Toymaker wrote on 03/12/08 at 18:45:58:


Yeah.  Did it twice if I remember.  Can't remember the myths, but one time was out on a dry lake and another to shoot it off a ramp.  The first one went well while the second time blew the car totally up (bad rocket).

Greetings from Atlantic Canada --- Moncton, NB.  Just venturing into motorcycling for the first time at 52 and very encouraged by all the positive comments and feedback, particularly for those of us getting into this at a later stage in our lives.  My wife had her license as a teenager and has renewed it annually but not ridden.  Yesterday, she bought a new Buell Blast and I have ordered a new Boulevard S40 (silver) and waiting for it to come in this week.  We still have 12 foot snowbanks so it will be a while before I learn to ride.  I've signed up for a May Motorcycle Safety course and am advised that's the best way to start.  I was really confused by the array of choices when we went shopping.  In my case, I found the Boulevard S40 to be an ideal fit for my 5'7", 175 lb size --- seems light, manageable and a good starter bike.  For that fact, the 650 cc is probably all I'll ever need, as we are both looking for weekend country road trips and tours within Atlantic Canada.  

I'm learning a lot from this forum and glad I signed on!  No doubt I will be a confirmed cycle addict within months!

Cheers!
Rick

New to the board from Central PA. I'm looking at picking up a Savage LS 650 here, hopefully, in the next week or so.

I've been a car nut for a number of years now. I'm currently driving a Jeep Wrangler (95 YJ) with a few minor modifications done to it... And a 1990 Ford Festiva. My Festiva choice is a little awkward, but I've grown to love them. My dad has had a Festiva since I was 3 or 4... After he was in an accident with his original, he bought another. And when I turned 17, he found one in town that was being sold because a truck had backed into the side of it and the owners didn't want to fix it. My first Festiva was a 1992, in green, with 32,000 miles on it (that was in 2002).

Over the course of 5 years, I dumped over $20,000 into customization of 3 Festivas... I had an accident each winter (2003 and 2004) and then had to start over and rebuild on a new body. The car featured a full bodykit, shaved doors and hatch, european headlights and tail lights, air suspension (which were lated swapped out for a set of Tein coilovers), engine swap, brake swap, ragtop, etc, etc, etc...

My current Festiva has an Escort GT engine swapped under the hood, a bodykit and fiberglass hood. It's stripped inside of everything but the seats and the dash. ran a 15.71 at the track when I didn't know how to drive it (I'm going to add a 100 shot of NX at some point) and it did pretty well in autocross the last events of 2007. My plan for this year is to get better at autocrossing and to get my 15.71 into the 14's.

Love photography (Shooting with a Nikon D200), enjoy nature and the outdoors, hunting (and guns in general), hanging with the family and spending time with my girlfriend of 4 and a half years.

Yeah... that's about it.

Hello to all, been lurking for about a year.  Have had one bike or another for the last 40 years and right now I'm on a 81 WG.
I don't own a savage but it is one that I'm interested in for my grandson who will be starting  High school in a couple years and is going to need a decent ride.  Time is running out and we are going to have to start our build one of these days but you know decisions,  decisions
Ken

Justin - Thanks... I hope that my winter streak is over as well! The Jeep is the only vehicle that sees the crappy weather. The Festiva doesn't even have a heater core, so it doesn't get out in the cold weather because of potentially freezing me inside of it...

The perfect addition to "me" would be a nice bike. We'll see what happens today.

Gary,   thanks for the welcome. Yes we have been doing research why else lurk?  Well aware of HD parts, ran FL fenders on my old wing back in the late 70's. Right now if we go with the savage we are looking at , slam it down, 16& 21 for wheels, FL front fender for real, 3-4 in. stretch in frame and 1 3/4 drag with HP baffle and Black to name a few   Course things always change when bikes are on the lift       As far as the old WG

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Hello Everyone...new to this site and the Thumper. I have been moving toward the simpler things in life and this is one of them, the S40! I took up riding again in '86 with a 750 Virago and a year after went to the BMW K100rt, excellent machine...after 40,000 miles I tried out a Harley Electra Glide for 6,000 miles. I was like going from a covette to a '48 pick up truck....not bad if you like stock '48 pick ups! After that it was a '95 Moto Guzzi, an '84 BMW airhead, Kawasaki Voyager....and now the '06 S40 with 380 miles on it for $2,700.00! I could not pass it up! It simplifies a lot...not to mention the dollars that fly out of the wallet when you need parts and maintenace. This bike is like working on my lawnmower...not an insult but truly a compliment.

The only thing I NEED to do is get some seat height and push back 'cause I've got long legs...thinking about a springer solo seat for the height and I can get it positioned to the rear some. I hope to find some info. on this site as to how and where to get the parts...also need to lower the brake pedal...my legs are bent too much up...oh well, what I have seen so far on this site is really encouraging...not only riding as a "hobby" but also wrenching and modifying....looking forward to it, thanks for being there you guys...and gals.

Oh by the way, I am from New Orleans but now live across Lake Pontchatrain from the city with a lot of good back roads to ride on...maybe we will cross paths one day...bye, Paul  

Malcontent wrote on 03/30/08 at 21:44:48:
How about forward controls for $90 delilvered? http://suzukisavage.com/cgi-bin/YaBB.pl?num=1202177312