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Savage_Rob Serious Thumper Alliance Member Offline Mechanically Inclined Amateur Posts: 6972 Texas (Dallas area) Gender:	Re: i killed the savage for good. Reply #45 - 02/16/06 at 11:38:29 torque wrote on 12/31/69 at 16:00:02: thats the standard warranty. we paid $400 more for the 7 year extended warranty,it's like one dollar more a month.so why not do it? $400 for a 5-year warranty is a fantastic deal.
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Reply #46 - 02/16/06 at 11:58:01

You have to be careful when you buy extended warranty coverage. Sometimes it is not as it seems. Let me give you an example of what Suzuki is offering in Canada. On all new Suzuki purchases you get two years of Suzuki protection plan coverage in addition to the one year unlimited mileage standard warranty. This extra two years protection plan is actually underwritten by somebody called Motors Insurance Corporation. If you can get them to provide the small print you quickly learn this extra coverage is not as comprehensive as the manufacturers warranty. I don't think I have to tell anyone how difficult it is to get free repair work from an insurance company.

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Reply #47 - 02/16/06 at 13:30:39

That's true. Most extended auto warranties are basically insurance policies, with associated deductibles. For instance, mine has the standard 3-year/36K mile manufacturer's bumper-to-bumper warranty (and a 7-year/100K mile powertrain warranty). Then it has a bumper-to-bumper extended warranty to take the non-powertrain portions to 6-year/72K miles but with a $100 per incident deductible.

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Reply #48 - 02/16/06 at 15:11:56

I got luck when I bought my used s40, the previous owner purchased a comprehensive 5 year extended warranty. It covers pretty much everything. I think he paid $600 for it. There were three levels, C, B, A. C is minimum. B covers C plus more. A covers B & C plus more.

Point is, you can buy extended warranties for any bike.

I don't care what bike you own, if you run it hard, it'll shorten it's lifespan. The law of decay kicks in. Things wear down & break. I don't imagine the lil' savage engine likes being pushed to extremes on a consistent basis. One cylinder to carry the load! It has to work twice as hard as a twin, so it's life might be shorter.

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Ed L. Serious Thumper Alliance Member Offline "We All go a Little Crazy Sometimes" Norman Bates Posts: 2808 Sunny Florida Gender:	Re: i killed the savage for good. Reply #49 - 02/16/06 at 16:26:19 Torque, sorry to hear about the Savage blowing up, real glad you didn't get hurt when the engine went. Maybe the bike was a lemon, have had a couple cages like that, fix one thing and something else f*cks up. Luck on your new ride be it a cruiser or sport bike and keep the rubber on the road and the wind in your hair.
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Reply #50 - 02/16/06 at 16:38:11

Ed L. wrote on 12/31/69 at 16:00:02:

Torque, sorry to hear about the Savage blowing up, real glad you didn't get hurt when the engine went. Maybe the bike was a lemon, have had a couple cages like that, fix one thing and something else f*cks up. Luck on your new ride be it a cruiser or sport bike and keep the rubber on the road and the wind in your hair. Grin

thanks ed-L, yeah it might have been a lemon,who knows? as for keeping the wind in my hair,i'd rather die than not be able to ride,riding motor cycles is my life.thats why i'm going to M.M.I so i can work on them full time. later.

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Reply #51 - 02/16/06 at 19:30:07

torque- the new h-d's are pretty nice, and if you've picked one up= there is an almost endless list of upgrades and mods that will keep you as busy and broke as you want to be. The electrician at work has one that has so few origional parts, I think he almost has a second bike in his basement by now Cheesy

I was going to suggest a ducati monster, you can't hardly get faster or more fun for, in the used catagory, so little expense. Personnaly, I'd get a guzzi if the fam didn't stop spending money. Anyway, keep in touch and hope the mmi works out for you; can't help but make you even better at wrenching than you are today. Have a blast. At almost 60, I gotta say, ride while you can..the road may be endless, but us humans aren't. Cheesy

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shawn_b Ex Member	Re: i killed the savage for good. Reply #52 - 02/16/06 at 20:18:58 hey good luck on hd covering the type or abuse that u dole out theres probably a driver misuse disclamer that will cover your burn outs &red light run downs :'( sorry it a fact that if u always in the motor it will not hold up no bike or car will cover misuse i.e.abuse Shawn
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Reply #53 - 02/17/06 at 06:27:53

your such a gut buster ole shawny-boy Tongue

in my ranger i always have the pedal to the metal,i have to just to keep the dubs rolling and at 110,000 miles it hasnt gave my one single problem except for the windshield wiper motor,and that gas tank that needs to filled way to often Roll Eyes

.i mean most motors are made to take abuse,like toyota who runs their engines wide open for a week straight to see if they will hold up,and they do!
harley and yamaha do similar torture test's

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Reply #54 - 02/17/06 at 09:53:55

torque wrote on 12/31/69 at 16:00:02:

i mean most motors are made to take abuse

Sometimes they will and sometimes they won't. You play Russian roulette when you run a stock motor like a dragster. When you lose say bye bye to your motor. There's a reason why drag racers blueprint their motors, magnaflux and shotpeen parts, and use forged pistons, cranks and rods. You played the game and lost. Just don't badmouth the Savage.

Shawny-boy is probably right - that Sportster probably won't make it to 20k miles with constant abuse. And before you start whining...burnouts and frequent full throttle runs is abusive whether you like to admit it or not. I used to run automobiles just as hard or harder than you. I never blew up a motor. I do know lots of people who did.

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shawn_b Ex Member	Re: i killed the savage for good. Reply #55 - 02/17/06 at 10:30:02 hey it ok he is just a kid when a grows up he know that we were right.torque no pun intended good luck with what ever u buy or get just be careful u dont have to drive like a bat out of hell it ok to cruise 8) good luck i wish i could ride today its 30 outside to cool for the savage she hates cold good luck shawn
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Reelthing Serious Thumper Alliance Member Offline Fish or ride that is the question Posts: 5397 Houston,Tx Gender:	Re: i killed the savage for good. Reply #56 - 02/17/06 at 10:45:11 Trippah wrote on 12/31/69 at 16:00:02: Personnaly, I'd get a guzzi if hey them guzzi's are just for old geezers! 8)
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cigaro Ex Member	Re: i killed the savage for good. Reply #57 - 02/17/06 at 10:46:00 Yeah, good luck with your search. It's a drag having your bike blow up, but it doesn't do any good to bad mouth the Savage, either, won't fix it. You've been talking about making a move for a while. What better opportunity than this?!? You'll be happier. Seems like a sports bike might be the best fit.
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Starlifter Serious Thumper Offline It only snows seven months of the year here. Posts: 3746 Eastern Michigan Gender:	Re: i killed the savage for good. Reply #58 - 02/17/06 at 15:19:22 Yeah, good luck! Hope we don't see you in a wheel-chair or worse down the road.
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torque Serious Thumper 2005 No Login Offline 2008 nightster,flat od green and black Posts: 748 rock hill,S.C. Gender:	Re: i killed the savage for good. Reply #59 - 02/18/06 at 07:36:15 bike poll wonder why? hmmm
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