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Joy of riding a Savage
09/26/07 at 19:03:51

Yesterday I had to do a ride of about 100 kms through open country side.
As I putted along at about 80 kmph - the utter joy of cruising along on a fine thumping motorcycle totally overwhelmed me
What a life - we get to ride and smile and be utterly happy -
If we did not have the Savage we would have to invent it!

Hurrah for motorcycles and the Savage in particular
Grin

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drharveys - FSO Serious Thumper Offline Greetings from San Luis del Norte! Posts: 1776 St Louis MO Gender:	Re: Joy of riding a Savage Reply #1 - 09/26/07 at 20:51:23 Yup! It's all about the smiles per gallon -- and nothing gets more than a thumper!
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Paladin. Serious Thumper Offline Hamster Posts: 4929 Sunny Southern California Gender:	Re: Joy of riding a Savage Reply #2 - 09/26/07 at 20:52:59 80 km/h = 50 mph . . . . Thumper really likes that speed. Rode the 153 miles from Parker AZ to North Palm Springs CA, mostly 50mph, took on less than 2.2 gallons of gasoline.
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SavageWahine Serious Thumper Offline Aloha & Hang Loose Posts: 1553 Beautiful Kauai! Gender:	Re: Joy of riding a Savage Reply #3 - 09/26/07 at 21:08:05 Paladin. wrote on 12/31/69 at 16:00:09: 80 km/h = 50 mph . . . . Thumper really likes that speed. Rode the 153 miles from Parker AZ to North Palm Springs CA, mostly 50mph, took on less than 2.2 gallons of gasoline. Good thing our speed limit is 50 mph! I have a tendency to go slightly faster though, not much!
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Max_Morley Serious Thumper Offline LT650 Luxury Touring & sidecar rig Posts: 1490 Moses Lake. WA Gender:	Re: Joy of riding a Savage Reply #4 - 09/26/07 at 21:49:23 Hey Polar Pilot, greast to see you back online and riding your reclaimed Savage. Hope you stick around. Max
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sluggo Serious Thumper ModSquad Offline big singles lead, twins follow the pack Posts: 4744 moses lake washington Gender:	Re: Joy of riding a Savage Reply #5 - 09/26/07 at 22:33:21 Max_Morley wrote on 12/31/69 at 16:00:09: Hey Polar Pilot, greast to see you back online and riding your reclaimed Savage. Hope you stick around. Max ditto
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azjay Serious Thumper Offline aridzona... its a dry heat Posts: 816 Gender:	Re: Joy of riding a Savage Reply #6 - 09/27/07 at 06:39:32 yep,yep, my dad is riding debby's savage now, i haven't seen him smile this much, and be so excited about life in quite a while. i think we're going for a ride tomorrow, to look at a model T coupe.
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Re: Joy of riding a Savage
Reply #7 - 09/27/07 at 17:40:07

I just got back from a ride up the Lake Huron shore.
Beautiful day!
Started out cloudy and 57 degrees, then the sun came out and it went up to 67 degrees.
The trees are turning beautiful colors, the air was crisp and fresh, and there was very little traffic.
Best of all, the bugs are gone. Grin

What a day to ride, breath deep, and just feel alive all over!

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Re: Joy of riding a Savage
Reply #8 - 09/27/07 at 22:42:05

No doubt about it, the drone of a slow paced thumper is a true pleasure. I've had all sort of bikes make me smile, including really zingy two-strokes that can make you giddy with excitement. But there is a contentment and relaxation that only a four stroke single can give. Depending on the road, preferably remote, I can find my 'zone' at any of several speeds that the 99 likes to travel. 30-35mph in third is nice on shady country lanes. 50-55mph out on the narrow two lane blacktop from small town to small town. Or I've even found that the 99 has a sweet spot singing along right about 70mph on the big slabs, but I prefer to avoid them most of the time. Indeed, life is good one Putt at a time! Grin

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firsts40 Senior Member Offline Proud PGR Member Posts: 316 South Mississippi Gender:	Re: Joy of riding a Savage Reply #9 - 09/28/07 at 06:56:10 My 06 is also very happy at around 45-55 on a mild twisty country road. It is also happy on the superslabs at around 65-70 while it smiles at the "big boys" telling them "I am getting over 60 MPG!!!" 8)
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Re: Joy of riding a Savage
Reply #10 - 09/28/07 at 14:40:20

Yeah, just got to chime in here ….. there’s many an occasion when the Savage makes me crack a grin and take the long way in to work. I got it as a round town commute-scoot appliance without much thought to any fun personality lurking underneath. After all, it’s a pretty basic bike with no stand-out feature. Yet somehow the whole works much better than the sum of its parts would indicate. My sweet spot is also 65 - 70 laid back on the freeway with the SuperTrapp rapping and that big jug on the boil. I’ve been a single fan for more than 40 years but my old Velocette and Matchless 500’s would wear me down fast at that speed with their relentless jackhammer pounding. The Savage counterbalancer indeed makes single life much more bearable.

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drums1 Serious Thumper Offline '87 Savage Bashed--Down for the count Posts: 664 Racine, Wisconsin Gender:	Re: Joy of riding a Savage Reply #11 - 09/29/07 at 22:06:20 My darn bike is down for the count more often than running, but when it is running, I could ride all day long. I haven't got it much over 55 yet, but it rides real nice up to that. As soon as I trust it to go more than a mile from home, I'll be hitting the road.
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WD Serious Thumper 2005 No Login Offline Professional "scooter trash". Posts: 5207 Rosemark TN Gender:	Re: Joy of riding a Savage Reply #12 - 09/29/07 at 22:43:04 Nice to see you back. Finally got Ol' Yeller back together huh? Didn't I see you hanging out at Intruder Alert a while back? -WD
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Re: Joy of riding a Savage
Reply #13 - 09/30/07 at 05:33:21

Ah man, I am realy needing to get Rex back together and hit the road again. Last year was a joy when I was able to get out most every morning for a ride...even made some new friends at a Mac D's over in a town about 30 miles away. They are a small group of old farmers who meet every morning for breakfast or maybe just some coffee. Mostly WWII vets. A fine bunch of fella's. But it was the ride over there and back, or round about here and there depending on what road caught my attention. It is really interesting finding out where some of the country roads end up taking you...many surprises along the way and a whole lot of fun.
The easy cruise at 55-65 mph was so relaxing...it is good for the soul.

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FreeSpirit Serious Thumper Offline Joy is my Compass ! Posts: 3823 North Georgia Gender:	Re: Joy of riding a Savage Reply #14 - 09/30/07 at 06:06:16 This topic sure is refreshing after reading all the topics of problems! Glad you started this Topic Its very nice for new riders to hear/read the responses ! Hope there's many more like this (Sorry,not that problems dont have there place,but I had just been reading to many this morning
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