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Laurie Savage

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New LS650 Owner
05/02/09 at 15:06:36

Hi I am Laurie, aka Laurie Savage. I just got my 2nd motorcycle yesterday. It's a 98 LS650. My 1st bike was an 86 Kawasaki 454 LTD / EN450 which I loved but I had a hard time riding it because I am a lil girl and I have little hands. It was hard for me to squeeze the front brake lever. So I sold the EN and found this LS. I am a fairly new rider and I have to say I LOVE this bike. It is SWEET! I have some pics of both bikes and I will get them posted.

Oh and hello from Pennsylvania Cool

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Re: New LS650 Owner
Reply #1 - 05/02/09 at 15:09:53

Laurie Savage wrote on 05/02/09 at 15:06:36:

Hi I am Laurie, aka Laurie Savage. I just got my 2nd motorcycle yesterday. It's a 98 LS650. My 1st bike was an 86 Kawasaki 454 LTD / EN450 which I loved but I had a hard time riding it because I am a lil girl and I have little hands. It was hard for me to squeeze the front brake lever. So I sold the EN and found this LS. I am a fairly new rider and I have to say I LOVE this bike. It is SWEET! I have some pics of both bikes and I will get them posted.

Oh and hello from Pennsylvania Cool

Before you ask "How do I post a pic"

http://suzukisavage.com/cgi-bin/YaBB.pl?num=1240899665

And welcome, you will never meet a better bunch of Savages on the net or in real life.

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Check out Flight of Destiny http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00H9130XC

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T Mack 1 - FSO Serious Thumper Alliance Member Offline sold 2001 LS650 for a 1986 XLH1100 Posts: 2919 Emmaus,Pa Gender:	Re: New LS650 Owner Reply #2 - 05/02/09 at 15:13:54 Hello Laurie, From the east side of PA. Welcome to the site. Pa is well represented. ... east, central and west side. T Mack Note, my bike was originally from Erie.
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Laurie Savage YaBB Newbies Offline Keep The Dirty Side Down Posts: 19 NW PA Gender:	Re: New LS650 Owner Reply #3 - 05/02/09 at 15:22:38 I have a friend named Mark who lives in your town. He has a SWEET Ford Mustang Mystic Cobra. On my Facebook account I have some pictures of Pickles Steakhouse. I am planning on visiting my friends down there this Summer. ~Laurie
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SavRon Full Member Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 118 Ohio Gender:	Re: New LS650 Owner Reply #4 - 05/02/09 at 15:23:36 Welcome Laurie. I used to be a Keystone native, but now reside in Ohio... You'll love the Savage, my first bike also. And lots of excellent help on here. This site is a treasure trove of friendly help & info. Enjoy your stay and the bike.
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Laurie Savage YaBB Newbies Offline Keep The Dirty Side Down Posts: 19 NW PA Gender:	Re: New LS650 Owner Reply #5 - 05/02/09 at 15:29:55 My Tangerine Suzie My Sweet 454
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Yonuh Adisi FSO Serious Thumper Offline Savage Jedi (Knight) Posts: 3622 Pilot Valley NV, aka Tatooine Gender:	Re: New LS650 Owner Reply #6 - 05/02/09 at 15:37:32 You sure won't need the comfort mods, you are small and you make the bike look pretty darn good.
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Mr. Hyde Serious Thumper Alliance Member Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 565 Kingston, Ontario, Canada Gender:	Re: New LS650 Owner Reply #7 - 05/02/09 at 16:07:15 Welcome to the club.
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backgammondog YaBB Newbies Alliance Member Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 8	Re: New LS650 Owner Reply #8 - 05/02/09 at 16:12:16 Hello Laurie, welcome to the group. Fine looking machine you've got there. I like the Savage in that particular color. Keep those wheels turning. -BGD-
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alcoa Full Member Offline never let the bastards wear you down Posts: 155	Re: New LS650 Owner Reply #9 - 05/02/09 at 17:13:06 nice pics like the color of the savage. read all the posts lots of great info.
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Rocco Serious Thumper Offline addicted 2 riding TcB Posts: 1049 south florida Gender:	Re: New LS650 Owner Reply #10 - 05/02/09 at 17:28:29 WELCOME! i'm brand new as well & everyone on here is pretty cool! what color do they call that? besides sweet? lol
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Rogue_Cheddar Serious Thumper Offline Hang up the phone and drive! Posts: 725 Haverhill, Massachusetts Gender:	Re: New LS650 Owner Reply #11 - 05/02/09 at 18:57:55 Huzzah! And welcome! You are now riding one of the funnest and most underrated bikes around. It's old school simplicity. You chose wisely.
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diamond jim Serious Thumper Offline Posts: 1425 North Alabama Gender:	Re: New LS650 Owner Reply #12 - 05/02/09 at 19:11:42 Howdy, girl! Yep, one of the best overall bikes around. I didn't know that at first but have to come to realize that fact.
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Re: New LS650 Owner
Reply #13 - 05/02/09 at 20:13:53

I had a 454 a couple years ago. I thought that bike was rather revvy for a cruiser. Didn;t suit, though it was peppy and fun. Ride it like a sport bike.
I lived in PA from 92-93 - reading. I currently own 3 savages and have owned 6 total going back to 95. I'd call it my second favorite atleast by number I have owned ... my first is a GS500 apparently. 16 of those have gone through my hands ... though currently savages out number GS'es in my possession, might be the first time anythign has done that ... may not ... I owned 4 eliminators (though 2 were 900 and 2 were 1000's) at one point in 2004 and only 3 GS500's.
I currently own 2 GS frames, 1 GS/GR combo and one true GS500. Conversely, I own 3 savages that are 100% complete and 20 mins form running.
Does PA still ahve that instamt permit scam. Yikes, that is a total preying on the lazy and stupid if ever there was one. make the DMV so complicated and cumbersome, and sell people temporary stuff year over year. Next thing you know, the gubbamint will be selling crack. BTW I got a ticket one time in NJ on my ninja 600 and it was literally everythign I could do to avoid being hauled off to jail. I actually had to go to an ATM and pay the cop on the spot for the fine due to my instant permit status. Of course that was 1992, and when I moved to WA state in 93, they saw my instant permit and laughed.
They said, sorry son, we dont sell permits here @ Kmart. Sheesh.
Cool.
Srinath.

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Laurie Savage YaBB Newbies Offline Keep The Dirty Side Down Posts: 19 NW PA Gender:	Re: New LS650 Owner Reply #14 - 05/02/09 at 21:11:40 No, we have to test for our permits now. Also instead of the instant permit for 90 days it is one year. Once you pass the test for the permit you can instantly have it for the price of $10. Maybe that is what you mean?
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