Hutch
Serious Thumper
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till death do us part
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Birch Run, MI. U.S.A.
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I am new to this site but not to riding, 40+ years,and a lot of different bikes. Ossa, Montessa, Bultaco, Laverda , Bsa. Triumph, Harleys you get the idea. I have recently bought a 2006 Savage. love the bike. Gobs of torque, light, nimble and plenty of acceleration to 75, ask the Harley owners who I smoke. Now here is where I will open a can of worms. I do not like belts!! Belts do need maintainance. Proper tension, they will jump. The pulleys must be in perfect alignment or they start to look like an Angora cat, and wosrt of all when they do brake 200 miles from home on a Sunday(don't ask) you will not fix it on the side of the road, unless you have been wearing a spare like a hula hoop. I prefer a half link, hole link, master link hanging on my key chain. Go retrieve your chain and put it back on with very little work and a small chain breaking tool. No removing guards and covers or bottom shock bolts. PJ1 makes a chain lube called Blue Label that when used sparingly once a month will not fly off all over the bike. After the Christmas Holiday finishes killing me I will be ordering the chain conversion from Germany. Very reasonable price for piece of mind. Plus any good machinest can make you a sprocket with more or less teeth once he has the pattern. As far as noise, who can here it over their free flow exhaust any way? Just my opinion. Let the replies fly.
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