Welcome to the Savage place

Hello, my name is Alan, and I am new owner of a 2002 Savage.

A few years ago, my son bought a '96 Savage. Ever since he was 16 he has tried to get me to buy a motorcycle to road trip with him. Things happened and time went by and no motorcycle. I thought he had outgrown the idea and I had missed an opportunity for us to do this together. Recently, he said he would still love to go. A few weeks later, along came this 2002 Savage with no-compression (Hint: I will have questions about this.) for VERY cheap! (About 1/4 what he paid for his!)

So, at 65 years old, and not having owned a motorcycle since the 80's (I had a bicycle shop so swore off motors on my two wheelers for quite a while!) I now find myself with a project and the prospect of adventures!

I am really excited about this bike; way more so than expected!  

I have read much of the site to get myself up to speed. What a great resource! So I guess it's time for me to stop lurking and say, "hello!"

Hi there! Thanks for having me. I'm Tom, from Long Island N.Y. I was happy to find this site. Why I'm here - I had a Suzuki GS 550 some years ago. I loved it but had to sell it. Lately, I've decided that I'd like to get another bike. As fate would have it a 2002 Savage fell into my lap. It belonged to a family member and the poor beast has been sitting for about 7 years. Good news is that it's been stored in a dry place all that time......So now I'm starting on the process of bringing it back to life. I'd like to be riding it come this spring. I'm not a motorcycle expert but I know my way around working on cars and such. I did a few things on the old GS 550.....So any advice or suggestions would be great. I figure I have to remove the gas tank and go after any fuel that remains or has turned into a varnish. The tank does have some fuel in it.....Again, thanks for having me and if I can figure out how to post a photo then you should see one here.

Thanks for the welcome, and the reply.

It was running. Even after it was parked it was run occasionally. It has about 8,000 miles on it. And I agree about the tires.

I just picked up a service manual so I can read up on certain mechanical stuff I'll do myself. I also have to get a battery for sure.

Thanks again.