Hey, yall! My name is Sandy and I just bought a2004 Savage LS650 last week. I took a rider safety course over the weekend and am now ready to ride. I have looked over this site and found a lot of useful information, Thanks for creating this site. Safe riding  

Well hello from Gainesville, FL. I picked up my '97 ls650 about two weeks ago. My first bike! Bought it on a whim; saw it while browsing craigslist for things I shouldn't spend my money on. The next day it was mine! The night I found the bike I also found this site and before I even drove out to look at it I already knew it inside and out, thanks to this site of course. Got it home and after a quick ride around the block (no registration, tag, or proper motorcycle license yet) just to get it out of my system, I immediately began dismantling. Just felt like I had to get a proper introduction with it, to ~know~ it better. I'm ALL about reverse engineering. Also I'm an automotive tech at a Toyota specialty shop so I have the general tools/ know how to be able to tear into things like this so hastily. I already have LOTS of plans for this bike and this site has more info than anyone could ask for!

Hi...I just purchase a 2007 Bobber. it is my first Bike and I love it!!!  The previous owner told me about this site and said ya'll were some great folks and an awesome resource. I am grateful to be a part of this community. I do plan one or two more mods to my bike. thanks for being here!!

1Bozo

Hi Everyone,

Just bought by 2008 S40 / Savage this summer and have used this forum extensivly.  Thanks to all the contributers and I look forward to contributing myself.

Hi. I'm Jon.

I'm new to motorcycles (don't you judge me). The Savage--a red '97 with nearly 17k miles on it--is my first. We're on reasonably good terms, but it needs some TLC and there's much more I'd like to do beyond just getting it mechanically fit. The more time I spend here, the more I see the potential of this machine and get excited at the prospect of really making it my own.

Thank you to everyone who's posted here. This forum has been incredibly helpful and I expect that will hold true as I get more brazen with mods and all that other good stuff. The technical advice, in particular, has been amazing. You don't need me to tell you what a great community and resource this is, but I guess I just did anyway.

What else? I live in the US. More specifically New Hampshire, where everyone else rides a Harley. I've taken and passed a rider safety course. I'm an Aries. I like long walks in my sleep...

My other bike:

 Hello from oldNslow. I think the screen name describes me pretty well. I'm returning to motorcycles after almost thirty years of getting around in nothing but four wheelers. I did quite a bit of riding in my younger days, starting with a Honda Super 90 - anyone here remember them - when I was in high school, and working my way up to a CB 350 a few years later. I even had a short fling with motocross in my early twenties.

 When I started looking for a bike the Savage appealed to me immediately. I liked it's old school looks and simplicity. And the size and weight felt perfect to a 5'6" geezer like me. I'm now the happy owner of a very nice 2006 model with just over 9000 miles on the clock. I'm the fourth owner of this particular specimen so I don't know much about it's history. As far as I can tell it's completly original except for the tires, and everything works just as it should.

 Once the riding season here in Northern New New York is over for this year - only another month I suspect - I'll be taking a look at the cam chain adjuster. I'll report what I find to add to the accumulated
knowledge about this issue. Right now the motor isn't making any unusual noises.

 I'm thrilled to have discovered this forum. The amount of information here is astonishing. I hope that eventually I'll have something worthwhile to contribute.