stinger
Serious Thumper
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I love YaBB 1G - SP1!
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I'm one of those people who just is not lucky. Everything I buy falls apart or breaks or someone steals it! (my 2 Harleys). Not so with my 02 Savage. I cannot break it! If and when I do, I want to by a S50. That does not look like its gonna happen for a while! I bought it brand new and have put all the miles on it myself. It still looks like it rolled off the show room floor. Actually a lot better. I take pretty good care of it. Every winter I strip it down to engine and frame and clean and put everything back together. Make sure everything is tight. I have ridden thru 11 or 12 states on it and it just passed the 45,000 mile mark. As yet I have still not had one repair. I have changed tires and oil and brakes is all. I never took it in for its first service cause its a waste of money. Greg D adjusted the valves at 15,000 miles and they were still right on. I also changed the front brakes for the first time at 15,000 and the rear at 22,000. Greg changed my cam chain altho it really did not need it at 33,000 miles. I use regular auto oil (20-50). I prefer Castrol but sometimes I use the real cheap stuff. I have never had a oil leak of any kind. Which is odd since most of my riding seems to be on freeways and I'm always running at a high RPM. 700 miles in one day at freeway speeds and you would think this little bike would come apart. Not so! I really wanted the S50 this winter but I can't buy it until my savage finally dies. Unfortunately its running as good as the day I bought it and has not given me one clue when its demise might happen, if ever. I ride it like its a touring motorcycle and have put up to 7,000 miles on it in a one month trip! It just keeps going and going! Kinda like my post here but I can't help it! What a great bike! None of my riding buddies have had half the good luck with their bikes as I have had with my Savage.
02 black, rejetted, K@N air filter, Lancers high performance cam, supertrapp muffler.
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