Just so happens that I caught a loose top header bolt on my chopped 99 right after finding the loose and nearly stripped front drive pulley on the other 99.

It becomes more plain to me over time that the Savage/S40 needs a very frequent fastener tightening schedule; much like we used to have to do with the old British bikes.

These are not ride 'em and forget about them bikes.

Not nearly as bad of maintenance as some vintage or replica bikes, but safety and finance demands that you keep up with the maintenance on these bikes or suffer the consequences.

Update: General advice as a long time mechanic: I think that I'd go with the anti-seize and frequent torque checking, and forgo the thread locker on the header bolts.

Yep! I can say that mine started getting loose at 500 miles... so now i bought a $10 torque wrench w/12mm socket and its in my saddle bag..along with a small flat blade screwdriver / 13 mm wrench / 10mm wrench / philips screwdriver / 12 mm wrench... humm wonder what else i should throw in there?