Name is Chance, haven't ridden in 15 yrs I will be taking my riders course in a week and I will pick up a 2001 Savage I have on layaway the week after that. Just ahve to avoid getting run over in Houston traffic and I will be riding with a few of my buddies this summer.

Loving all the tech info on this site and the detailed break downs and walk though makes me confident of being able to wrench my own bike. Hope that I can contribute this forum in the near future.

Newbie here. I'm from upstate NY, (just added my self to the map thingy, which is neat as hell).

Anyway, I'm just starting out, my brother was kind enough to let me ride his Suzuki intruder and I caught the bug. He was letting me learn on it and then I dropped it doing circles in the road. No damage besides a scratch or two on the pegs and handlebars. After feeling like Sh!t, we decided I needed to learn on my own bike. Enter the Savage, I wanted something smaller and with a better fit for me. So I found one about 100 miles away and loved it, bought it, for more that it was worth unfortunately, but it's done, and now I have a bike. Now if only I could be patient enough until it's done in the shop (getting tires brakes, tuneup and some other things). After I get it back, this will be my bike to learn on with how to maintain and repair virtually everything.

My road test is in the beginning of June and can't wait.

Hey Everyone,

Jaymi here from Portage Wisconsin and I got my first Savage week and a half ago. Its a 99 and I picked it up on craigslist for $800. Hoping to bob it out. Not my first bike but bigger than my 1976 CB360.

Hi all, I am on the west coast of Canada, in Vancouver, BC. When I graduated from high school I got my first bike and xs400. Ran it into the ground, it was reliable and fun to ride. Fast forward 23 years, now own a 1986 Savage love the bike runs like a top, great on long trips.

Hi people of suzukisavage.com,

My name is Ryan, 28 years old and I live in upstate New York. I am a first time rider, and I am very proud to say that my first bike is a lightly used 2004 Savage, 6400 on the clock, runs and performs much better than I could have ever expected. I was researching bikes for almost a year. I didn't want something I was going to get bored with, or something that was huge, heavy and ran the possibility of getting away from me. One of my friends suggested the Savage, checked it out at the dealership and it fit like a glove. Light weight, ballsy, torquey and missing the lawnmower/dirtbike sound of smaller Japanese bikes.

Needless to say, I'm already in love with the bike. I never realized there was so much worldwide love and support for this bike. I've been blown away by some of the mods you guys (and girls) have done to these bikes. Since this is my first bike, and being an inexperienced rider, I plan on keeping mine mostly stock. I would like to convert all the lights to LEDs, I'd like to check out making the headlight stronger (Maybe HIDs?), adding a sissy bar and a Harley exhaust. My next stop will be skimming the forum for answers to these questions.

If anyone would like to save me from searching, your input would be greatly appreciated. Look first, ask questions later. Golden rule of all forums.

A quick picture of the Savage next to my other ride, a 2004 Chevy Cavalier LS, some minor mods done to that, but that info is for another forum.

Hello, my name's Brian and I'm a broke college kid.  Bought an '02 savage a couple of weeks ago as a graduation present to myself and my first bike.  I'm slowly getting good at riding it, I only get to ride an hour or so per day because I get off work at 5 and my permit only lets me drive until 8  :'( .  Hopefully soon I'll feel comfortable driving to work on it (there's a lot of traffic).  Anyways, I've been lurking for a little bit and decided to actually hop in to the disscussion.

Hey Everybody,

My name is Jon, I'm 23, I am studying industrial design at the University of Cincinnati and will be graduating this upcoming summer. I don't have a bike but am seriously wanting a savage! My biggest passion is furniture design, I am starting a business making unique flat pack furniture for a fair price.

Didnt  notice this thread at first but ill give it a try. I am from central and upstate NY. In the military, and purchased a 2001 savage about 2 months ago. I am planning on using this bike as a first "project" bike to get to easily understand how a motorcycle works