old lady katie wrote on 12/30/07 at 14:42:39:

Nice to meet you Old Lady.  Welcome to the group...

Morning all!

Im Warric, signing in from way over in New Zealand. Iv just bought my 1st eva (& probly only!) road bike, 03 Savage 650, & I love it! Ill be reading very shortly about all the mods I can do, as the top speed of 130km is a tad on the quiet side.

Cheers

Well Hello you savages.
I am from Sunbury upon Thames near Heathrow Airport in England.

For those that dont know where that is go East until you pass the Sea, if you find Land and they are not speaking "American" with an accent you a probably in Europe, go North, if they are speaking a form of "American" ask for a Beer, if its Black, your probably in Ireland go further East.

I presently Ride a 125 Yamaha Enticer (SR125), though I will from next Saturday be the owner of a 2001 650 LS Savage. So I found this place and joined.

I am sorry that I will probbaly not be able to join you on rideouts, but I think my carbs will get flooded if I try.

As it happens a number of my friends in this area are Proud Victory Riders, and we even talk to guy who has a Harley, so there is a good American bike contingent in this area.

Well I know the Savage is a Rice Burner, but it is only still being produced because of the USA support.

Too many Riders over Here are "Power Rangers" (sports bike race replicas with colour coordinated leathers)

oooh look the smell checker is trying to take the u out of my colour

Lazy Old Rider wrote on 01/08/08 at 13:22:59:


here we go again, opening up the fuel debate.  

or

what i could burn rice in the thing.. .


or  

not a rice burner, it a rice steamer.

sluggo wrote on 01/08/08 at 16:06:14:

Hell, the only place that I burn rice is in the kitchen

hello everybody, my name is John, and I'm a thumper addict.  I could change but dont wanna.

I am 42, divorced, 3 kids, work in the manufacturing/construction industry and have a farm in central Virginia with cows and goats on the side,  buttgoat is my ebay ID.  

I got the motorcycle bug last year (finally had some free $ after the initial divorce sticker shock)  and started doing some research, I really liked the cruisers and was leaning towards something like a Kawasaki Vulcan or Honda 650, but the more I looked into it, the S40 (didnt even know what a Savage was....) seemed like the best combination of value, simplicity, looks, performance, and especially FUN.  I found low mileage 05 on Ebay and its been a blast ever since.  I start to get cranky if I dont ride for a few days, its something really cooL to go down some curvy country roads and roll on the throttle and feel that THUMPTHUMPTHUMP THUMP, hoo boy!!   But yall already know that!  

I have an affinity for underappreciated machinery like the Savage and enjoy tweaking it.  I have added a windscreen, a screaming eagle turnout muffler, a sissy bar, and saddle bags.  I am kicking around some paint schemes in my head and am planning on having the seat repadded and upholstered this winter.  Next spring I want to take a liesurely trip somewhere, anywhere, it doesnt matter where as long as its on backroads and thumpin all the way.

I enjoy all the tips on this site!!  thanks guys.

Hello, I've been lurking around here, & decided I should finally say Hello. Am a Hillbilly in Ozark, AR, good mountain riding here. Bought a new '06 & have 14'000ish on it. I've striped and customized a bit, but I'm usually riding, so no pics. Been to just four states on it so far. The S40 took over the highway duties of my xr650l. The S40 drags, scrapes, and bounces down the road, but where the engineers  stoped, The riders of a train that could, motor on.  I intend to learn what I can here, and lend what I know.