Made a couple of posts so far, but was waiting to pick up my Savage before posting here. The name's Doug and I'm in England, and this little beauty is my new '94 Savage I got today :-



Just had the frame and swing arm powder coated, new tyres, and the previous OCD owner has changed the front, rear and steering bearings along with every fastener being swapped for a stainless one. New tyres front and back, only 8000 miles old. I love it.

Short, grunty and simple - just like me

Hello all, just saying hello before i start asking lots of stupid questions! I'm Scott from Brisbane in Queensland Australia and i picked up my Savage a few days ago. I have had a few bikes in my younger years - dirt bikes as a kid, a yamaha XT 250 as my first on the road, then over 10 or so years- a XS 250, CB900f2b, Z1000mk2, Katana 650 and a XS1100. Now im a bit older i wanted something light and easy to handle and something i could tinker with myself so after looking for a while when a Savage came up for sale i thought thats for me. I bought it from a man here that runs/ owns a bike museum, he inports many bikes from all over the world that aren't very common here and any that he doesn't keep he sells off. What i have is a 5th month 1986 model which came from Chattanooga TN. It has 17000 miles on it but has been very well looked after and kept original just not quite good enough for the museum. The only mod i can see on it is the brass plug removed from the carby so maybe the jets/ internals have been done too, no backfiring and starts first go! Thats the story so far ! Thanks Scott.

Hello everybody. My name is Ryan. I just bought a 1997 Suzuki Savage LS400. I'm in the Navy stationed in Japan and this is my first bike. 400cc is the largest engine I can get being a new rider here in Japan.

I'll try to get some pics up, but it ain't the prettiest.... but I got it pretty cheap. Got a fair bit of rust and corrosion. Last guy parked it outside so the front spokes are rusted, the chrome is pitted and rusted in some spots. The right front brake lever and foot peg are bent to hell. And the passenger front footpeg is broke off completely. Looking to buy either of those if anybody has any.

I've been creeping around reading stuff on here for about a week or so. I like the seat lift mod.. that's going to happen. I'm 5'11", 220... so this bike is a little small for me. Also saw that a guy makes forward controls.. will be looking to get some of those soon. Gotta get new tires first though.

Anyways.. just wanted to introduce myself and say hi. Thanks for all the good info so far.. I'm sure I'll have lots of questions along the way... oh yea... thanks for the manuals... haha. I love doing my own wrench work.

Hello all,

i'm Jason i live in Ohio. i own a 2005 s40 about 5500 miles on it, havent rode in a while and got a great deal on this bike. even being a big guy i love this bike.

just started to do some upgrades. right now stock but i have jet set comming as well as a Dyna Exhaust. i'm sure i will have lots of questions. love this site lots of great information about the bike look forward to learning alot and of course moding the bike

Greetings from the edge of the continent (left side),

New member Steve here from California. I recently bought an '09 s40... was just looking for something to commute on and found a low mile 1,7xx bike for fairly cheap $2500... had never heard of the savage... just liked the way it looked and figured with the low miles it would be reliable... OMG what a blast this thing is to ride! I've put almost 4000 miles on it in the last 3 1/2 months or so... I thought I bought it to save on gas, but shortly realized it was my mid-life crisis. My poor truck has only been started about 3 times since got the bike and it now lives on the street cause the bike got its spot in the garage. I'll probably just lurk around here for a while, but I'm stoked to have found this place.
Steve

T-Dawg wrote on 06/15/12 at 19:51:57:


Hey Ryan,

As one Vet to another ... thank you for your service.
Drop me an email ( savage.s40@gmail.com ) and let me know what kind of parts you need.  I believe I can help with that.

Hi
i`m Sparkie from the uk
I have a 1987 savage that was imported from the us
It was in a sorry state when i got her,she had been on a farm for 3 years so everything had gone,so i have replaced everything and she looks stunning now.I will try and upload a picture of her when i got her so you can see.
Not very good weather for riding in the uk at the moment but hopefully that will change soon.
If wanted to start a number of pictures of the build where is the best place to put them?
Thanks happy thumping

Hello all.  Name is Roger im from San Antonio. Dont have a Savage yet but im looking for one. Never rode before and want to start. I am however, a "disabled" rider. Look for a thread from me soon to see if anyone can give me ideas on how to solve my issues. If you want to think about it, i have a right arm disability so i cant have any right hand controls. Get your brain working for now. Ill post a more detailed thread when i get a chance. Hope to learn more from you guys. Thanks for having me.