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bacon1 YaBB Newbies Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 2	Savage too small for me? 07/01/09 at 14:47:58 I'm 6'2 215lbs and I'm wondering if a savage would be too small for me. I was thinking of buying a used one and turning it into a bobber. Also can you run 70mph on these things without it vibrating like crazy or screaming at high rpms?
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Serowbot YaBB Moderator ModSquad Offline OK.... so what's the speed of dark? Posts: 28637 Tucson Az Gender:	Re: Savage too small for me? Reply #1 - 07/01/09 at 14:54:42 There's a lot of guys here your size,... but it cruises better at 60mph... And there's a lot of guys here who will say it's great at 70 too.... The real question is,... do you really want to cruise at 70 on a bobber?... It'll do it all day, but I wouldn't want too.
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Re: Savage too small for me?
Reply #2 - 07/01/09 at 14:58:27

6' 240# myself
You'll need to make the seat and the handlebars fit you, just about everyone does and forward footpegs sometimes.

I like the stock footpeg, HD seat with a set of low rise handlebars on high risers best.

If you want to stay with the stock seat, then forward footpegs will be nice.

I do a 1/2 hour daily commute and I'm over 70 most of the time.

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Yonuh Adisi FSO Serious Thumper Offline Savage Jedi (Knight) Posts: 3622 Pilot Valley NV, aka Tatooine Gender:	Re: Savage too small for me? Reply #3 - 07/01/09 at 16:05:05 6' and 250+ myself and have no problems, but then I made some homemade forward controls. And yes, it will do 70+ rather well.
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Re: Savage too small for me?
Reply #4 - 07/01/09 at 16:13:26

Raising the front of the seat by a good inch is the best bang for the buck for comfort. I changed out the buckhorns on my '02 and put on a clubman, sportster type, didn't like the hand posistion of the stock bars. A carb rejet and a different muffler will get the bike running over 70 mph with ease. A savage is a light bike but can cruise on the superslab all day if needed. Luck with the bob

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Reply #5 - 07/01/09 at 17:59:37

6' 235...........Forward controls via Ed_L, convert to a chain drive(pick and choose your ratio), white spacer mod, dump the 50lb stock muffler and rejet. Oh yes, fix the seat.
I did the above. Can cruise 70-75 all day. I did more than all that but the rest was cosmetic. You know, dumping the sidecovers, repaint, clubman bars, etc.
Have fun!

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'96 Black "bed liner" paint.. Ed_L forward controls, HD bars with 1"socket risers, 155 main, pod filter, HD exhaust, punched baffle, modded seat, chain drive conversion, slavy mod
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clueless-FSO Senior Member Offline Posts: 454 Birmingham, Al Gender:	Re: Savage too small for me? Reply #6 - 07/01/09 at 18:00:54 Glad to know I'm not alone in being "plus" sized.
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bill67 Serious Thumper Offline old tired Posts: 8517 genoa city wisconsin Gender:	Re: Savage too small for me? Reply #7 - 07/01/09 at 18:08:28 5 6 160 perfect size,didn't have to raise front of seat. Seat OK with aftermarket shocks
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BurnPgh Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 1732	Re: Savage too small for me? Reply #8 - 07/01/09 at 21:48:02 You'll hate the seat and the shocks. Forward controls are very nice but not entirely necessary. I found on my bike that between 60-65 the vibration was rather bad but past that it seemed to smooth out. It will do 70 all day but you wont unless you mod or change out the seat.
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Rocco Serious Thumper Offline addicted 2 riding TcB Posts: 1049 south florida Gender:	Re: Savage too small for me? Reply #9 - 07/02/09 at 00:56:38 i second the 5'6" 165 !! i think she fits me perfect!! my dad is 6'1" and he looked slightly cramped, but new pegs would help him out
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David M Smith YaBB Newbies Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 38	Re: Savage too small for me? Reply #10 - 07/02/09 at 06:28:11 6'5" and 210-220lb. Fits me a little small but I like being able to manhandle it. I could use larger pegs since I have large feet/shoes and it'd be nice to have a seat adjustment but otherwise I couldn't ask for a better small cruiser.
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Reply #11 - 07/02/09 at 08:09:57

David M Smith wrote on 07/02/09 at 06:28:11:

6'5" and 210-220lb. Fits me a little small but I like being able to manhandle it. I could use larger pegs since I have large feet/shoes and it'd be nice to have a seat adjustment but otherwise I couldn't ask for a better small cruiser.

Wow!... 6'-5"!.... I think you hold the record.... Grin

Any pics of you on the bike?...

Who's our tiniest rider?... Huh

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matt Full Member Offline da na na na na mattman Posts: 228 Winter Springs, FL Gender:	Re: Savage too small for me? Reply #12 - 07/02/09 at 11:14:02 im 155 on a good day other then that 145-150. 5'5 or 5'6 idk..
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Reply #13 - 07/02/09 at 15:57:40

Hopefully I won't look like a monkey *&#$ing a football riding it

Here's some photo's of my last project. I chaned the apes out for 4" risers and drag bars. I just finished it and some guy screwed up on Methadone ran me off the road and totalled it. Luckily I was ok. The bike is a 650 Vstar, did everything myself, didn't have the springs under the seat on this picture and finished up a few other things after the pics were taken. Looks like I have some reading to do around here so I know what all mods I'll need to do!

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yumi Junior Member Offline 2004 Purple Posts: 57 gainesville, fl Gender:	Re: Savage too small for me? Reply #14 - 07/02/09 at 16:11:36 Serowbot wrote on 07/02/09 at 08:09:57: Who's our tiniest rider?... 5'3" and 115 do i make the cut?
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