torque wrote on 12/31/69 at 16:00:08:



get a sport bike,

Why?  What is the purpose of pulling a wheelie?  It does nothing for performance.  It impressses no one that matters.

not to mention busting ur @ss haha

at about 1700 miles  i was screwing around and did a "Hi ho silver away"  the bike ran down the road on it's rear wheel draging the fender then fell over and rolled twice. still have the baseball sized dent in the tank. broke the pegs off dragged the muffler pretty bad, i had already removed the signals to they were ok..  

Okay, I'm the one who mentioned the fork seals. My selling dealer thought it was great...he had a lot/shop full of customers when I picked up the bike. I grabbed a handful of throttle, dumped the clutch, and up it came. Oops...too used to heavy old Harleys. Blew both fork seals on the return to earth, within 5 minutes of taking formal possession. He sold every other Savage he had, new and used, by close of business that same day.
-WD

And no, I don't recommend popping a whellie on a Savage. The landing is a butt breaker.

Try pulling up & back on the handlebars when you dump the clutch.  Sitting a little further back on hte hump may also help.

But everything the good folks said above still holds.

... and "SQUID" is painted on my rear fender

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