wow, yesterday I took all the advise I have been reading here and did the mods on my 07 Savage. Richened up the bottom and mid in the carb what a difference it made. I actually pulled a wheelie. I know a lot of people say the Savage is a great starter bike, but why would you want anything else? I am turning my bike into my idea of a bobber and quite frankly it is beautiful. Single seat, harley muffler, moved tail light up to the flat spot on the rear fender. I am now considering a different tail light something round but have not really found what I want yet. But anyway if you have not done the carb mods that are spoken about here in rich detail, why not. What possible excuse could you have for not wanting a better running bike, plus no more backfire. Yall have a great day and remember Jesus Saves John

LED tail, stop and licence plate light.
(BTW the seat is off now)

Greetz Kropatchek

Wow I did not mean to upset anyone with my observations or imply that everyone should feel the way I do about my Savage. I was simply making my own statement. I have owned many bikes and really come from a back ground of racing moto-cross and hare-scrambles which is where my heart really lies. But I LOVE MY SAVAGE it is awsome. Sorry if I made ya feel bad man     john

mornhm - FSO wrote on 12/31/69 at 16:00:11:

Amen!   If I were to have a motorcycle for day after day touring it would be a 4- or 6- cylinder model.

But that is not why I have a motorcycle -- mine is my main transportation, my daily ride, a City Savage that rips from the lights like nothing else.

As for the taillight, like Kropatchek I'm looking at replacing the license plate lamp with a stop/tail/license lamp:   http://www.andruschak.net/wantlist/Mike.html

Well, I wanted to make some time   (I was going west from Illinois). In Iowa I had two guys on sport bikes stop and talk to me at a fuel stop. They said they were coming from New Jersey and had been averaging over 100 mph and were headed to California. So anyway, it was kinda straight from there to Colorado, and traffic was running about 90 so it didn't seem like much of a stretch.   This also gave me an extra day on my return trip to "stop and smell the roses." While I had it cranked up, I was passed by some other bikes (no cruisers though) and a couple of cages travelling faster than I was. I was riding a little over 500 mpd which gave me plenty of time to stop and look around, but the trip was mostly about getting out in the wind. It was a great trip 2600 miles out, around and back. The Concours ran without missing a lick no maintenance needed on the trip (I had changed the oil and all other maintenance  shortly before leaving.)

stinger wrote on 12/31/69 at 16:00:11:

Well, lets face it..you can't get by with just one bike. Suzi's great for around town, a slightly larger best ould be great for onthe -highway in comfort.  Waiting to see ow the new generation of guzzi's do.  Meantime, Suzi and I get in thirty to fifty miles a week. and they are FUN miles.

to me my savage is just a great bike, I am 6'1" and weigh just over 220 lbs. i suppose a bigger bike would probably be best but you know the savage makes a sweet bobber  and has all the power I need. At 50 I am more interested in impressing chicks with looks not speed. both the bikes looks and mine  WOW

8)  I am 56, 205 pounds, and have a 06 S40 and like some of you, I commute back and forth to work with it.  I only put about twelve miles on it to and from work, but manage to put around 100 miles on it a week.  The wife gives me one of my two days off to ride.  When I go out for a short ride, I will run about half of it on the highway, and little Suzi will run between 70 and 75 without breaking a sweat.  I am not interested in top end because at 70 or 75, with only around 350 pounds under you, it gets a little light when you hit a bump.  I can cruise the back roads at around 50 to 60 and get 64 MPG, cruise the highway at 65 or 70 and still get 58-60 MPG.  
You have to love the LS650s for what they are made for, a fun, torquey little bike.  It has a few minor things you have to put up with (ocassional back fire, ocassional squeaky break), but I still get compliments from Harley riders all the time.  I may move up when this one is paid for, and maybe not.   8)