Hi all I'm from NW Pennsylvania. I bought my savage on June 26th, and I've put 3200 miles on it since then. Love the bike goal is to roll the odometer over to 0 before it retires. I've been riding for nine years on the road on and off, and dirt bikes before that. Glad to meet you all.

Dagillespi, I was trying to figure out if your name was some form of DILLIGAF!    I guess not!

Welcome!

I read that last night and spent 10 minutes trying to figure it out. I must've been tired!  

Hello Everybody,
  New member, first post.  Picked up a 2005 S40 off of Craigslist a few months back.  Just rode it round trip from central Texas to Sturgis SD and Wyoming.  Put 2500 miles on it in 6 days, it performed flawlessly and was actually not to uncomfortable.  Great bike.

CenTexS40

Hi Im from Czech repbulic, so excuse my english. This forum is so great and already helped me with some mods that i have done to my Savage. She is ol girl but in very good shape. 1992 4speeder but when i bought her she had only 2300km on the clock. All was original - tires(checked by number),tools, paint, engine sealing ( no red goo under head..)etc.  I even scratch warning label on the tank. The only one issue is a some ding on tank.
Mods already done: rejet carb, KN drop in filter, Marving muffler (pretty quiet but seems to flow very well) Biltwel high tracker bars and recoil grips (super comfortable but wear off super fast...) Changed starter gear for torque limiter, reinforced brake hose, lifted seat, sidemounted 7 inch big headlight, fork boots.
Mods planned: Flat seat, hagon rear shocks, Vm36 carb, side number plates flattrack style instead of covers, new turn signals maybe big bore piston...
So here she is in full beauty.....

Welcome to The Singles Club Reeves.

I would like to see a picture that shows your headlight and the mounts.

Looks like you are doing a good job.

Kenny G

Hi, I should've probably posted here a few days ago but I went straight to the 'rubber side down' forum instead. New to riding a motorcycle (took the safety course in May), and owning a cycle. Purchased an 07 S40 at the end of July. It came to me with a chain drive upgrade, one of those bullistic batteries, and missing front turn signals.

Since then I've tackled a raptor valve upgrade (after the bike died on the first time I took my wife around the block, lol), installed fork-mounted front signals, muffler swap, and failed at the spacer mod (already have a plan for success thanks to rubber side...) Figured out how to dismount the front wheel to replace the STOCK 2006 tire that had dry-rotted under the previous owners' watch (don't ask how long I rode until I realized it was bad).

I live in Columbus, Oh so I plan to ride as-is until the weather turns to nuts<(nice autocorrect) at which time I'll probably start tinkering a bit more during the off-season (rear fender / seat replacement, etc.)

I'm an engineer by profession so I can read the hell out of a problem.... Will probably ask lots of questions here on the actual work though because let's face it I don't actually know how to DO anything since I am an engineer!