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Dealer Trying to Talk Me Out of a SAVAGE!! HELP!!! (Read 967 times)

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Re: Dealer Trying to Talk Me Out of a SAVAGE!! HEL
Reply #45 - 03/05/09 at 15:07:53

I'm one of those here who had a bigger Bike (800cc) that could run on the highway all day long ... in fact I sold my original '03 Savage (which I had for 5 seasons) to buy a VS800 ... kept that Bike for only a few months ... found it too heavy and lacking in "character" ... promptly sold it and bought another LS650 ('05 S40) ... which I had to ride 400 highway miles (in 6deg C temps and rain!!) to bring it home!

Before you diagnose yourself with depression or low self-esteem, first make sure you are not, in fact, just surrounded by arseholes!

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Re: Dealer Trying to Talk Me Out of a SAVAGE!! HEL
Reply #46 - 03/05/09 at 15:26:55

Look, go to the M50, Vulcan 800, 900, Vstar, etc, pages and you will hear and read the exact same things here: I wish it had another gear, should i use a bar snake for handlebar vibraions?, how can I make it more highway capable?, how do i get more power, should I yank out the baffles, etc. Somebody with an 1800 told them their 800 or 900 was too small.

Same stuff, different bikes and sites. It never ends.

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Re: Dealer Trying to Talk Me Out of a SAVAGE!! HEL
Reply #47 - 03/05/09 at 19:47:40

Yes its funny to hear people say a 650 is "too small". I recently bought a new S40 after being off motocycles the last 20+ years. My last bike before this was a 1981 Yamaha 400 twin.

Back then, a 650 would have been about the 5th BIGGEST bike on the road.

1st HD 1200
2nd HD Sportser
3rd Kawaski 900
4th Honda 750
5th Triumph, Yamaha, a few others

(Think I am missing Golden Wing in here)

Anyway people went across the country on 750s all the time. Suddenly a 650 is a "beginner's bike" ...GASP... COUGH... fall on the floor.

My beginners bike was a 100 cc Honda.

The parking lot at work is full of monster bikes. A friend of mine rides a Triumph Rocket III at 2300+ CCs. I had a Nissan pickup truck that was only 2400 CCs...LOL.

Anyway I am 6'2 and 240 lbs and the bike doesn't feel like its "struggling" to me.

Light, easy to handle, clean, BEAUTIFUL.

I'm in Love.

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Re: Dealer Trying to Talk Me Out of a SAVAGE!! HEL
Reply #48 - 03/06/09 at 08:25:37

Go for the S40. You will not get a better bang for the buck with another bike. I've had mine for a year amd love it. I've done 4 lane hi-way at 70mph for 1 1/2 hr streches with no problems and 2 lane at 65mph all day with no problems. You can spend 10k and get 40-50 mpg on a larger cruiser of 5k or less for a new S40 and get 60-65mpg. Plus the S40 is a lot easier to maintain!!!

2008 S40 , Windshield, Sigma Cycle Computer, after market backrest & luggage rack, Tkat Fork Brace, saddlebags, 12v power supply, Garmin GPS
'09 C50SE, '09 C90
Shoulda got into this years ago

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