oh good. I think I'll just leave it as is. Thanks for the info.

Hutch, I had a problem awile back where my bike would do absoultly nothing when I tried to start it. I checked everything and then found the problem to be the bolt under the kickstand.  If its loose, the kickstand sensor wont allow the bike to start. Im sure you have probably already checked it, but it was the last place I looked. it drove me nuts!

AH!!! I feel much better. No I didn't get the Savage problem solved. I still was grumbling at it when I walked by,so I left it alone. I just been doing to much wrenching and not enough riding. It finally got over 60 degrees today so I got my minimum daily requirement of force fed fresh air. If I could find a state with miles and miles of trees, lots of hills and twisty river roads, I would be tempted to move there. All the states that I found like that while traveling always had one bad thing attached, WINTER. I hate flat boring greenless scenery, more than I hate winter. Give me a state with 60 degree and above weather 365 days a year, and all the above mentioned criteria, and I would be happy. Don't mention Hawaii, I would be driving in circles all day. ANY SUGESTIONS???? It's suppose to be in the 70's and above for a week here in MI, so I will be in the mood to work on the Savage by the end of the week. and will let you know what I find out about the no start problem.       Hutch

I like Washington, Oregon, Montanna, Both Dakotas, MN, WI, love eastern Kentucky, but all too cold. Might as well stay where I am. Arkansas is one place I haven't been. How is the humidity? I don't care how cold it gets at night as long as I can get at least to 60 degrees during the day. I always hated winter anyway, but 1000mgs of blood thinners a day make it unbearable. It is 72 degrees in my house right now and I have a flannel shirt on. It would really take a lot for me to move, since I have been in the same area for 56 years, and was actually born in the house I live in. Not to mention the fact that my grave stone is already waiting for me 2 miles from my house, next to mom and dads and all my older neighbors.    Hutch

Western NC or North western SC.

Anywhere from Asheville south to Greenville.

Some of the most BEAUTIFUL mountain roads I have ever ridden.

Temperate climate (low humidity, mid to upper 80s in the summer, lows in the 40s in the winter ver little snow or ice)

skrapiron -FSO wrote on 12/31/69 at 16:00:09:
That is one other state that I forgot to mention as a favorite. Definately the western side of either. I didn't drive semi thru there in the winter, so I was in the dark as far as cold weather. Definately beautiful countryon the west side. I could picture a log home on the side of a hill way back then. My township woudn't let me build the log home across the road that I had the package of half paid for. Not enough living space they said. What they really meant was not enough taxable base for them. So here I set in my family 2 story farm house, with the upstairs closed off sleeping on the couch, paying a lot of taxes and setting the thermostat at 67 degrees in the winter cause I can't afford to heat it any warmer. I just wear a flannel shirt in the house all winter. Yes 6.66 acres of my own private he!!  You got to love my luck.  Hutch

I found the "no start" problem, and can't believe what it was. After getting the tank off, there it was. Now keep in mind that I drove the bike in the garage and shut it off. The next time I went to start it, nothing. The main conection for the big wiring harness that goes to the handlebars was unpluged. Not just slightly either. It was about an inch out and hanging down 2 inches along side the frame. I haven't got a clue. I think I need a Gremlin bell.   Hutch