Sweet, I'll add the tender (trickle charger?) to this spreadsheet I'm building.

Nice to meet y'all.

Hello everyone, been a  British Savage owner for almost a week now. Already got so much from this place even before my account was activated, so just want to say thanks, great forum.

Hi Folks, it's been a while
I just thought I would re-introduce myself.  I'm Dee (Doreen) from Dundee, Scotland  and used to be on here a bit when I had my last Savage (before going to the dark side, tempted by a Sportster) anyway to cut a long story short, not long after getting the Sportster I had a brain haemorrhage so was neither driving or riding for a while.  I got back on my Sportster after about a year (well the following spring as my brain haemorrhage happened in September 2014 ) I've not ridden much in that time as the bike (with a few mods) was just too heavy for me.  I'm not ready to give up biking yet so had been looking for another Savage and eventually found one, a 1987 which was imported from Arizona I think.  It went through a Custom House  here before it's previous owner bought it but never used it I got it in December and after a couple teething problems have got it up and running now (it needed the usual, battery, bulbs, and a bit of tinkering).  It feels light, so much lighter than the Sportster and hopefully I'll get a lot more use out of it.  My 'new' Savage is lovely the colours are white over dark grey with an orange pin stripe, it has a brown seat and brown grips (and now an orange screen and black and orange tool roll.  It sounds odd I know, and I did wonder why the custom house had chosen the colours until I found a couple of tank stickers in amongst the paperwork which have all these colours and more and have a Suzuki/Navajo theme.  I'm not sure if these came from the Custom House or with the bike when it was imported but would love to hear from anyone who can shed some light.  here's a picture of it on a cold winter day in Scotland

Hello everyone, my name is josh and I am from south Louisiana. I am 44 and haven’t had a bike in quite a few years but just picked up a 09 S40 for a bobber build. This is something I have been wanting to do for a while now and I really need a hobby   I hope to be able to get to know some of you guys and hopefully share some ideas during this project. Wish me luck!

Hi, I am in the UK and have just got my LS400, I have a GN250 as well and some other bikes, looking forward to learning about the models, I hope to be on the road with it soon, it doesn`t need anything doing but insurance renewal isn`t until the 26th.

Hello! My name is Marsha and I am a brand new rider. I just took the MSF course 2 weekends ago, but did not pass their evaluation.    The cone weave and tight turns from a stop were what killed me. Slow maneuvers and clutch control, man. Gah. I just did not have it consistently smooth. Going round and round in that peanut course and leaning over? So easy. Obstacle swerve? Got it. But that slow stuff? Nope. At the very least, I wasn't counseled out of class for being a danger to myself and others. Hah!  

The Tuesday following class, hubs and I went out and got ourselves a 2007 S40 that I have dubbed George. Husband drove him home, of course, being that I didn't even have a permit and was NOT ready to be doing any real life driving. We've taken it to parking lots to practice. I've since gotten a little better, but I still have a lot of work ahead of me. We rode around our neighborhood and surrounding neighborhoods and it felt great! I even managed to get up to a whoppin' 30 mph yesterday!

I'm looking forward to learning the mechanics of George and his one carburetor. I'm completely new to anything mechanical, so his maintenance is going to be a learning curve for me. He's been working like a champ and I want to keep him that way. My husband and I have some studying up to do! I'm very glad to be here.  

cytocatlady wrote on 03/28/19 at 11:34:41:


Welcome!

Good for you for taking the course. I did too. Seems the slow stuff is what gets most people, but the positive thing to take from that is knowing what your limitations are and making them better, which you are. Yes, few people probably die from a 5mph accident, but what this is teaching you is muscle memory of managing the clutch, throttle, front brake, back brake, and of course steering and balance all at once so you don't pop the clutch at a stoplight and jump a curb into oncoming traffic or dump the bike off a steep ravine on a slow mountain pass.

Keep doing what you're doing...it took me several months to get the nerve to go over 45mph after I started riding at age 38 on my Savage.  Now I am giving Evel Kneivel a run for his money (JK).  

If you need help on the bike there are members here happy to help if we're close by there or you are in the neighborhood when we're on one of our spring TN/NC/N-GA rides.