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Shag

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Buying S40 for my wife today
03/30/06 at 08:04:40

Going by after work to pick it up. 2005 model. Been reading about it all this morning including the common backfiring problem. I do all of my own work on my bike, but my wife said HANDS OFF for her bike... I wonder if it will backfire enough that she'll want me to adjust the low-speed mixture and possibly shave down that spacer... Wish us luck! It's gonna be her first bike, and I already sent her the link to these forums.

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Re: Buying S40 for my wife today
Reply #1 - 03/30/06 at 08:55:54

Shag wrote on 12/31/69 at 16:00:03:

my wife said HANDS OFF for her bike... I wonder if it will backfire enough that she'll want me to adjust the low-speed mixture and possibly shave down that spacer... Wish us luck! It's gonna be her first bike, and I already sent her the link to these forums.

Why don't you let her use your tools and adjust her own MC. Shocked

Here's another url for her: http://www.vtwinmama.com/index.htm

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Shag Guest	Re: Buying S40 for my wife today Reply #2 - 03/30/06 at 12:07:35 Hey, now you're thinkin'... For that matter, why doesn't she get her own tools and use them to work on her own motorcycle? She's not really into working on vehicles, but I think it would be cool if she was. I'd love to spend some time with her in the garage.
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Paladin. Serious Thumper Offline Hamster Posts: 4929 Sunny Southern California Gender:	Re: Buying S40 for my wife today Reply #3 - 03/30/06 at 13:32:28 Shag, whatcha ride? Shag's better half, good for you. As for spending time in the garage with the wife -- been there, done that, it's fun but we can't get any work done.
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SAMM Serious Thumper Offline No lay down crotch rocket for me Posts: 576 Portland Oregon Gender:	Re: Buying S40 for my wife today Reply #4 - 03/30/06 at 17:53:25 My work bench is to tall and do they sell padded bench tops ??
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Shag

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Re: Buying S40 for my wife today
Reply #5 - 03/31/06 at 13:56:20

Hey, y'all! We got the bike and she loves it! Here are some pictures of the bike:
http://travis.is-a-geek.org/suzuki/

My wife rode it up and down our street in the neighborhood yesterday, but was sort of scared to do any turning yet.

A neighbor a few doors down backed out of her driveway in front of my wife (Kim) but Kim was able to avoid slamming into her. I think that was a good, controlled lesson in how invisible you can be on a bike. Today Kim and I rode around in the neighborhood together some and she started getting over her initial uneasiness. She was taking off just fine, using her signals, turning left and right and all that good stuff. Still not ready for the highway, but she made a huge leap today and she's excited about it. I am too. Grin

She's gonna do just fine. I think this will be a great bike for her. She told me yesterday that she wouldn't mind if I "fixed" the exhaust note on her bike to make it a little louder than stock. Cheesy

Someone asked what I ride. I ride an '05 Yamaha Warrior. Here's some details:
http://travis.is-a-geek.org/warrior.html

Y'all ride safe!!! I'm gonna try to get Kim to start participating in this forum some. I see y'all have a lot of support to offer. Very cool!

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PerrydaSavage Serious Thumper Alliance Member Offline Riding "The Rock"! Posts: 3522 Republic of Newfoundland Gender:	Re: Buying S40 for my wife today Reply #6 - 03/31/06 at 14:39:37 8)Congrats! Beautiful Bike! The white S40 is arguably the best lookin' of all of the stock LS650's ever offered!
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DianeS. Full Member Offline Love my 2000 savage! Posts: 186 Ontario, Canada.	Re: Buying S40 for my wife today Reply #7 - 03/31/06 at 14:59:09 Shag: I hope your wife loves her new S40 bike! I have a 2000 savage and I love it!!! It's just the right size for me, and yet has lots of power too. DianeS.
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MrsShaggie Ex Member	Re: Buying S40 for my wife today Reply #8 - 03/31/06 at 15:20:50 Hi Everyone I am Kim, Shag's wife. I love my S40! I actually rode around the neighborhood today My left hand got pretty sore though. looking forward to riding some more tomorrow.
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Re: Buying S40 for my wife today
Reply #9 - 03/31/06 at 15:39:27

Hi Kim!!!

Just take things nice and easy until you build up a comfort level on the bike. I only got my M1 motorcycle licence last September, and took a Safety Course before moving up to my M2 licence. I have been commuting to work on the good-weather days (1 hour each way), and I still am learning as I go. (e.g. sometimes I shift more smoothly than other times)

Enjoy! Grin

DianeS.

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HawkEye1967 Full Member 2005 No Login Offline L. T. R..R. T. L Ridding for the Son Posts: 170 Gender:	Re: Buying S40 for my wife today Reply #10 - 03/31/06 at 16:01:35 Welcome and enjoy
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mornhm - FSO Serious Thumper Offline HMMM Posts: 1105 Gender:	Re: Buying S40 for my wife today Reply #11 - 03/31/06 at 18:06:51 Welcome, that's a nice looking MC. Might want to get some MC gloves - might help with the left hand soreness.
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Savage_Rob Serious Thumper Alliance Member Offline Mechanically Inclined Amateur Posts: 6972 Texas (Dallas area) Gender:	Re: Buying S40 for my wife today Reply #12 - 03/31/06 at 21:22:02 Welcome aboard! Yeah, I think that white one is one of the best-looking LS650's too. That Warrior is a mean looking ride also.
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911radioman Ex Member	Re: Buying S40 for my wife today Reply #13 - 03/31/06 at 21:37:50 Welcome to the gang! Nice looking scoot ya got there as well.
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Paula71 Full Member 2005 No Login Offline Ohio Rider 'N Luvn every minute! Posts: 161 Troy, Ohio Gender:	Re: Buying S40 for my wife today Reply #14 - 04/01/06 at 21:32:54 Hello Kim and welcome. enjoy, enjoy, enjoy Have to say I love that pearl white, also!! Good choice !
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