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An S40, an M50, and an 883 sportster
01/17/11 at 14:27:59

I haven't been on in a while and I've really been meaning to tell you guys this story. It's a classic!

I have my little 06 s40 and was hanging out one night with two of my riding friends. One has an m50 and the other has a harley 883. Of course the harley guy is very much anti-anything-other-than-harley but he doesn't mind hanging out with us and bragging about how his bike is way greater than ours in every way. My friend with the m50 started giving the harley guy some crap about how his m50 was quicker off the line than the harley despite the smaller engine and shaft drive. The two of them just kept sparing back and forth for a while saying stuff like "nothing about a suzuki can beat anything about a harley" and "your harley would probably just fall apart anyway." I started getting bored so I said we should go get something to eat. The three of us got on our bikes and started down the road and just about half a mile from the restraunt, we came to a stop light that had just turned red and there was no one else around. We spread out and every one got their own lane. The harley guy starts revving his engine and the straight pipes are nearly deafening. The guy with the m50 revs back. All three of us put our bikes in gear and wait. Then the light turned green. . .

I kept the front wheel on the ground, but barely so! Before we even got through the intersection, I could see both of their headlights in my mirror and they were getting further behind. Of course, by the time I started getting up to around 50 they were closing in on me, but I had definitely held them off. We pull into the parking lot and get off our bikes. I keep my smile down to a smirk, and look over at them and say, "Well, I guess we settled that one." They just smiled and shook their heads!

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Dj12midnit Serious Thumper Alliance Member Offline If you'r here and I'm here isn't this our time? Posts: 1036 Lynden Wa. Gender:	Re: An S40, an M50, and an 883 sportster Reply #1 - 01/17/11 at 14:40:20 Now that there is funny.
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Serowbot YaBB Moderator ModSquad Offline OK.... so what's the speed of dark? Posts: 28376 Tucson Az Gender:	Re: An S40, an M50, and an 883 sportster Reply #2 - 01/17/11 at 15:34:01 ... and now they're limited to arguing about who's is shinier... ... ...
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justin_o_guy2 Serious Thumper Offline What happened? Posts: 55279 East Texas, 1/2 dallas/la.	Re: An S40, an M50, and an 883 sportster Reply #3 - 01/17/11 at 15:53:50 I was second, NO, I was,,
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verslagen1 YaBB Moderator ModSquad Offline Where there's a will, I want to be in it. Posts: 28770 L.A. California Gender:	Re: An S40, an M50, and an 883 sportster Reply #4 - 01/17/11 at 16:30:22 So... who was second?
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Paladin. Serious Thumper Offline Hamster Posts: 4929 Sunny Southern California Gender:	Re: An S40, an M50, and an 883 sportster Reply #5 - 01/17/11 at 16:50:26 no DUH! The those two twins were dragging 200 more pounds, not to mention you have the bigger cylinder. It takes a much bigger bike to beat a Savage across the intersection.
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thumperclone Serious Thumper Alliance Member Offline PGR rider riding with respect Posts: 5820 Grand Junction Colorado Gender:	Re: An S40, an M50, and an 883 sportster Reply #6 - 01/17/11 at 17:05:54 was in ogden couple years ago hardley trike, hd chopper, me and a burgman i blew away the hardleys the burgman ate my lunch!!!
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Re: An S40, an M50, and an 883 sportster
Reply #7 - 01/17/11 at 17:28:34

ohsixs40 wrote on 01/17/11 at 14:27:59:

I haven't been on in a while and I've really been meaning to tell you guys this story. It's a classic!

I have my little 06 s40 and was hanging out one night with two of my riding friends. One has an m50 and the other has a harley 883. Of course the harley guy is very much anti-anything-other-than-harley but he doesn't mind hanging out with us and bragging about how his bike is way greater than ours in every way. My friend with the m50 started giving the harley guy some crap about how his m50 was quicker off the line than the harley despite the smaller engine and shaft drive. The two of them just kept sparing back and forth for a while saying stuff like "nothing about a suzuki can beat anything about a harley" and "your harley would probably just fall apart anyway." I started getting bored so I said we should go get something to eat. The three of us got on our bikes and started down the road and just about half a mile from the restraunt, we came to a stop light that had just turned red and there was no one else around. We spread out and every one got their own lane. The harley guy starts revving his engine and the straight pipes are nearly deafening. The guy with the m50 revs back. All three of us put our bikes in gear and wait. Then the light turned green. . .

I kept the front wheel on the ground, but barely so! Before we even got through the intersection, I could see both of their headlights in my mirror and they were getting further behind. Of course, by the time I started getting up to around 50 they were closing in on me, but I had definitely held them off. We pull into the parking lot and get off our bikes. I keep my smile down to a smirk, and look over at them and say, "Well, I guess we settled that one." They just smiled and shook their heads!

That story just made me grin. Awesome! Smiley

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LostArtist Ex Member	Re: An S40, an M50, and an 883 sportster Reply #8 - 01/17/11 at 17:58:22 very cool
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IN-S40 Full Member Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 128 Michigan City, IN Gender:	Re: An S40, an M50, and an 883 sportster Reply #9 - 01/17/11 at 18:07:13 This even made my girlfriend smile....she rides a savage too. Darren IN-S40
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kimchris1 Serious Thumper Offline Pink Posse Rider... Posts: 2135 Belfair, Washington Gender:	Re: An S40, an M50, and an 883 sportster Reply #10 - 01/17/11 at 18:18:01 Very good and made me smile as well.. kim
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Driller Full Member Offline Really "Zooked" up Posts: 140 Tryon, NC Gender:	Re: An S40, an M50, and an 883 sportster Reply #11 - 01/18/11 at 06:05:52 Well done! Good job of sandbagging. Just another satisfying benefit of riding a "starter" bike. They sometimes don't know what hit them.
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12Bravo Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 628 Mid-Missouri Gender:	Re: An S40, an M50, and an 883 sportster Reply #12 - 01/18/11 at 07:42:22 Good story! I have my S40 and Burgman 650 and have fun with other riders on both bikes.
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Re: An S40, an M50, and an 883 sportster
Reply #13 - 01/20/11 at 07:05:07

Been there, done that. I woke up a lot of 883's and dresser Harley's with my Savage. Till about 50 mph, which on the Savage, comes at you quick.

On the Sportster forum, the 883 guys all talk about how hot their bikes are. It usually takes a bunch of posts before a Sporty-1200 owner puts them in their place.

I do have one word of waning for those of you that want to run out a toast a Sportster. You can do it if it's an 883 but not a 1200. There is a certain point that the extra CC's and torque of the longer stroke take over (trust me, the first ride on my 1100 was an eye opener). Bad thing is that it use to be easy to tell a 883 because the engine was silver and the 1100cc & 1200cc's were black with silver fins (like the '03 & later Savage/S40's). But..... now they sell conversion kits to make an 883 into a 1200cc, 1250cc and 1450cc and you get an option to have it in the original 883 silver paint. So you could pull up to a bike that has "883" on the stickers, but it could be a 1200.... or the monster 1450cc.

On a side note, the Sportster's are treated as outcasts by the "Harley" guys. Too small.... Integral tranny ain't a Harley........ Doesn't cost $20K.......

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PerrydaSavage Serious Thumper Alliance Member Offline Riding "The Rock"! Posts: 3522 Republic of Newfoundland Gender:	Re: An S40, an M50, and an 883 sportster Reply #14 - 01/20/11 at 08:06:19 I enjoyed reading about how you took both the M50 and the 883 with your S40 ... very, very cool! Well done dude!
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