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LostArtist Ex Member	Re: ... Other bike Reply #60 - 12/30/09 at 13:46:59 my next bike will probably be a Yamaha 950 Tourer, all in one deal with hard bags and ready to go, low maintenance, probably replace my car with it
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Reply #61 - 12/30/09 at 18:40:48

LostArtist wrote on 12/30/09 at 13:46:59:

my next bike will probably be a Yamaha 950 Tourer, all in one deal with hard bags and ready to go, low maintenance, probably replace my car with it

I looked hard at them also, but opted for the Vstar 1300. Yamaha has the best fit and finish of all the metrics and thousands less than a comparable Harley. IMO

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'95 Red Savage. Oring grips and pegs, 30" Fishtail muffler,152.5 main, 1/3 spacer mod ,seat lift, Verslagy.

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Reply #62 - 12/30/09 at 21:01:26

Back in July one of my buddies came home with a new Suzuki C50. I thought it was a nice bike but didn't care for the radiator, spoke wheels or the shaft drive. Besides, I've had Savages for 20 years. Well, since my current Savage is in the middle of a makeover & I hate being without a bike long enough to get it done, I started doing some research.
I knew I wanted air-cooling, mag wheels & a belt drive. And I wanted decent fuel economy at a good price. In other words, basically an updated Savage.
Nov. 19 I flew to Tennessee & for $7089 I rode away the next morning on a 2009 V-Star 950T. After little more than a month I've put 1800 miles on it while making it mine. I'm very happy with my purchase & would do it again in a heartbeat. Cool

2009 Yamaha V-Star 950T
Pieces I Bought: Medium W/S, Wolo Bad Boy Horn, Grasshopper Backrest, SOR Throttle Lock, Kuryakyn Helmet Lock, Road King Bagger Bars
Pieces I Made: D/P M/C Reservoir Shield, D/P Inspection Sticker Plate, D/P License Plate Frame, Camera Mount, Sherpa Seat Cover with Micro-Beads, W/S Lowers
Little Stuff, Dechromed tank, Horizontal Front Reflectors, Custom Key Case
Purchased 11-19-2009 from Abernathy's Cycle Center, Union City, Tn. Ridden 1200 miles in 2 days.

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LostArtist Ex Member	Re: ... Other bike Reply #64 - 12/31/09 at 08:44:44 that's a great buy RidgeRunner, and now I'm jealous
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rigidchop Serious Thumper Offline don't feed the drama llama Posts: 1105 ravenswood wv Gender:	Re: ... Other bike Reply #65 - 12/31/09 at 15:31:29 that is a great deal, a local shop here has c50's marked down to $5299. i'm very tempted.
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Reply #66 - 01/04/10 at 19:34:55

Gideon1986 wrote on 09/15/09 at 18:50:20:

hi guys... long time member... I am in the market for another bike... wondering what are members' other bike, if any.... Wink

Here is a promo shot I had taken of one of my other bikes a while ago:

It is a 2001 Honda ST1100. I use it for long solo trips. Of all the bikes I've owned in over 300,000 miles of riding, it is my all-time favorite.

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2001, Metallic Glacial Blue, Raptor Petcock, Verslavy (first hole) (otherwise, mechanically, the bike is stock), 13,xxx miles
I don't own a cage.
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Reply #68 - 01/06/10 at 21:27:06

justin_o_guy2 wrote on 01/05/10 at 06:41:13:

Just looking at the "lay of the land" Im kinda surprised to see a wheelchock. Ida thot 1st gear & rear wheel low would do it. Lemmee guess, NASA requires the chock?....

Actually, the photog was making me do crazy stuff and I was afraid the bike would roll (it was on an incline).

And, NO, you can't see those other photos! Shocked

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2001, Metallic Glacial Blue, Raptor Petcock, Verslavy (first hole) (otherwise, mechanically, the bike is stock), 13,xxx miles
I don't own a cage.
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Digger Serious Thumper 2005 No Login Offline Ya gotta be tough to ride singles! Posts: 1604 Colorado Springs, CO Gender:	Re: ... Other bike Reply #69 - 01/06/10 at 21:29:59 Gideon1986 wrote on 09/15/09 at 18:50:20: hi guys... long time member... I am in the market for another bike... wondering what are members' other bike, if any.... Here's another one of our bikes: Actually, SWMBO puts the most miles on this one.
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justin_o_guy2 Serious Thumper Offline What happened? Posts: 55279 East Texas, 1/2 dallas/la.	Re: ... Other bike Reply #70 - 01/06/10 at 21:32:24 SWMBO Sexy women make buddies obsolete?
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Reply #71 - 01/06/10 at 21:45:54

I have several ...
I got old school - xs 650, GR650, and a XS1100 in various states of "waiting for the genius to strike" ...
Some of the small sport bike genre ... 5-6 GS500's ... have had 17 of the little buzzards ... compared to 6 savages.
Also have Virago 1100, 700 X maxim, eli 1000, GSXR1100 and SV1K.

Savage is fun still.

My all time favorite though has been an 84-86 air cooled maxim. IMHO least flaws of any bike made.
XS'es are close but stock they vibrate like mad. GR's are cool but that disengaging starter clutch at 5K can be a bit disconcerting.

GSXR's are top heavy, SV - well who wants a new bike, eli 1000 - great bike but hard to work on - though compared to the other muscle cruisers of the era its the easiest, the rest all were V 4's, GS 500 are cool but tires and chain get $$$ ... virago is well ... electronically a nightmare.

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Reply #72 - 01/07/10 at 11:08:50

Amen on the Virago electronics -- there are a lot of other older bikes that don't "age out and die" electrically, but Viragos were of that advanced first wave of all electronic bikes back when they really didn't have the state of the art worked out all that well. The potting compounds etc in the electronics get old and die on you and there are no replacement parts ....

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wingsout YaBB Newbies Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 45 Lockport NY Gender:	Re: ... Other bike Reply #73 - 01/07/10 at 15:04:09 I had a Kaw Nomad. It was a nice big, comfortable, touring bike. Would cruise at 80 with one hand, very stable. I wish I hadn't sold it. :'(
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alcoa Full Member Offline never let the bastards wear you down Posts: 155	Re: ... Other bike Reply #74 - 01/09/10 at 12:05:19 THEY MAKE OTHER BIKES! WHY?
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