well i just bought my wife her first bike for her b-day today. (its sitting in my cousins garage until her b-day on the 14th)

after months of looking and research i had it narrowed down to either a s40 or a savage. the most important decision was on the price & condition. (other contenders were gz250, rebel, nighthawk, virago, early 70's honda cb350, & some 60's & 70's triumphs)

well today i found a practically new black s40 with 1045 miles for $2800 at a local dealership about 50 miles from my house. well i just had to snatch it up.

the cool thing about the story is i had a chance to drive it home 50 miles. we'll being a sports bike dude (i've had ducati's for the last 10 years. i currently have a 2009 monster) i haven't ridden a cruiser type bike since i rode my days old virago 12 years ago. anyway the s40 was such a blast to drive!! i for sure see me self borrowing her bike from time to time. i know if i made that ride on my monster i'd of been walking a little funny for an hour.

well even though these aren't my kind of bikes, i gotta admit its a VERY cool bike! i'm real glad i got it. can't wait to give it to her. march 14th!!

i'll let you guys know what she thinks when she get it!

oh lastly, does anyone have any recommendations on some good pipes? i'd like it to be a little louder with a nice low tone.

Congrats on the purchase! That's a great buy!

Congrats. You're gonna love it. She'll ride it too  

mrplease wrote on 02/27/09 at 08:34:19:


Yep agree,   Get her comfy on the bike first.    Then ... do the carb mod which will give more response (not always a good thing when getting use to a bike unless she's a good rider).   After that the Exhaust & carb again.

WOW thats clean! Great pickup! I would be stealn from the wife too...

Have the cops been to your door? Coz you stole that bike! That's a great deal for that price, and from a stealership no less. You're, ahem I mean your wife's gonna love it!

oh, does anyone here have a jardine exhaust on their savage/s40?

just curious if anyone has had any experience with one...

When I started idly casting about for a Savage, I was told of a used one. I went to look at it, with both the asking price and the book price in mind. When I saw it, it had a Jardine pipe on it. It was incredibly loud, even idling. I immediately reduced my mental offer by about $500, figuring that's the cost of a factory pipe to get it tolerable. The bike had enough other problems that I just thanked its owner for his time and walked away. Unlike some, I want to ride, not wrench.