a Royal Enfield 500 or BMW 650, or maybe one of the Muzzy single dual sports. Max
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