Howdy folks.  I think I may have been a forum member 20 or so years ago.
A little background: I have been riding since 1960. Yep, I'm an old guy. I started out with 2 Harleys when I was 16 then a BMW when I was in Germany. Then a slew of dirt bikes. Then a Yamaha RD350 .Then 2 Suzuki Savages. Then Honda Magnas/Sabres about 6 of them. Now I am back to a Suzuki Savage. Now that I am 76 and not as strong as I was in my young and dumb years  Now I find the Magna too much bike for me. I always loved my little Sukis so I sold one of my Magnas and bought a 2012 LS650.  Nice little bike that I can pick up if I drop it. Looking forward to sharing with fellow riders.  I go by Captain Capsize (long story).

Sorry I missed a bunch of new introductions. Welcome to the forum...enjoy the ride.

Hi, my name is Bob and I live in North Carolina.  I am in my eighties and have a Rebel 250 and, as of today, a 1996 Savage LS 650 in fair condition with 12000 miles.  This is my 36th bike since I started to ride again 12 years ago in 2008.  I just have the two small bikes left.   I no longer feel confident handling bikes more than, say 400 lbs.  I do not ride far....50 miles is a push...25 is more like it.  No questions here, as instructed, but have two things to tweak/fix.  Clutch slips and battery will give two starts at the most.  

I look forward to learning and getting acquainted with y'all.

Kind regards,    Bob

Hey all,

medic1898 checking in from the SF Bay Area. Not too long ago I bought, repaired, painted, polished, put a few thousand miles on, and sold one of these thumpers, I attached a pic. I recently bought another junker and I'm in the process of doing the same.  I'm joining for all the perks of membership up to and including carb knowledge and the cam chain tensioner mod.

Hi all,

I have been reading the discussions on this site for about two months now, and the Suz is about to start it’s second (or third) life, so I thought let us just intruduce myself and the bike to all y’all.

I am Tjeerd, I live in the Netherlands. Born at the start of the seventies and only just riding motorcycles recently. Some call it midlife crisis and they are probably right, I couldn’t care less…
My mate Jan, who got me to ride bikes finally after 30 years, and I bought the Savage together from another friend.
We decided to team up, to buy, restore/rebuild and sell bikes for fun. Share costs, labour and revenue. But most important, share ideas and techniques and time and fun!

The Suzuki is an imported (US) ‘87 model with only 10,000 miles on it. It has not been ridden for at least 20 years since it came with a pre-EU plate and the tires had a ‘95 dot-code.
This is what we are about to do;
-make it run,
-make it safe,
-make it reliable,
-add personality.

Maybe I should start a build/restore thread if you appreciate that:?
Thanks for now and bye,
Tjeerd

Hello everyone. After looking for months I am the new owner of a s40. I am looking forward to mods and having fun riding!

Hello everyone,
I'm Ted from western Canada and have been following the forum since October of 2017. I have been riding for 40 years on everything from dirt bikes to a series of cruisers from 550 to 1,300 cc's. This has also allowed me to have been to virtually every western state and province. A benefit to living about an hour from Glacier National Park.

I have always liked the Savage / S40 and finally bought one in December 2019. It's a 2015 with 10,750km (6,680 miles). I have found pretty much every factory accessory for it and have just started getting a few miles on it.
Immediately noticed the lean condition and have ordered a re-jet kit from 6Sigma.
Not sure what a new engine sounds like but I think the cam chain might be a little loose. I would like to add Verslagen's tensioner mod next oil change.

Glad to have found such a valuable knowledge resource at Suzukisavage.com and hope I can contribute a fraction of what I've learned already.

Keep safe during these uncertain times!
Spudster (Ted)